Union Council of Ministers | Council of Ministers of Modi Govt.

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.

91 st Constitutional Amendment Act limits the size of the Council of Ministers to 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha.

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.

Prime Minister Portfolio Narendra Modi Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

List of Cabinet Ministers

Name of the Minister Portfolios Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Ministry of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution D.V. Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Panchayati Raj Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Dr. Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Earth Sciences Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways Ministry of Commerce and Industry Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Steel Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Ministry of External Affairs Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Ministry of Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Textiles Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs Pralhad Joshi Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Coal Ministry of Mines Arvind Ganpat Sawant Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Jal Shakti Giriraj Singh Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

List of Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Name of the Minister Portfolio (Minister of State-Independent Charge) Santosh K Gangwar Ministry of Labour and Employment Rao Indrajit Singh Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Planning Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Dr. Jitendra Singh Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy Minister of State in the Department of Space Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry of Minority Affairs Prahalad Singh Patel Ministry of Culture Ministry of Tourism Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Civil Aviation Ministry of Commerce and Industry Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Shipping Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

List of Ministers of State

Name of the Minister Portfolio (Minister of State) Faggansingh Kulaste Ministry of Steel Ashwini Kumar Choubey Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises General (Retd.) V.K. Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Krishan Pal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution G. Kishan Reddy Ministry of Home Affairs Parshottam Rupala Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Rural Development Babul Supriyo Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Anurag Singh Thakur Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs Angadi Suresh Channabasappa Ministry of Railways Nityanand Rai Ministry of Home Affairs Rattan Lal Kataria Ministry of Jal Shakti Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs Som Prakash Ministry of Commerce and Industry Rameshwar Teli Ministry of Food Processing Industries Pratap Chandra Sarangi Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Kailash Choudhary Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Debasree Chaudhuri Ministry of Women and Child Development

Source: List of Council of Ministers, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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