Updated on September 13/2015
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DayTodayGK has prepared a complete list of Portfolios of Union Council of Ministers. Before knowing who heads the individual Ministry, it is very important to know about the basic difference between Cabinet Ministers, Minister of State and Independent Charge.
What’s the Difference?
Cabinet Minister
Cabinet Minister or Union Minister is treated as the head of a particular ministry such as Education, Health, Home, Finance, Defence etc. Cabinet Minister possesses maximum authority and responsibility. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed.
Minister of State
Minister of State (MoS) is junior to Cabinet Minister. Each cabinet minister has Minister of State. Every MoS reports to either Cabinet Minister or Independent charge of ministry, they works in close coordination. MoS are not called to the Cabinet meetings.
MoS with Independent Charge
A Minister of State with independent charge is a minister without an overseeing Cabinet Minister in the State or Union Government of India. He himself is in charge of his ministry. Moreover such ministers can take part in cabinet meetings on important issues.
Portfolios of Union Council of Ministers
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
Cabinet Ministers
| Raj Nath Singh | Home Affairs |
| Sushma Swaraj | External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs |
| Arun Jaitley | Finance Corporate Affairs Information & Broadcasting |
| M. Venkaiah Naidu | Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Parliamentary Affairs |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Road Transport and Highways Shipping |
| Manohar Parrikar | Defence |
| Suresh Prabhu | Railways |
| D. V. Sadananda Gowda | Law and Justice |
| Su Uma Bharati | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
| Dr. Najma A. Heptulla | Minority Affairs |
| Ramvilas Paswan | Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Kalraj Mishra | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Women and Child Development |
| Ananthkumar | Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Communications and Information Technology |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | Health and Family Welfare |
| Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | Civil Aviation |
| Anant Geete | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Food Processing Industries |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Mines Steel |
| Chaudhary Birender Singh | Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| Jual Oram | Tribal Affairs |
| Radha Mohan Singh | Agriculture |
| Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Smriti Zubin Irani | Human Resource Development |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Science and Technology Earth Sciences |
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| General V. K. Singh | Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs |
| Inderjit Singh Rao | Planning (Independent Charge) Defence |
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Textiles (Independent Charge) |
| Bandaru Dattatreya | Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) |
| Rajiv Pratap Rudy | Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Parliamentary Affairs |
| Shripad Yesso Naik | AAYUSH (Independent Charge) Health & Family Welfare |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) |
| Sarbananda Sonowal | Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) |
| Prakash Javadekar | Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) |
| Piyush Goyal | Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) |
| Dr. Mahesh Sharma | Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge) Civil Aviation |
Minister of State
| Ram Kripal Yadav | Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs |
| Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Home Affairs |
| Sanwar Lal Jat | Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
| Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya | Agriculture |
| Giriraj Singh | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
| Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Chemicals & Fertilizers |
| G. M. Siddeshwara | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| Manoj Sinha | Railways |
| Nihalchand | Panchayati Raj |
| Upendra Kushwaha | Human Resources Development |
| Radhakrishnan P | Road Transport & Highways Shipping |
| Kiren Rijiju | Home Affairs |
| Krishan Pal | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Agriculture |
| Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava | Tribal Affairs |
| Raosaheb Dadarao Danve | Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Vishnu Deo Sai | Mines Steel |
| Sudarshan Bhagat | Rural Development |
| Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria | Human Resource Development |
| Y. S. Chowdary | Science and Technology Earth Science |
| Jayant Sinha | Finance |
| Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Information & Broadcasting |
| Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral | Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Food Processing Industries |
| Vijay Sampla | Social Justice & Empowerment |
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