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The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. It consists of senior ministers, called Cabinet Ministers, and junior ministers, called Ministers of State. It is led by the Prime Minister. The current ministry is led
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be taking oath on 31st May, 2019.
Updated List Of Cabinet Ministers with Portfolio 2019
| Cabinet Ministers of
India |
Portfolio |
| Narendra Modi | Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; |
| All important policy issues; and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
|
| Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Nitin Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises |
| DV Sadanand Gowda | Minister of Chemical 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 |
| Thawar 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;
Minister of Textiles |
| Dr. Harshvardhan | 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 |
| Prahalad 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, Dairying and
Fisheries |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
Updated List Of Minister of State (Independent Charge) with Portfolio 2019
| Union | Portfolio |
| Santosh K
Gangwar |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour
and Employment. |
| Rao Indrajit 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 Y 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. |
Updated List Of Minister of State with Portfolio 2019
| Ministers of State | Portfolio |
| Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare. |
| 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. |
| Danve Raosaheb
Dadarao |
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. |
| Parshottam 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 Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| Angadi Suresh
Channabasappa |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| Rattan Lal 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. |
List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2018
| Sr. No | Minister | Portfolio |
| 1. | Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
| 2. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Home Affairs |
| 3. | Smt. Sushma Swaraj | Minister of External Affairs |
| 4. | Shri Arun Jaitley | Minister without portfolio |
| 5. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport
& Highway |
| 6. | Suresh Prabhu | Minister of Civil Aviation |
| 7. | D.V Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Statistics &
Programme Implementation |
| 8. | Sushri Uma Bharati | Minister of Drinking Water &
Sanitation |
| 9. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Defence |
| 10. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| 11. | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution |
| 12. | Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Minister of Women
& Child Development |
| 13. | Shri Ananth Kumar | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 14. | Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Electronics &
Information Technology |
| 15. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health
& Family Welfare |
| 16. | Shri. Anant Geete | Minister of Heavy
Industries & Public Enterprises |
| 17. | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food
Processing Industries |
| 18. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj & Mines |
| 19. | Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh | Minister of Steel |
| 20. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| 21. | Shri Radha Mohan Singh | Minister of Agriculture
& Farmers Welfare |
| 22. | Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social
Justice & Empowerment |
| 23. | Smt. Smriti Irani | Minister of Textiles |
| 24. | Dr Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Science & Technology |
| 25. | Prakash Javadekar | Human Resource Development |
| 26. | Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways
Minister of Finance (Temporary) |
| 27. | Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum
& Natural Gas |
