Union Council of Ministers | Council of Ministers of Modi Govt.
2019-09-17 | Team PendulumEdu
Article 74 of the Indian constitution states that there shall be a Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advice the President.
- The President appoints the Prime Minister and the other Council of Ministers are appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister.
- Prime Minister allocates ranks and portfolios to the ministers. The rank of a cabinet minister, minister of state or deputy minister is decided on the basis of seniority and political importance.
- 91st Constitutional Amendment Act limits the size of the Council of Ministers to 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha.
- The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha (Article 75(3))
- The death or resignation of the Prime Minister leads to the dissolution of the entire council of Ministers.
- The Prime Minister acts as a link between the Council of Ministers and the President.
The Council of Ministers are categorized as follows (arranged in descending order of rank)
- Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Cabinet Minister
- Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- Minister of State (MoS)
The below-given lists provide you the current portfolios held by different ministers.
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Prime Minister |
Portfolio |
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Narendra Modi |
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
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Department of Atomic Energy |
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Department of Space |
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All important policy issues |
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All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
List of Cabinet Ministers
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Name of the Minister |
Portfolios |
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Amit Shah |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Rajnath Singh |
Ministry of Defence |
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Nirmala Sitharaman |
Ministry of Finance |
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
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Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
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Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
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Ramvilas Paswan |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
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D.V. Sadananda Gowda |
Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers |
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Ravi Shankar Prasad |
Ministry of Law and Justice |
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Ministry of Communications |
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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Narendra Singh Tomar |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
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Ministry of Rural Development |
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
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Prakash Javadekar |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
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Ministry of Science and Technology |
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Ministry of Earth Sciences |
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Piyush Goyal |
Ministry of Railways |
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Dharmendra Pradhan |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
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Ministry of Steel |
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
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Thaawar Chand Gehlot |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
Ministry of External Affairs |
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Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' |
Ministry of Human Resource Development |
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Smriti Zubin Irani |
Ministry of Women and Child Development |
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Ministry of Textiles |
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Arjun Munda |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
Ministry of Minority Affairs |
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Pralhad Joshi |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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Ministry of Coal |
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Ministry of Mines |
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Arvind Ganpat Sawant |
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
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Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Ministry of Jal Shakti |
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Giriraj Singh |
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
List of Minister of State (Independent Charge)
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Name of the Minister |
Portfolio (Minister of State-Independent Charge) |
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Santosh K Gangwar |
Ministry of Labour and Employment |
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Rao Indrajit Singh |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
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Ministry of Planning |
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Shripad Yesso Naik |
Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
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Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
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Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office |
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
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Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy |
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Minister of State in the Department of Space |
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Kiren Rijiju |
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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Ministry of Minority Affairs |
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Prahalad Singh Patel |
Ministry of Culture |
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Ministry of Tourism |
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Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Power |
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
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Hardeep Singh Puri |
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
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Ministry of Civil Aviation |
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
Ministry of Shipping |
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
List of Ministers of State
|
Name of the Minister |
Portfolio (Minister of State) |
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Faggansingh Kulaste |
Ministry of Steel |
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Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
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Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
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General (Retd.) V.K. Singh |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
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Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
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G. Kishan Reddy |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Parshottam Rupala |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
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Ramdas Athawale |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Ministry of Rural Development |
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Babul Supriyo |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
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Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
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Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao |
Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Ministry of Communications |
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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Anurag Singh Thakur |
Ministry of Finance |
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
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Angadi Suresh Channabasappa |
Ministry of Railways |
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Nityanand Rai |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Rattan Lal Kataria |
Ministry of Jal Shakti |
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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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V. Muraleedharan |
Ministry of External Affairs |
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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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Renuka Singh Saruta |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
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Som Prakash |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Rameshwar Teli |
Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
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Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
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Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
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Kailash Choudhary |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
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Debasree Chaudhuri |
Ministry of Women and Child Development |
Source: List of Council of Ministers, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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