LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

(as on 28.05.2009)

CABINET MINISTERS
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the
Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to
the charge of any Minister viz.:
1.       (i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Dr. Manmohan Singh Pensions;
 
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space; and
(v) Ministry of Culture
2.      
Shri Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance.
 
3.       Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer
Shri Sharad Pawar
  Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
4.      
Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence.
 
5.      
Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs.
 
6.      
Km. Mamata Banerjee Minister of Railways.
 
7.      
Shri S.M. Krishna Minister of External Affairs.
 
8.      
Shri Virbhadra Singh Minister of Steel
 
9.      
Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
 
10. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare
11. Shri Sushilkumar Shinde Minister of Power
12. Shri M. Veerappa Moily Minister of Law and Justice
13. Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy
14. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Urban Development
15. Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Road Transport and Highways
16. Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
17. Smt. Meira Kumar Minister of Water Resources
18. Shri Dayanidhi Maran Minister of Textiles
Minister of Communications and Information
19. Shri A. Raja
Technology
20. Shri Murli Deora Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
21. Smt. Ambika Soni Minister of Information and Broadcasting
22. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Labour and Employment
23. Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Human Resource Development
Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of
24. Shri B.K. Handique
North Eastern Region
25. Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Rural Development and Minister of
26. Shri C.P. Joshi
Panchayati Raj
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
27. Kumari Selja
and Minister of Tourism
28. Shri Subodh Kant Sahay Minister of Food Processing Industries
29. Dr. M.S. Gill Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

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30. Shri G.K. Vasan Minister of Shipping
31. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
32. Shri Mukul Wasnik Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
33. Shri Kantilal Bhuria Minister of Tribal Affairs
34. Shri M.K. Alagiri Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1.       Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Shri Praful Patel
  Ministry of Civil Aviation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of
State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth
2.      
Shri Prithviraj Chavan Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s
 
Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of
State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
3.       Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent
Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal
  Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
4.       Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State
Shri Salman Khursheed
  (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority
Affairs
5.       Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Shri Dinsha J. Patel
  Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6.       Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Smt. Krishna Tirath
  Ministry of Women and Child Development
7.       Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Shri Jairam Ramesh
  Ministry of Environment and Forests
MINISTERS OF STATE
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and
1.     Shri Srikant Jena
Fertilizers
2.    Shri E. Ahammed Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Shri Mullappally
3.    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Ramachandran
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and
4.    Shri V. Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs
Shri Jyotiraditya Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and
5.   
Madhavrao Scindia Industry
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource
6.    Smt. D. Purandeswari
Development
7.    Shri K.H. Muniappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
8.    Shri Ajay Maken Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
9.    Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
10. Shri Namo Narain Meena Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
11. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban
12. Shri Saugata Ray
Development
13. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and
14. Shri Jitin Prasada
Natural Gas
15. Shri A. Sai Prathap Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
16. Smt. Preneet Kaur Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
17. Shri Gurudas Kamat
and Information Technology
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and
18. Shri Harish Rawat
Employment
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
19. Prof. K.V. Thomas Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution
20. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
Shri Mahadev S. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport
21.
Khandela and Highways
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
22. Shri Dinesh Trivedi
Welfare
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
23. Shri Sisir Adhikari
Development
24. Shri Sultan Ahmed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
25. Shri Mukul Roy Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping
Shri Choudhury Mohan Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and
26.
Jatua Broadcasting
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and
27. Shri D. Napoleon
Empowerment
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and
28. Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan
Broadcasting
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
29. Shri S. Gandhiselvan
Welfare
Shri Tusharbhai
30. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
31. Shri Sachin Pilot
and Information Technology
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
32. Shri Arun Yadav
Sports
Shri Prateek Prakashbapu Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
33.
Patil and Public Enterprises
Minister of State in the Minister of Road Transport
34. Shri R.P.N. Singh
and Highways
35. Shri Shashi Tharoor Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
36. Shri Vincent Pala Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
37. Shri Pradeep Jain
Development
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
38. Ms. Agatha Sangma
Development

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