The Union Council of Ministers plans administrative authority in the Republic of India. It comprises senior ministers, called Cabinet Ministers, and junior ministers, called Ministers of State. It is led by the Prime Minister. The current ministry is commanded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took oath on 31st May 2019. As per the Constitution of India, the Council of Ministers’ total strength should not exceed 15% of the Lok Sabha Strength. The 17th Lok Sabha’s current strength is 543 members.
During the time of swearing, the Prime Minister along with 63 Ministers initiated the Council of Ministers. In due course of time, there were few changes made to the list.
As per Council of Ministers 2021 list
.Cabinet Ministers – 24
| Cabinet Ministers of India | Portfolio |
| Narendra Modi | Prime Minister, Public Grievances and Pensions; Personnel Ministry; All important Policy Issue, Space Department; Atomic Energy Department; and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
| Rajnath Singh | Defence Minister |
| Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Highways, and Road Transport Minister along with Minister of Enterprises (Micro, Small and Medium) |
| DV Sadanand Gowda | Chemical and Fertilizers Minister |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister |
| Piyush Goyal | Consumer Affairs Minister; Food and Public Distribution |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister; Rural Development Minister; and Panchayati Raj |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Electronics and Information Technology Minister; Communications; Law and Justice Minister; |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Food Processing Industries Minister |
| Thawar Chand Gehlot | Social Justice and Empowerment Minister |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | External Affairs Minister |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | Human Resource Development Minister |
| Arjun Munda | Tribal Affairs Minister |
| Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Textiles; Women and Child Development Minister |
| Dr. Harshvardhan | Science and Technology Minister; Health and Family Welfare Minister;’and Minister of Earth Sciences |
| Prakash Javadekar | Environment Minister; Information and Broadcasting Minister and Forest and Climate Change |
| Piyush Goyal | Railways Minister; and Commerce and Industry Minister |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minority Affairs Minister |
| Prahalad Joshi | Parliamentary Affairs Minister; Minister of Mines and Coal Minister |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister |
| Prakash Javadekar | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Minister |
| Giriraj Singh | Animal Husbandry Minister; Fisheries and Dairying |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Jal Shakti Minister |
