29 States and Capitals of India

 Andhra Pradesh – Hyderabad

 Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
 Assam – Dispur
 Bihar – Patna
 Chhattisgarh – Raipur
 Goa – Panaji
 Gujarat – Gandhinagar
 Haryana – Chandigarh
 Himachal Pradesh – Shimla
 Jammu and Kashmir – Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
 Jharkhand – Ranchi
 Karnataka – Bengaluru
 Kerala – Trivandrum
 Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
 Maharashtra – Mumbai
 Manipur – Imphal
 Meghalaya – Shillong
 Mizoram – Aizawl
 Nagaland – Kohima
 Odisha – Bhubaneswar
 Punjab – Chandigarh
 Rajasthan – Jaipur
 Sikkim – Gangtok
 Tamil Nadu – Chennai
 Telangana – Hyderabad
 Tripura – Agartala
 Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow
 Uttarakhand – Dehradun
 West Bengal – Kolkata
 7 Union Territories Of India With Their Capitals

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair

 Chandigarh – Chandigarh
 Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Silvassa
 Daman and Diu – Daman
 Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
 Delhi – National Capital Territory - Delhi
 Puducherry (Pondicherry) – Pondicherry

List of Ministers of India with Photo and Portfolio 2019

Prime Minister and His Portfolio 2019

Shri Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Narendra Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy
Modi issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

Cabinet Ministers of India 2019

S.No. Minister Portfolio/Minitry

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Defence.

2. Shri Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs.

Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small

3. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
and Medium Enterprises.

Shri D.V. Sadananda

4. Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Gowda

5. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

6. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
S.No. Minister Portfolio/Minitry

Shri Narendra Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural
7.
Tomar Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.

Shri Ravi Shankar Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister
8.
Prasad of Electronics and Information Technology.

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur

9. Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Badal

Shri Thaawar Chand

10. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Gehlot

Dr. Subrahmanyam
11. Minister of External Affairs.
Jaishankar

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal

12. Minister of Human Resource Development.
'Nishank'

13. Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs.

14. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and

15. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of

16. Shri Prakash Javadekar
Information and Broadcasting.

17. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Shri Dharmendra
18. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.
Pradhan

Shri Mukhtar Abbas

19. Minister of Minority Affairs.
Naqvi

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of

20. Shri Pralhad Joshi
Mines.

Dr. Mahendra Nath

21. Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Pandey
S.No. Minister Portfolio/Minitry

Shri Arvind Ganpat

22. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
Sawant

23. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

Shri Gajendra Singh

24. Minister of Jal Shakti.
Shekhawat

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

S.No. Minister Minister/Portfolio

Shri Santosh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and
1. Kumar
Employment.
Gangwar

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and

Rao Inderjit
2. Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Singh
Ministry of Planning.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and

Shri Shripad
3. Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in
Yesso Naik
the Ministry of Defence.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North

Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State
Dr. Jitendra
4. in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in
Singh
the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of
Space.

Shri Kiren Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports;
5.
Rijiju and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Shri Prahalad Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of
6.
Singh Patel State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State

Shri Raj
7. (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and
Kumar Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

8. Shri Hardeep Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban
S.No. Minister Minister/Portfolio

Singh Puri Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation;
and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Shri Mansukh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of
9.
L. Mandaviya State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Minister of State
S.No. Name Minister/Portfolio

Shri Faggansingh
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
Kulaste

Shri Ashwini Kumar

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Choubey

Shri Arjun Ram Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of
3.
Meghwal State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

General (Retd.) V. K.
4. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Singh

5. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Shri Danve Raosaheb Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
6.
Dadarao Distribution.

7. Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Shri Parshottam
8. Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Rupala

Shri Ramdas
9. Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Athawale

10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

11. Shri Babul Supriyo
Change.
S.No. Name Minister/Portfolio

Shri Sanjeev Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
12.
Balyan Fisheries.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development;

Shri Dhotre Sanjay
13. Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State
Shamrao
in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Shri Anurag Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the
14.
Thakur Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Shri Angadi Suresh

15. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Channabasappa

16. Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the
17. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in

18. Shri V. Muraleedharan
the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Smt. Renuka Singh

19. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Saruta

20. Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

21. Shri Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises;

Shri Pratap Chandra
22. and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Sarangi
Fisheries.

Shri Kailash
23. Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Choudhary

Sushri Debasree
24. Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Chaudhuri
PRESIDENT :

Shri Ram Nath Kovind

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

As per the article 74 of the Indian constitution there shall be a cabinet of ministers to aid and
advice the President of India. The Council of Ministers consists of four categories of ministers; 1.
Cabinet Minister 2. Minister of state 3. Minister of state (independent charge) and 4. Deputy
Minister.

The cabinet of the Narendra Modi’s second tenure has been decided. There are total 57
ministers have taken oath of office and secrecy along with PM Narendra Modi on the
30th May 2019. Out of total 57 ministers there are 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Minister of
State, (independent charge), 24 Minister of State. In total there are 6 ministers are
women in this cabinet.

Article 74 of the Indian constitution deals with the status of the council of ministers to
aid and advice the President who shall exercise his functions as per the advices tendered
to him. While article 75 deals with the appointment, tenure, qualification,
responsibilities, oath salaries and allowances of the ministers.

In this article we have explained that what are the works of different ministers and the
types of different Union Ministers.

The Council of Ministers consists of four categories of ministers;

1. Cabinet Minister

2. Minister of State (Independent Charge)

3. Minister of State

4. Deputy Minister

The difference in ministers lies in their respective ranks, emoluments and political
importance.

The Prime Minister of the country is on the top of all of these ministers and he advises
the President of India that which persons shall be included in the cabinet.

1. Cabinet Minister: The Cabinet Ministers heads the important ministries of the Central
Government like Home Ministry, Finance Ministry, Defence Ministry, External Affairs
Ministry and Ministry of Human Resource and Development etc. Generally the Cabinet
Ministers consist of 18 to 25 ministers. This time there are 24 Cabinet Ministers.

Cabinet Ministers attend the crucial meetings and play a crucial role in the policy
formation of the country.

2. Minister of State (Independent Charge): In this case the minister of state performs the
same functions and exercises the same powers in relation to their
ministries/departments as Cabinet Ministers do. However they are not members of the
cabinet so not entitled to attend the cabinet meetings until they are not invited. Minister
of state (independent charge) are invited in the cabinet meetings when something
important related to their departments/ministries is considered by the cabinet.

3. Minister of State: These ministers are given the charge of the departments of the
ministries headed by the Cabinet Ministers or allotted specific items of work related to
the ministries headed by the Cabinet Ministers. So by and large these ministers work
under the supervision and guidance of the Cabinet Ministers.

4. Deputy Ministers; These ministers are lowest in the rank. They are not given
independent charge of the ministries/departments. They are attached to the Cabinet
Ministers or Ministers of State to help them in their administrative, political and
parliamentary duties. Deputy Ministers are not part of the cabinet so they do not attend
the meetings of the cabinet.

Kitchen Cabinet: In addition to the above mentioned ministers there is another small body
consist of the Prime Minister as its head and some key 15 to 20 most important
ministers, called the Kitchen Cabinet. In realty this cabinet is not mentioned in the
Indian constitution but it is the pivot of powers of the Central Government. This type of
cabinet was first introduced by the Late PM Indira Gandhi.