The article will keep you updated with the Cabinet Ministers of India 2024 for civil services. The Cabinet Minister of India 2024 list gives you the names of the personalities holding the office of the Cabinet Minister of India and their portfolios.
List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2024
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The Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in India. It comprises senior ministers, who are further classified as Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Union Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
On 9 June 2024, the President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu directed the allocation of portfolios among the members of the Union Council of Ministers as a result of the 2024 general elections. Now, there are 72 ministers including the Prime Minister. There are 30 cabinet ministers, 5 ministers with independent charge and 36 ministers of state.
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Union Council of Ministers 2024
After the 2024 General Elections, the newly re-elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took the oath of office along with the Council of Ministers on 9 June.
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 18th 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 comprised the PM and 71 ministers. In the 2024 Council of Ministers, there are 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 36 Ministers of State.
The portfolios were distributed on June 10th, 2024.
Cabinet Ministers of India 2024
In the newly formed cabinet, PM Modi holds the following portfolios:
- Minister 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
The list of Cabinet Ministers 2024 along with their portfolios is given below:
| Cabinet Ministers | Portfolio |
| Shri Rajnath 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 |
| Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Rural Development |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; 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 | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| 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; and 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 |
List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2024 along with their portfolios:
| 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 (Independent Charge) 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; 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 Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister 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 Ministry 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 |
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List of Ministers of State 2024 along with their 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 Chaudhary | 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 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 |
| Dr. 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 of 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 Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry 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 Jal 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 State in the Ministry 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 Murlidhar 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 |
The list of Cabinet Ministers falls under the Static GK section in the UPSC exam. For information on various static GK, check the article linked here.
List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2024
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