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The Cabinet of India (officially called the Union Council of Ministers of India) is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, composed of the Prime Minister and 35 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory.

The Union Cabinet of the Government of India was formed after the Indian general election, 2009 held in five phases in 2009: on 16 April, 22/23 April, 30 April, 7 and 13 May 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh took oath as the 14th Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers' in two phases. Most of the cabinet functions from Cabinet Secretariat, at Secretariat Building, New Delhi.

== Cabinet Secretary ==vil Services Board, and thus the head of the Indian Administrative Service. As a matter of convention the senior most civil servant is appointed as a Cabinet Secretary. He belongs to the Indian Administrative Service. The incumbent generally has a tenure of 2 to 3 years. Though there is no fixed tenure, the average tenure of the Cabinet Secretary in India has been less than 3 years. His tenure however, can be extended. The Cabinet Secretary is the head of all the civil services under the constitution like IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS, PCS, PPS etc. Thus, he is the head of all the All India services including the Indian Police Service(IPS), Indian Administrative Service(IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service(IRS) and the Indian Forest Service(IFS). He ranks eleventh in the Table of Precedence of India.

The current Cabinet Secretary is Shri A K Seth [2]

The following are the functions of a Cabinet Secretary:[1]

  • Provide assistance to the Council of Ministers
  • Act as adviser and conscience keeper of the civil services
  • Handle senior appointments
  • Prepare of the agenda of the Cabinet
  • Attend the meet
  • Ensure that the Cabinet decisions are implemented
  • Advise the Prime Minister
  • Act as the Chairman of the Committee of Secretaries on Administration
  • Act as the Chairman of the Chief Secretaries Committee
  • Provide an element of continuity and stability to administration during crises

In the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, "Cabinet Secretariat" finds a place in the First Schedule to the Rules. The subjects allotted to this Secretariat are, firstly, secretarial assistance to Cabinet and Cabinet Committees, and secondly, the administration of the Rules of Business.

The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the administration of the Government of India Transaction of Business Rules, 1961 and the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules 1961, facilitating smooth transaction of business in Ministries/Departments of the Government by ensuring adherence to these rules. The Secretariat assists in decision-making in Government by ensuring Inter-Ministerial coordination, ironing out differences amongst Ministries/Departments and evolving consensus through the instrumentality of the standing/adhoc Committees of Secretaries. Through this mechanism new policy initiatives are also promoted.

The Cabinet Secretariat ensures that the President of India, the Vice-President and Ministers are kept informed of the major activities of all Departments by means of a monthly summary of their activities. Management of major crisis situations in the country and coordinating activities of the various Ministries in such a situation is also one of the functions of the Cabinet Secretariat.

The Cabinet Secretariat has 3 wings: Civil, Military and Intelligence. The Civil wing is the main wing and provides aid, advise and assistance to the Union Cabinet. The Military wing provides secretarial assistance to the Defence Committee of the Cabinet, the Military Affairs Committee, the National Defence Council and other committees dealing with defence matters. The Intelligence wing deals with matters pertaining to the Joint Intelligence Committee of the Union Cabinet. The chief of Research and Analysis Wing R&AW also officially first reports to the Cabinet Secretary, and is officially designated Secretary R in the Cabinet Secretariat. The Cabinet Secretary is arguably India's most powerful bureaucrat and right hand of Prime Minister of India.

Council of Ministers

Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh heads his second Cabinet, May 2009 to present

This is a list of current members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of India. All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either House of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha. He remained so for the duration of his entire first term (2004–2009) too. Most, but not all, previous Prime Ministers have been elected members of the Lok Sabha.[2]

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

  • Union Cabinet Minister – senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
  • Minister of State (Independent Charges) – with no overseeing Union cabinet minister for that portfolio
  • Minister of State (MoS) – junior minister with to overseeing cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation.

