Cabinet Minister or Union Minister is treated as the head of a particular ministry such as Education, Health, Home, Finance, Defense etc. Cabinet Minister possesses maximum authority and responsibility. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed. It is led by the prime minister. A smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in India. Only the prime minister and ministers of the rank of cabinet minister are members of Union Cabinet in accordance with Article 325.
- During his childhood, our Prime MinisterNarendra Modi served as a volunteer to the India army at the railway stations during the Indo- Pak war of 1965.
- During 13 yearsof his tenure as the C.M of Gujarat, Modi did not take a single holiday and kept his personal staff to as low as three, despite entitlement to a large entourage.
- Modi was only granted a US visa after his election to the Prime minister of India. The US government had earlier denied him a Visa for 9 years.
- Initially, Modi didn’t want to join politics. He wanted to settle down as a monk in Ramakrishna Mission.
- Rajnath Singhwas the 19th chief minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh from 2000-2002. In initial days, he worked as professor in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.
- Sushma Swarajhas practiced as an advocate of The Supreme Court of India. In 1977, when Sushma Swaraj join Haryana government as Education minister, she became the youngest minister in India at the age of 25.
- Sushma Swarajhas been elected as the member of Parliament not just twice but seven times. She is also the winner of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.
- In 1998, Sushma Swaraj became the firstwoman Chief Minister of Delhi.
| Cabinet Ministers | Constituency | Portfolio |
| Narendra Modi | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of space, All Important Policy Issues, All Other Portfolios not allocated to any ministers. |
| Raj Nath Singh | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Home Affairs. |
| Sushma Swaraj | Vidisha , Madhya Pradesh | External Affairs.
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| Arun Jaitley | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha | Finance and Corporate Affairs |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| Suresh Prabhu | Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Commerce and Industry & Civil Aviation. |
| D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Bangalore North, Karnataka | Statistics & Programme Implementation. |
| Uma Bharati | Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh | Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| Ramvilas Paswan | Hajipur, Bihar | Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh | Women & Child Development |
| Ananthkumar | Bangalore South, Karnataka | Chemical & Fertilizers
Parliamentary Affairs |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Bihar – Rajya Sabha | Law & Justice, Electronics and Information Technology. |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | Himachal Pradesh , Rajya Sabha | Health and Family Welfare |
| Anant Geete | Raigad, Maharashtra | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Bhatinda , Punjab | Food Processing Industries |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | Rural Development, Panchayati Raj , Mines |
| Chaudhary Birender Singh | Haryana , Rajya Sabha | Steel |
| Jual Oram | Sundargarh, Odisha | Tribal Affairs |
| Radha Mohan Singh | Purvi Champaran, Bihar | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| Smriti Zubin Irani | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha | Textiles |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Chandni Chowk, Delhi | Science and Technology
Earth Science Environment Forest and Climate Change |
| Prakash Javadekar | Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha | Human Resource Development |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Deogarh, Odisha | Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra , Rajya Sabha | Railways and Coal. |
| Nirmala Sitharama | Karnataka, Rajya Sabha | Defence |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha | Minority Affairs |
