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UnionCouncilofMinisters
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TheUnionCouncilofMinistersexercisesexecutiveauthorityintheRepublicofIndia.[1]Itconsistsofsenior
ministers,called"CabinetMinisters",andjuniorministers,called"MinistersofState".ItisledbythePrime
Minister.Asmallerexecutivebody,calledtheUnionCabinetisthedecisionmakingbodyinIndia.[2]Onlythe
PrimeMinisterandministersoftherankof"CabinetMinister"aremembersoftheCabinet.Themostsenior
civilservantinIndia,calledtheCabinetSecretary,leadstheCabinetSecretariat,andprovidesadministrative
assistancetotheCouncilofMinisters,attendsandconveneitsmeetingsthusmakinghimexofficioSecretary
totheUnionCouncilofMinisters.[3]MinistersofStatearetaskedwithassistingCabinetMinistersintheir
work.[4]

Contents
1 Regulations
2 Ranking
3 Currentministry
3.1 CabinetMinisters
3.2 MinistersofState
4 Seealso
5 References
6 Externallinks

Regulations
Asacollective,theCouncilofMinistersisresponsibletothelowerhouseoftheIndianParliament,calledthe
LokSabha(HouseofPeople).[1]AccordingtotheConstitutionofIndia,thetotalnumberofministersinthe
CouncilofMinistersmustnotexceed15%ofthetotalnumberofmembersoftheHouseofthePeople.
Ministersmustbemembersofparliament.Anyministerwhoisnotamemberofeitherthelowerorupper
housesofparliamentforsixconsecutivemonthsisautomaticallystrippedofhisorherministerialpost.[1]

Ranking
Therearethreecategoriesofministers,indescendingorderofrank:
CabinetMinister:memberofcabinetleadsaministry
MinisterofState(IndependentCharges):juniorministernotreportingtoacabinetminister
MinisterofState(MoS):juniorministerreportingtoacabinetminister,usuallytaskedwithaspecific
responsibilityinthatministry

Currentministry
Asacollective,eachsuccessiveCouncilofMinistersisreferredtoasaministry.Thecurrentministryisledby
PrimeMinisterNarendraModi,whotookofficeon26May2014.

CabinetMinisters
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Indiacabinetministersinformation2014

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Portfolio
PrimeMinister
MinisterofPersonnel,PublicGrievances
andPensions
DepartmentofAtomicEnergy
DepartmentofSpace

Minister

Took
office

Left
office

Party

NarendraModi

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofHomeAffairs

RajnathSingh

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofExternalAffairs

SushmaSwaraj

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinistryofOverseasIndianAffairs

SushmaSwaraj

26May
2014

7January
BJP
2016

ThisMinistrywasmergedwith
MinistryofExternalAffairs

MinisterofFinance
MinisterofCorporateAffairs

ArunJaitley

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

ArunJaitley

26May
2014

9
November BJP
2014

Allimportantpolicyissuesandallotherportfolios
notallocatedtoanyMinister.

MinisterofDefence

Manohar
Parrikar

9
November Incumbent BJP
2014

Prakash
Javadekar

26May
2014

9
November BJP
2014

[7]

ArunJaitley

9
5July
November
2016
2014

VenkaiahNaidu

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

[8]

26May
2014

9
November BJP
2014

SureshPrabhu

9
November Incumbent BJP
2014

VenkaiahNaidu

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofRoadTransportandHighways
NitinGadkari
MinisterofShipping

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

RaviShankar
Prasad

26May
2014

9
November BJP
2014

D.V.Sadananda
Gowda

9
5July
November
2016
2014

RaviShankar
Prasad

MinisterofElectronicsandInformation
Technology

RaviShankar
Prasad

MinisterofWaterResources,River
DevelopmentandGangaRejuvenation

UmaBharati

MinisterofInformationandBroadcasting

D.V.Sadananda
Gowda

MinisterofRailways

MinisterofUrbanDevelopment
MinisterofHousingandUrbanPoverty
Alleviation

MinisterofLawandJustice

NajmaA.
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BJP

BJP

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

26May

12July

CurrentlyMinisterofstatein
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MinisterofMinorityAffairs

MinisterofRuralDevelopment
MinisterofPanchayatiRaj
MinisterofDrinkingWaterandSanitation

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Heptulla

2014

2016

BJP

charge[9]

GopinathMunde

26May
2014

3June
2014[]

BJP

NitinGadkari

4June
2014

9
November BJP
2014

BirenderSingh

9
5July
November
2016
2014

BJP

[10]

[11]

NarendraSingh
Tomar

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofConsumerAffairs,Foodand
PublicDistribution

RamVilas
Paswan

26May
2014

Incumbent LJP

MinisterofMicro,SmallandMedium
Enterprises

KalrajMishra

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofWomenandChild
Development

ManekaGandhi

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

VenkaiahNaidu

26May
2014

5July
2016

BJP

AnanthKumar

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofChemicalsandFertilizers

AnanthKumar

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofCivilAviation

MinisterofHeavyIndustriesandPublic
Enterprises

AnantGeete

MinisterofFoodProcessingIndustries

MinisterofParliamentaryAffairs

AshokGajapathi 26May
RajuPusapati
2014

Incumbent TDP

26May
2014

Incumbent

HarsimratKaur
Badal

26May
2014

Incumbent SAD

NarendraSingh
Tomar

26May
2014

5July
2016

BJP

Chaudhary
BirenderSingh

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofLabourandEmployment

NarendraSingh
Tomar

26May
2014

9
November BJP
2014

CurrentlyMinisterofstatein
charge

MinisterofTribalAffairs

JualOram

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofAgricultureandFarmers
Welfare

