The Union Council of Ministers is formed under the leadership of the Prime Minister in the Republic of India. This Council comprises the Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and the Deputy Ministers. The number of the members of the Council of Ministers has not been specified by the Constitution of India. The Union Council of Ministers remains collectively responsible to the Indian Parliament. In addition to the collective responsibility, the ministers are also individually responsible for the functioning of their respective departments. The Council of Ministers is responsible for preparing and introducing bills in the Parliament; to aid and advise the President in the exercise of his functions; to determine the policy and administer them and to implement all the decisions adopted by the Parliament of India. The Union Council of Ministers carries out their functions with the help of the government officials.

After the General Election in 2009 the current Council of Ministers in the Republic of India comprises the following names:

No	Cabinet ministers	Their departments
1	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.: (i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; (ii) Planning; (iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and (iv) Department of Space; (v) Ministry of Coal. and (vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests.
2	Shri Pranab Mukherjee	Minister of Finance.
3	Shri Kapil Sibal	Minister of Human Resource Development.
4	Shri Sharad Pawar	Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
5	Mamata Bannerjee	Minister of Railways.
6	Shri A.K. Antony	Minister of Defence
7	Shri P. Chidambaram	Minister of Home Affairs.
8	Shri Virbhadra Singh	Minister of Steel
9	Shri Sushilkumar Shinde	Minister of Power
10	Shri M.K. Azagiri	Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
11	Shri S. Jaipal Reddy	Minister of Urban Development.
12	Shri G.K. Vasan	Minister of Shipping
14	Shri Pawan K. Bansal	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
15	Shri Kantilal Bhuria	Minister of Tribal Affairs.
16	Shri Kamal Nath	Minister of Road Transport & Highways.
17	Shri Dayanidhi Maran	Minister of Textiles.
18	Shri Vayalar Ravi	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.
19	Shri Anand Sharma	Minister of Commerce & Industry.
20	Shri M. Veerappa Moily	Minister of Law & Justice.
21	Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh	Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
22	Smt. Meira Kumar	Minister of Water Resources.
23	Shri C.P. Joshi	Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj
24	Smt. Ambika Soni	Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
25	Dr. M.S. Gill	Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
26	Shri Mukul Wasnik	Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.
27	Shri Murli Deora	Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
28	Smt. Ambika Soni	Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.
29	Shri A. Raja	Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
30	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
31	Shri Mallikarjun Kharge	Minister of Labour and Employment
32	Dr. Farooq Abdullah	Minister of New and Renewable Energy
33	Shri Subodh Kant Sahay	Minister of Food Processing Industries
34	Kum. Selja	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism
35	Shri B.K. Handique	Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

NO	NAME OF MINISTERS	MINISTERS OF STATE
1	Shri Praful Patel	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Civil Aviation
2	Shri Prithviraj Chavan	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Prime Minister`s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
3	Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
4	Shri Salman Khursheed	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
5	Shri Dinsha J. Patel	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6	Smt. Krishna Tirath	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
7	Shri Jairam Ramesh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests

MINISTERS OF STATE

NO	NAME OF MINISTERS	MINISTERS OF STATE
1	Shri Srikant Jena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2	Shri E. Ahamed	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
3	Shri Mullappally Ramachandran	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
4	Shri V. Narayansamy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
5	Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
6	Smt. D.Purandeswari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
7	Shri K.H. Muniyappa	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
8	Shri Ajay Maken	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
9	Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
10	Shri Namo Narain Meena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
11	Shri M.M. Pallam Raju	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
12	Shri Saugata Ray	Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development
13	Shri S.S. Palanimanickam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14	Shri Jitin Prasad	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
15	Shri A. Sai Prathap	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
16	Smt. Preneet Kaur	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
17	Shri Gurdas Kamat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
18	Shri Harish Rawat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
19	Prof. K.V. Thomas	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
20	Shri Bharatsinh Solanki	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
21	Shri Mahadev S. Khandela	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
22	Shri Dinesh Trivedi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
23	Shri Sisir Adhikari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
24	Shri Sultan Ahmed	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
25	Shri Mukul Roy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping
26	Shri Mohan Jatua	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
27	Shri D. Napoleon	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28	Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
29	Shri S. Gandhiselvan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
30	Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
31	Shri Sachin Pilot	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
32	Shri Arun Yadav	Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
33	Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil	Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
34	Shri R.P.N. Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
35	Shri Shashi Tharoor	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
36	Shri Vincent Pala	Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources
37	Shri Pradeep Jain	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
38	Ms. Agatha Sangma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development