Cabinet Ministers of India 2023: Check the complete list of Cabinet Ministers, Union Council of Ministers, and Minister of State (Independent Charge)

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Cabinet Ministers of India

The Cabinet Ministers of India form a subset of the Union Council of Ministers, which serves as the primary executive body of the Indian government. Their role involves making crucial decisions for the executive branch. The council is headed by the Prime Minister of India. In 2023, the Cabinet Ministers of India hold influential positions and ministries within the government, constituting the supreme executive body. These ministers are chosen from the victorious political party's Members of Parliament and are assigned various portfolios.


List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first cabinet reshuffle since May 2019 on July 7, 2021. Following this reshuffle, the 2021 Council of Ministers now consists of 28 Cabinet Ministers, 45 Ministers of State, and 2 Ministers of State with Independent Charge.




Prime Minister

Shri Narendra Modi
  • 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


Cabinet Ministers

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



Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs


Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
  • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare



Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
  • Ministry of External Affairs



Shri Arjun Munda
  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs



Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • Ministry of Minority Affairs


Shri Piyush Goyal
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • Ministry of Textiles

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship


Shri Pralhad Joshi
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • Ministry of Coal
  • Ministry of Mines

Shri Narayan Tatu Rane
  • Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises



Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)


Dr. Virendra Kumar
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment



Shri Giriraj Singh
  • Ministry of Rural Development
  • Ministry of Panchayati Raj


Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation
  • Ministry of Steel


Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
  • Ministry of Railways
  • Ministry of Communications
  • Ministry of Electronics and 

Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
  • Ministry of Food Processing Industries



Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
  • Ministry of Jal Shakti



Shri Kiren Rijiju
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences



Shri Raj Kumar Singh
  • Ministry of Power
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy


Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
  • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs


Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers


Shri Bhupender Yadav
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment


Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
  • Ministry of Heavy Industries



Shri Parshottam Rupala
  • Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying



Shri G. Kishan Reddy
  • Ministry of Culture
  • Ministry of Tourism
  • Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
  • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports




Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
  • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • Ministry of Planning


Dr. Jitendra Singh
  • Ministry of Science and Technology



Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
  • Ministry of Law and Justice



Ministers of State

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs



Dr. Jitendra Singh
  • Prime Minister's Office
  • Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • Department of Atomic Energy
  • Department of Space

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • Ministry of Tourism


Shri Faggansingh Kulaste
  • Ministry of Steel
  • Ministry of Rural Development


Shri Prahalad Singh Patel
  • Ministry of Jal Shakti
  • Ministry of Food Processing Industries


Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
  • Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change


Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • Ministry of Culture


General (Retd.) V.K. Singh
  • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation


Shri Krishan Pal
  • Ministry of Power
  • Ministry of Heavy Industries


Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
  • Ministry of Railways
  • Ministry of Coal
  • Ministry of Mines

Shri Ramdas Athawale
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment



Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
  • Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution
  • Ministry of Rural Development


Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
  • Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying



Shri Nityanand Rai
  • Ministry of Home Affairs



Shri Pankaj Chaudhary
  • Ministry of Finance



Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry



Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare



Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
  • Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology


Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
  • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare




Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
  • Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises



Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
  • Ministry of Textiles
  • Ministry of Railways



Shri V. Muraleedharan
  • Ministry of External Affairs
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs


Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi
  • Ministry of External Affairs
  • Ministry of Culture


Shri Som Parkash
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry



Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta
  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs



Shri Rameswar Teli
  • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment


Shri Kailash Choudhary
  • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare



Smt. Annpurna Devi
  • Ministry of Education



Shri A. Narayanaswamy
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment



Shri Kaushal Kishore
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs



Shri Ajay Bhatt
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Ministry of Tourism


Shri B. L. Verma
  • Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
  • Ministry of Cooperation


Shri Ajay Kumar
  • Ministry of Home Affairs



Shri Devusinh Chauhan
  • Ministry of Communications



Shri Bhagwanth Khuba
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers


Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil
  • Ministry of Panchayati Raj



Sushri Pratima Bhoumik
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment



Dr. Subhas Sarkar
  • Ministry of Education



Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
  • Ministry of Finance



Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
  • Ministry of External Affairs
  • Ministry of Education


Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare



Shri Bishweswar Tudu
  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  • Ministry of Jal Shakti


Shri Shantanu Thakur
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways



Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)


Shri John Barla
  • Ministry of Minority Affairs



Dr. L. Murugan
  • Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
  • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting


Shri Nisith Pramanik
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports