The Union Council of Ministers consists of Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers, Ministers of state (Independent Charge) and Ministers of state. It is led by the Prime Minister. 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 Lok Sabha. All members of the Union Council of Ministers take oath of office and secrecy by President of India. Here is the list of current Union Council of Ministers:
Union Cabinet Ministries
NAME
MINISTRIES
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions. Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
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.
DV Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Ramvilas 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.
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs.
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
Minister of Human Resource Development.
Arjun Munda
Minister of Tribal Affairs.
Smriti 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
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Name
Ministries
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Rao Inderjit Singh
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Ministry of Planning.
Shripad Naik
Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and Ministry of Defence.
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.
Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Ministry of Minority Affairs
Prahalad Singh Patel
Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism.
Raj Kumar Singh
Ministry of Power; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Hardeep Singh Puri
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Ministers of State
Name
Ministries
Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and 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 Empowermen
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 and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Anurag Singh Thakur
Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Angadi Suresh Channabasappa
Ministry of Railways
Nityanand Rai
Ministry of Home Affairs
Rattan Lal Kataria
Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
V Muraleedharan
Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Renuka Singh Saruta
Ministry of Tribal Affair
Som Parkash
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Rameswar Teli
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
