list of union ministers of india(current affairs)

COMPLETE LIST OF UNION MINISTERS OF INDIA   as on March 16, 2012

                                                                                            Cabinet Ministers

erial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1.	Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Planning Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space	Dr. Manmohan Singh
2.	Minister of Finance	Dr. Manmohan Singh
3.	Minister of Agriculture Minister of Food Processing Industries	Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar
4.	Minister of Defence	Shri A.K. Antony
5.	Minister of Home Affairs	Shri Palaniappan Chidambaram
6.	Minister of External Affairs	Shri S.M. Krishna
7.	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Shri Virbhadra Singh
8.	Minister of Science and Technology Minister of Earth Sciences	Shri Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh
9.	Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
10.	Minister of Power	Shri Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde
11.	Minister of Corporate Affairs	Shri M. Veerappa Moily
12.	Minister of New and Renewable Energy	Dr. Farooq Abdullah
13.	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Shri Jaipal Sudini Reddy
14.	Minister of Urban Development	Shri Kamal Nath
15.	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs	Shri Vayalar Ravi
16.	Minister of Civil Aviation	Shri Ajit Singh
17.	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Smt. Ambika Soni
18.	Minister of Labour and Employment	Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
19.	Minister of Human Resource Development Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Shri Kapil Sibal
20.	Minister of Commerce Industry and Minister of Textiles	Shri Anand Sharma
21.	Minister of Road Transport and Highways	Shri C. P. Joshi
22.	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister of Culture	Kumari Selja
23.	Minister of Tourism	Shri Subodh Kant Sahai
24.	Minister of Shipping	Shri G.K. Vasan
25.	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Water Resources	Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
26.	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Shri Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik
27.	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Shri M. K. Alagiri
28.	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Shri Praful Manoharbhai Patel
29.	Minister of Coal	Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal
30.	Minister of Law and Justice Minister of Minority Affairs	Shri Salman Khurshid
31.	Minister of Tribal Affairs Minister of Panchayati Raj	Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo
32.	Minister of Steel	Shri Beni Prasad Verma
33.	Minister of Railways	Shri Mukul Roy
34.	Minister of Rural Development Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation	Shri Jairam Ramesh

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

Serial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1.	Ministry of Mines	Shri Dinsha J. Patel
2.	Ministry of Women and Child Development	Smt. Krishna Tirath
3.	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Shri Ajay Maken
4.	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas
5.	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Shri Srikant Kumar Jena
6.	Ministry of Environment and Forests	Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
7.	Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar

Ministers of State

Serial Number	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1.	Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Human Resource Development	Shri E. Ahamed
2.	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shri Ramachandran Mullappally
3.	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prime Minister Office	Shri V. Narayanasamy
4.	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
5.	Ministry of Human Resource Development	Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari
6.	Ministry of Railways	Shri K.H. Muniyappa
7.	Ministry of Textiles	Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka
8.	Ministry of Finance	Shri Namo Narain Meena
9.	Ministry of Defence	Shri M. Mangapati Pallam Raju
10.	Ministry of Urban Development	Shri Saugata Roy
11.	Ministry of Finance	Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
12.	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Shri Jitin Prasada
13.	Ministry of External Affairs	Smt. Preneet Kaur
14.	Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Food Processing Industries Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Shri Harish Rawat
15.	Ministry of Railways	Shri Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
16.	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Shri Mahadeo Singh Khandela
17.	Ministry of Rural Development	Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari
18.	Ministry of Tourism	Shri Sultan Ahmed
19.	Ministry of Shipping	Shri Mukul Roy
20.	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua
21.	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Shri D. Napoleon
22.	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	Shri S. Jagathrakshakan
23.	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Shri S. Gandhiselvan
24.	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Shri Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
25.	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Shri Sachin Pilot
26.	Ministry of Coal	Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
27.	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Corporate Affairs	Shri Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
28.	Ministry of Water Resources Ministry of Minority Affairs	Shri Vincent H Pala
29.	Ministry of Rural Development	Shri Pradeep Kumar Jain Aditya
30.	Ministry of Rural Development	Ms. Agatha Sangma
31.	Ministry of Planning Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Earth Science	Shri Ashwani Kumar
32.	Ministry of Power	Shri K. C. Venugopal
33.	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay
34.	Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Ministry of Food Processing Industries	Shri Charan Das Mahant
35.	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shri Jitendra Singh
36.	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Shri Milind Murli Deora
37.	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Shukla Shri Rajeev