Cabinet Ministers

Office Name Constituency Color Party
Atomic Energy
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Planning
Space
Agriculture Sharad Pawar Madha rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color;" | NCP
Food Processing Industries
Chemicals and Fertilizers M. K. Alagiri Madurai style="background-color: Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" | DMK
Civil Aviation Chaudhary Ajit Singh Baghpat style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Lok Dal/meta/color;" | RLD
Coal Shriprakash Jaiswal Kanpur style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma Rajasthan rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Textiles
Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal Chandni Chowk rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Human Resource Development
Corporate Affairs Veerappa Moily Chikballapur style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Culture Selja Kumari Ambala rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Defence A. K. Antony Kerala style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh Andhra Pradesh rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Rural development
Earth Sciences Vilasrao Deshmukh Latur rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Science and Technology
External Affairs S. M. Krishna Karnataka style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Finance Pranab Mukherjee Jangipur, West Bengal style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad Jammu and Kashmir style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel Bhandara-Gondiya style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color;" | NCP
Home Affairs P. Chidambaram Sivaganga style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni Punjab style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge Gulbarga style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Law and Justice Salman Khurshid Farrukhabad rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Minority Affairs
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh Mandi style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Srinagar style="background-color: Template:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/color;" | JKNC
Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Kerala style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Panchayati Raj Kishore Chandra Deo Araku rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Tribal Affairs
Parliamentary Affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal Chandigarh rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Water Resources
Petroleum and Natural Gas Jaipal Reddy Chevella style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Power Sushilkumar Shinde Solapur style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Railways Mukul Roy Leader in upper house of the Parliament, West Bengal style="background-color: Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color;" | AITC
Road Transport and Highways C. P. Joshi Bhilwara style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Shipping G. K. Vasan Tamil Nadu style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik Ramtek style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Steel Beni Prasad Verma Gonda style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Tourism Subodh Kant Sahay Ranchi style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC
Urban Development Kamal Nath Chhindwara style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" | INC

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

Ministers of State (Independent Charges)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following seven ministers are from the Indian National Congress.

Sl. No. Name Responsible Ministries Age Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Party Educational Qualification
1 Dinsha Patel Ministry of Mines 74 Lok Sabha, Gujarat(Kheda) INC Matriculate[3]
2 Krishna Tirath Ministry of Women and Child Development 56 Lok Sabha, North West Delhi (SC) (Delhi) INC M.A., B.Ed. (University of Delhi)[4]
3 Ajay Maken Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 48 Lok Sabha, New Delhi INC B.A. Educated at University of Delhi[5]
4 K. V. Thomas Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 65 Lok Sabha, Ernakulam, Kerala INC M.Sc.(Chemistry)[6]
5 Srikant Kumar Jena Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers[7]

61 Lok Sabha, Balasore, Orissa INC B.A. Educated at College, Utkal University, Cuttack, Orissa[8]
6 Jayanthi Natarajan Ministry of Environment and Forests 57 Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu INC B.A., B.L. Educated at Ethiraj College and Madras Law College[9]
7 Paban Singh Ghatowar Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs[7] 61 Lok Sabha, Dibrugarh INC B.A. Educated at Gauhati University, Guwahati[10]

Source: Council of Ministers[2]

Ministers of State

Sl. No. Name Ministries Age Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Party Educational Qualification
1 E. Ahamed Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Human Resource Development 73 Lok Sabha Malappuram, Kerala MUL B.A., B.L.[11]
2 Mullappally Ramachandran Ministry of Home Affairs 67 Lok Sabha Vadakara,Kerala INC MA, LLB[12]
3 V. Narayanasamy Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prime Minister Office 64 Lok Sabha Puducherry INC B.A., M.L.[13]
4 Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Ministry of Commerce and Industry 41 Lok Sabha Guna,M.P INC M.A., M.B.A., Stanford University, U.S.A[14]
5 Daggubati Purandeswari Ministry of Human Resource Development 52 Lok Sabha, Vishakapattnam Andhra Pradesh INC BA[15]
6. K. H. Muniyappa Ministry of Railways 63 Lok Sabha Kolar, Karnataka INC B.A., LL.B.[16]
7 Lakshmi Panabaka Ministry of Textiles 53 Lok Sabha, Nellore,Andhra Pradesh INC M.A.(Public Administration)[17]
8 Namo Narain Meena Ministry of Finance 68 Lok Sabha, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur INC M. A. (Geography)[18]
9 Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju Ministry of Defence 49 Lok Sabha Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh INC BE from Andhra University, India & MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA[19]
10 Saugata Roy Ministry of Urban Development 64 Lok Sabha, Dum Dum AITC M.Sc., Ll.B.[20]
11 S. S. Palanimanickam Ministry of Finance 61 Lok Sabha Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu DMK B.L.[21]
12 Jitin Prasada Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 38 Lok Sabha Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh INC M.B.A,[22]
13 Preneet Kaur Ministry of External Affairs 67 Lok Sabha Patiala,Punjab INC B.A., T.T.C.[23]
14 Harish Rawat Ministry of Agriculture,

Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

63 Lok Sabha, Hardwar INC B.A., LL.B[24]
15 Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki Ministry of Railways 58 Lok Sabha, Anand INC B.E. (Civil)[25]
16 Mahadeo Singh Khandela Ministry of Tribal Affairs 68 Lok Sabha, Sikar, Rajasthan INC M.A. (Economics)[26]
17 Sisir Adhikari Ministry of Rural Development 70 Lok Sabha, Contai AITC I.Sc.[27]
18 Sultan Ahmed Ministry of Tourism 58 Lok Sabha, Uluberia AITC Graduate Educated at Calcutta University[28]
19 Mukul Roy Ministry of Shipping 57 Rajya Sabha, West Bengal AITC[29]
20 Choudhury Mohan Jatua Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 73 Lok Sabha, Mathurapur AITC M.Com.[30]
21 D. Napolean Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 48 Lok Sabha Perambalur, Tamil Nadu DMK B.A.(History)[31]
22 S. Jagathrakshakan Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 64 Lok Sabha Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu DMK Matriculate[32]
23 S. Gandhiselvan Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 48 Lok Sabha Namakkal, Tamil Nadu DMK M.A, M.PHIL[33]
24 Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 46 Lok Sabha, Bardoli INC M.B.B.S[34]
25 Sachin Pilot Ministry of Communications and Information Technology 34 Lok Sabha Ajmer, Rajasthan INC B.A. (Hons), M.B.A.[35]
26 Pratik Patil Ministry of Coal 38 Lok Sabha Sangli INC Intermediate, Diploma in Automobile Engineering[36]
27 Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India) & Ministry of Corporate Affairs (India) 47 Lok Sabha Khushi Nagar INC B.A. (Hons.) History[37]
28 Vincent H Pala Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Minority Affairs 44 Lok Sabha Shillong INC B.E. (Civil)[38]
29 Pradeep Jain Aditya Ministry of Rural Development 49 Lok Sabha, Jhansi INC M.A., M.Com., L.L.B.[39]
30 Agatha Sangma Ministry of Rural Development 31 Lok Sabha Tura, Meghalaya NCP M.A. (Environmental Management),Diploma in Cyber Laws; Diploma in Corporate Laws; Diploma in Human Rights Laws; Diploma in Securities & Investment Laws[40]
31 Ashwani Kumar Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Science and Technology & Ministry of Earth Sciences 59 Rajya Sabha INC B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.Phil.[41]
32 K.C. Venugopal Ministry of Power (India) 49 Lok Sabha Alappuzha, Kerala INC M.Sc.(Mathematics)[42]
33 Sudip Bandyopadhyay Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 59 Lok Sabha, Kolkata Uttar AITC B.Sc.[43]
34 Dr. Charan Das Mahant Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industry 57 Lok Sabha Korba, Chhattisgarh INC M.Sc., M.A., LL.B., PhD[44]
35 Jitendra Singh Ministry of Home Affairs 40 Lok Sabha Alwar, Rajasthan INC B.Com[45]
36 Milind Murli Deora Ministry of Communications and Information Technology 35 Lok Sabha, Mumbai-South INC BBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)[46]
37 Rajeev Shukla Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 52 Rajya Sabha, Maharastra INC M.A., LL.B.[47]

Source: Council of Ministers[2]

Demographics of the Council of Ministers

UPA Cabinet by Party

Source: Various news organisations[48][49][50][51]
The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The non-Congress cabinet ministers, include M.K. Azhagiri (DMK President Karunanidhi's Son) from the DMK, Mukul Roy from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel from Nationalist Congress Party, Farooq Abdullah from National Conference and Chaudhary Ajit Singh from RLD.

Party Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State Total
Indian National Congress 27 31 58
Trinamool Congress 1 6 7
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 4 5
Nationalist Congress Party 2 1 3
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 1 0 1
Indian Union Muslim League 0 1 1
Total 33 45 78

United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by States

Sources:[52][53][54][clarification needed]

State Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State(I) Ministers of State Total
Maharashtra 5 — 3 8
Tamil Nadu 3 1 4 8
Bihar — — — —
Kerala 2 1 3 6
Andhra Pradesh 3 — 3 6
Madhya Pradesh 1 — 1 2
Karnataka 3 — 1 4
West Bengal 2 — 6 8
Himachal Pradesh 1 — — 1
Haryana 1 — — 1
Orissa — 1 — 1
J & K 2 — — 2
Panjab 1 — 2 3
Delhi 1 2 — 3
Rajasthan 2 — 4 6
Chhattisgarh — — 1 1
Gujrat — 1 2 3
Pondicherry — — 1 1
Uttar Pradesh 3 — 3 6
Jharkhand 1 — — 1
Meghalaya — — 2 2
Uttarakhand — — 1 1
Assam 1 1 — 2
Chandigarh 1 — — 1
Total 33 7 37 77

See also

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