Cabinet Ministers of India 2021

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The Union Council of Ministers plans administrative authority in the Republic of India. It comprises senior ministers, called Cabinet Ministers, and junior ministers, called Ministers of State. It is led by the Prime Minister. The current ministry is commanded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took oath on 31st May 2019. As per the Constitution of India, the Council of Ministers' total strength should not exceed 15% of the Lok Sabha Strength. The 17th Lok Sabha's current strength is 543 members. Recently the government has increased the number of ministers from 63 to 77. As per Council of Ministers 2021 list - 1. Cabinet Ministers - 30 2. Minister of State (Independent Charge) - 02 3. Minister of State - 45 The following is the updated list of Cabinet Ministers with their respective portfolios.

Updated List Of Cabinet Ministers with Portfolio 2021

Name Portfolios

Narendra Modi 1) Prime Minister 2) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 3) Department of Atomic Energy 4) Department of Space 5) All important policy issues 6) All other unallocated portfolios

Amit Shah 1) Minister of Home Affairs 2) Ministry of Cooperation

Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence

Nirmala Sitharaman 1) Minister of Finance 2) Minister of Corporate Affairs

Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways

S Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs

Narendra Singh Tomar Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister

Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan 1) Minister of Education 2) Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs

Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Women and Child Development

Piyush Goyal 1) Minister of Commerce and Industry; 2) Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 3) Minister of Textiles

Pralhad Joshi 1) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 2) Minister of Coal 3) Minister of Mines

Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Heavy Industries

Giriraj Singh 1) Minister of Rural Development 2) Minister of Panchayati Raj

Mansukh Mandaviya 1) Minister of Health and Family Welfare 2) Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Jyotiraditya Scindia Minister of Civil Aviation

Parshottam Rupala Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Anurag Thakur 1) I&B 2) Sports and Youth Development

Narayan Tatu Rane Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Sarbananda Sonowal 1) Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 2) Minister of AYUSH

Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ramchandra Prasad Singh Minister of Steel

Ashwini Vaishnaw 1) Minister of Railways 2) Minister of Communications 3) Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

Hardeep Singh Puri 1) Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas 2) Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

Bhupendra Yadav 1) Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 2) Minister of Labour and Employment

G Kishan Reddy 1) Minister of Culture 2) Minister of Tourism 3) Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Minister of Food Processing Industries

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Law and Justice

Raj Kumar Singh 1) Minister of Power 2) Minister of New and Renewable Energy

Updated List Of Minister of State (Independent Charge) with Portfolio

Name Portfolios

Rao Inderjit Singh 1) MoS (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 2) MoS (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Planning 3) MoS Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Jitendra Singh 1) MoS(Independent Charge) Ministry of Science & Technology 2) MoS(Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Sciences 3) MoS in Prime Minister’s Office 4) MoS Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 5) MoS Department of Atomic Energy 6) MoS Department of Space

Updated List Of Minister of State with Portfolio 2021

Name Portfolio

Shripad Yesso Naik 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism

Faggansingh Kulaste 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Steel 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Rural Development

Prahlad Singh Patel 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Ashwini Kumar Choubey 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Arjun Ram Meghwal 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Culture

Gen (Retd.) VK Singh 1) State Minister in the Road Transport and Highways 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

Krishan Pal 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Power 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

Danve Raosaheb Dadarao 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Railways 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Coal 3) State Minister in the Ministry of Mines

Ramdas Athawale State Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti 1) State Minister in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Rural Development

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan State Minister in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Nityanand Rai State Minister in the for Home Affairs

Pankaj Chaowdhary State Minister in the for Finance

Anupriya Singh Patel State Minister in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Prof SP Singh Baghel State Minister in the Ministry of Law and Justice

Rajeev Chandrasekhar 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Shobha Karandlaje State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma State Minister in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Darshana Vikram Jardosh 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Textiles 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Railways

V. Muraleedharan 1) State Minister in the External Affairs 2) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Meenakashi Lekhi 1) State Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Culture

Som Parkash State Minister in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Renuka Singh Saruta State Minister in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Rameswar Teli 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

Kailash Choudhary State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Annapurna Devi State Minister in the Ministry of Education

A. Narayanaswamy State Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Kaushal Kishore State Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Ajay Bhatt 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Defence 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism

BL Verma 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Cooperation

Ajay Kumar Mishra State Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Devusinh Chauhan State Minister in the Ministry of Communications

Bhagwanth Khuba 1) State Minister in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Kapil Moreshwar Patil State Minister in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Pratima Bhoumik State Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Subhas Sarkar State Minister in the Ministry of Education

Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad State Minister in the Ministry of Finance

Rajkumar Ranjan Singh 1) State Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Education

Bharati Pravin Pawar State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Bishweswar Tudu 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Shantanu Thakur State Minister in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Munjapara Mahendrabhai 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Women and Child Development 2) State Minister in the Ministry of AYUSH

John Barla State Minister in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

L Murugan 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Nisith Pramanik 1) State Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs 2) State Minister in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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Cabinet Ministers of India Related FAQs 2021

1. How is the Union Council of Ministers appointed?

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 Prime Minister is appointed by the President. All other ministers are appointed by the President upon the advice of the Prime Minister.

2. Who is heading the ministry in 2021?

The Council of Ministers 2021 is headed by Narendra Modi is the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India. It was formed after the 2021 general election which was held in seven phases in 2021.

3. Who is considered the highest law officer of India?

The Attorney General of India is the highest law officer in the country. He is responsible to assist the government in all its legal matters.

4. Who is the head of the State Council of Ministers?

The real executive powers are in the hands of the State Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister.

5. Who is the education minister of India?

The Ministry of Human Resource Development was formerly known as the Ministry of Education (until 25 September 1985). Currently, the Minister of Human Resource Development is Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

6. What is the total number of states in India?

India has 28 States at present.

7. Who is the Railways Minister in India?

The current Railway Minister is Piyush Goyal who is also Commerce and Industry Minister.