Union Council of Ministers

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The Union Council of Ministers 'or federal cabinet' exercises executive authority in the Republic of India.^[1] It consists of senior ministers, called "Cabinet Ministers", and junior ministers, called "Ministers of State".

It is led by the Prime Minister. A smaller executive body, called the Union Cabinet is the decision-making body in India.^[2] Only the Prime Minister and ministers of the rank of "Cabinet Minister" are members of the Cabinet.

Regulations

As a collective, the Council of Ministers is responsible to the lower house of the Indian Parliament, called the Lok Sabha (House of People).^[1] According to the Constitution of India, the total number of ministers in the Council of Ministers must not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the House of the People. Ministers must be members of parliament. Any minister who is not a member of either the lower or upper houses of parliament for six consecutive months is automatically stripped of his or her ministerial post.^[1]

Ranking

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

• Cabinet Minister: member of cabinet; leads a ministry
• Minister of State (Independent Charges): junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister
• Minister of State (MoS): junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry

Current Cabinet

As a collective, each successive Council of Ministers is referred to as a cabinet. The current cabinet is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office on 26 May 2014.

Cabinet Ministers

Source:^[3][4]

Key

India cabinet ministers information-2014

Ministers of State

Note : *Indicates Minister of State having Independent charge

See also

• Politics of India
• National Democratic Alliance
• Council of Ministers of Narendra Modi
• Template:Modi ministry

References

External links

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• Union Council of Ministers at the National Portal of India

Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Manohar Parrikar Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Railways Suresh Prabhu Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Ch. Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) AYUSH Shripad Yasso Naik Coal Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Communications Manoj Sinha Culture Mahesh Sharma Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya Mines Piyush Goyal New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Power Piyush Goyal Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy Tourism Mahesh Sharma Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P P Choudhary External Affairs M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P P Choudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

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