List of Cabinet Ministers of India [Updated- July 2021]

June 19, 2021

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The Union Council Of Ministers, or the Cabinet, is the executive authority of the country. Articles 74 and 75 of the Indian Constitution deal with the Council of Ministers. Article 74 (i) states that there shall be a council of ministers with the Prime minister to advise the President. In Article 75(i), it is mentioned that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the President shall appoint the Council Of Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister.

To become a Minister a person has to be a member of either of the Houses i.e. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. If a person is not a member of either of the two houses, s/he can still become a minister for a period of six months provided that the minister gets himself/herself elected to either of the House of Parliament. The Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet.

The Council of Ministers consists of:

Cabinet Ministers – Senior most ministers (Leads the Ministry).
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) – Work independently and do not report to the Cabinet Ministers.
Minister of State – Report to the cabinet minister.
Deputy Ministers– Office is vacant since 2004.

The term Cabinet is mentioned in the Constitution after the44^th amendment act of the constitution. The Ministry of Cabinet has a strength of 15 to 30. Each minister is given the responsibility for different sections of the country like Defence, Finance, Textiles, Agriculture, Law and Justice and such. There are various powers and functions of the Cabinet, some of which are shown below.

The Cabinet has all the executive powers of the president.
It regulates the internal as well as external policies of the country.
It forms and executes policies for the betterment of people.
For the whole expenditure as well as revenue of the government, the cabinet is responsible.
Cabinet has overall control of the finance of the country.

Questions from the Cabinet Ministers topic which comes under the General Awareness section are frequently asked in the exam. Not many questions are expected from this topic but even 1 mark can decide your fate. This topic is important for all the upcoming exams especially SBI Clerk, NABARD Grade A, SSC CGL and RBI Assistant. Here is the list of Cabinet Ministers of India along with Ministers of States to cover this section.

Cabinet Ministers List Update July 2021

On July 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the reshuffling of his cabinet. He removed 12 incumbents, recruiting 36 new members and promoting 7 Ministers of State. The Modi Government now has 77 ministers up from 53. The highest number of members allowed in a cabinet is 81.

Cabinet Ministers List

	Cabinet Minister	Constituency	Portfolio
1	Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	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.
2	Amit Shah	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
3	Rajnath Singh	Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh	Minister of Defence
4	Mansukh Mandaviya	Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)	Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
5	Nitin Gadkari	Nagpur, Maharashtra	Minister of Road Transport and Highways
6	Nirmala Sitharaman	Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
7	Narendra Singh Tomar	Morena, Madhya Pradesh	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
8	Dr. S. Jaishankar	Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)	Minister of External Affairs
9	Arjun Munda	Khunti, Jharkhand	Minister of Tribal Affairs
10	Smriti Irani	Amethi, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of Women and Child Development
11	Piyush Goyal	Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)	Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of Textiles
12	Dharmendra Pradhan	Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)	Minister of Education Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
13	Prahlad Joshi	Dharwad, Karnataka	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal Minister of Mines
14	Narayan Rane		Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
15	Sarbananda Sonowal		Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister of AYUSH
16	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand)	Minister of Minority Affairs
17	Dr. Virendra Kumar		Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
18	Giriraj Singh	Begusarai, Bihar	Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj
19	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)	Minister of Civil Aviation
20	Ashwini Vaishnaw	Rajya Sabha (Odisha)	Minister of Railways Minister of Communications Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
21	Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Rajya Sabha Bihar	Minister of Steel
22	Pashupati Kumar Paras	Hajipur, Bihar	Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
23	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Jodhpur, Rajasthan	Minister of Jal Shakti
24	Kiren Rijiju	Arunachal West, Arunachal Pradesh	Minister of Law and Justice
25	Raj Kumar Singh	Arrah, Bihar	Minister of Power Minister of New and Renewable Energy
26	Hardeep Singh Puri	Lost in election (Lok Sabha)	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
27	Bhupender Yadav		Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister of Labour and Employment
28	Mahendra Nath Pandey	Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of Heavy Industries
29	Parshottam Rupala	Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)	Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
30	G. Kishan Reddy	Secunderabad, Telangana	Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
31	Anurag Singh Thakur	Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh	Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Minister of State (Independent Charge) List

	Minister	Constituency	Minister of State (Independent Charge)
1	Rao Inderjit Singh	Gurgaon, Haryana	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Planning Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2	Dr Jitendra Singh	Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir	Ministry of Earth Sciences 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 Minister of State in the Department of Space

Minister of State List

	Minister	Constituency	Portfolio
1	Shripad Yesso Naik	North Goa, Goa	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2	Faggansingh Kulaste	Mandla, Madhya Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3	Prahalad Singh Patel	Damoh, Madhya Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Buxar, Bihar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bikaner, Rajasthan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6	General (Retd.) V. K. Singh`	Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7	Krishan Pal	Faridabad, Haryana	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8	Danve Raosaheb Dadarao	Jalna, Maharashtra	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9	Ramdas Athawale	Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12	Nityanand Rai	Ujiarpur, Bihar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13	Pankaj Chaowdhary	Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14	Anupriya Singh Patel	Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15	Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel	Agra, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16	Rajeev Chandrasekhar	BTM Layout, Karnataka	Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17	Shobha Karandlaje	Udupi Chikmagalur, Karnataka	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18	Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma	Jalau, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	Surat, Gujarat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20	V. Muraleedharan	Vadakara, Kerala	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21	Meenakashi Lekhi	New Delhi	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22	Som Parkash	Hoshiarpur, Punjab	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23	Renuka Singh Saruta	Surguja, Chhattisgarh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24	Rameswar Teli	Dibrugarh, Assam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25	Kailash Choudhary	Barmer, Rajasthan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26	Annpurna Devi	Kodarma, Jharkhand	Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27	A. Narayanaswamy	Chitradurga, Karnataka	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28	Kaushal Kishore	Mohan Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29	Ajay Bhatt	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30	B. L. Verma	Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31	Ajay Kumar	Kulti, West Bengal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32	Devusinh Chauhan	Kheda, Gujarat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33	Bhagwanth Khuba	Bidar, Karnataka	Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34	Kapil Moreshwar Patil	Bhiwandi, Maharashtra	Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35	Pratima Bhoumik	Dhanpur, Tripura	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36	Dr. Subhas Sarkar	Bankura, West Bengal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37	Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad	Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38	Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh	Thongiu, Manipur	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39	Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar	Dindori, Maharashtra	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40	Bishweswar Tudu	Mayurbhanj, Odisha	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41	Shantanu Thakur	Bangaon, West Bengal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42	Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai	Surendranagar, Gujarat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43	John Barla	Alipurduars, West Bengal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44	Dr. L. Murugan	Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45	Nisith Pramanik	Coochbehar, (West Bengal)	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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