Cabinet Ministers of India - 2019
The cabinet ministers are the major segment in Union Council of Ministers after Prime Minister. The union council of Ministers perform executive authority in government of India. There are four segments of Union Council of Ministers as mentioned below according to their ranking.
- Prime Minister.
- Deputy Prime Minister; acts as a Prime Minister in his Absence.
- Cabinet Ministers; they are the members of the cabinet and presides the ministry.
- Ministers of State; there are two types, independent charge and a regular. Independents need not report to cabinet ministers. Whereas the regular ministers of state must report to the cabinet ministers.
Prime minister is the leader for the entire cabinet and its ministers. Prime Minister along with the cabinet ministers is the supreme decision makers.
Present Cabinet Ministers of India
1. Narendra Modi
Allocated portfolio: Prime Minister; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space.
Modi’s full name is Narendra Damodardas Modi. He was born in Vadnagar, Gujarat on 17th September 1950. He served as chief Minister of Gujarat for 14 years from 2001 to 2014 and he is elected as Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Varanasi parliamentary constituency.
2. Rajnath Singh
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Defense.
Rajnath was born in Bhabhaura of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. He served as president of BJP twice, 2005 to 2009 and 2013 to 2014; Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a cabinet minister in Vajpayee government.
3. Amit Shah
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Home Affairs.
Amit Anilchandra Shah was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Currently he is a home minister at Indian government. He served as president of Bharatiya Janata party from 2014 till 2019 may. He was an active member of ABVP during this college days and his contribution to the organization was recognized and sent to BJP to serve nation in 1987.
4. Nirmala Sitharaman
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Finance and Minister of corporate Affairs
Sitharaman was born in Madhuri, Tamil Nadu on 18th August 1959. She is member of Raja Sabha since 2014 and served as a Minister of defence from 2014-2019. She does have an experience as a ministry of state for finance and industry and before to that she served as a BJP spokesperson at national level.
5. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Allocated portfolio: Minister of External Affairs
Subrahmanyam was born in New Delhi on 9th January 1955. He is a member of Rajya Sabha and elected from Gujarat since July 2019. He served as foreign secretary in previous government from 2015 to 2018. He joined as an Indian foreign service and served as the Indian ambassador to china, United states and Czech Republic and later as a high commissioner to Singapore as well.
6. Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Highways and Road Transport, Minister of Micro, Small and medium shipping enterprises.
Gadkari was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 27th May 1957. Earlier to this he served as a president of Bhartiya Janata party from 2010 to 2013. Currently he is a member of Lok Sabha house from Nagpur constituency and lawyer com industrialist by his occupation. He is closely associated with RSS (Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh) which is headquartered in own constituency Nagpur.
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7. Smriti Zubin Irani
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Textiles; Minister of women and children development.
Smriti Irani was born in New Delhi on 23rd March 1976. She is a member of parliament in Lok Sabha representing Amethi constituency. Earlier she was a member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and managed multiple portfolio in previous government. She is a prominent leader within Bhartiya Janata party. Currently she is a youngest cabinet minister at the age of 43 years. She is well known for defecting opposition leader and president of Indian National congress which was previously ruled by INC for past 40 years.
8. Piyush Prakash Goyal
Allocated portfolio: Minister of commerce and Railways.
Piyush Goyal was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 13th June 1964. Currently he is elected as member of parliament for Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra state. Previously he served as a National treasurer of Bhartiya Janata party and also headed information communication campaign committee for BJP. He was also a taking care of advertising and publicity campaign of the BJP party including digital flatform for 2014 elections.
9. D.V Sadananda Gowda
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Fertilizer and Chemicals.
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda was born in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka on 18th March 1953. He is currently a member of parliament in Lok Sabha representing Bangalore North constituency. In Earlier Indian government he had a portfolio of minister of law and justice, minister of Statistics and planning, even railway minister for a period of 1 year. Before to this he served as the Karnataka chief minister.
10. Arjun Munda
Allocated portfolio: Minister of tribal Affairs.
Arjun Munda was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand on 3rd May 1968. Currently he has been elected as member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Jamshedpur constituency. Previously he served as a chief minister of Jharkhand and as a national general secretary for Bhartiya Janata party. He was recognized well for his strong credentials as a mass leader and his significant contributions towards strengthening the BJP party in Jharkhand state.
11. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Food processing Industries.
Haesimrat kaur Badal was born in New Delhi on 25th July 1966. She is a member of parliament in Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She entered politics in 2009 and her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal served as deputy chief minister of Panjab and as a president of Shiromani Akali Dal.
12. Ram Vilas Paswan
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Consumer Affairs, food and Public Distribution.
