Important Ministers:

Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently serving
as the 31st Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the 1st Minister of Co-operation of India
since 2021. He served as the 10th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to
2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He
was elected to the lower house of Parliament, Lok Sabha, in the 2019 Indian general elections
from Gandhinagar. Earlier, he had been elected as a member of the upper house of
Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019.

Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who is serving as the 7th
and current Chief Minister of Delhi since 2015, after his first term in the post from 2013 to 2014.
He is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party since 2012. He has represented
the New Delhi constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015 and from 2013 to 2014.

Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving as the 29th Defence Minister of
India since 2019. He is currently the deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He was
the 8th President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. He
is a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a RSS Swayamsevak.

Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra[2] who is the current Minister for
Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India.[3] He is also the longest serving Minister
for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over nine years.[4] Gadkari earlier
served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2009 to 2013.[5] He is also
known for his work as the Public Works Department Minister of the State of Maharashtra, where,
under his leadership, a series of roads, highways and flyovers across the state were constructed.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician serving
as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019.[1] He is a
member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5
July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015[2][3] to January 2018.
[4]
He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister, after
Natwar Singh.

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959)[1] is an Indian economist, politician and a senior
leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of
Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha,
the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously
represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016. Sitharaman previously served as the
28th Defence Minister from 2017 to 2019, thereby becoming India's second female defence
minister and the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi.

Dharmendra Pradhan (pronounced [dʰɔɾmendɾɔ pɾɔdʰān]; born 26 June 1969) is an

Indian politician serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship in the Government of India. An alumnus of Talcher College and Utkal
University, he has also been the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.
Pradhan was promoted to a Cabinet Minister on 3 September 2017. Shri Pradhan currently
represents Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha as Member of Parliament. Earlier, he was a
member of the 14th Lok Sabha.

Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the Madhya
Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1] He is the former Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.

Lalu Prasad also served as the Railway Minister of India from 2004 to 2009. He is a Member
of Parliament of India for Saran (Chhapra) and National President of Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD). His most notable achievement has been the financial turnaround of the Indian
Railways.

George Hudson (born March 1800, York, Yorkshire, Eng. —died Dec. 14, 1871, London)
English financier, known as the “railway king,” whose enterprise made York a major railway
and commercial hub.

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is an Indian politician and chartered accountant
serving as a cabinet minister in the Government of India, having portfolios such as Minister of
Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Currently
a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the
current Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.

Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 20 December 1953) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as
the Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge), Government of India since 2023 and
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs since 2017 & Culture since 2021 in the Second Modi
ministry.

Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician, Civil Engineer and
Builder who is serving as the 17th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat since 2021.[2] He
represents the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017.
He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career in municipal
bodies of Ahmedabad.

Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi[3] (born 27 November 1962) is an Indian politician who is the current
union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines of India, since 30 May 2019 and Member
of Parliament in the Lok Sabha

Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He is a junior minister in the incumbent Minister of State for Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology of India. He is also an
entrepreneur, technocrat and a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from BJP representing
Karnataka. He served as National Spokesperson of BJP and was vice-chairman of the Kerala
faction of the BJP-led coalition National Democratic Alliance.

Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician and former IAS officer who is
currently serving as the 39th Minister of Railways, 55th Communications Minister and
2nd Electronics & Information Technology Minister in Government of India since 2021 and a
member of the Rajya Sabha representing Odisha since 2019.

Giriraj Singh (born 8 September 1952) is an Indian politician and the Minister of Rural
Development and Panchayati Raj Department in the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India with a
cabinet minister rank.