List of Ministers of India with Photo and Portfolio 2019
Prime Minister and His Portfolio 2019
| Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
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Cabinet Ministers of India 2019
| S.No. | Minister | Portfolio/Minitry |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 4. | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
| 8. | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 9. | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 10. | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 11. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 12. | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 13. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 14. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| 15. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| 16. | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 17. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 18. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| 19. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 21. | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22. | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| 23. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 24. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
| S.No. | Minister | Minister/Portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 2. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning. |
| 3. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 4. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 5. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 7. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 8. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 9. | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
Minister of State
| S.No. | Name | Minister/Portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 2. | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 4. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 5. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 9. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 10. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 11. | Shri Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 12. | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 13. | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 14. | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 15. | Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 16. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 17. | Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 18. | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 19. | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 21. | Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 22. | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 23. | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 24. | Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet is slightly smaller in size than that of his predecessor Manmohan Singh's 77. Modi's council of ministers include 66 ministers, including 28 cabinet ministers, the Prime Minister, 39 Ministers of State and Minister of State (Independent charge) combined. The top members of the cabinet ministers are Rajnath Singh who has got Home Ministry, Sushma Swaraj who has been handed External Affairs Ministry and Arun Jaitley who is going to oversee Finance and Corporate Affairs.The Narendra Modi government effected its first cabinet ministers' reshuffle since taking office on 5 July, 2016 and then on September 3, 2017. The key changes made during the last reshuffle was the elevation of Nirmala Sitharaman to Cabinet rank with the responsibility of Defence portfolio. Minister Suresh Prabhu was moved to Commerce and Industry from his earlier ministry i.e. Railways. Piyush Goyal was handed the ministery of Railways instead. HRD Minister Smriti Irani has been shifted to Textiles. Babul Supriyo, the Union Minister of State for Urban Planning has been shifted to Heavy Industries. Minorities' Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah put in her papers to pave way for her deputy Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
State Ministers of India with Independent Charge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Ministries | Name | Photo |
| 1 | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Rao Inderjit Singh |  |
| 2 | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | Shripad Yesso Naik |  |
| 3 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prime Minister's Office | Dr. Jitendra Singh |  |
| 4 | Minister of State Ministry of Culture Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Dr. Mahesh Sharma |  |
| 5 | Ministry of Railways Minister of State Ministry of Communications | Manoj Sinha |  |
| 6 | Ministry of Labour and Employment | Santosh Kumar Gangwar |  |
| 7 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Giriraj Singh |  |
| 8 | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore |  |
| 9 | Ministry of Power; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. | Raj Kumar Singh |  |
| 10 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | Hardeep Singh Puri |  |
| 11 | Ministry of Tourism | Alphons Kannanthanam |  |
| 12 | Ministry of PowerMinistry of New and Renewable Energy | Shri Raj Kumar Singh |  |
Ministers of State | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Ministries | Name | Photo |
| 1 | External Affairs | General (Retd.) V.K. Singh |  |
| 2 | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | S.S. Ahluwalia |  |
| 3 | Social Justice and Empowerment | Ramdas Athawale |  |
| 4 | Rural Development | Ram Kripal Yadav |  |
| 5 | Mines and Coal | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary |  |
| 6 | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Giriraj Singh | |
| 7 | Home Affairs | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir |  |
| 8 | Drinking Water and Sanitation | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi |  |