Ram Vilas Paswan was born in Khagaria Bihar on 5th July 1946. He is a member of parliament in Lok Sabha for the 8th time and president of Lok Janshakti Party. In 1969 he was elected as a member of legislative assembly from Bihar constituency. He entered Lok Sabha in 1977 from Hajipur constituency. He was also a general secretary of Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974.
13. Ravi Shankar Prasad
Allocated portfolio: Minister of law and Justice, Minister of Communications, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Ravi Shankar Prasad was born in Patna, Bihar in 30th August 1954. He is currently a member of parliament in Lok Sabha representing Patna Sahib. He is a lawyer by profession. During NDA government under the prime minister of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he was a minister of Mines and Coal, Minister of Broadcasting and Information, Minister of Justice and Law. In several government e-activities like digital India he is been considered as a cornerstone.
14. Dharmendra Pradhan
Allocated Portfolio: Minister of Natural Gas and Petroleum, Minister of Steel.
Dharmendra Pradhan was born in Talcher, Odisha. He is member of parliament in Rajya Sabha representing from Madhya Pradesh. Previously he served as a minister of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to May 2019. Pradhan was a member of parliament in 14th Lok Sabha representing Deogarh constituency of Odisha. He was an active member of ABVP and his father Debendra Pradhan was a senior BJP leader and was union minister to.
15. Narendra Singh Tomar
Allocated Portfolio: Minister of Agriculture and Formers Welfare, Minister of rural Development.
Narendra Singh Tomar was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on 12th June 1957. He is member of parliament in Lok Sabha representing Morena constituency. Before this he served as a minister of parliamentary affair and Minister of Mines from 2014 to May 2019 who was a member of parliament in Lok Sabha representing Gwalior.
16. Dr. Thawar Chand Gehlot
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Thawar Chand Gehlot was born in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on 18th May 1948. Currently he is a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha representing Madhya Pradesh. He is also a member Parliamentary board and central election committee, BJP, 5th time from 2006 to till date and central general secretary of the party. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009 representing Shajapur constituency.
17. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Human Resource Development.
Ramesh was born in Pinani, Uttarakhand on 15th July 1959. Presently he is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Haridwar parliamentary constituency. He as served as a chief minister of Uttarakhand for 2 years from 2009 to 2011. He bargained his political career as a member of legislative assembly in 1991 representing Karnaprayag.
18. Harsh Vardhan
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Earth Sciences.
Harsh Vardhan was born in Delhi on 13th December 1954. Presently he is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Chandni Chowk. He was also a proposed chief minister candidate for Delhi assemble election by Bhartiya Janata party in 2013. He started his political career in 1992 by getting elected as a member of legislative assemble representing Krishna Nagar.
19. Prakesh Keshav Javadekar
Allocated portfolio: Minister of information and Broadcasting; Minister of Forest, environment and Climate Change.
Prakash Keshav Javadekar was born in Pune, Maharashtra on 30th January 1951. He is a member of parliament at Rajya Sabha representing Madhya Pradesh. In 2014 he was appointed as minister of state (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate change. He is an official spokesperson of the Bhartiya Janata party.
20. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Minority affairs.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of parliament at Rajya Sabha representing Jharkhand. Previously he was a minister of Information and Broadcasting during Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was also a minister of state for parliamentary affairs and Minority Affairs during 2104 to 2019 May.
21. Mahendra Nath Pandey
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Skill development and Entrepreneurship.
Mahendra Nath Pandey was born in Pakhapur on 15th October 1957. He is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Chandauli since 2014. He is also a president of Bhartiya Janata party for Uttar Pradesh state. He was a union minister of state for human resource development between 2016 to 2017.
22. Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of coal and Mines
Pralhad Joshi was born in Bijpur, Karnataka on 27th November 1962. He is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Dharwad constituency. He is a member at Lok Sabha since 2004. Previously he was a Karnataka state BJP president from 2014 to 2016. Joshi identified himself as a man in service of mankind and was also an active member of RSS since his childhood.
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Jal shakti.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was born in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan on 3rd October 1967. He is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Jodhpur. He is also an National general secretary of BJP Kisan Morcha, which is a farmer wing of Bhartiya Janata party.
24. Giriraj Singh
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
Giriraj Singh was born in Barahiya, Bihar on 8th September 1952. He is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Begusarai constituency. Previously he served as a minister of cooperative in Bihar government between 2005 to 2010, Minister of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry between 2010 to 2013.
25. Arvind Ganpat Sawant
Allocated portfolio: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public enterprises.
Arvind Ganpat Sawant was born on 31th December 1951. He is a member of parliament at Lok Sabha representing Mumbai South constituency. Arvind started his political career with Shiv Senna in 1968 and served as a spokesperson for the party. He played a major role in Mumbai municipal corporation elections.