LIST OF MINISTERS OF INDIA, 2019
The 17th Lok Sabha of India came into being on May 30, 2019, with the oath-taking gathering of India’s 16th Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the Council of Ministers. The Union Cabinet includes 24 cabinet ministers, 9 ministers of state with independent charge and 24 ministers of state.Here is a complete list of current Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State with their portfolio.
Union Council of Ministers |
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| Prime Minister | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sr. No. | Name | Ministers |
| 1 | Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2 | Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 3 | Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 4 | D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5 | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 6 | Ram Vilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7 | Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
| 8 | Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 9 | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 10 | Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 11 | Dr. S. Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 12 | Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 13 | Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 14 | Smriti Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| 15 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| 16 | Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 17 | Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 18 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| 19 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 20 | Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 21 | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22 | Arvind Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| 23 | Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries. |
| 24 | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
| Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | ||
| Sr. No. | Name | Ministers |
| 1 | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Dr. 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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 | ||
| Sr. No. | Name | Ministers |
| 1 | Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 2 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 3 | Shri 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. |
| 4 | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 5 | Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6 | Raosaheb Danve | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7 | G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8 | Purushottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 9 | Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 10 | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 11 | Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 12 | Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Anurag Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 15 | Suresh Angadi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 16 | Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 17 | Ratanlal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 18 | V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 19 | Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 20 | Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 21 | Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 24 | Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
