List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2015
& New Appointments
LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
(as on 05.03.2015)
Shri Narendra Modi -
Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and
All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs.
2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs; and Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.
3. Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping.
6. Shri Manohar Parrikar Minister of Defence.
7. Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways.
8. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Law and Justice.
9. Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
10. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Minister of Minority Affairs.
11. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
12. Shri Kalraj Mishra Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
13. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development.
14. Shri Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
15. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
16. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
17. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation.
18. Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
19. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries.
20. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Mines; and Minister of Steel.
21. Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
22. Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs.
23. Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture.
24. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
25. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Human Resource Development.
26. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. General (Retd.) V.K. Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
2. Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
3. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Textiles.
4. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
5. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
6. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
7. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
8. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
9. Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
10. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
11. Dr. Jitendra Singh 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.
12. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
13. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
2. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
3. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. Shri Sanwar Lal Jat Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture.
6. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
7. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
8. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
9. Shri Manoj Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10. Shri Nihalchand Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
11. Shri Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
12. Shri Radhakrishnan P. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
13. Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
14. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
15. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture.
16. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
17. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
18. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
19. Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
20. Shri Y.S. Chowdary Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
21. Shri Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
22. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
23. Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
24. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
25. Shri Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
New Appointments
National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman
Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan
Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : Anoop Mishra
Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien
Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley
Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad
Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : Shumsher K. Sheriff
National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) Vice-Chairman : Arvind Panagariya.
CEO of Niti Aayog: Ms. Sindhushree Khullar (IAS)
Chief Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi
Election Commissioner : Achal Kumar Jyoti
Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) : K. V. Chowdary
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) : Vijai Sharma
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Chairperson (Acting) : Justice Cyriac Joseph
Cabinet Secretary : Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra
Foreign Secretary of India: S Jaishankar
National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice Vangala Eswaraiah, Chairman
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Nutan Guha Biswas , Chairperson
National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman
National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman
National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval
National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General
Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman
Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director
National Security Guard (NSG) : RC Tayal,, Director-General
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General
Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Surender Singh, Director-General
Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Krishna Chaudhary, Director-General
Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General
Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General
Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General
University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman
Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. S. Christopher, Director-General
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram
Chairman of Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar
Chief of ISRO’s Space Application Centre: Tapan Misra
Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre: K.Sivan
Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre: P.Kunhikrishnan
Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangaluru: M.Annadurai
Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO: S Somanath
Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman
National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman
Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General
India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General
Law Commission : Justice D. K. Jain, Chairman
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President
National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson
Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor
Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman
Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman
Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla
Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : Dinesh K. Sarraf, CMD
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman
Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman
India's Permanent Representative to UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman
Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman
National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson
14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman
Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR): MO Garg
National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI): Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Dr. Rahul Khullar, Chairman
Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director
Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting Director
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S. Shriram, President
Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman
Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Jagmohan Dalmiya, President
Indian Premier League (IPL): Rajiv shukla
International Cricket Council (ICC): N. Srinivasan
NASSCOM : R. Chandrasekaran, Chairman
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman
Children's Film Society : Mukesh Khanna, Chairman
United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman
Press Trust of India (PTI) : Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman
Indian Newspaper Society (INS) : Kiran B. Vadodaria, President
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) : Rana Kapoor, President
Head of Amnesty International India: Aakar Patel
Director of Natinl Crime Records Bureau (NCRB): Archana Ramasundaram
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT): CSIR - Dr.Srivari Chandrasekhar
Chancellor of Nalanda University: George Yeo
Chairman of National Book Trust: Baldev Sharma
Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi: Shekhar Sen
CMD of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI): Kshatrapati Shivaji
Director General of Doordarshan News: Veena Jain
Chairman of National Safety Council (NSC): K.Satish Reddy
Controller General of Accounts: MJ Joseph
CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC): Arun Kumar Jha
Director General of Doordarshan News: Veena Jain
Head of New Development Bank of BRICS nations: K.V Kamath
Cyber Security Chief: Gulshan Rai
Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards: G Gurucharan
