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Here are India’s cabinet ministers who were appointed in 2014

Here are India’s cabinet ministers who were appointed in 2014


Narendra Modi won a second consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister; and National Democratic Alliance returned to power with a massive majority in the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP alone bagged 303 of total 542 seats that went to polls, inching up NDA’s total to 353. All eyes are now on the new cabinet to be formed by the government.

According to media reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions on Friday to form a newcabinet that can deal with the current economic slowdown.The oath of office and secrecy for Prime Minister and other members of the Union council of ministers, will be conducted on May 30 at 7 p.m. at Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official communique on Sunday said.


Here are India’s current cabinet ministers :

Minister of External Affairs

Sushma Swaraj

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

Sushma Swaraj

26 May 2014

7 January 2016

BJP

This Ministry was merged with Ministry of External Affairs

Minister of Finance

Minister of Corporate Affairs

Arun Jaitley

23 August 2018

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Defence

Nirmala Sitharaman

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Rajyavardhan Rathore

14 May 2018

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Railways

Piyush Goyal

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Urban Development

Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

Venkaiah Naidu

26 May 2014

17 July 2017

BJP



Narendra Singh Tomar

18 July 2017

3 September 2017

BJP

Currently Minister of state in charge

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Minister of Shipping

Nitin Gadkari

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Law and Justice

Ravi Shankar Prasad

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

Ravi Shankar Prasad

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Nitin Gadkari

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Uma Bharati

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Minority Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

12 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Rural Development

Minister of Panchayati Raj

Gopinath Munde

26 May 2014

3 June 2014

BJP



Narendra Singh Tomar

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Mines

Narendra Singh Tomar

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Ram Vilas Paswan

26 May 2014

Incumbent

LJP



Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Kalraj Mishra

26 May 2014

31 August 2017

BJP

Currently Minister of state in charge

Minister of Women and Child Development

Maneka Gandhi

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Narendra Singh Tomar

13 November 2018

Incumbent

BJP

Additional charge was given to Narendra Singh Tomar after Ananth Kumar died on 12 November 2018

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

D.V. Sadananda Gowda

13 November 2018

Incumbent

BJP

Additional charge was given to D. V. Sadananda Gowda after Ananth Kumar died on 12 November 2018

Minister of Civil Aviation

Suresh Prabhu

10 March 2018

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Anant Geete

26 May 2014

Incumbent

Shiv Sena



Minister of Food Processing Industries

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

26 May 2014

Incumbent

SAD



Minister of Steel

Narendra Singh Tomar

26 May 2014

5 July 2016

BJP



Chaudhary Birender Singh

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Labour and Employment

Bandaru Dattatreya

26 May 2014

1 September 2017

BJP

Currently Minister of state in charge

Minister of Tribal Affairs

Jual Oram

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Radha Mohan Singh

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Thawar Chand Gehlot

26 May 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Human Resource Development

Prakash Javadekar

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Science and Technology

Harsh Vardhan

9 November 2014

Incumbent

BJP



Minister Of Health and Family Welfare

Jagat Prakash Nadda

9 November 2014

Incumbent

BJP


Minister of Textiles

Smriti Irani

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP



Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation

D. V. Sadananda Gowda

5 July 2016

Incumbent

BJP



Minister Of Commerce and Industry

Suresh Prabhu

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister Of Coal

Piyush Goyal

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP



Minister Of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Dharmendra Pradhan

3 September 2017

Incumbent

BJP





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