2024 Cabinet Ministers of India: Full List, Portfolios and Responsibilities of Union Council of Ministers

Updated List of Union Cabinet Ministers of India 2024: India has a parliamentary form of government with the Prime Minister as the head. The Prime Minister is assisted by cabinet ministers to manage various departments. This article discusses the role of cabinet ministers in India and why they are essential.

Cabinet ministers are the senior most important ministers of the government who handle key portfolios such as Finance, Defence, and Home. They are a close-knit group headed by the Prime Minister and act as principal advisors. They help in governing the country by providing expertise in their respective fields.

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Topic	Cabinet Ministers of India
Updated on	9.6.2024
Cabinet Ministers	30
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)	5
State for Ministers	36
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Members of Council of Ministers List 2024

Cabinet Ministers of India: The current Cabinet Ministers of India handle important government portfolios.

Shri Narendra Modi

• Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
• Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
• Department of Atomic Energy;
• Department of Space;
• All important policy issues; and
• All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Cabinet Ministers of India	Portfolio
Shri Raj Nath Singh	Minister of Defence
Shri Amit Shah	Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	Minister of External Affairs
Shri Manohar Lal	Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power
Shri H.D Kumaraswamy	Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel
Shri Piyush Goyal	Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Minister of Education
Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh	Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Smt. Annapurna Devi
Dr. Virendra Kumar	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu	Minister of Civil Aviation
Shri Pralhad Joshi	Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Shri Jual Oram	Minister of Tribal Affairs
Shri Giriraj Singh	Minister of Textiles
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw	Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
Shri Bhupender Yadav	Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism
Smt. Annpurna Devi	Minister of Women and Child Development
Shri Kiren Rijiju	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya	Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri G. Kishan Reddy	Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
Shri Chirag Paswan	Minister of Food Processing Industries
Shri C R Patil	Minister of Jal Shakti

Ministers of State (Independent Charge) 2024

The roster of Ministers of State (Independent Charge) for 2024 and their respective responsibilities is as follows:

Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Portfolios
Rao Inderjit Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.
Dr. Jitendra Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Ministry of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Ministry of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space.
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Ministry of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Minstry of Health and Family Welfare.
Shri Jayant Chaudhary	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.

List of Ministers of State 2024

Cabinet Ministers of India: 2024 List of Ministers of State and their respective portfolios:

Minister of State	Portfolios
Shri Jitin Prasada	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Shri Pankaj Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Shri Krishan Pal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
Shri Ramdas Athawale	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Shri Ram Nath Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Shri Nityanand Rai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Shri V. Somanna	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Shri Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry Panchayati Raj.
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje	Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Shri Kirtivardhan Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Shri B. L. Verma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Shri Shantanu Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Shri Suresh Gopi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
Dr. L. Murugan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Shri Ajay Tamta	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Shri Kamlesh Paswan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Shri Bhagirath Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
Shri Satish Chandra Dubey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
Shri Sanjay Seth	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
Shri Ravneet Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Shri Durgadas Uikey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse	Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Shri Sukanta Majumdar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Minister of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Smt. Savitri Thakur	Minister of Women and Child Development.
Shri Tokhan Sahu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jai Shakti.
Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
Shri Harsh Malhotra	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shri Muridhar Mohol	Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Shri George Kurian	Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Shri Pabitra Margherita	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.