Updated on January 09/2023
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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 | Ministry of Defence |
| Shri Amit Shah |
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Cooperation |
| Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman |
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Shri Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani |
Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Piyush Goyal |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Textiles |
| Shri Dharmendra Pradhan |
Ministry of Education Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Shri Pralhad Joshi |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Coal Ministry of Mines |
| Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Giriraj Singh |
Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia |
Ministry of Civil Aviation Ministry of Steel |
| Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw |
Ministry of Railways Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Shri Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Power Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| Shri Hardeep Singh Puri |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Bhupender Yadav |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |
Ministry of Heavy Industries
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| Shri Parshottam Rupala |
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
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| Shri G. Kishan Reddy |
Ministry of Culture Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Shri Anurag Singh Thakur |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| Shri Rao Inderjit Singh |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Planning |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Earth Sciences |
Minister of State
| Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space |
| Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri Faggansingh Kulaste |
Ministry of Steel Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Prahalad Singh Patel |
Ministry of Jal Shakti Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Culture |
|
General (Retd.) V.K. Singh |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Shri Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Power Ministry of Heavy Industries |
| Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
Ministry of Railways Ministry of Coal Ministry of Mines |
| Shri Ramdas Athawale | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| Shri Nityanand Rai | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Ministry of Finance |
| Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar |
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh |
Ministry of Textiles Ministry of Railways |
| Shri V. Muraleedharan |
Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi |
Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Culture |
| Shri Som Parkash | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Shri Rameswar Teli |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Shri Kailash Choudhary | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| Smt. Annpurna Devi | Ministry of Education |
| Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Kaushal Kishore | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Ajay Bhatt |
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri B. L. Verma |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Ministry of Cooperation |
| Shri Ajay Kumar | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Ministry of Communications |
| Shri Bhagwanth Khuba |
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| Sushri Pratima Bhoumik | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Ministry of Education |
| Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Ministry of Finance |
| Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh |
Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Education |
| Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Bishweswar Tudu |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Shantanu Thakur |
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| Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai |
Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |
| Shri John Barla |
Ministry of Minority Affairs
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| Dr. L. Murugan |
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri Nisith Pramanik |
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
