Union Cabinet Ministers of India, as per the Constitution of India, are responsible for the execution and administration of laws. A number of Union Ministries and Departments have been created therefore by the Indian Parliament for the greater interest in dealing with specific areas of national and international affairs. The Ministries also act in advisory and funding capacity in dealing the matters which are deputed to the States. The ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. The Parliament comprises the President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. Both the houses of Parliament give consents to all the governance.

However, the will of the Lok Sabha always endures in case of money bills. The Government of India, commonly as known as Central Government, also officially referred as the Union Government.


The following are the list of the present Cabinet Ministers:

Serial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Planning Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space	. Dr. Manmohan Singh
2	Minister of Railways	Pawan Kumar Bansal
3	Minister of Finance	Palaniappan Chidambaram
4	Minister of Agriculture	Sharad Pawar
	Minister of Food Processing Industries
5	Minister of Defence	A.K. Antony
6	Minister of Home Affairs	Sushilkumar Shinde
7	Minister of External Affairs	Salman Khurshid
8	Minister of Science and Technology	Jaipal Reddy
	Minister of Earth Sciences
9	Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Ghulam Nabi Azad
10	Minister of New and Renewable Energy	Dr. Farooq Abdullah
11	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dr. M. Veerappa Moily
12	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs	Vayalar Ravi
13	Minister of Civil Aviation	Ajit Singh Chaudhary
14	Minister of Labour and Employment	Mallikarjun Kharge
15	Minister of Human Resource Development	Dr. M. Mangapati Pallam Raju
16	Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Kapil Sibal
17	Minister of Commerce Industry and Minister of Textiles	Anand Sharma
18	Minister of Road Transport and Highways	Dr C. P. Joshi
19	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Ajay Maken
20	Minister of Culture	Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch
21	Minister of Shipping	G.K. Vasan
22	Minister of Urban Development Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Kamal Nath
23	Minister of Water Resources	Harish Rawat
24	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Kumari Selja
25	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	M. K. Alagiri
26	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Praful Patel
27	Minister of Coal	Sriprakash Jaiswal
28	Minister of Law and Justice	Ashwani Kumar,
29	Minister of Minority Affairs	Khan, Shri K. Rahman
30	Ministry of Mines	Dinsha J. Patel
31	Minister of Tribal Affairs Minister of Panchayati Raj	V. Kishore Chandra Deo
32	Minister of Steel	Beni Prasad Verma
33	Minister of Rural Development	Jairam Ramesh

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

Serial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Ministry of Women and Child Development	Krishna Tirath
2	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Jitendra Singh
3	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas
4	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Srikant Kumar Jena
5	Ministry of Environment and Forests	Jayanthi Natarajan
6	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Manish Tewari
7	Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region	Paban Singh Ghatowar
8	Minister of Tourism	Chiranjeevi, Dr. K.
9	Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
10	Minister of Power	Jyotiraditya Scindia
11	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	K.H. Muniyappa
12	Minister of Corporate Affairs	Sachin Pilot

Ministers of State

Serial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Ministry of External Affairs	E. Ahamed
2	Ministry of Human Resource Development	Jitin Prasada
3	Ministry of Human Resource Development	Dr. Shashi Tharoor
4	Ministry of Home Affairs	Ramachandran Mullappally
5	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prime Minister Office	V. Narayanasamy
6	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Daggubati Purandeswari
7	Ministry of Railways	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
8	Ministry of Railways	Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy
9	Ministry of Textiles	Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka
10	Ministry of Finance	Namo Narain Meena
11	Ministry of Finance	S.S. Palanimanickam
12	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Sathyanarayana Sarvey
13	Ministry of External Affairs	Smt. Preneet Kaur
14	Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Food Processing Industries	Dr. Charan Das Mahant
15	Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Food Processing Industries	Tariq Anwar, Shri
16	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Smt. Ranee Narah
17	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Porika Balram Naik
18	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
19	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
20	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Milind Murli Deora
21	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Dr. (Smt.) Kruparani Killi
22	Ministry of Coal	Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
23	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Home Affairs	Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
24	Ministry of Water Resources	Vincent H Pala
25	Ministry of Minority Affairs	Ninong Ering
26	Ministry of Rural Development	Pradeep Kumar Jain Aditya
27	Ministry of Planning Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Rajeev Shukla
28	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Srikant Kumar Jena
29	Minister of Urban Development	Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi
30	Minister of Labour and Employment	Suresh Kodikunnil
31	Minister of New and Renewable Energy	S. Jagathrakshakan
32	Minister of Civil Aviation	K. C. Venugopal
33	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Paban Singh Ghatowar
34	Ministry of Defence	Jitendra Singh
35	Ministry of Defence	Lalchand Kataria