LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
(as on 03.03.2009)

CABINET MINISTERS  

1 Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Coal;
(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests; and
(vii) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

2 Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Finance.

3 Shri Arjun Singh
Minister of Human Resource Development.

4 Shri Sharad Pawar
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

5 Shri Lalu Prasad
Minister of Railways.

6 Shri A.K. Antony
Minister of Defence

7 Shri A.R. Antulay
Minister of Minority Affairs.

8 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde
Minister of Power

9 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.

10 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
Minister of Urban Development.

11 Shri Sis Ram Ola
Minister of Mines.

12 Shri P. Chidambaram
Minister of Home Affairs.

13 Shri Mahavir Prasad
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

14 Shri P.R. Kyndiah
Minister of Tribal Affairs.

15 Shri T.R. Baalu
Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

16 Shri Shankersinh Vaghela
Minister of Textiles.

17 Shri Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

18 Shri Kamal Nath
Minister of Commerce & Industry.

19 Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Minister of Law & Justice.

20 Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

21 Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz
Minister of Water Resources.

22 Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Minister of Rural Development.

23 Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
Minister without Portfolio.

24 Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. .

25 Smt. Meira Kumar
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.

26 Shri Murli Deora
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

27 Smt. Ambika Soni
Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.

28 Shri A. Raja
Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

29 Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss
Minister of Health & Family Welfare.

30 Shri Kapil Sibal
Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

31 Shri Prem Chand Gupta
Minister of Corporate Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) :-

1 Smt. Renuka Chowdhury
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

2 Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

3 Shri Vilas Muttemwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .

4 Kumari Selja
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

5 Shri Praful Patel
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

6 Shri G.K.Vasan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.

7  Dr. M. S. Gill
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

MINISTERS OF STATE :-

1 Shri E. Ahammed
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

2 Shri B.K. Handique
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines..

3 Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

4 Dr. Shakeel Ahmad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs..

5 Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

6 Shri Naranbhai Rathwa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

7 Shri K.H. Muniappa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

8 Shri Kantilal Bhuria
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

9 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

10 Shri Prithviraj Chavan
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

11 Shri Taslimuddin
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

12 Smt. Suryakanta Patil
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

13 Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

14 Shri R. Velu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

15 Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

16 Shri S. Regupathy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

17 Shri K. Venkatapathy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.

18 Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

19 Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

20 Smt Kanti Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture..

21 Shri Namo Narain Meena
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

22 Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources.

23 Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

24 Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs..

25 Shri Anand Sharma
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

26 Shri Ajay Maken
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.

27 Shri Dinsha J. Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

28 Shri M.M. Pallam Raju
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

29 Shri Ashwani Kumar
Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

30 Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

31 Smt. D. Purandeswari
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

32 Shri M.H. Ambareesh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

33 Smt. V. Radhika Selvi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

34 Shri V. Narayanasamy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.

35 Shri Santosh Bagrodia
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.

36 Shri Raghunath Jha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

37 Dr. Rameshwar Oraon
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

38 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

39 Shri Jitin Prasada
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 03.03.2009.