Cabinet ministers of India: Dear candidates, in current affairs section questions related to the appointment of all cabinet ministers of India and their constituency, department, and the charge will be asked. You have to be thorough with the complete details about the cabinet ministers.
Current affairs preparation is very important to crack the competitive exams. In current affairs there are various topics for the candidates to prepare for the exams. Here we have listed all the cabinet ministers, Minister of state (independent charge), and the minister of state. they are either the members of Lok sabha or Rajya sabha. We have mentioned their constitution also. In competitive exam you can expect questions from the cabinet ministers of India and their constituencies. So candidates prepare for the exam with our cabinet ministers of India complete list.
Number of Ministers:
Some of the Cabinet Ministers of India and their Portfolios have been changed recently. Also, some of the new ministers have been appointed recently. Here we have given the complete list of newly appointed cabinet ministers, Minister of State (Independent Charge) and Minister of state. Also, we have mentioned their portfolio and constituency in which they won the election. Currently, there are 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 24 Ministers of State in the list. Some of the old ministers’ portfolio has been changed. We have updated all the details about cabinet ministers of India clearly in the tabular form. So it will be easy for you to attend those questions without any confusion.
This Indian cabinet ministers list prepared by us will be useful for the candidates preparing for the bank PO/clerk, railways, group exams, SSC and many other competitive exams. Study the list and revise it regularly, so that you may not forget any details. The number of questions expected from this topic in the current affairs section is very little. Just one or two questions are expected. But in a competitive exam, even one or two marks can decide your fate. So don’t neglect these topics and try to hunt these questions in the exams. This is the current list of cabinet ministers. If any changes are made in their cadres or any ministers are newly appointed to the cabinet, we will surely update the list immediately for your convenience.
Cabin Ministers of India – Selection Process:
The cabinet ministers of India are appointed by the president, on the advise of the Prime Minister. The cabinet ministers are also known as the senior ministers. The ministers of state of independent charge are known as the junior ministers. Then the ministers of state are known as the deputy ministers. The electoral performance of the MP will create a probability to attain the minister portfolio.
Eligibility Criteria for Union Council of Ministers:
The eligibility for the council of ministers is that the person should be a member of Parliament. The eligibility for the MP are,
- Should be an Indian citizen.
- Persons with age less than 25 years are not eligible.
- Must be a voter of any parliamentary constituency.
- MP candidate must have 10 proposers.
- Candidates are required to make a security deposit of Rs.25,000.
These are the eligibility criteria for the MP. Thus from the MP, the president will select the union council of ministers on advise of prime minister.
Ranking of Union Council of Ministers:
The ranking of the union council of ministers are added here.
- 1st rank – Prime Minister.
- 2nd rank – Deputy Prime Minister (if available).
- 3rd rank – Cabinet ministers of India.
- 4th rank – Minister of State (independent charge).
- 5th rank – Minister of State.
Removal of Union Council of Ministers:
There are various reasons for the removal of union council of ministers, including the cabinet ministers of India. those reasons are,
- On death of the minister.
- On self resignation.
- Dismissal of minister by the president, for some unconstitutional activities.
- On judiciary direction due to violation of law.
- On end of eligibility to be an MP.
List of Cabinet Ministers of India with the department and its Constituencies (Updated)
Cabinet Ministers of India | Constituency | Portfolio |
| Narendra Modi | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | 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. |
| Raj Nath Singh | Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh | Minister of Defence |
| Amit Shah | Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2019 with the department and its Constituencies | ||
| D. V. Sadananda Gowda | Bangalore North, Karnataka | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Rajya Sabha (Karnataka) | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Ramvilas Paswan | Not Contested in Election | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Morena, Madhya Pradesh | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Patna Sahib, Bihar | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
List of Cabinet Ministers of India with the department and its Constituencies | ||
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Bathinda, Punjab | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Rajya Sabha (Gujarat) | Minister of External Affairs |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Haridwar, Uttarakhand | Minister of Human Resource Development |
| Arjun Munda | Khunti, Jharkhand | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| Smriti Zubin Irani | Amethi, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles |
| Harsh Vardhan | Chandni Chowk, Delhi | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences |
| Prakash Javadekar | Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise |
| Piyush Goyal | Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand) | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Pralhad Joshi | Dharwad, Karnataka | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| Mahendra Nath Pandey | Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Giriraj Singh | Begusarai, Bihar | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Jodhpur, Rajasthan | Minister of Jal Shakti |
LIST OF MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):
| Minister of State(Independent Charge) | Constituency | Portfolio |
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Gurgaon, Haryana | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning |
| Shripad Yesso Naik | North Goa, Goa | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
LIST OF MINISTER OF STATE(INDEPENDENT CHARGE) | ||
| Jitendra Singh | Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; The 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 |
| Kiren Rijiju | Arunachal West, Arunachal Pradesh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Prahalad Singh Patel | Damoh, Madhya Pradesh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism |
LIST OF MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) | ||
| Raj Kumar Singh | Arrah, Bihar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Lost in Lok Sabha Election | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Rajya Sabha (Gujarat) | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
List of Minister of State
| Minister of state | Constituency | Portfolio |
| Faggan Singh Kulaste | Mandla, Madhya Pradesh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel |
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Buxar, Bihar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Arjun Ram Meghwal | Bikaner, Rajasthan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Krishan Pal Gurjar | Faridabad, Haryana | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Raosaheb Dadarao Danve | Jalna, Maharashtra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| G. Kishan Reddy | Secunderabad, Telangana | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
List of Minister of State | ||
| Parshottam Rupala | Rajya Sabha (Gujarat) | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Ramdas Athawale | Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| Babul Supriyo | Asansol, West Bengal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre | Akola, Maharashtra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Anurag Singh Thakur | Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
List of Minister of State | ||
| Suresh Angadi | Belgaum, Karnataka | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| Nityanand Rai | Ujiapur, Bihar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Rattan Lal Kataria | Ambala, Haryana | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| V. Muraleedharan | Vadakara, Kerala | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Renuka Singh Saruta | Surguja, Chhattisgarh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Som Parkash | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Rameswar Teli | Dibrugarh, Assam | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Balasore, Odisha | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Kailash Choudhary | Barmer, Rajasthan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Deboshree Choudhury | Raiganj, West Bengal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
Totally 57 ministers are there in this list. So study regularly and keep contact with it. so that you can easily memorize the list of ministers. For that you can use the cabinet ministers of India pdf, for easy preparation. Also attend quiz regularly to check your preparation standard. So that you can easily remember all the minister portfolio and their respective constituencies. Or else you will get confusion regarding the portfolio and constitution. So spend some sufficient time for preparation. then do regular revision before the exam. so that you can easily answer this question in the exam without any confusion.
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