RadhaMohan
Singh

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofSocialJusticeand
Empowerment

ThawarChand
Gehlot

26May
2014

Incumbent BJP

26May
2014

5July
2016

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

MinisterofSteel

SmritiIrani
MinisterofHumanResourceDevelopment

MinisterofScienceandTechnology

Prakash
Javadekar

BJP

[8]

HarshVardhan

9
November Incumbent BJP
2014

HarshVardhan

4June
2014

9
November BJP
2014

MinisterOfHealthandFamilyWelfare
JagatPrakash
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Shiv

Sena

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Nadda
MinisterofTextiles

SmritiIrani

MinisterofStatisticsandProgramme
Implementation

D.V.Sadananda
Gowda

November Incumbent BJP

2014

[12]

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

5July
2016

Incumbent BJP

MinistersofState
Note:*IndicatesMinisterofStatehavingIndependentcharge

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Bandaru
Dattatreya

LabourandEmployment*

AnilMadhav
Dave

Environment,ForestandClimateChange*

Dharmendra
Pradhan

PetroleumandNaturalGas*

MukhtarAbbas
Naqvi

MinorityAffairs*

Bandaru
Dattatreya

LabourandEmployment*

FagganSingh
Kulaste

Health&FamilyWelfare

BabulSupriyo

HeavyIndustries&PublicEnterprises

AjayTamta

Textiles

GirirajSingh

Micro,Small&MediumEnterprises

ArjunRam
Meghwal

Finance,CorporateAffairs

Hansraj
GangaramAhir

HomeAffairs

Jasvantsinh
Sumanbhai
Bhabhor

TribalAffairs

JayantSinha

CivilAviation

Ramesh
Chandappa
Jigajinagi

DrinkingWater&Sanitation

JitendraSingh

DevelopmentofNorthEasternRegion*,PrimeMinister'sOffice,Personnel,Public
Grievances&Pensions,DepartmentofAtomicEnergy,DepartmentofSpace

SubhashBhamre Defence
Haribhai
Parthibhai
Chaudhary

Micro,Small&MediumEnterprises

PPChoudhary

Law&Justice,Electronics&InformationTechnology

KirenRijiju

HomeAffairs

Ramdas
Athawale

SocialJustice&Empowerment

KrishanPal

SocialJustice&Empowerment

AnupriyaPatel

Health&FamilyWelfare

KrishnaRaj

Women&ChildDevelopment

Nirmala
Sitharaman

CommerceandIndustry*

ChhotuRam
Chaudhary

ConsumerAffairs,Food&PublicDistribution

MaheshSharma

Culture*,Tourism*

SSAhluwalia

Agriculture&FarmerWelfare,ParliamentaryAffairs

ManojSinha

Railways,Communications*

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M.J.Akbar

ExternalAffairs

MukhtarAbbas
Naqvi

MinorityAffairs*,ParliamentaryAffairs

VijayGoel

YouthAffairsandSports*,WaterResources,RiverDevelopment&GangaRejuvenation

PiyushGoyal

Power*,Coal*,NewandRenewableEnergy*,Mines*

RajenGohain

Railways

Pon
Radhakrishnan

RoadTransport&Highways,Shipping

Parsottambhai
Rupala

Agriculture&FarmerWelfare,PanchayatiRaj

RajivPratap
Rudy

SkillDevelopment&Entrepreneurship*

Rajyavardhan
SinghRathore

Information&Broadcasting

RamKripal
Yadav

RuralDevelopment

RaoInderjit
Singh

Planning*,UrbanDevelopmentHousing&UrbanPovertyAlleviation

SadhviNiranjan
Jyoti

FoodProcessingIndustries

SanjeevKumar
Balyan

WaterResources,RiverDevelopment&GangaRejuvenation

SantoshGangwar Finance
ShripadYasso
Naik

AAYUSH*,

SudarshanBhagat AgricultureandFarmersWelfare
Upendra
Kushwaha

HumanResourceDevelopment

VijayKumar
Singh

ExternalAffairs,OverseasIndianAffairs

VijaySampla

SocialJustice&Empowerment

VishnuDeoSai

Steel

Y.S.Chowdary

ScienceandTechnology,EarthScience

Seealso
PoliticsofIndia
NationalDemocraticAlliance
CouncilofMinistersofNarendraModi
Template:Modiministry

References
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2.Wikisource:ConstitutionofIndia/PartXVIII
3."FunctionsofCabinetSecretariat".Retrieved31January2012.
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4.Jacob,Jayanth(28May2009)."Ministersofstateneednotworry".TheTelegraph.Retrieved27May2014.
5.http://india.gov.in/spotlight/unioncouncilministers
6.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/FulllistPMModisnewlookCabinet/articleshow/53067400.cms%7CFull
list:PMModi'snewlookCabinet
7."ShriPrakashJavadekarassumeschargeasMinisterofState(IndependentCharge)forInformation&Broadcasting".
PressInformationBureau.27May2014.Retrieved6July2016.
8."SmritiIranioutofHRD,VenkaiahNaidugetsI&Bministry".IndianExpress.NewDelhi.5July2016.Retrieved
5July2016.
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10."NitinGadkarigivenadditionalchargeofportfoliosheldbyGopinathMunde".TheIndianExpress.
11."ModiCabinetrejig:ManoharParrikarnewDefenceMinister,SureshPrabhugetsRailways".ZeeNews.
12.http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/healthnews/jagatprakashnaddareplacesharshvardhanashealth
minister_1496529.html

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