have been elected members of the Lok Sabha.

[2] There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

Union Cabinet Minister senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed Minister of State (Independent Charges) with no overseeing Union cabinet minister for that portfolio Minister of State (MoS) junior minister with to overseeing cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation.

Cabinet Ministers
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[hide]Office Atomic Energy Space Personnel, Public Grievances and Manmohan Singh 79 Pensions Planning Defence Agriculture Food Processing Industries Finance Home Affairs External Affairs Information and Broadcasting A. K. Antony Sharad Pawar 71 71 Kerala (Rajya Sabha) Madha Sivaganga Solapur Karnataka Punjab (Rajya Sabha) Chandni Chowk Congress NCP Congress Congress Congress Congress Assam (Rajya Sabha) Congress Name Age Constituency. Color Party

P. Chidambaram 66 Sushilkumar Shinde S. M. Krishna Ambika Soni 70 80 69

Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal Human Resource Development Law and Justice Minority Affairs Chemicals and Fertilizers

64

Congress

Salman Khurshid 59 M. K. Alagiri 61

Farrukhabad Madurai,Tamil

Congress DMK

[hide]Office

Name Chaudhary Ajit Singh Shriprakash Jaiswal Anand Sharma

Age

Constituency. Nadu

Color

Party

Civil Aviation Coal Commerce and Industry Textiles

73 67 59 72

Baghpat Kanpur Rajasthan Chikballapur

RLD Congress Congress Congress

Corporate Affairs] & [Ministry of Veerappa Moily Power (India)|Power Culture Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Drinking Water and Sanitation Rural development Urban Development Earth Sciences Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Science and Technology Health and Family Welfare Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Labour and Employment New and Renewable Energy Panchayati Raj Tribal Affairs Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources Petroleum and Natural Gas Railways Road Transport and Highways Shipping Ghulam Nabi Azad Praful Patel Mallikarjun Kharge Vayalar Ravi Selja Kumari

49

Ambala

Congress

Jairam Ramesh Kamal Nath

58 65

Andhra Pradesh Chhindwara

Congress Congress Congress

75

Kerala

63 55 70

Jammu and Kashmir Bhandara-Gondiya Gulbarga Srinagar Araku Chandigarh Chevella Rajya Sabha, West Bengal Bhilwara Tamil Nadu

Congress NCP Congress JKN Congress Congress Congress Trinamool Congress Congress Congress

Farooq Abdullah 74 Kishore Chandra 65 Deo Pawan Kumar Bansal Jaipal Reddy Mukul Roy C. P. Joshi G. K. Vasan 64 70 58 62 47

[hide]Office Social Justice and Empowerment Steel Tourism

Name Mukul Wasnik Beni Prasad Verma Subodh Kant Sahay

Age 52 71 61

Constituency. Ramtek Gonda Ranchi

Color

Party Congress Congress Congress

Ministers of State (Independent Charges)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following seven ministers are from the Indian National Congress. Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 Lok Name Age Sabha/Rajya Sabha Dinsha Lok Sabha, Ministry of Mines 74 Patel Gujarat(Kheda) Ministry of Women Lok Sabha, North Krishna and Child 56 West Delhi (SC) Tirath Development (Delhi) Ajay Minister of Youth Lok Sabha, New 48 Maken Affairs and Sports Delhi Ministry of Consumer Lok Sabha, K. V. Affairs, Food and 65 Ernakulam, Thomas Public Distribution Kerala Ministry of Statistics and Programme Srikant Implementation, Lok Sabha, Kumar 61 Balasore, Orissa Jena Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers[7] Ministry of Jayanthi Rajya Sabha, Environment and 57 Natarajan Tamil Nadu Forests Ministry of Development of North Paban Eastern Region, Lok Sabha, Singh 61 Ministry of Dibrugarh Ghatowar Parliamentary Affairs[7] Responsible Ministries Educational Qualification

Party

Congress Matriculate[3] Congress Congress M.A., B.Ed. (University of Delhi)[4] B.A. Educated at University of Delhi[5]

Congress M.Sc.(Chemistry)[6]

B.A. Educated at College, Utkal Congress University, Cuttack, Orissa[8] B.A., B.L. Educated at Congress Ethiraj College and Madras Law College[9] B.A. Educated at Congress Gauhati University, Guwahati[10]