9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 1/7 Cabinet of India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Cabinet of India, also known as the Union Cabinet of India, is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The Cabinet Secretary provide assistance to the council of ministers and acts as an advisor. [1] Ministers of State assist the Cabinet ministers in their work. [2] Contents 1 Cabinet Ministers 1.1 Ministers of State (Independent Charges) 1.2 Ministers of State 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Cabinet Ministers All cabinet ministers are mandated by the constitution to be members of either House of the Parliament of India, [3] but they are not entitled to vote therein(as per article 88 of the constitution). There are three categories of ministers of which union cabinet minister holds the highest rank. The present cabinet consists of 23 ministers. The Cabinet ministers are listed below: [4][5] No. Portfolios Minister Age Photo Party Parliamentary Constituency Educational background 1 Prime Minister of India Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Minister of Atomic Energy Minister of Space [6] Narendra Modi 63 BJP Varanasi Delhi University Gujarat University 2 Minister of Home Affairs [7] Rajnath Singh 62 BJP Lucknow Gorakhpur University 3 Minister of External Affairs [7] Minister of Sushma Swaraj 62 BJP Vidisha Panjab University 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 2/7 Overseas Indian Affairs 4 Minister of Finance Minister of Corporate Affairs Minister of Defence [7] Arun Jaitley 61 BJP Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) Delhi University 5 Minister of Urban Development Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister of Parliamentary Affairs [8] Venkaiah Naidu 64 BJP Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) Andhra University 6 Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Shipping [8] Minister of Rural Development [8] Nitin Gadkari 58 7 Minister of Railways [8] D. V. Sadananda Gowda 61 8 Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation [8] Uma Bharti 55 9 Minister of Minority Affairs [8] Najma Heptullah 74 10 Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution [8] Ram Vilas Paswan 67 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 3/7 11 Minister of Women and Child Development [8] Maneka Gandhi 57 12 Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers [8] Ananth Kumar 54 13 Minister of Law and Justice Minister of Communications and Information Technology [8] Ravi Shankar Prasad 59 14 Minister of Civil Aviation [8] Ashok Gajapati Raju 62 15 Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises [8] Anant Geete 62 16 Minister of Food Processing Industries [8] Harsimrat Kaur 47 17 Minister of Mines Minister of Steel Minister of Labour and Employment [8] Narendra Singh Tomar 56 18 Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram 53 19 Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment [8] Thawar Chand Gehlot 66 20 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra 73 21 Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh 64 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 4/7 22 Minister of Health and Family Welfare [8] Harsh Vardhan 59 23 Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani 38 Ministers of State (Independent Charges) 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 5/7 No Office Minister Age Photo Party 24 Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charges), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh 63 BJP 25 Planning (Independent Charges), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charges), Defence Inderjit Singh Rao 63 BJP 26 Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation Santosh Kumar Gangwar 66 BJP 27 Culture, Tourism Shripad Yasso Naik 61 BJP 28 Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan 44 BJP 29 Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal 51 BJP 30 Information and Broadcasting, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javadekar 63 BJP 31 Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal 49 BJP 32 Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh 57 BJP 33 Commerce and Industry, Finance, Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman 54 congress Ministers of State 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 6/7 No Office Minister Age Photo Party 34 Civil Aviation G.M. Siddeshwara 61 35 Railways Manoj Sinha 55 BJP 36 Chemicals and Fertilizers Nihalchand 43 37 Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 38 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Pon Radhakrishnan 62 39 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju 40 Road Transport and Highways,Shipping Krishan Pal 41 Agriculture, Food Processing Industries Sanjeev Kumar Balyan 42 Tribal Affairs Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 43 Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Dadarao Danve 44 Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai 45 Social Justice and Empowerment [[Sudarshan bhagat ]] See also Politics of India National Democratic Alliance Council of Ministers of the Republic of India Council of Ministers of Narendra Modi References 1. ^ "Functions of Cabinet Secretariat" (http://cabsec.nic.in/about_functions.php). Retrieved 31 January 2012. 2. ^ Jacob, Jayanth (28 May 2009). "Ministers of state need not worry" (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090528/jsp/frontpage/story_11030538.jsp). The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2014. 3. ^ "Council of Ministers" (http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php). Retrieved 31 January 2012. 4. ^ Composition of Cabinet Ministers (as on 26.05.2014) (http://cabsec.nic.in/showpdf.php? type=council_cabinet_cabinetminsworn) Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India 5. ^ "PM Modi announces list of Cabinet ministers with portfolios" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok- sabha-elections-2014/news/PM-Modi-announces-list-of-Cabinet-ministers-with- portfolios/articleshow/35621676.cms). The Times of India. 26 May 2014. 6. ^ "Official Statements" (http://pmindia.nic.in/details10.php). Prime Minister of India. Retrieved 2014-06-14. 9/13/2014 Cabinet of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_India 7/7 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Council of Ministers of India. External links Council of Ministers (http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.ph) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Cabinet_of_India&oldid=625390817" Categories: Parliament of India Union ministers of India Cabinet of India National cabinets This page was last modified on 13 September 2014 at 16:16. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. 7. ^ a b c Modi's ministry: Who gets what (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-prime-minister- ministry-who-gets-what/1/363787.html) India Today 8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Narendra Modi takes charge of PMO, meets SAARC leaders" (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/live-prime-minister-narendra-modi-cabinet-ministers-list-portfolios-nawaz- sharif/1/363802.html). 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