Cabinet of India

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The Cabinet of India (officially called the Union Council of Ministers of India ) is the collective decisionmaking body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and 35 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The Union Cabinet of the Government of India was formed after the Indian general election, 2009 held in five phases in 2009: on 16 April, 22/23 April, 30 April, 7 and 13 May 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Dr Manmohan Singh took oath as the 14th Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers' in two phases. Most of the cabinet functions from Cabinet Secretariat, at Secretariat Building, New Delhi.
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1 Cabinet Secretary 2 Council of Ministers

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2.1 Cabinet Ministers 2.2 Ministers of State (Independent Charges) 2.3 Ministers of State

3 Demographics of the Council of Ministers

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3.1 UPA Cabinet by Party 3.2 United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by States

4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit]Cabinet

Secretary

The current Cabinet Secretary is A.K Seth.[1] The following are the functions of a Cabinet Secretary:[2]

Provide assistance to the Council of Ministers

Act as adviser and conscience keeper of the civil services Handle senior appointments Preparation of the agenda of the Cabinet Attend the meet Ensure that the Cabinet decisions are implemented Advise the Prime Minister Act as the Chairman of the Committee of Secretaries on Administration Act as the Chairman of the Chief Secretaries Committee Provide an element of continuity and stability to administration during crises

In the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, "Cabinet Secretariat" finds a place in the First Schedule to the Rules. The subjects allotted to this Secretariat are, firstly, secretarial assistance to Cabinet and Cabinet Committees, and secondly, the administration of the Rules of Business. The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the administration of the Government of India Transaction of Business Rules, 1961 and the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules 1961, facilitating smooth transaction of business in Ministries/Departments of the Government by ensuring adherence to these rules. The Secretariat assists in decision-making in Government by ensuring Inter-Ministerial coordination, ironing out differences amongst Ministries/Departments and evolving consensus through the instrumentality of the standing/adhoc Committees of Secretaries. Through this mechanism new policy initiatives are also promoted. The Cabinet Secretariat ensures that the President of India, the Vice-President and Ministers are kept informed of the major activities of all Departments by means of a monthly summary of their activities. Management of major crisis situations in the country and coordinating activities of the various Ministries in such a situation is also one of the functions of the Cabinet Secretariat. The Cabinet Secretariat has 3 wings: Civil, Military and Intelligence. The Civil wing is the main wing and provides aid, advise and assistance to the Union Cabinet. The Military wing provides secretarial assistance to the Defence Committee of the Cabinet, the Military Affairs Committee, the National Defence Council and other committees dealing with defence matters. The Intelligence wing deals with matters pertaining to the Joint Intelligence Committee of the Union Cabinet. The chief of Research and Analysis Wing R&AW also officially first reports to the Cabinet Secretary, and is officially designated Secretary R in the Cabinet Secretariat. The Cabinet Secretary is arguably India's most powerful bureaucrat and right hand of Prime Minister of India.
[edit]Council

of Ministers

Prime Minister of India,Manmohan Singh heads his second Cabinet, May 2009 to present

This is a list of current members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of India. All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either House of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the upper house, the Rajya Sabha. He remained so for the duration of his entire first term (20042009) too. Most, but not all, previous Prime Ministers have been elected members of the Lok Sabha.[3] There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

Union Cabinet Minister senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed

Minister of State (Independent Charges) with no overseeing Union cabinet minister for that portfolio Minister of State (MoS) junior minister with to overseeing cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation.

[edit]Cabinet

Ministers
Name Portrait Age Constituency. Colour Party Alma Mater

[hide]Portfolios

Atomic Energy Space Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Manmohan Singh 80 Assam (Rajya Sabha) Congress

Panjab University, Chandigarh

St John's College,

[hide]Portfolios

Name

Portrait

Age

Constituency.

Colour

Party

Alma Mater

Cambridge Nuffield Planning College, Oxford Maharaja's College (B.A.) Defence A. K. Antony 71 Kerala (Rajya Sabha) Congress University of Kerala (LL.B.) Agriculture Sharad Pawar 71 Madha NCP

Food Processing Industries

Finance

P. Chidambaram

66

Sivaganga

Congress

External Affairs

Salman Khurshid

59

Farrukhabad

Congress

Home Affairs

Sushilkumar Shinde

70

Solapur

Congress

Communications and Information Technology

Kapil Sibal

64

Chandni Chowk

Congress

Human Resource Development

Pallam Raju

50

Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

Congress

Law and Justice

Ashwani Kumar

60

Punjab (Rajya Sabha)

Congress

Chemicals and Fertilizers

M. K. Alagiri

Not Available

61

Madurai,Tamil Nadu

DMK

Civil Aviation

Ajit Singh

73

Baghpat

RLD

[hide]Portfolios

Name

Portrait

Age

Constituency.