| 9 | Railways | Rajen Gohain |  |
| 10 | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj | Parshottam Rupala |  |
| 11 | External Affairs | M. J. Akbar |  |
| 12 | Human Resource Development | Upendra Kushwaha |  |
| 13 | Finance and Shipping | Radhakrishnan |  |
| 14 | Home Affairs | Kiren Rijiju |  |
| 15 | Social Justice and Empowerment | Krishan Pal |  |
| 16 | Tribal Affairs | Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor |  |
| 17 | Steel | Vishnu Deo Sai | |
| 18 | Tribal Affairs | Sudarshan Bhagat |  |
| 19 | Science and Technology and Earth Sciences | Y.S. Chowdary |  |
| 20 | Civil Aviation | Jayant Sinha |  |
| 21 | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Babul Supriyo |  |
| 22 | Food Processing Industries | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |  |
| 23 | Social Justice and Empowerment | Vijay Sampla |  |
| 24 | Parliamentary Affairs; Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. | Arjun Ram Meghwal |  |
| 25 | Textiles | Ajay Tamta |  |
| 26 | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Smt. Krishna Raj |  |
| 27 | Road Transport and Highways Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers | Mansukh L. Mandaviya |  |
| 28 | Health and Family Welfare | Smt. Anupriya Patel |  |
| 29 | Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry Commerce and Industry. | C. R. Chaudhary |  |
| 30 | Law and Justice; Corporate Affairs | P.P. Chaudhary |  |
| 31 | Defence | Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre |  |
| 32 | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Vijay Goel |  |
| 33 | Finance | Shiv Pratap Shukla |  |
| 34 | Health and Family Welfare | Ashwini Kumar Choubey |  |
| 35 | Women and Child Development; Minority Affairs | Dr. Virendra Kumar |  |
| 36 | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Anantkumar Hegde |  |
| 37 | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |  |
| 38 | Human Resource Development; Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Satya Pal Singh |  |
What is Union Cabinet of India and How it Works?
According to the Constitution of India, in the everyday administration the Prime Minister is assisted by the Council of Ministers, which consists of the Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Ministers of State with independent charge, Ministers of State working with the Cabinet Ministers and others. The Prime Minister is the Chairperson of the Cabinet. The core Council of Ministers is called the Cabinet, ministers of which are decided by the PM. The various departments are allotted to various ministers by the PM. The PM presides over Cabinet meetings and oversees the important functions of the Cabinet. Ministers are removed from departments if the PM does not approve of the performance of the minister.Cabinet Ministers and Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of India is the Head of the Union Government. Unlike the President who is the Head of the State, the PM is the Chief of government at the Centre In other words, he is the real head of the executive branch of the Union Government. He is the Leader of the House of Parliament to which he belongs. As India follows the Westminster Model of constitutional democracy, it is the Prime Minister who oversees the day-to-day functioning of the Indian administration. He is also the Chief adviser to the President. The PM has many functions and powers. The PM holds the power to form his/her Council of Ministers, choosing members of his/her party for particular ministries within the working of the country.The PM also oversees defence-related issues of the country. He makes all important policies and schemes of the government. He has to devote attention to all judicial appointments, appointments to State Administrative Tribunals, Central Administrative Tribunal, UPSC, Election Commission. The PM is solely in-charge of certain departments or ministries like Ministry of Planning, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space and Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Categories of Ministers in Government
There are three categories of ministers within the Council of Ministers - Cabinet, Ministers of State with independent charges and Ministers of State working with the Cabinet Ministers.Roles and Responsibilities of Cabinet Ministers of India
The Cabinet of India is the core of the Council of Ministers of the Union Government, and the collective decision-making body. All the important portfolios of the Central Government together comprise the Cabinet. Some of the most important ministries are Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and others.
The role of the Cabinet ranges from advising the Council of Ministers and provide assistance to them, attend Cabinet meetings called by either the Prime Minister or any one of the Cabinet ministers to discuss issues related to his ministry. More importantly, it is the role of the Cabinet primarily to keep the confidence of the Houses of Parliament during the party's tenure in the Union government. It is the collective responsibility of the Cabinet to be accountable to the two Houses of Parliament, for its policies and schemes.
Roles and Responsibilities of Ministers of State with independent charges
The Ministers of State with independent charges are the second category of ministers in the Council of Ministers. They are not as important in their role as the Cabinet. There is no overseeing Cabinet Minister for the portfolio of the Minister of state with independent charges.
Roles and Responsibilities of Ministers of State
Ministers of State working with the Cabinet Ministers are the third rank of ministers. These are junior ministers who assist the Cabinet Minister in the particular portfolio. These junior ministers look after one or two aspects of the Cabinet portfolio, and not the whole ministry as such.
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