List of Current Cabinet Ministers of India: The cabinet ministers of India were reshuffled for the first time since May 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7th July 2021. The list of Cabinet Ministers is introduced with several new faces and accommodating allied of National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In the Rashtrapati Bhawan, 43 MPs took oath including Ajay Bhatt, Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, and others.
In the reshuffling of Cabinet Ministers of India, seven ministers were promoted including Anurag Thakur, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Paroshottam Rupala, G Kishan Reddy, and Raj Kumar Singh. There were 12 resignations of Ministers from the Modi Cabinet.
List of Current Cabinet Ministers of India
| Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister |
| 1. Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions | |
| 2. Department of Space | |
| 3. Department of Atomic Energy | |
| 4. All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister | |
| Cabinet Ministers of India | |
| Shri Amit Shah | 1. Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 2. Ministry of Cooperation | |
| Shri Rajnath Singh | Ministry of Defence |
| Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises |
| Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | 1. Ministry of Finance |
| 2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs | |
| Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| Shri Sarbanada Sonowal | 1. Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways |
| 2. Ministry of AYUSH | |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Shri Ramchandra Prasad | Ministry of Steel |
| Shri Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | 1. Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| Mansukh Mandaviya | 1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 2. Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers | |
| Shri Ashwini Vaishnav | 1. Ministry of Railways |
| 2. Ministry of Communications | |
| 3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | |
| Shri Piyush Goyal | 1. Ministry of Textiles |
| 2. Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| 3. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution | |
| Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | 1. Ministry of Education |
| 2. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | |
| Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Pralhad Joshi | 1. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 2. Ministry of Coal | |
| 3. Ministry of Mines | |
| Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Shri Giriraj Singh | 1. Ministry of Rural Development |
| 2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj | |
| Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Shri Raj Kumar Singh | 1. Ministry of Power |
| 2. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy | |
| Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | 1. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 2. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
| Shri Bhupender Yadav | 1. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chane |
| 2. Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Ministry of Heavy Industries |
| Shri Parshottam Rupala | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying |
| Shri G. Kishan Reddy | 1. Ministry of Culture |
| 2. Ministry of Tourism | |
| 3. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | |
| Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | 1. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| 2. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
| Cabinet Ministers of India: Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |
| Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | 1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 2. Ministry of Planning | |
| 3. Ministry of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs | |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | 1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology |
| 2. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences | |
| 3. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office | |
| 4. Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | |
| 5. Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy | |
| 6. Minister of State in the Department of Space | |
| Ministers of State | |
| Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism | |
| Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development | |
| Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries | |
| Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of ConsumerAffairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture | |
| General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation | |
| Shri Krishan Pal | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Power |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries | |
| Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal | |
| 3. Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines | |
| Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development | |
| Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Pankaj Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law andJustice |
| Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | |
| Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises |
| Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways | |
| Shri V. Muraleedharan | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture | |
| Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Shri Rameswar Teli | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
| Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Smt. Annapurna Devi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Ajay Bhatt | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism | |
| Shri B. L. Verma | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation | |
| Shri Ajay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
| Shri Bhagwanth Khuba | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | |
| Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| Sushri Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State in the Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment |
| Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | |
| Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Bishweswar Tudu | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti | |
| Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH | |
| Shri John Barla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Dr. L. Murugan | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | |
| Shri Nisith Pramanik | 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
Cabinet Ministers of India: List of Ministers who were sworn at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
| Names | Ministry |
| Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State |
| Dr L Murugan | Minister of State |
| John Barla | Minister of State |
| Dr. Manjapara Mahendrabhai | Minister of State |
| Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State |
| Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State |
| Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Minister of State |
| Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Minister of State |
| Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Minister of State |
| Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State |
| Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State |
| Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State |
| Bhagwant Khuba | Minister of State |
| Chauhan Devusinh | Minister of State |
| Ajay Kumar | Minister of State |
| B L Verma | Minister of State |
| Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State |
| Kausal Kishore | Minister of State |
| A Narayanaswamy | Minister of State |
| Annapurna Devi | Minister of State |
| Meenakshi Lekhi | Minister of State |
| Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | Minister of State |
| Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State |
| Rajeev Chandrashekar | Minister of State |
| Satya Pal Singh Baghel | Minister of State |
| Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State |
| Pankaj Choudhary | Minister of State |
| Anurag Thakur | Cabinet Minister |
| G Kishen Reddy | Cabinet Minister |
| Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala | Cabinet Minister |
| Mansukh Mandaviya | Cabinet Minister |
| Bhupendra Yadav | Cabinet Minister |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Cabinet Minister |
| Raj Kumar Singh | Cabinet Minister |
| Kiren Rijiju | Cabinet Minister |
| Pashu Pati Kumar | Cabinet Minister |
| Ashwini Vaishnav | Cabinet Minister |
| Ram Chandra Prasad | Cabinet Minister |
| Jyotiraditya Scindia | Cabinet Minister |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Cabinet Minister |
| Sarbananda Sonowal | Cabinet Minister |
| Narayan Rane | Cabinet Minister |
Role of a Cabinet Minister
- Role of a Cabinet Minister to make decisions concerning national issues and also direct the government policies towards them.
- Discussing the national problems in the parliament and finding solutions to them
- Cabinet Minister presents the bills on behalf of the respective departments.
- The duty of the cabinet ministers includes looking into the security of the country, foreign affairs, and the good economic health of the nation.
- The cabinet ministers will be acting as heads of various administrative departments of which they would have to take care of the day to day progress.
- The cabinet of ministers has the power to get the law passed in both the houses of the parliament. In the same fashion, they also oppose the bill from getting adopted. In short, they have the power to make laws that will get implemented to the entire country.
- The cabinet has the final decision in matters of finance by preparing a budget for the entire financial year, to propose taxes, the expenditures get made and allocation of resources
Provisions Under Constitution Related To The Council Of Ministers:
- Article 74 – There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice.
- Before 91st constitutional amendment act 2003, the Prime Minister had the discretion to appoint any number in his council of ministers.
- But the 91st Constitution Amendment Act, 2003 made a drastic change in curbing such power of the Prime Minister.
- This Amendment added clause (1A) in this Article which made a specific provision that the total number of Ministers, including Prime Minister, in no case, can exceed 15% of the total number of Lok Sabha members.
Interesting Facts about Ministers of India
- First Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru.
- First President of India – Dr Rajendra Prasad
- First Deputy Prime Minister of India – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- First Home Minister of India – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- First Education Minister of India – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- First Defence Minister of India – Baldev Singh
- First External Affairs Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- First Finance Minister of India – R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How many Ministers are there in New Modi Cabinet?
Ans. In 2022, there are 31 Cabinet Ministers, 45 Ministers of State, and 2 Ministers of State with Independent Charge in the New Cabinet of Narendra Modi.
2. What is the role of Cabinet Ministers in India?
Ans. The cabinet minister of India is the executive body and the central ministers are led by the Prime Minister of India. The Cabinet Ministers have the supreme powers in the parlance of administrative powers and responsibilities.
3. Which ministers are held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Ans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, public grievances, and pensions, the Department of Space, the Department of Atomic Energy, and All-important policy issues and all other Portfolios not allocated to any ministers.
4. Who is the longest-serving head of elected governments among all the Indian Prime Ministers?
Ans. The Council of Ministers or the Cabinet Ministers are an important topic for UPSC, SSC, Bank, RRB, or other Government exams.
Q. How many questions are asked in competitive exams from the topic “Cabinet ministers of India”?
Ans. Narendra Modi is the longest-serving head of elected government among all the Indian Prime Ministers.
5. Who is the youngest cabinet minister of India?
Ans. Nisith Pramanik is the youngest cabinet minister of India. He is 35 years old and took oath as the Minister of State at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