Colour

Party

Alma Mater

Mines

Dinsha Patel

67

Kheda

Congress

Commerce and Industry

Textiles

Anand Sharma

59

Himachal Pradesh

Congress

Petroleum and Natural Gas Culture

Veerappa Moily Chandresh Kumari

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72 68 48 63

Chikballapur Jodhpur New Delhi Haridwar

Congress Congress Congress Congress

Housing and Urban Poverty Ajay Maken Alleviation Water Resources Harish Rawat

Rural development

Jairam Ramesh

58

Andhra Pradesh

Congress

Urban Development Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath 65 Chhindwara Congress

Overseas Indian Affairs

Vayalar Ravi

75

Kerala

Congress

Health and Family Welfare

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Not Available Not Available

63 55

Jammu and Kashmir Bhandara-Gondiya

Congress NCP

Heavy Industries and Public Praful Patel Enterprises

Labour and Employment

Mallikarjun Kharge

70

Gulbarga

Congress

New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah

75

Srinagar

JKN

[hide]Portfolios Panchayati Raj Tribal Affairs

Name

Portrait

Age

Constituency.

Colour

Party

Alma Mater

Kishore Chandra Deo

Not Available

65

Araku

Congress

Railways

Pawan Kumar Bansal

64

Chandigarh

Congress

Science and Technology

Earth Sciences

Jaipal Reddy

70

Chevella

Congress

Road Transport and Highways

C. P. Joshi

62

Bhilwara

Congress

Shipping

G. K. Vasan

47

Tamil Nadu (Rajya Sabha)

Congress

Social Justice and Empowerment

Selja Kumari

50

Ambala

Congress

Steel Coal Minority Affairs

Beni Prasad Verma Shree Prakash Jaiswal K. Rahman Khan

Not Available Not Available

71 60 73

Gonda Kanpur Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)

Congress Congress Congress

[edit]Ministers

of State (Independent Charges)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following ministers are from the Indian National Congress.
Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha

Sl. No.

Name

Responsible Ministries

Age

Party

Educational Qualification

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Name

Responsible Ministries

Age

Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha

Party

Educational Qualification

Manish Tewari

Information and Broadcasting 47

Lok Sabha (Ludhiana, Punjab)

Congress

Chiranjeevi (Konidala Siva Sankara Vara Prasad)

Tourism

57

Rajya Sabha (Andhra Pradesh)

Congress B.Com

Jyotiraditya Power Madhavrao Scindia

41

Lok Sabha (Guna, Madhya Pradesh)

Congress

M.A., M.B.A., Stanford University, U.S.A

Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki

Drinking Water and Sanitation

58

Lok Sabha (Anand, Gujarat)

Congress B.E. (Civil)[4]

Jitendra Singh

Youth Affairs and Sports

41

Lok Sabha (Alwar, Rajasthan)

Congress B.Com[5]

Sachin Pilot

Corporate Affairs

35

Lok Sabha (Ajmer, Rajasthan)

M.B.A. Wharton Business Congress School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Krishna Tirath

Women and Child Development

57

Lok Sabha (North West Delhi, Delhi)

Congress M.A., B.Ed. (University of Delhi)[6]

K. V. Thomas

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

66

Lok Sabha Congress M.Sc.(Chemistry)[7] (Ernakulam, Kerala)

Srikant Kumar Jena

Statistics and Program Implementation[8]

62

Lok Sabha (Balasore, Orissa)

Congress

B.A. Utkal University, Cuttack, Orissa[9]

10

Jayanthi Natarajan

Environment and Forests

58

Rajya Sabha (Tamil Nadu)

Congress

B.A., B.L. Ethiraj College and Madras Law College[10]

11

Paban Singh Ghatowar

Development of North Eastern Region,Parliamentary 61 Affairs[8]

Lok Sabha (Dibrugarh, Assam)

Congress

B.A. Gauhati University, Guwahati[11]

Sl. No.

Name

Responsible Ministries

Age

Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha

Party

Educational Qualification

12

K. H. Muniyappa

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

64

Lok Sabha (Kolar, Karnataka)

Congress B.A., LL.B.[12]

Source: Council of Ministers[13]

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of State
Ministries Age Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Party Educational Qualification

Name

E. Ahamed

External Affairs

74

Lok Sabha Malappuram, Kerala

MUL

B.A., B.L.[14]

Shashi Tharoor

Human Resource Development

56

Lok Sabha Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

St. Stephen's College, Delhi (B.A.) Congress Tufts University (M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D.)

