Cabinet Ministers of India and its Constituencies- Indian Cabinet Minister List
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Cabinet ministers, or secretaries, are senior members of government who make major decisions alongside the head of government.
Latest List of Ministers of India with Photo and Portfolio 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet has several first-time ministers, who were sworn into office along with him in a grand oath ceremony in Delhi. The most prominent first timer in PM Modi’s cabinet is BJP president Amit Shah.
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Following is the list of Cabinet Portfolios allocated:
Narendra Modi: 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.
Cabinet Ministers of India
- 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
- D V Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Nirmala Sitharaman – Minister of Finance
- 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
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
- Ramesh Pokhriyal: Minister of Human Resource Development
- Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
- Smriti Zubin 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 Ganpat Sawant: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
- Giriraj Singh: Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti.
Here is the full list of 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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 Affair
- Som Parkash – Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Rameshwar 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
S.No. | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | Ministers of State |
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1 | Shri Narendra Modi | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste |
2 | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Rao Inderjit Singh | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
3 | Shri Amit Shah (first time) | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal |
4 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Dr. Jitendra Singh | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh |
5 | Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Shri Krishan Pal |
6 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
7 | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Shri G. Kishan Reddy |
8 | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Shri Parshottam Rupala |
9 | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Shri Ramdas Athawale |
10 | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | – | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
11 | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | – | Shri Babul Supriyo |
12 | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | – | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
13 | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ (first time) | – | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao |
14 | Shri Arjun Munda | – | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur |
15 | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | – | Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa (first time) |
16 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | – | Shri Nityanand Rai |
17 | Shri Prakash Javadekar | – | Shri. Rattan Lal Kataria (first time) |
18 | Shri Piyush Goyal | – | Shri V. Muraleedharan |
19 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | – | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta |
20 | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | – | Shri Som Parkash |
21 | Shri Pralhad Joshi (first time) | – | Shri Rameswar Teli (first time) |
22 | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | – | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
23 | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | – | Shri Kailash Choudhary (first time) |
24 | Shri Giriraj Singh | – | Deboshree Choudhury (first time) |
25 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | – | – |
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CABINET MINISTERS | CONSTITUENCY | PORTFOLIO |
Narendra Modi | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Prime Minister
Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All Important Policy Issues, All Other Portfolios not allocated to any Cabinet Minister. |
Raj Nath Singh | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of Home Affairs |
Sushma Swaraj | Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh | Minister of External Affairs |
Arun Jaitley | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister Without Portfolio |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Central Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
Suresh Prabhu | Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Industry & Civil Aviation |
D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Bangalore North, Karnataka | Cabinet Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
Uma Bharati | Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh | Cabinet Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
Ramvilas Paswan | Hajipur, Bihar | Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh | Cabinet Minister of Women & Child Development |
Ananth Kumar | Bangalore South, Karnataka | Cabinet Minister of Chemical & Fertilisers, Parliamentary Affairs |
Ravi Shankar Prasad | Bihar – Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Electronics and Information Technology |
Jagat Prakash Nadda | Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Health & Family Welfare |
Anant Geete | Raigad, Maharashtra | Cabinet Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Bathinda, Punjab | Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries |
Narendra Singh Tomar | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | Cabinet Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Mines |
