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.
| Cabinet Ministers | Portfolio |
| Shri Raj Nath 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 Arjun Munda | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Tribal Affairs |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
| Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of AYUSH; Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation; and Minister of Steel |
| Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
| Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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 |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences |
List of Ministers of State 2024 along with their portfolios:
| Minister of State | Portfolios |
| Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space |
| Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
| Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines |
| Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Pankaj Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare |
| Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare |
| Smt. Annpurna Devi Yadav | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation |
| Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
| Shri Bhagwanth Khuba | Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| Sushri Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shri Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| Dr. Mahendra Munjapara | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH |
| Shri John Barla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Shri Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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.