LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

(as on 12.07.2016)

Shri 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

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs.

2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs.
3. Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Minister of Urban Development;
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation;
and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Shipping.
6. Shri Manohar Parrikar Minister of Defence.
7. Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways.
8. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme
Implementation.
9. Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation.
10. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution.
11. Shri Kalraj Mishra Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
12. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development.
13. Shri Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
14. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; and
Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology.
15. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
16. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Minister of Civil Aviation.
Pusapati
17. Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises.
18. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries.
19. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Rural Development;
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
20. Shri Chaudhary Birender Minister of Steel.
Singh
21. Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs.
22. Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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23. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
24. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles.
25. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
26. Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry

of Planning;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban
Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation.
2. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Labour and Employment.
3. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
4. Shri Vijay Goel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Youth Affairs and Sports; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
6. Shri Dharmendra Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
Pradhan of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
7. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Power;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Coal;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Mines.
8. Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Development of North Eastern Region;
Minister of State in the Prime Ministers 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.
9. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry.
10. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Culture; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Tourism.

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11. Shri Manoj Sinha Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Communications; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
12. Shri Anil Madhav Dave Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
13. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry
Naqvi of Minority Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. General (Retd.) V.K. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Singh
2. Shri Santosh Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Gangwar
3. Shri Faggan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
Kulaste Welfare
4. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs.
5. Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
6. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
7. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and
Chaudhary Medium Enterprises.
8. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises.
9. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Ahir
10. Shri Ramesh Chandappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Jigajinagi Sanitation.
11. Shri Rajen Gohain Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
12. Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
13. Shri M. J. Akbar Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
14. Shri Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
15. Shri Radhakrishnan P. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
16. Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
17. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
18. Shri Jaswantsinh Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Sumanbhai Bhabhor
19. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
Balyan River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

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 20. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
21. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare.
22. Shri Y.S. Chowdary Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and
Technology; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
23. Shri Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
24. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and
Rathore Broadcasting.
25. Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises.
26. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing
Industries.
27. Shri Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
28. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
29. Dr. Mahendra Nath Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource
Pandey Development.
30. Shri Ajay Tamta Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
31. Smt. Krishna Raj Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
32. Shri Mansukh L. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Mandaviya Highways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilizers.
33. Smt. Anupriya Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare.
34. Shri C. R. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution.
35. Shri P.P. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice;
and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology.
36. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
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Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 12.07.2016.

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