Full list of Council of Ministers of India – 2014 to 2019
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made few changes in his list of Cabinet Minister, by bringing in nine new faces to the Union council of ministers on September 03, 2017.
CABINET MINISTERS
1.Rajnath Singh: Minister of Home Affairs.
2.Sushma Swaraj: Minister of External Affairs.
3.Arun Jaitley: Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5.Suresh Prabhu: Minister of Commerce and Industry.
6.DV Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
7. Uma Bharati: Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
8.Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
9.Maneka Sanjay: Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development.
10.Ananthkumar: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
11.Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
12.Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
13.Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Minister of Civil Aviation.
14.Anant Geete: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
15.Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
16.Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Mines.
17.Chaudhary Birender Singh: Minister of Steel.
18.Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19.Radha Mohan Singh: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
20.Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
21. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Textiles; Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
22.Harsh Vardhan: Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Human Resource Development.
24.Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25.Piyush Goyal: Minister of Railways; Minister of Coal.
26. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Defence.
27.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1.Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
2.Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
3.Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
4.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; Minister of State in the Department of Space.
5.Mahesh Sharma: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
6.Giriraj Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
7.Manoj Sinha: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
8.Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
9.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.
10.Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
11.Alphons Kannanthanam: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
MINISTERS OF STATE
1.Vijay Goel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2.Radhakrishnan P: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
3.SS Ahluwalia: Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
4.Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
5.Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.Vishnu Deo Sai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
7.Ram Kripal Yadav: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
8.Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9.Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
10.Rajen Gohain: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
11.VK Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
12.Parshottam Rupala: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
13.Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
14.Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
15.Shiv Pratap Shukla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
16.Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
17.Sudarshan Bhagat: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
18.Upendra Kushwaha: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
19.Kiren Rijiju: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20. Virendra Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
21.Anantkumar Hegde: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22.MJ Akbar: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
23.Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
24.YS Chowdary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
25.Jayant Sinha: Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
26.Babul Supriyo: Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
27.Vijay Sampla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
28.Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
29.Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
30. Krishna Raj: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
31.Mansukh L Mandaviya: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
32. Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
33.CR Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
34.PP Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
35.Subhash Ramrao Bhamre: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
36.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
37.Satya Pal Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Constitutional Provisions related to Union Ministers
Article 74 : Council of Ministers to aid and advise President
(1) 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:
Provided that the President may require the Council of Ministers to reconsider such advice, either generally or otherwise, and the President shall act in accordance with the advice tendered after such reconsideration.
(2) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.
Article 75: Other provisions as to Ministers
(1) The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
(1A) The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent. of the total number of members of the House of the People.
(1B) A member of either House of Parliament belonging to any political party who is disqualified for being a member of that House under paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule shall also be disqualified to be appointed as a Minister under clause (1) for duration of the period commencing from the date of his disqualification till the date on which the term of his office as such member would expire or where he contests any election to either House of Parliament before the expiry of such period, till the date on which he is declared elected, whichever is earlier.
(2) The Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
(3) The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.
(4) Before a Minister enters upon his office, the President shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
(5) A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
(6) The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as Parliament may from time to time by law determine and, until Parliament so determines, shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.
Article 77. Conduct of business of the Government of India.
(1) All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President.
(2) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the President shall be authenticated in such manner as may be specified in rules to be made by the President, and the validity of an order or instrument which is so authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the President.
(3) The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.
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