Cabinet Ministers of India - Full List of 's Ministers with their Portfolios

PM Narendra Modi rearranged his Council of Ministers promoting 4 of his Ministers of state to the Cabinet Rank and inducting 9 new Ministers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a new look cabinet. The President of India, as advised by the PM, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers. Your preparation for any competitive exam, be it SSC CGL, SSC CPO, Railways RRB, Bank PO, Bank Clerk, LIC AAO, etc., is incomplete without having a good knowledge in Current Affairs & General Knowledge. Most of these exams will ask a minimum of 1-2 questions on Cabinet Ministers of India. If prepared in a correct manner, they can be aced in no time whatsoever. Don’t forget to download this complete list of Indian States and Capitals in PDF.

The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. It consists of senior ministers, called Cabinet Ministers, and junior ministers, called Ministers of State.

It is led by the Prime Minister. The current ministry is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office on 26 May 2014. There was reshuffling in his cabinet on 3rd September 2017.

Given below is the current list of Cabinet Ministers of India updated as on 3rd September 2017 Latest & Updated List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2018

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Prime Minister and also in-charge of:

Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions 1. Shri Narendra Modi Department of Atomic Energy

All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. 2. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs

3. Smt. Minister of External Affairs

4. Shri Minister without portfolio

Minister of Road Transport 5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari & Highway

6. Minister of Civil Aviation

Minister of Statistics & 7. D.V Sadananda Gowda Programme Implementation

Minister of Drinking Water & 8. Sushri Uma Bharati Sanitation

9. Minister of Defence

10. Minister of Minority Affairs

Minister of Consumer Affairs, 11. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Food & Public Distribution

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Minister of Women 12. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi & Child Development

13. Shri Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Minister of Electronics & 14. Shri. Information Technology

Minister of Health 15. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda & Family Welfare

Minister of Heavy 16. Shri. Industries & Public Enterprises

Minister of Food 17. Smt. Processing Industries

Minister of Rural Development 18. Shri Minister of Panchayati Raj & Mines

Shri Chaudhary Birender 19. Minister of Steel Singh

20. Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs

Minister of Agriculture 21. Shri & Farmers Welfare

Minister of Social 22. Shri Justice & Empowerment

23. Smt. Minister of Textiles

24. Dr Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science & Technology

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25. Human Resource Development

Minister of Railways 26. Minister of Finance (Temporary)

Minister of Petroleum 27. & Natural Gas

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