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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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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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MinisterofTextiles
SmritiIrani
MinisterofStatisticsandProgramme
Implementation
D.V.Sadananda
Gowda
[12]
5July
2016
Incumbent BJP
5July
2016
Incumbent BJP
MinistersofState
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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
1.Wikisource:ConstitutionofIndia/PartV#Article74.7BCouncilofMinisterstoaidandadvisePresident.7D
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.
9.http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=147013
10."NitinGadkarigivenadditionalchargeofportfoliosheldbyGopinathMunde".TheIndianExpress.
11."ModiCabinetrejig:ManoharParrikarnewDefenceMinister,SureshPrabhugetsRailways".ZeeNews.
12.http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/healthnews/jagatprakashnaddareplacesharshvardhanashealth
minister_1496529.html
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