Cabinet Ministers of India 2024: Full List, Portfolios, and Responsibilities

India is a parliamentary form of government where the government is headed by the Prime minister. However, the Prime Minister alone doesn’t handle all the departments. He or she is assisted by ministers to do his task. Today in this article we’ll talk about cabinet ministers of India. We’ll see all the current cabinet ministers, what the Constitution says about it and why it is needed.

Who are Cabinet Ministers?

Cabinet ministers are the senior most important ministers of the government, who handle the important portfolios such as Finance, Defence, Home etc . The cabinet ministers are a close knit group of ministers that is headed by the Prime minister of India and act as the principal advisor of the PM. Cabinet ministers help the PM in governing the country by giving their expertise in their respective fields and Portfolio. These cabinet  ministers are part of a larger group called the Union Council of ministers. Union Council of Ministers include Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State, their number should not be more than 15% of the total strength of Lok Sabha.

 

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List of Cabinet ministers of India 2024

Below is the list of current cabinet ministers of India in 2024. They handle some of the most important portfolios you’ll see in Indian government.

Name	Portfolio
Shri Raj Nath Singh	Ministry of Defence
Shri Amit Shah	Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Cooperation
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Rural Development
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	Ministry of External Affairs
Shri Manohar Lal	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Power
Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy	Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel
Shri Piyush Goyal	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Ministry of Education
Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh	Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dr. Virendra Kumar	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Shri Pralhad Joshi	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Shri Jual Oram	Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Giriraj Singh	Ministry of Textiles
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw	Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Shri Bhupender Yadav	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism
Smt. Annpurna Devi	Ministry of Women and Child Development
Shri Kiren Rijiju	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Minority Affairs
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri G. Kishan Reddy	Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines
Shri Chirag Paswan	Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Shri C R Patil	Ministry of Jal Shakti

List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2024 along with their portfolios:

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Name	Portfolio
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Planning
Dr. Jitendra Singh	Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Ministry of Law and Justice
Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao	Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Shri Jayant Chaudhary	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

List of Ministers of State 2024 along with their portfolios:

Ministers of State

Name	Portfolio	Contact
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Ministry of Culture	Facebook Twitter
Dr. Jitendra Singh	Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space	Facebook Twitter
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Facebook Twitter
Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Jayant Chaudhary	Ministry of Education
Shri Jitin Prasada	Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy	Facebook Twitter
Shri Pankaj Chaudhary	Ministry of Finance	Facebook Twitter
Shri Krishan Pal	Ministry of Cooperation	Facebook Twitter
Shri Ramdas Athawale	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Facebook Twitter
Shri Ram Nath Thakur	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Shri Nityanand Rai	Ministry of Home Affairs	Facebook Twitter
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Facebook Twitter
Shri V. Somanna	Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Railways
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Communications
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Panchayati Raj	Facebook
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Labour and Employment
Shri Kirtivardhan Singh	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of External Affairs
Shri B. L. Verma	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Shantanu Thakur	Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Shri Suresh Gopi	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Tourism
Dr. L. Murugan	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Contact
Shri Ajay Tamta	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Kamlesh Paswan	Ministry of Rural Development
Shri Bhagirath Choudhary	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Shri Sanjay Seth	Ministry of Defence
Shri Satish Chandra Dubey	Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines
Shri Ravneet Singh	Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Railways
Shri Durgadas Uikey	Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Sukanta Majumdar	Ministry of Education, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Smt. Savitri Thakur	Ministry of Women and Child Development
Shri Tokhan Sahu	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary	Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel
Shri Harsh Malhotra	Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shri Murlidhar Mohol	Ministry of Cooperation, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Shri George Kurian	Ministry of Minority Affairs, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Shri Pabitra Margherita	Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Textiles

How to become Cabinet Minister?

To become Cabinet Minister of India, one needs to be eligible to be a member of parliament. If the cabinet minister is an MP at the time of appointment they he or she can work without any issue. If the cabinet minister is not the member of either of the houses of parliament while appointed, he or she has to secure the membership of either Lok Sabha or Rajya sabha within 6 months to keep serving as Cabinet Ministers. If failed to do so they’ll have to vacate their Post.

Conclusion

So this was all about the Cabinet Ministers of India in 2024. This is the principal decision making body that governs the country and takes important decisions that will decide the fate of the nation. The cabinet minister post is an important one , thus comes with lots of responsibilities. The lok sabha elections 2024 will start soon , after that we’ll see some reshuffling in the ministry portfolio and maybe addition of few new ministers.