Cabinet Ministers

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PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister
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.		 Narendra Modi26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj26 May 20147 January 2016BJPThis Ministry was merged with Ministry of External Affairs
Minister of Finance
Minister of Corporate Affairs		 Arun Jaitley26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley26 May 20149 November 2014BJP 
 Manohar Parrikar9 November 201413 March 2017BJP 
 Arun Jaitley13 March 20173 September 2017BJP 
 Nirmala Sitharaman3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar26 May 20149 November 2014BJP[26]
 Arun Jaitley9 November 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Venkaiah Naidu5 July 201617 July 2017BJP[27]
 Smriti Irani18 July 2017IncumbentBJP[28]
Minister of Railways D. V. Sadananda Gowda26 May 20149 November 2014BJP 
 Suresh Prabhu9 November 20143 September 2017BJP 
 Piyush Goyal3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Urban Development
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation		 Venkaiah Naidu26 May 201417 July 2017BJP 
 Narendra Singh Tomar18 July 20173 September 2017BJPCurrently Minister of state in charge
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Shipping		 Nitin Gadkari26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad26 May 20149 November 2014BJP 
 D.V. Sadananda Gowda9 November 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Ravi Shankar Prasad5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad26 May 20143 September 2017BJP 
 Alphons Kannanthanam3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati26 May 20143 September 2017BJP 
 Nitin Gadkari3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Gopinath Munde26 May 20143 June 2014BJP 
 Nitin Gadkari4 June 20149 November 2014BJP 
 Chaudhary Birender Singh9 November 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Narendra Singh Tomar5 July 20163 September 2017BJP 
 Uma Bharati3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Minority Affairs Najma A. Heptulla26 May 201412 July 2016BJP 
 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi12 July 2016IncumbentBJP
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj		 Gopinath Munde26 May 20143 June 2014[†]BJP 
 Nitin Gadkari4 June 20149 November 2014BJP[14]
 Birender Singh9 November 20145 July 2016BJP[29]
 Narendra Singh Tomar5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Mines Narendra Singh Tomar27 May 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Piyush Goyal6 July 20163 September 2017BJPMinister of state was responsible
 Narendra Singh Tomar3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan26 May 2014IncumbentLJP 
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra26 May 201431 August 2017BJPCurrently Minister of state in charge
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu26 May 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Ananth Kumar5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati26 May 2014IncumbentTDP 
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete26 May 2014IncumbentShiv Sena 
Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal26 May 2014IncumbentSAD 
Minister of Steel Narendra Singh Tomar26 May 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Chaudhary Birender Singh5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya26 May 20149 November 2014BJPCurrently Minister of state in charge
Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot26 May 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani26 May 20145 July 2016BJP 
 Prakash Javadekar5 July 2016IncumbentBJP[27]
Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan9 November 2014IncumbentBJP 
Minister Of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan4 June 20149 November 2014BJP 
 Jagat Prakash Nadda9 November 2014IncumbentBJP[30]
Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh26 May 20149 November 2014BJPMinister of state was responsible
 V K Singh9 November 20145 July 2016BJPMinister of state was responsible
 D. V. Sadananda Gowda5 July 2016IncumbentBJP 
Minister Of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman26 May 20143 September 2017BJPMinister of state was responsible
 Suresh Prabhu3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister Of Coal Piyush Goyal26 May 20143 September 2017BJPMinister of state was responsible
 Piyush Goyal3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 
Minister Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan26 May 20143 September 2017BJPMinister of state was responsible
 Dharmendra Pradhan3 September 2017IncumbentBJP 

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)[edit]

MinisterPartyPortfolio
Rao Inderjit SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Santosh Kumar GangwarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Shripad Yasso NaikBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Dr. Jitendra SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister 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
Dr. Mahesh SharmaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Giriraj SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Manoj SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
R. K. SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Hardeep Singh PuriBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Alphons KannanthanamBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Ministers of State[edit]

MinisterPartyPortfolio
Vijay GoelBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
S.S. AhluwaliaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Ramesh JigajinagiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Ramdas AthawaleRepublican Party of India (A)Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Vishnu Deo SaiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
Ram Kripal YadavBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Hansraj AhirBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Haribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
Rajen GohainBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
General (Retd.) V. K. SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Parsottambhai RupalaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Jayant SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyCivil Aviation
Krishan Pal GurjarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai BhabhorBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Shiv Pratap ShuklaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Sudarshan BhagatBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Kiren RijijuBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Upendra KushwahaRashtriya Lok Samta PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Dr. Virendra KumarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Anupriya PatelApna Dal (Sonelal)Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
M. J. AkbarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Anant Kumar HegdeBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Y. S. ChowdaryTelugu Desam PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Jayant SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Babul SupriyoBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Arjun Ram MeghwalBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Vijay SamplaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Ajay TamtaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
Krishna RajBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Chhotu Ram ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
P. P. ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Dr. Subhash Ramrao BhamreBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
Gajendra Singh ShekhawatBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Dr. Satya Pal SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

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