Cabinet of India June 22, 2013

Cabinet of India June 22, 2013

The Cabinet of India officially called the Union Council of Ministers of India is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and 32 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers.

Council of Ministers

This is the list of current members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of India. All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi.

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

1. Union Cabinet Minister – Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed.

2. Minister of State (Independent Charges) – With no overseeing Union cabinetminister for that portfolio.

3. Minister of State (MoS) – Junior minister with to overseeing cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation.

Cabinet Ministers of India June 2013

Sl. No.	Name	Portfolio
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) Ministry of Planning; (iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and (iv) Department of Space.
2.	Shri A.K. Antony	Minister of Defence.
3.	Shri Sharad Pawar	Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries.
4.	Shri P. Chidambaram	Minister of Finance.
5.	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
6.	Shri Sushilkumar Shinde	Minister of Home Affairs.
7.	Shri M. Veerappa Moily	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
8.	Dr. Farooq Abdullah	Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
9.	Shri S. Jaipal Reddy	Minister of Science and Technology and  Minister of Earth Sciences.
10.	Shri Kamal Nath	Minister of Urban Development and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
11.	Shri Ajit Singh	Minister of Civil Aviation.
12.	Shri Vayalar Ravi	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.
13.	Shri Sis Ram Ola	Minister of Labour and Employment.
14.	Shri Kapil Sibal	Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice.
15.	Shri Anand Sharma	Minister of Commerce and Industry.
16.	Shri K. S. Rao	Minister of Textiles.
17.	Shri Oscar Fernandes	Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
18.	Shri Mallikarjun Kharge	Minister of Railways.
19.	Kumari Selja	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
20.	Shri G.K. Vasan	Minister of Shipping.
21.	Shri Praful Patel	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
22.	Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal	Minister of Coal.
23.	Shri Salman Khurshid	Minister of External Affairs.
24.	Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo	Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
25.	Shri Beni Prasad Verma	Minister of Steel.
26.	Shri Jairam Ramesh	Minister of Rural Development.
27.	Shri K. Rahman Khan	Minister of Minority Affairs.
28.	Shri Dinsha J. Patel	Minister of Mines.
29.	Dr.Girija Vyas	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
30.	Shri M.M. Pallam Raju	Minister of Human Resource Development.
31.	Shri Harish Rawat	Minister of Water Resources.
32.	Smt Chandresh Kumari Kathoch	Minister of Culture.

Ministers of State (Independent Charges)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following ministers are from the Indian National Congress.

Sl. No.	Name	Portfolio
1.	Smt. Krishna Tirath	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
2.	Prof. K.V. Thomas	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
3.	Shri Srikant Jena	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
4.	Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
5.	Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
6.	Shri Jyotiradiya Madhavrao Scindia	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power.
7.	Shri K.H. Muniyappa	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
8.	Shri Bharatsinh Solanki	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
9.	Shri Sachin Pilot	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
10.	Shri Jitendra Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
11.	Shri Manish Tewari	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
12.	Dr. K. Chiranjeevi	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

Ministers of State

Sl. No.	Name	Portfolio
1.	Shri E. Ahamed	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
2.	Shri Mullappally Ramachandran	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
3.	Shri V. Narayanasamy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.
4.	Smt. D. Purandeswari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
5.	Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
6.	Shri Namo Narain Meena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
7.	Shri Jitin Prasada	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
8.	Smt. Preneet Kaur	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
9.	Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
10.	Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil	Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
11.	Shri R.P.N. Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
12.	Dr. Shashi Tharoor	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
13.	Shri Pradeep Jain	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
14.	Shri K.C. Venugopal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
15.	Shri Charan Das Mahant	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture; Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
16.	Shri Milind Deora	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology And Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
17.	Shri Rajeev Shukla	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.
18.	Shri Kodikunnil Suresh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
19.	Shri Tariq Anwar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
20.	Shri K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
21.	Smt Ranee Narah	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
22.	Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
23.	Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
24.	Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
25.	Shri Ninong Ering	Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
26.	Smt Deepa Dasmunsi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.
27.	Shri Porika Balram Naik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
28.	Dr.(Smt) Kruparani Killi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
29.	Shri Lalchand Kataria	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.