*LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS OF INDIA*
The article will keep you updated with the Cabinet Ministers of India 2021. The Cabinet Minister of India 2021 list gives you the names of the personalities holding the office of Cabinet Minister of India and their portfolios.
The Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in India. It comprises senior ministers, who are further classified as Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge).
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Union Council of Ministers 2021
After a resounding victory in the 2019 General Elections, the newly re-elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took the oath of office along with the Council of Ministers on Thursday, 30th May.
As per the Constitution of India, the total strength of the Council of Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total number of Lok Sabha MPs. The current strength of the 17th Lok Sabha is 543 members and hence the Council of Ministers cannot be more than 81.
At the time of swearing-in, the Council of Ministers comprises the PM and 63 ministers. In the 2021 Council of Ministers, there are 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 30 Ministers of State.
The portfolios were distributed on Friday, May 31st.
Cabinet Ministers of India 2021
A few key names from the previous Modi government are missing in the new list. Maneka Gandhi, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore were not a part of the 2021 Cabinet.
In the newly formed cabinet, PM Modi will hold the following portfolios:
- Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions.
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
The list of Cabinet Ministers 2021 along with their portfolios is given below:
| Cabinet Minister | Portfolio |
| Shri Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Shri DV Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development |
| Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| Smt Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles |
| Dr Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences |
| Shri Prakash Javedkar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel |
| Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise |
| Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries |
| Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2021 along with their portfolios:
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) | Portfolio |
| Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning |
| Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
| Dr Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space |
| Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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List of Minister of State 2021 along with their portfolios:
| Minister of State | Portfolio |
| Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel |
| Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| General (Retd) VK Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Shri G Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri V Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Smt Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Smt Debasree Chaudhari | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
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