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Cabinet Ministers of India 2019 and Their Departments: Complete List
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Updated on: October 17th, 2023
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The list of Cabinet Ministers of India 2019 has been issued now! After the newly elected Prime Minister of India- Narendra Modi and other 57 ministers took oath on 30th May 2019, the Government of India has made the list of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State public. We have shared the complete list of Cabinet Ministers of India 2019, Ministry Portfolios and their respective Departments below.
Know the Union Council of Ministers of India (Narendra Modi’s Cabinet (Council) of Ministers) to update your knowledge.
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 per cent 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
Cabinet Ministers of India 2019 and Their Departments
|
Portfolio (Department) |
Minister Name |
Constituency |
|
Prime Minister and 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. |
Narendra Modi |
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
|
Ministry of Home Affairs |
Amit Shah | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
|
Ministry of Defence |
Rajnath Singh |
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
|
Minister of External Affairs |
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
– |
|
Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
Nirmala Sitharaman | Karnataka, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
Nagpur, Maharashtra |
|
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
D.V. Sadananda Gowda |
Bangalore North, Karnataka |
|
Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan |
Chandni Chowk, Delhi |
|
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
Ramvilas Paswan |
— |
|
Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
Ravi Shankar Prasad |
Patna Sahib, Bihar |
|
Ministry of Minority Affairs |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
Prahlad Joshi | Dharwad, Karnataka |
|
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
Mahendra Nath Pandey | Chandauli. Uttar Pradesh |
|
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
Arvind Sawant | Mumbai South, Maharashtra |
|
Minister of Food Processing Industries |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
Bathinda, Punjab |
|
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
Narendra Singh Tomar |
Morena, Madhya Pradesh |
|
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
Arjun Munda | Khunti, Jharkhand |
|
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
Giriraj Singh |
Begusarai, Bihar |
|
Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles |
Smriti Zubin Irani |
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh |
|
Minister of Human Resource Development |
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ |
Haridwar, Uttarakhand |
|
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Thaawar Chand Gehlot |
Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
Prakash Javadekar |
Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel |
Dharmendra Pradhan |
Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry |
Piyush Goyal |
Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
|
Minister of Jal Shakti |
Gajendra Shekhawat |
Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
|
Minister Name |
Portfolio |
|
Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
|
Rao Inderjit Singh |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Ministry of Planning. |
|
Shripad Yesso Naik |
Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Ministry of Defence. |
|
Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space. |
|
Kiren Rijiju |
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
|
Prahalad Singh Patel |
Ministry of Culture; and Ministry of Tourism. |
|
Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Power; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
|
Hardeep Singh Puri |
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
|
Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
Ministry of Shipping; and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
Ministers of States 2019
|
Minister Name |
Portfolio |
|
Faggansingh Kulaste |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
|
Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
|
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
|
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
|
Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
|
Raosaheb Danve |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
|
G. Kishan Reddy |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
|
Purushottam Rupala |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
|
Ramdas Athawale |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
|
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Ministry of Rural Development. |
|
Babul Supriyo |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
|
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
|
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao |
Ministry of Human Resource Development; Ministry of Communications; and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
|
Anurag Thakur |
Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
|
Suresh Angadi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
|
Nityanand Rai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
|
Ratanlal Kataria |
Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
|
V. Muraleedharan |
Ministry of External Affairs; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
|
Renuka Singh Saruta |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
|
Som Parkash |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
|
Rameswar Teli |
Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
|
Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
|
Kailash Choudhary |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
|
Debasree Chaudhuri |
Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
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