The Council of Ministers is finally announced by the President of India on the advise of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. In this blog we are giving you the list of all the Ministers who have been assigned the specific portfolios. These names will be important as these can be asked in various Banking & Government Exams.
Indian General Elections 2019 – Council of Ministers
Minister |
Ministry Allotted |
|
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 4. | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
| 8. | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 9. | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 10. | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 11. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 12. | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
|
Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 13. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 14. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| 15. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| 16. | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 17. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 18. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| 19. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines. |
| 21. | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22. | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| 23. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 24. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Minister |
Ministry |
|
| 1. | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 2. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning. |
| 3. | 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 Defence. |
| 4. | 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. |
| 5. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 7. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 8. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 9. | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
Ministers of State
Minister |
Ministry |
|
| 1. | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 2. | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 4. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 5. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 9. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 10. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 11. | Shri Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 12. | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 13. | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 14. | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 15. | Shri Angadi Suresh ChannabasappaShri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 16. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 17. | Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 18. | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 19. | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 21. | Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 22. | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 23. | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 24. | Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
Sample Questions:
Q. Who has been allocated with the responsibility of Human Resource Ministry?
- Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
- Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
- Shri Ramvilas Paswan
- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: (1)
Q. Who is given the responsibility of “Ministry of Finance”?
- Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
- Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
- Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Answer: (3)
That was all in this blog”Indian General Elections 2019 – Council of Ministers”. Now you know the names of Ministers & Ministries.
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