Chaudhary Birender Singh | Haryana, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Steel |
Jual Oram | Sundargarh, Odisha | Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs |
Radha Mohan Singh | Purvi Champaran, Bihar | Cabinet Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment |
Smriti Zubin Irani | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Textiles |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Chandni Chowk, Delhi | Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
Prakash Javadekar | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Human Resource Development |
Dharmendra Pradhan | Deogarh, Odisha | Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Railways, Coal (Additional charges -Finance and Corporate Affairs) |
Nirmala Sitharama | Karnataka, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Defense |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha | Cabinet Minister of Minority Affairs |
Full list of Narendra Modi’s Ministers & State Minister of India (Independent Charge):
List of Cabinet Minister of State (Independent Charge) | Portfolio | Constituency |
Rao Inderjit Singh | Ministry of Planning (Independent Charge) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. | Gurgaon, Haryana |
Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Labour and Employment | Bareilly |
Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). | North Goa |
Giriraj Singh | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge) | Nawada |
Manoj Sinha | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
Ghazipur |
Dr. Jitendra Singh | Development of North East Region(Independent Charge), Prime minister’s office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space | Udhampur, Jammu Kashmir |
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports(Independent Charge), Minister of state in the ministry of Information and Broadcasting(Independent Charge) | Jaipur |
Raj Kumar Singh | Power, New and Renewable Energy(Independent Charge) |
Arrah |
Hardeep Singh Puri | Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge) | Bihar |
Shri Alphons Kannanthanam | Tourism(Independent Charge), Minister of state in the ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
Kanjirappally |
List of Central Ministers of India
Cabinet Minister of state | Portfolio | Constituency |
Vijay Goel | Parliamentary Affairs, Statistics and Programme Implementation | Rajasthan |
Radhakrishnan P | Finance, Shipping | Chennai North, Lok Sabha |
S S Ahluwalia | Drinking Water and Sanitation | West Bengal |
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Drinking Water and Sanitation | Bijapur |
Ramdas Athawale | Social Justice and Empowerment | Maharastra |
Vishnu Deo Sai | Steel | Raigarh, Chhattisgarh |
Ram Kripal Yadav | Rural Development | Bihar |
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Home Affairs | Chandrapur |
Rajen Gohain | Railways | Nawgong |
General (Retd.) V K Singh | External Affairs | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
Parshottam Rupala | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Panchayati Raj | Amreli (Vidhan Sabha) |
Krishan Pal | Social Justice and Empowerment | Faridabad, Haryana |
Jaswanthsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor | Tribal Affairs | Dahod, Lok Sabha |
Shiv Pratap Shukla | Finance | Uttar Pradesh |
Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Health and Family Welfare | Buxar |
Sudarshan Bhagat | Tribal Affairs | Lohardaga |
Upendra Kushwaha | Human Resource Development | Karakat |
Kiren Rijiju | Home Affairs | Arunachal West |
Dr. Virendra Kumar | Women and Child Development, Minority Affairs | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh |
Anantkumar Hegde | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Uttara Kannada |
M J Akbar | External Affairs | Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Food Processing Industries | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
Y S Chowdary | Science and Technology, Earth Sciences | Andhra Pradesh |
Jayant Sinha | Civil Aviation | Hazaribagh, Jharkhand |
Babul Supriyo | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Asansol |
Vijay Sampla | Social Justice and Empowerment | Hoshiarpur |
Arjun Ram Meghwal | Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Bikaner |
Ajay Tamta | Textiles | Almora, Uttrakhand |
Krishna Raj | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Shahjahanpur |
Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Chemicals, and Fertilisers | Palitana |
Anupriya Patel | Health and Family Welfare | Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh ) |
C R Chaudhary | Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Commerce and Industry |
Nagaur (Rajasthan ) |
P P Chaudhary | Law and Justice, Corporate Affairs | Pali |
Dr. Subhash Ramroa Bhamre | Defense | Dhule (Maharashtra) |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Jodhpur (Rajasthan ) |
Dr. Satya Pal Singh | Human Resource Development, Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation | BAGHPAT (UTTAR PRADESH). |
Frequently Asked Question
Q Who is the present cabinet minister of India?
The current cabinet ministers under PM Modi are Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Uma Bharti, Najma Heptulla, Maneka Gandhi, Smriti Irani along with few others.
Q How many ministers are there?
The Rashtrapati Bhavan released the portfolio allocation of 46 ministers, including 24 cabinet ministers, of the government sworn on Monday evening. Sushma Swaraj is the new foreign minister and Rajnath Singh will head the home ministry.
Q Who is the current education minister of India?
The current HRD(Human resource Development formerly education ministry ) minister of India is Mr. Prakash Javadekar. There is no post such as Education Minister as of now.
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