The head of the Republic of India is the Prime Minister who has the responsibility of governance in the country. Managing such a big country is not an easy task for a single person, so, many ministries are managing the sectors of public administration. The Prime Minister appoints the ministers for every ministry. The ministers responsible for key portfolios are the cabinet ministers or in other words, the cabinet is the team of high-ranking government officials mainly consisting of top leaders of the executive branch. The members of the cabinet are called as cabinet members. The cabinet ministers of a government are mainly responsible for the day-to-day government tasks and management. It is the supreme decision-making body in India.
Roles of Cabinet Ministers
The main roles of cabinet ministers of India are:
- The main role of the cabinet is to keep the confidence of the parliament house.
- The cabinet ministers are responsible for the schemes and policies of both houses (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha).
- Directing government policy and making decisions based on national issues.
- Utilizing their majority work hours in discussing the problems of the country and ways to resolve it.
- Presenting bills and proposing laws from their government departments.
Selection of Cabinet Ministers
Cabinet ministers are officially appointed by the president of India but selected by the Prime Minister. The portfolios are distributed among the ministers based on competence and interest. Apart from competence and interest, the Selection of a minister also depends on the loyalty of the minister with the ruling party and the implicit need for representing the major part of the country’s population. For example, based on caste, religion, language, etc.
The selected minister must be a member of any of the houses of the parliament of India.
List of Cabinet Ministers of India and their Portfolios
Below are the list of cabinet ministers of India and their portfolios:
| Prime Minister | Portfolio |
| Shri Narendra Modi |
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Cabinet Ministers of India
| S.No. | Cabinet Ministers | Portfolios |
| 1 | Shri Rajnath Singh |
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| 2 | Shri Amit Shah |
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| 3 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
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| 4 | Shri Nirmala Sitaraman |
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| 5 | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar |
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| 6 | Shri S Jaishankar |
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| 7 | Shri Arjun Munda |
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| 8 | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani |
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| 9 | Shri Piyush Goyal |
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| 10 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan |
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| 11 | Shri Pralhad Joshi |
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| 12 | Shri Narayan Tatu Rane |
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| 13 | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal |
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| 14 | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
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| 15 | Dr. Virendra Kumar |
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| 16 | Shri Giriraj Singh |
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| 17 | Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia |
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| 18 | Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh |
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| 19 | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw |
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| 20 | Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras |
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| 21 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
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| 22 | Shri Kiren Rijiju |
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| 23 | Shri Raj Kumar Singh |
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| 24 | Shri Hardeep Sing Puri |
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| 25 | Shri Mansukh Mandaviya |
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| 26 | Shri Bhupender Yadav |
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| 27 | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |
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| 28 | Shri Parshottam Rupala |
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| 29 | Shri G Kishan Reddy |
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| 30 | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur |
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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
| S.No. | Ministers of State (Independent Charge) |
Portfolios |
| 1 | Shri Rao Inderjit Singh |
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| 2 | Dr. Jitendra Singh |
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Ministers of State
| S.No. | Ministers of State | Portfolios |
| 1 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik |
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| 2 | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste |
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| 3 | Shri Prahlad Singh Patel |
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| 4 | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
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| 5 | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal |
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| 6 | Gen (Retd.) VK Singh |
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| 7 | Shri Krishan Pal |
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| 8 | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
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| 9 | Shri Ramdas Athawale |
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| 10 | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
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| 11 | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
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| 12 | Shri Nityanand Rai |
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| 13 | Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary |
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| 14 | Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel |
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| 15 | Prof SP Singh Baghel |
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| 16 | Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar |
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| 17 | Smt. Shobha Karandlaje |
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| 18 | Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiBhanu Pratap Singh Verma |
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| 19 | Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh |
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| 20 | Shri V. Muraleedharan |
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| 21 | Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi |
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| 22 | Shri Som Parkash |
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| 23 | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta |
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| 24 | Shri Rameswar Teli |
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| 25 | Shri Kailash Choudhary |
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| 26 | Smt. Annapurna Devi |
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| 27 | Shri A. Narayanaswamy |
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| 28 | Shri Kaushal Kishore |
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| 29 | Shri Ajay Bhatt |
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| 30 | Shri BL Verma |
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| 31 | Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra |
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| 32 | Shri Devusinh Chauhan |
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| 33 | Shri Bhagwanth Khuba |
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| 34 | Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil |
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| 35 | Smt. Pratima Bhoumik |
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| 36 | Shri Subhas Sarkar |
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| 37 | Shri Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad |
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| 38 | Shri Rajkumar Ranjan Singh |
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| 39 | Smt. Bharati Pravin Pawar |
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| 40 | Shri Bishweswar Tudu |
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| 41 | Shri Shantanu Thakur |
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| 42 | Shri Munjapara Mahendrabhai |
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| 43 | Shri John Barla |
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| 44 | Shri L Murugan |
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| 45 | Shri Nisith Pramanik |
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