3 4

Tariq Anwar Mullappally Ramachandran V. Narayanasamy Daggubati Purandeswari Panabaka Lakshmi Namo Narain Meena

Agriculture Home Affairs

61 67

Rajya Sabha, Maharastra Lok Sabha Vadakara,Kerala Lok Sabha Puducherry Lok Sabha, Vishakapattnam Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha, Bapatla, Prakasam Dist,Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Patiala,Punjab Lok Sabha Perambalur, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Namakkal,

NCP

B.Sc.[15]

Congress MA, LLB[16] Congress B.A., M.L.[17]

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensionsand Prime 65 Minister Office Commerce and Industry 53

Congress BA[18]

Textiles

54

Congress M.A.(Public Administration)[19] Congress M. A. (Geography)[20] DMK B.L.[21]

8 10 11 12 13 14 15

Finance

68 62 38 68 48 62 48

S. S. Finance Palanimanickam Jitin Prasada Preneet Kaur Napoleon Human Resource Development and Defence External Affairs Social Justice and Empowerment

Congress M.B.A,[22] Congress B.A., T.T.C.[23] DMK DMK DMK B.A.(History)[24] Matriculate[25] M.A, M.PHIL[26]

S. New & Renewable Energy Jagathrakshakan S. Gandhiselvan Health and Family Welfare

Sl. No.

Name

Ministries

Age

Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Tamil Nadu

Party

Educational Qualification

16

Tushar Amarsinh Road Transport and Chaudhary Highways Pratik Prakashbapu Patil R. P. N. Singh Pradeep Jain Aditya Coal Home Affairs Rural Development

46

Lok Sabha, Bardoli

Congress M.B.B.S[27] Intermediate, Diploma in Automobile Engineering[28]

17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25

39 48 50 49 57 35 53 50 61 46

Lok Sabha Sangli Lok Sabha Khushi Nagar Lok Sabha, Jhansi Lok Sabha Alappuzha, Kerala Lok Sabha Korba, Chhattisgarh

Congress

Congress B.A. (Hons.) History[29] Congress M.A., M.Com., L.L.B.[30] Congress M.Sc.(Mathematics)[31] Congress M.Sc., M.A., LL.B., PhD[32] BBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)[33]

K. C. Venugopal Civil Aviation and Power Charan Das Mahant Milind Murli Deora Rajeev Shukla Kodikunnil Suresh K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy Ranee Narah Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Killi Krupa Rani Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Communications and Information Technology Parliamentary Affairs and Planning Labor and Employment Railways Tribal Affairs

Lok Sabha, Mumbai-South Congress Rajya Sabha, Maharastra Lok Sabha Mavelikara,Kerala Lok Sabha Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Lakhimpur,Assam Lok Sabha Berhampore, West Bengal Lok Sabha Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Malda, West Bengal Lok Sabha Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh

Congress M.A., LL.B. Congress LL.B [34] Congress B.A [35] Congress B.A [36] Congress Under Matriculate [37] Congress M.B.B.S [38] Degree in Industrial Psychology (Northampton Congress college,England),University of Guleph, Canada [39] Congress B.A, LL.B

26

Railways Communications and Information Technology

56

27

46

28

Abu Hasem Health and Family Welfare Khan Choudhury Sarvey Road Transport and Sathyanarayana, Highways Ninong Ering Minority Affairs

74

29 30 31 32 33
[42]

58 53 52 44 48

Lok Sabha Arunachal East Congress B.A Lok Sabha Raiganj, West Bengal Lok Sabha Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha,Mahabubabad Congress M.A.(Dramatics) Congress Intermediate[40] Congress B.A.[41]

Deepa Dasmunsi Urban Development Lal Chand Kataria Porika Balram Naik Defence Social Justice and Empowerment

Source: Council of Ministers[3]

[edit]Demographics [edit]UPA

of the Council of Ministers

Cabinet by Party

Source: Various news organisations[43][44][45][46] The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The non-Congress cabinet ministers, include M.K. Azhagiri (DMK President Karunanidhi's Son) from the DMK, Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel from Nationalist Congress Party, Farooq Abdullah from National Conference and Chaudhary Ajit Singh from RLD.
Party Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State Total

Indian National Congress

27

10

37

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Nationalist Congress Party

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 1

Rashtriya Lok Dal

Indian Union Muslim League

Total

32

44

76

[edit]United

Progressive Alliance Cabinet by States

Sources:[47][48][49][clarification needed]
State Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State(I) Ministers of State Total

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

10

State

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State(I)

Ministers of State

Total

Kerala

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka

Himachal Pradesh 1

Haryana

Orissa

J&K

Panjab

Delhi

Rajasthan

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

Gujarat

Pondicherry

State

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State(I)

Ministers of State

Total

Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand

Meghalaya

Uttarakhand

Assam

Chandigarh

Total

33

38

78

[edit]See

also

Cabinet Secretary of India Politics of India United Progressive Alliance National Portal of India