Full list of Council of Ministers of India for 2019 – 2024
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The 17th Lok Sabha of India came into being on May 30, 2019 with the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the Council of Ministers. 23 new members have been included in the new Cabinet. Here is a full list of portfolios of current Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State.
| Prime Minister of India | |
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| Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
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| Cabinet Ministers | |
| Ministers | Portfolio |
| Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| Dr. S. Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| Smriti Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| Arvind Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries. |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
| Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning. |
| Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| Dr. 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; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 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; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| Ministers of State | |
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| Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| Raosaheb Danve | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| Purushottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| Anurag Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| Suresh Angadi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| Ratanlal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
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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