The 15th Lok Sabha of India came into being on 21st May 2009 with the
oath taking ceremony of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with other
14 cabinet ministers. The Prime Minister extended his council of
ministers by inducting a number of more ministers to it. Here is a list
of portfolios of Cabinet Ministers, Minister of State with independent
charges and State Minister:
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers - India
| S.No | Portfolio | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Minister, who is also In-Charge of Ministries/Departments viz: | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister of Atomic Energy | ||
| Minister of Space | ||
| Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | ||
| Ministry of Planning | ||
| 2 | Minister of Defence | A. K. Antony |
| 3 | Minister of Agriculture | Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar |
| Minister of Food Processing Industries | ||
| 4 | Minister of Finance | P. Chidambaram |
| 5 | Minister of External Affairs | Salman Khurshid |
| 6 | Minister of Home Affairs | Sushil Kumar Shinde |
| 7 | Minister of Communications and Information Technology | Kapil Sibal |
| 8 | Minister of Human Resource Development | Dr. Pallam Raju |
| 9 | Minister of Law and Justice | Ashwani Kumar |
| 10 | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | M. K. Alagiri |
| 11 | Minister of Civil Aviation | Ajit Singh |
| 12 | Minister of Coal | Shriprakash Jaiswal |
| 13 | Minister of Commerce and Industry | Anand Sharma |
| Minister of Textiles | ||
| 14 | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | Veerappa Moily |
| 15 | Minister of Culture | Chandresh Kumari Katoch |
| 16 | Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | Ajay Maken |
| 17 | Minister of Water Resources | Harish Rawat |
| 18 | Minister of Rural Development | Jairam Ramesh |
| 19 | Minister of Urban Development | Kamal Nath |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | ||
| 20 | Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs | Vayalar Ravi |
| 21 | Minister of Health and Family Welfare | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| 22 | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Praful Manoharbhai Patel |
| 23 | Minister of Labour and Employment | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| 24 | Minister of New and Renewable Energy | Farooq Abdullah |
| 25 | Minister of Panchayati Raj | Kishore Chandra Deo |
| Minister of Tribal Affairs | ||
| 26 | Minister of Railways | Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| 27 | Minister of Science and Technology | Jaipal Reddy |
| Minister of Earth Sciences | ||
| 28 | Minister of Road Transport and Highways | Dr. C. P. Joshi |
| 29 | Minister of Shipping | G. K. Vasan |
| 30 | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Selja Kumari |
| 31 | Minister of Steel | Beni Prasad Verma |
| 32 | Minister of Minority Affairs | K. Rahman Khan |
| 33 | Ministry of Mines | Shri Dinsha J. Patel |
| Ministers of State with Independent Charge | ||
| 1 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Manish Tewari |
| 2 | Ministry of Power | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia |
| 3 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation | Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki |
| 4 | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Jitendra Singh |
| 5 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs | Sachin Pilot |
| 6 | Ministry of Women and Child Development | Krishna Tirath |
| 7 | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Prof. K. V. Thomas |
| 8 | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Srikant Kumar Jena |
| 9 | Ministry of Environment and Forests | Jayanthi Natarajan |
| 10 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | Paban Singh Ghatowar |
| 11 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | K. H. Muniyappa |
| Ministers of State | ||
| 1 | Ministry of External Affairs | E. Ahamed |
| 2 | Ministry of Human Resource Development | Shashi Tharoor |
| 3 | Ministry of Agriculture | Tariq Anwar |
| 4 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Mullappally Ramachandran |
| 5 | Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prime Minister Office | V. Narayanasamy |
| 6 | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Daggubati Purandeswari |
| 7 | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | Shri Rajeev Shukla |
| Ministry of Planning | ||
| 8 | Ministry of Finance | Namo Narain Meena |
| 9 | Ministry of Defence | Jitendra Singh |
| 10 | Ministry of Finance | S. S. Palanimanickam |
| 11 | Ministry of Human Resource Development | Jitin Prasada |
| 12 | Ministry of External Affairs | Preneet Kaur |
| 13 | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Porika Balram Naik |
| 14 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | S. Jagathrakshakan |
| 15 | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Shri Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
| 16 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary |
| 17 | Ministry of Coal | Pratik Patil |
| 18 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh |
| 19 | Ministry of Rural Development | Pradeep Jain Aditya |
| 20 | Ministry of Civil Aviation | K.C. Venugopal |
| 21 | Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industry | Charan Das Mahant |
| 21 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Milind Murli Deora |
| Ministry of Shipping | ||
| 22 | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | Paban Singh Ghatowar |
| 23 | Ministry of Labour and Employment | Kodikunnil Suresh |
| 24 | Ministry of Railways | K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy |
| 25 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Ranee Narah |
| 26 | Ministry of Railways | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury |
| 27 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Killi Kruparani |
| 28 | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Shri S. Gandhisevan |
| 29 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | Sarve Sathyanarayana |
| 30 | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Ninong Ering |
| 31 | Ministry of Urban Development | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| 32 | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Shri D. Napoleon |
| 33 | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Shri S. Jagathrakshakari |
| 34 | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Shri Shrikanth Kumar Jena |
| 35 | Ministry of Rural Development | Shri Lalchand Kataria |
| 36 | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas | Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka |
