| Name of Minister |
Portfolio |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh |
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,
Ministry of Planning,
Department of Atomic Energy and
Department of Space |
| Shri Pranab Mukherjee |
Minister of Finance |
| Shri Sharad Pawar |
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri A.K. Antony |
Minister of Defence |
| Shri P. Chidambaram |
Minister of Home Affairs |
| Shri S.M. Krishna |
Minister of External Affairs |
| Shri Virbhadra Singh |
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh |
Minister of Science and Technology and
Minister of Earth Sciences |
| Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Sushilkumar Shinde |
Minister of Power |
| Shri M. Veerappa Moily |
Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Dr. Farooq Abdullah |
Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| Shri S. Jaipal Reddy |
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| Shri Kamal Nath |
Minister of Urban Development |
| Shri Vayalar Ravi |
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and
Minister of Civil Aviation |
| Smt. Ambika Soni |
Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri Mallikarjun Kharge |
Minister of Labour and Employment |
| Shri Kapil Sibal |
Minister of Human Resource Development and
Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
| Shri Anand Sharma |
Minister of Commerce and Industry and
Minister of Textiles |
| Shri C.P. Joshi |
Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
| Kumari Selja |
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture |
| Shri Subodh Kant Sahay |
Minister of Tourism |
| Shri G.K. Vasan |
Minister of Shipping |
| Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and
Minister of Water Resources |
| Shri Mukul Wasnik |
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri M.K. Alagiri |
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Praful Patel |
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal |
Minister of Coal |
| Shri Salman Khursheed |
Minister of Law and Justice and
Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo |
Minister of Tribal Affairs and
Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Shri Beni Prasad Verma |
Minister of Steel |
| Shri Dinesh Trivedi |
Minister of Railways |
| Shri Jairam Ramesh |
Minister of Rural Development |
| Name of Ministers |
Portfolio |
| Shri Dinsha J. Patel |
Ministry of Mines |
| Smt. Krishna Tirath |
Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| Shri Ajay Maken |
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| Prof. K.V. Thomas |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
| Shri Srikant Jena |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan |
Ministry of Environment and Forests |
| Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Shri Gurudas Kamat |
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| Name of Ministers |
Portfolio |
| Shri E. Ahamed |
Ministry of External Affairs and
Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| Shri Mullappally Ramachandran |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri V. Narayanasamy |
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and
Prime Minister's Office |
| Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Smt. D. Purandeswari |
Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| Shri K.H. Muniappa |
Ministry of Railways |
| Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi |
Ministry of Textiles |
| Shri Namo Narain Meena |
Ministry of Finance |
| Shri M.M. Pallam Raju |
Ministry of Defence |
| Shri Saugata Ray |
Ministry of Urban Development |
| Shri S.S. Palanimanickam |
Ministry of Finance |
| Shri Jitin Prasada |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Smt. Preneet Kaur |
Ministry of External Affairs |
| Shri Harish Rawat |
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Shri Bharatsinh Solanki |
Ministry of Railways |
| Shri Mahadev S. Khandela |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Shri Sisir Adhikari |
Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Sultan Ahmed |
Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri Mukul Roy |
Ministry of Shipping |
| Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri D. Napoleon |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri S. Gandhiselvan |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Shri Sachin Pilot |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
| Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil |
Ministry of Coal |
| Shri R.P.N. Singh |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and
Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Vincent Pala |
Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Pradeep Jain |
Ministry of Rural Development |
| Ms. Agatha Sangma |
Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Ashwani Kumar |
Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Science and Technology and
Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| Shri K.C. Venugopal |
Ministry of Power |
| Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Charan Das Mahant |
Ministry of Agriculture and
Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Milind Deora |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
| Shri Rajeev Shukla |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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 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.
