Modi ministry

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The Modi Ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2014 general election which was held in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May in 2014. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2014 and this led to the formation of the 16th Lok Sabha. The Council assumed office on 26 May 2014. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister and head of the Council of Ministers, had stated that his cabinet would be compact, based on the guiding principle of "minimum government and maximum governance".^[1]

Modi's Council of Ministers consists of seven female ministers, of whom 6 hold the rank of Cabinet minister. This is the highest number of female Cabinet ministers in any Indian government in history. The only other government to appoint more than 1 female Cabinet minister, was the first UPA government from 2004 to 2009, which had 3 female Cabinet Ministers.^[2]

According to a Gallup poll, 63% of Indians approved of their country's leadership in 2014, with 23% disapproving. The figures in 2013 were 30% approval, and 48% disapproval.^[3]

Background

The 2014 general election was held in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May, to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2014. On 20 May 2014, a meeting of the parliamentary party of BJP was organised at the Central Hall of the Parliament of India and Narendra Modi was elected as its leader. Subsequently, BJP president Rajnath Singh along with other leaders of the ally parties of NDA, met President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan and handed over the support letter of 335 members of parliament and claimed for the government formation. Following this, Mukherjee invited Modi and under the powers vested on him under Constitution of India, appointed him as the Prime Minister of India and sought his advice for the names of the members of the council of ministers of his government.^[4] On 9 November 2014, there was an expansion and reshuffling in his cabinet and 21 new cabinet ministers were sworn in.^[5]

History

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Nripendra Misra as his Principal Secretary and Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor (NSA) in his first week in office. He also appointed IAS officer A.K. Sharma and Indian Forest Service officer Bharat Lal as joint secretaries in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Both officers were part of Modi's government in Gujarat during his tenure as Chief Minister.^[6]

On 31 May 2014, Prime Minister Modi abolished all existing Group of Ministers (GoMs) and Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs).^[7] A statement from the PMO explained, "This would expedite the process of decision making and usher in greater accountability in the system. The Ministries and Departments will now process the issues pending before the EGoMs and GoMs and take appropriate decisions at the level of Ministries and Departments itself". The UPA-II government had set up 68 GoMs and 14 EGoMs during its tenure, of which 9 EGoMs and 21 GoMs were inherited by the new government.^[8][9] The move was described by the Indian media as being in alignment with Modi's policy of "minimum government, maximum governance".^[8][10] The Indian Express stated that the GoMs and EGoMs had become "a symbol and an instrument of policy paralysis during the previous UPA government".^[10] The Times of India described the new government's decision as "a move to restore the authority of the Union Cabinet in decision-making and ensure ministerial accountability".^[11]

Newly appointed cabinet minister Gopinath Munde, who was in charge of the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, and Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolios, died in a car crash in Delhi on 3 June 2014.^[12][13][14] Cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari, who is in charge of Road Transport and Highways, and Shipping, was assigned to look after Munde's portfolios on 4 June.^[15]

On 10 June 2014, in another step to downsize the government, Modi abolished four Standing Committees of the Cabinet. He also decided to reconstitute five crucial Cabinet Committees. These included the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that handles all high-level defence and security matters, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) that recommends to the President all senior bureaucratic appointments and postings, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) which is a sort of small cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.^[16][17]

In November 2014, the Council of Ministers was expanded by adding four cabinet ministers, three Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 14 Ministers of State, increasing the total size of the ministry from 45 to 66 ministers.^[18]

On July 5th 2016, the Union Council of Ministers was further expanded with the induction of 19 new Ministers and reduction of 5 old Ministers tallying to 78 Members of Union Council of Ministers.^[19]

List of Council members

Council portfolios are as follows:^[20]

Cabinet Ministers

Source:^[21][22]

Key

India cabinet ministers information-2014

Ministers of State

Note : *Indicates Minister of State having Independent charge

See also

• Foreign policy of Narendra Modi
• Politics of India
• Modi's Gujarat Ministry (2001–2014)
• Council of Ministers of the Republic of India

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Council of Ministers of India.

• Website of Cabinet Secretariat of India
• Council of Ministers – Official Portal of the Indian Government

Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Manohar Parrikar Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Railways Suresh Prabhu Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Ch. Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) AYUSH Shripad Yasso Naik Coal Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Communications Manoj Sinha Culture Mahesh Sharma Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya Mines Piyush Goyal New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Power Piyush Goyal Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy Tourism Mahesh Sharma Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P P Choudhary External Affairs M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P P Choudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

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