Complete List of Cabinet Ministers of India
Provisions under constitution related to council of ministers
- Article 74 - There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice.
- Before 91st constitutional amendment act 2003, the Prime Minister had the discretion to appoint any number in his council of ministers.
- But the 91st Constitution Amendment Act, 2003 made a drastic change in curbing such power of the Prime Minister.
- This Amendment added clause (1A) in this Article which made a specific provision that, the total number of Ministers, including Prime Minister, in no case, can exceed 15 percent of the total number of Lok Sabha members.
Interesting Facts about Ministers of India
- First Prime Minister of India - Jawaharlal Nehru
- First President of India - Dr Rajendra Prasad
- First Deputy Prime Minister of India - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- First Home Minister of India - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- First Education Minister of India - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- First Defence Minister of India - Baldev Singh
- First External Affairs Minister of India - Jawaharlal Nehru
- First Finance Minister of India - R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
List of Cabinet Ministers of India & their Constituency
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Cabinet Ministers |
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Portfolio | Minister Name | Constituency |
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy, Space | Narendra Modi | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
Ministry of Home Affairs | Rajnath Singh | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Ministry of External Affairs | Sushma Swaraj | Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Suresh Prabhu | Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Finance, Corporate Affairs | Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Bangalore North, Karnataka |
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation | Uma Bharati | Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh |
Ministry of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Chandni Chowk, Delhi |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Ramvilas Paswan | Hajipur, Bihar |
Ministry of Women and Child Development | Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh |
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs | Ananth Kumar | Bangalore South, Karnataka |
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Justice | Ravi Shankar Prasad | Bihar, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Jagat Prakash Nadda | Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Steel | Chaudhary Birender Singh | Haryana, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Civil Aviation | Suresh Prabhu | Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Anant Geete | Raigad, Maharashtra |
Ministry of Food Processing Industries | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Bathinda, Punjab |
Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Mines | Narendra Singh Tomar | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Jual Oram | Sundargarh, Odisha |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Radha Mohan Singh | Purvi Champaran, Bihar |
Ministry of Textiles | Smriti Zubin Irani | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Rajyavardhan Rathore | Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Human Resource Development | Prakash Javadekar | Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Dharmendra Pradhan | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Coal, Railways | Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Defence | Nirmala Sitharaman | Karnataka, Rajya Sabha |
Ministry of Minority Affairs | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha |
List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |
Portfolio | Minister Name |
Ministry of Planning | Inderjit Singh Rao |
Ministry of Labour and Employment | Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
Department of AYUSH | Shripad Yesso Naik |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space | Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Dr. Mahesh Sharma |
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Giriraj Singh |
Ministry of Communications | Manoj Sinha |
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy | Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | Hardeep Singh Puri |
Ministry of Tourism | Alphons Kannanthanam |
Ministers of State
Ministers of State (Important) | |
Portfolio | Minister Name |
Ministry of External Affairs | V.K. Singh |
Ministry of Home Affairs | Kiren Rijiju |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Anupriya Patel |
Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Civil Aviation | Jayant Sinha |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | S.S. Ahluwalia |
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