List of Cabinet Ministers of India with Portfolio 2020 – Updated List

Cabinet Ministers in India 2020: The Cabinet Consist of 57 council of ministers i.e. 24 cabinet ministers, 24 as Minister of State & 9 as Minister of State with Independent Charge. It is very important for the aspirants preparing for the competitive exams like Bank, SSC, UPSC, RRB, and other Government exams to have knowledge on List of Cabinet Ministers of India with their Portfolio. This topic helps the candidates to improve their scores in the general awareness section. We have provided you the complete updated list of Cabinet Ministers 2020. 

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Cabinet Ministers Of India With Portfolio: Updated List

The Union Council of Ministers is headed by the Prime Minister. The Council of Ministers is divided into the following categories:

  1. Cabinet Ministers
  2. Minister of States with Independent Charge
  3. Minister of States
  4. Deputy Ministers

Key Highlights

  • Nirmala Sitharaman has become the first full-time female Finance Minister of India.
  • The central government had formed the ‘Jal Shakti’ Ministry by Merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries.
  • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had become the first career diplomat to be appointed as External Affairs Minister of India.
  • Smriti Irani is the youngest council of ministers in the second term of the Modi government. She is currently 43 years of age.

Union Council of Ministers 2020

After a resounding victory in the 2019 General Elections, the newly re-elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took the oath of office along with the Council of Ministers on Thursday, 30th May.

As per the Constitution of India, the total strength of the Council of Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total number of Lok Sabha MPs. The current strength of the 17th Lok Sabha is 543 members and hence the Council of Ministers cannot be more than 81.

At the time of swearing-in, the Council of Ministers comprises the PM and 63 ministers. In the 2020 Council of Ministers, there are 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and30 Ministers of State.

The portfolios were distributed on Friday, May 31st.

Cabinet Ministers of India 2020

In the newly formed cabinet, PM Modi will hold the following portfolios:

  • Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions.
  • Department of Atomic Energy
  • Department of Space

The list of Cabinet Ministers 2020 along with their portfolios is given below:

Cabinet Minister Portfolio
Shri Raj Nath Singh Defence Minister
Shri Amit Shah Home Affairs Minister
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister
Shri DV Sadananda Gowda Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Finance, Corporate Affairs Minister
Shri Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Minister
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, and Panchayati Raj Minister
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Law and Justice, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology Minister
Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Food Processing Industries Minister
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Social Justice and Empowerment Minister
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar External Affairs Minister
Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Minister of Human Resource Development Minister
Shri Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs Minister
Smt Smriti Zubin Irani Women and Child Development, Textiles Minister
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Minister
Shri Prakash Javedkar Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Information and Broadcasting Minister
Shri Piyush Goyal Railways, Commerce and Industry Minister
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel Minister
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs Minister
Shri Pralhad Joshi Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines Minister
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister
Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Minister
Shri Giriraj Singh Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries Minister
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Jal Shakti Minister

 

List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2020 along with their portfolios:

Minister of State (Independent Charge) Portfolio
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

 

List of Minister of State 2020 along with their portfolios:

Minister of State Portfolio
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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
General (Retd) VK Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shri G Kishan Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
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
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and  Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
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
Shri V Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Smt Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Shri Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
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.
Shri Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Smt Debasree Chaudhari Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development

 

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