LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (as on 12.07.2016) Shri Narendra Modi 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. CABINET MINISTERS 1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs. 2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs. 3. Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. 4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. 5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping. 6. Shri Manohar Parrikar Minister of Defence. 7. Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways. 8. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. 9. Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 10. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. 11. Shri Kalraj Mishra Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 12. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development. 13. Shri Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. 14. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. 15. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare. 16. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Minister of Civil Aviation. Pusapati 17. Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 18. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries. 19. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 20. Shri Chaudhary Birender Minister of Steel. Singh 21. Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs. 22. Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 1 23. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. 24. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles. 25. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. 26. Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development. MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) 1. Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. 2. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. 3. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. 4. Shri Vijay Goel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 5. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). 6. Shri Dharmendra Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry Pradhan of Petroleum and Natural Gas. 7. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Mines. 8. Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; 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. 9. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. 10. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. 2 11. Shri Manoj Sinha Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. 12. Shri Anil Madhav Dave Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 13. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry Naqvi of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. MINISTERS OF STATE 1. General (Retd.) V.K. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Singh 2. Shri Santosh Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. Gangwar 3. Shri Faggan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Kulaste Welfare 4. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 5. Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. 6. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. 7. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Chaudhary Medium Enterprises. 8. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 9. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ahir 10. Shri Ramesh Chandappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Jigajinagi Sanitation. 11. Shri Rajen Gohain Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. 12. Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. 13. Shri M. J. Akbar Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. 14. Shri Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. 15. Shri Radhakrishnan P. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. 16. Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. 17. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. 18. Shri Jaswantsinh Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Sumanbhai Bhabhor 19. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, Balyan River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 3 20. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. 21. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 22. Shri Y.S. Chowdary Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. 23. Shri Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. 24. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Rathore Broadcasting. 25. Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 26. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. 27. Shri Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. 28. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. 29. Dr. Mahendra Nath Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Pandey Development. 30. Shri Ajay Tamta Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. 31. Smt. Krishna Raj Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. 32. Shri Mansukh L. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Mandaviya Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. 33. Smt. Anupriya Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 34. Shri C. R. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. 35. Shri P.P. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. 36. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. Bhamre Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 12.07.2016. ------ 4 .