Cabinet of India

June 22, 2013

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The Cabinet of India officially called the Union Council of Ministers of India is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and 32 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers.

Council of Ministers
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.

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank: 1. 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 2. Minister of State (Independent Charges) with no overseeing Union cabinet minister for that portfolio 3. 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.

Cabinet Ministers
Sl. No. 1. Name Dr. Manmohan Singh Portfolio Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz. : (i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; (ii) Ministry of Planning; (iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and (iv) Department of Space. Minister of Defence. Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries. Minister of Finance. Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Minister of Home Affairs. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Minister of New and Renewable Energy. Minister Minister Minister Minister Minister of of of of of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences. Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs. Civil Aviation.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

Shri A.K. Antony Shri Sharad Pawar Shri P. Chidambaram Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Shri Sushilkumar Shinde Shri M. Veerappa Moily Dr. Farooq Abdullah Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Shri Kamal Nath Shri Ajit Singh Shri Vayalar Ravi Shri Sis Ram Ola Shri Kapil Sibal Shri Anand Sharma Shri K. S. Rao Shri Oscar Fernandes Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Kumari Selja Shri G.K. Vasan Shri Praful Patel Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal Shri Salman Khurshid Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo Shri Beni Prasad Verma Shri Jairam Ramesh Shri K. Rahman Khan Shri Dinsha J. Patel Dr.Girija Vyas

Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. Minister of Labour and Employment. Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice. Minister of Commerce and Industry. Minister of Textiles. Minister of Road Transport and Highways. Minister of Railways. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. Minister of Shipping. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Minister of Coal. Minister of External Affairs. Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Minister of Steel. Minister of Rural Development. Minister of Minority Affairs. Minister of Mines. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

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Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Shri Harish Rawat Smt Chandresh Kumari Kathoch

Minister of Human Resource Development. Minister of Water Resources. Minister of Culture.

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.

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Name Smt. Krishna Tirath Prof. K.V. Thomas Shri Srikant Jena

Portfolio Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

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Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar Shri Jyotiradiya Madhavrao Scindia Shri K.H. Muniyappa Shri Bharatsinh Solanki Shri Sachin Pilot Shri Jitendra Singh Shri Manish Tewari Dr. K. Chiranjeevi

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Ministers of State

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Name Shri E. Ahamed Shri Mullappally Ramachandran Shri V. Narayanasamy

Portfolio Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office. Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture; Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology And Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning. Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

Smt. D. Purandeswari Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Shri Namo Narain Meena Shri Jitin Prasada Smt. Preneet Kaur Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil Shri R.P.N. Singh Dr. Shashi Tharoor Shri Pradeep Jain Shri K.C. Venugopal Shri Charan Das Mahant Shri Milind Deora Shri Rajeev Shukla Shri Kodikunnil Suresh Shri Tariq Anwar Shri K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy Smt Ranee Narah Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana Shri Ninong Ering Smt Deepa Dasmunsi

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Shri Porika Balram Naik Dr.(Smt) Kruparani Killi Shri Lalchand Kataria

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

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