Union council of ministers - Wikipedia Union council of ministers India This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India Constitution and law Constitutional amendment Basic structure doctrine Fundamental rights Human rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Uniform civil code Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code Law enforcement Government of India President ( Head of state ) ( List ) Vice president ( List ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive : Prime minister ( Head of government ) ( List ) Union Council of Ministers Cabinet secretary Secretaries : ( Defence Finance Foreign Home ) Civil services All India Services ( IAS IFS / IFoS IPS ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Legislature : Parliament Rajya Sabha ( Chairman ) Lok Sabha ( Speaker ) Judiciary : Supreme court ( Chief justice ) High courts ( Chief justices ) District courts Elections Election commission : Chief Election Commissioner ( Election commissioners ) Recent general elections : 2009 2014 2019 Recent state elections : 2017 2018 2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Political parties National parties State parties National coalitions : National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) Federalism Administrative divisions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- State governments Governors ( List ) Chief ministers ( List ) Chief secretary ( Principal secretaries ) Field - level officers Divisional commissioners District magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Legislatures : Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Local governments : Rural bodies : District councils Block panchayats Gram Panchayats Urban bodies : Municipal corporations Municipal councils Nagar panchayats Other countries Atlas The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. It consists of senior ministers, called ' cabinet ministers ', junior ministers, called ' ministers of state ' and, rarely, deputy ministers. It is led by the prime minister. A smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision - making body in India. Only the prime minister and ministers of the rank of cabinet minister are members of Union Cabinet in accordance with Article 352. Contents 1 Regulation 2 Ranking 3 Appointment 4 Removal 5 Council of Ministers of a State 6 Current Union Council of Ministers 6.1 Ministers of State ( Independent Charge ) 6.2 Ministers of State 7 References 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Regulation Pursuant to Article 75 ( 3 ), the Council of Ministers is responsible collectively to the lower house of the Indian parliament, called the Lok Sabha ( House of People ). When a bill introduced by a minister in the Lok Sabha is not approved by it, entire council of ministers is responsible and not the minister. The council of ministers upon losing confidence of Lok Sabha shall resign to facilitate new government formation. A minister shall not take any decision without being considered by the council of ministers per Article 78 ( c ). All union cabinet members shall submit in writing to the President to propose proclamation of emergency by the president in accordance with Article 352. According to the Constitution of India, the total number of ministers in the council of ministers must not exceed 15 % of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha. Ministers must be members of parliament. Any minister who is not a member of either of the houses of the parliament for six consecutive months is automatically stripped off his or her ministerial post. Ranking There are five categories of council of ministers as given below, in descending order of rank : Prime minister Deputy prime minister ( if any ) ; presides as prime minister in his absence or as the senior most cabinet minister. Cabinet minister : member of cabinet ; leads a ministry. Minister of state ( independent charge ) : junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister. Minister of state ( MoS ) : junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. Appointment Pursuant to Article 75, a minister who works at the pleasure of president, is appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. Removal Upon self resignation Upon dismissal by the President for minister 's unconstitutional acts per Article 75 ( 2 ). Upon direction from the Judiciary for committing violation of law. Upon ceasing eligibility to be a member of Parliament. Council of ministers of a State Every state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to union council of ministers per Articles 163, 164 and 167 ( c ). There is no concept of cabinet rank minister in the council of ministers. Current Union council of ministers As a collective, each successive Council of Ministers is referred to as a cabinet. The current cabinet is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office on 26 May 2014. Source : Key India cabinet ministers information - 2014 Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Prime Minister 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. Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj 26 May 2014 7 January 2016 BJP This Ministry was merged with Ministry of External Affairs Minister of Finance Minister of Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 14 May 2018 BJP Piyush Goyal 14 May 2018 Incumbent BJP This portfolio was assigned to Piyush Goyal because of Arun Jaitley 's health issues. Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Manohar Parrikar 9 November 2014 13 March 2017 BJP Arun Jaitley 13 March 2017 3 September 2017 BJP Nirmala Sitharaman 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Arun Jaitley 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Venkaiah Naidu 5 July 2016 17 July 2017 BJP Smriti Irani 18 July 2017 14 May 2018 BJP Currently Minister of State in charge Rajyavardhan Rathore 14 May 2018 Incumbent BJP Minister of Railways D.V. Sadananda Gowda 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Suresh Prabhu 9 November 2014 3 September 2017 BJP Piyush Goyal 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister of Urban Development Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu 26 May 2014 17 July 2017 BJP Narendra Singh Tomar 18 July 2017 3 September 2017 BJP Currently Minister of state in charge Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Shipping Nitin Gadkari 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP D.V. Sadananda Gowda 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati 26 May 2014 3 September 2017 BJP Nitin Gadkari 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Gopinath Munde 26 May 2014 3 June 2014 BJP Nitin Gadkari 4 June 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Chaudhary Birender Singh 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Narendra Singh Tomar 5 July 2016 3 September 2017 BJP Uma Bharati 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister of Minority Affairs Najma A. Heptulla 26 May 2014 12 July 2016 BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 12 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj Gopinath Munde 26 May 2014 3 June 2014 BJP Nitin Gadkari 4 June 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Birender Singh 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Narendra Singh Tomar 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Mines Narendra Singh Tomar 27 May 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Piyush Goyal 6 July 2016 3 September 2017 BJP Minister of state was responsible Narendra Singh Tomar 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan 26 May 2014 Incumbent LJP Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra 26 May 2014 31 August 2017 BJP Currently Minister of state in charge Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu 26 May 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Ananth Kumar 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati 26 May 2014 8 March 2018 TDP Suresh Prabhu 10 March 2018 Incumbent BJP Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete 26 May 2014 Incumbent Shiv Sena Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal 26 May 2014 Incumbent SAD Minister of Steel Narendra Singh Tomar 26 May 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Chaudhary Birender Singh 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya 26 May 2014 1 September 2017 BJP Currently Minister of state in charge Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani 26 May 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Prakash Javadekar 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister Of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan 4 June 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP Minister of state was responsible VK Singh 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 BJP Minister of state was responsible D.V. Sadananda Gowda 5 July 2016 Incumbent BJP Minister Of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman 26 May 2014 3 September 2017 BJP Minister of state was responsible Suresh Prabhu 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister Of Coal Piyush Goyal 26 May 2014 3 September 2017 BJP Minister of state was responsible Piyush Goyal 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Minister Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan 26 May 2014 3 September 2017 BJP Minister of state was responsible Dharmendra Pradhan 3 September 2017 Incumbent BJP Ministers of State ( Independent Charge ) Minister Party Portfolio Rao Inderjit Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Planning ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Santosh Kumar Gangwar Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Shripad Yasso Naik Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy ( AYUSH ) Dr. Jitendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region ; 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 Dr. Mahesh Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Culture ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Giriraj Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Manoj Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Communications ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ; and Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. R.K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Power ; and Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Hardeep Singh Puri Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Alphons Kannanthanam Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) of the Ministry of Tourism. Ministers of State Minister Party Portfolio Vijay Goel Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Pon Radhakrishnan Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. S.S. Ahluwalia Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Ramesh Jigajinagi Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Ramdas Athawale Republican Party of India ( A ) Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Vishnu Deo Sai Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. Hansraj Ahir Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. Rajen Gohain Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. General ( Retd. ) V.K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Parshottam Rupala Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Jayant Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Civil Aviation Krishan Pal Gurjar Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Shiv Pratap Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Sudarshan Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Kiren Rijiju Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Upendra Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Dr. Virendra Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Anupriya Patel Apna Dal ( Sonelal ) Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare M.J. Akbar Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Anant Kumar Hegde Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Jayant Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Babul Supriyo Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Arjun Ram Meghwal Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Vijay Sampla Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Ajay Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. Krishna Raj Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. P.P. 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Question: who are called the council of ministers in india
Answer: senior ministers, called 'cabinet ministers', junior ministers, called 'ministers of state' and, rarely, deputy ministers