The Union Council of Ministers [1] is the principal executive organ of the Government of India, which functions as the senior decision making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the prime minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries. Currently, the council is headed by prime minister Narendra Modi and consists of 29 members, including the prime minister. The council is subject to the Parliament of India.
A smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in India; it is a subset of the Union Council of Ministers who hold important portfolios and ministries of the government[2]
Pursuant to Article 75(3), the Council of Ministers is responsible collectively to the lower house of the Indian parliament, called the Lok Sabha (House of the People).[3] When a bill introduced by a minister in the Lok Sabha is not approved by it, the entire council of ministers is responsible and not the minister. The council of ministers upon losing the confidence of Lok Sabha shall resign to facilitate the formation of a new government.
A minister shall take any decision without being considered by the council of ministers per Article 78(c). All union cabinet members shall submit in writing to the President to propose a proclamation of emergency by the president in accordance with Article 352.
According to the Constitution of India, the total number of ministers in the council of ministers must not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha. Ministers must be members of parliament. Any minister who is not a member of either of the houses of the parliament for six consecutive months is automatically stripped off his or her ministerial post.[3]
Ranking
There are five categories of the council of ministers as given below, in descending order of rank:
Deputy Prime Minister (if any): Presides as prime minister in his absence or as the senior most cabinet minister.[4]
Cabinet Minister: A member of the cabinet; leads a ministry.
Minister of State (Independent charge): Junior minister not reporting to a Cabinet Minister.
Minister of State (MoS): Deputy Minister reporting to a Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry.
Appointment
Pursuant to Article 75, a minister who works at the pleasure of the president, is appointed by The President on the advice of The Prime Minister. Since at least the turn of the millennia, evidence indicates that an MP's electoral performance enhances the likelihood of being granted a ministerial portfolio.[5]
Removal
Upon death.
Upon self resignation, or resignation or death of Prime Minister.
Upon dismissal by the President for minister's unconstitutional acts per Article 75(2).[6]
Upon direction from the Judiciary for committing violation of law.
Upon ceasing eligibility to be a member of Parliament.
Under the provision of "Collective Responsibility" under Article 75, the Prime Minister and the entire Council of Ministers resign if a Vote of No Confidence is passed in the Lower House (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament.[7]
Council of Ministers in state governments
Every state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to the union council of ministers per Articles 163, 164 and 167(c).
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India used its powers for the first time to do "complete justice" under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution to remove a minister functioning in the state of Manipur.[8]
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^Ladwig III, Walter C. (23 December 2019). "Executive Particularism and Ministerial Selection in India". Legislative Studies Quarterly. Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. 44 (4): 469–493. doi:10.1111/lsq.12261.
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^"Prime Minister & Council of Ministers - Election, Roles, Collective Responsibility - Indian Polity". BYJUS. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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^"Who Gets What: Cabinet Portfolios Announced. Full List Here". NDTV.com. from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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The Union Council of Ministers 1 is the principal executive organ of the Government of India which functions as the senior decision making body of the executive branch It is chaired by the prime minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries Currently the council is headed by prime minister Narendra Modi and consists of 29 members including the prime minister The council is subject to the Parliament of India Union Council of MinistersEmblem of the Republic of IndiaAgency overviewFormed15 August 1947 75 years ago 1947 08 15 TypeHighest executive body of the federal governmentJurisdictionGovernment of the Republic of IndiaHeadquartersNew DelhiMottoSatyameva Jayate Truth always prevails Agency executivesNarendra Modi ChairVacant Deputy ChairChild agenciesCabinetMinistries of the Government of IndiaWebsiteenglish www gov inA smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision making body in India it is a subset of the Union Council of Ministers who hold important portfolios and ministries of the government 2 Contents 1 Regulation 2 Ranking 3 Appointment 4 Removal 5 Council of Ministers in state governments 6 Current Union Council of Ministers 6 1 Cabinet Ministers 6 2 Ministers of State Independent Charge 6 3 Ministers of State 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksRegulationPursuant to Article 75 3 the Council of Ministers is responsible collectively to the lower house of the Indian parliament called the Lok Sabha House of the People 3 When a bill introduced by a minister in the Lok Sabha is not approved by it the entire council of ministers is responsible and not the minister The council of ministers upon losing the confidence of Lok Sabha shall resign to facilitate the formation of a new government A minister shall take any decision without being considered by the council of ministers per Article 78 c All union cabinet members shall submit in writing to the President to propose a proclamation of emergency by the president in accordance with Article 352 According to the Constitution of India the total number of ministers in the council of ministers must not exceed 15 of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha Ministers must be members of parliament Any minister who is not a member of either of the houses of the parliament for six consecutive months is automatically stripped off his or her ministerial post 3 RankingThere are five categories of the council of ministers as given below in descending order of rank Prime Minister Leader of the executive of the Government of India Deputy Prime Minister if any Presides as prime minister in his absence or as the senior most cabinet minister 4 Cabinet Minister A member of the cabinet leads a ministry Minister of State Independent charge Junior minister not reporting to a Cabinet Minister Minister of State MoS Deputy Minister reporting to a Cabinet Minister usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry AppointmentPursuant to Article 75 a minister who works at the pleasure of the president is appointed by The President on the advice of The Prime Minister Since at least the turn of the millennia evidence indicates that an MP s electoral performance enhances the likelihood of being granted a ministerial portfolio 5 RemovalUpon death Upon self resignation or resignation or death of Prime Minister Upon dismissal by the President for minister s unconstitutional acts per Article 75 2 6 Upon direction from the Judiciary for committing violation of law Upon ceasing eligibility to be a member of Parliament Under the provision of Collective Responsibility under Article 75 the Prime Minister and the entire Council of Ministers resign if a Vote of No Confidence is passed in the Lower House Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament 7 Council of Ministers in state governmentsEvery state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to the union council of ministers per Articles 163 164 and 167 c In March 2020 the Supreme Court of India used its powers for the first time to do complete justice under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution to remove a minister functioning in the state of Manipur 8 Current Union Council of MinistersFurther information Second Modi ministry Council portfolios are as follows 9 10 11 Cabinet Ministers Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyPrime MinisterMinister of Personnel Public Grievances and PensionsDepartment of Atomic EnergyDepartment of Space All important policy issues and other portfolios not allocated to any minister Narendra Modi30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Defence Rajnath Singh30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Home AffairsMinister of Co operation Amit Shah30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of FinanceMinister of Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Education Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public DistributionMinister of Textiles Piyush Goyal30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Women and Child Development Minister of Minority Affairs Smriti Zubin Irani30 May 2019 22 July 2022Incumbent BJPMinister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L Mandaviya7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Environment Forest and Climate ChangeMinister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Mahendra Nath Pandey30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Parliamentary AffairsMinister of CoalMinister of Mines Pralhad Joshi30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Tatu Rane7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries Parshottam Rupala7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Railways Minister of Communications Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Ports Shipping and Waterways Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Civil AviationMinister of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia7 July 2021 6 July 2022Incumbent BJPMinister of Food Processing IndustriesPashupati Kumar Paras7 July 2021Incumbent LJPMinister of PowerMinister of New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Petroleum and Natural GasMinister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of CultureMinister of TourismMinister of Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of Information and BroadcastingMinister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur7 July 2021Incumbent BJPReference Official Government of India publication 31 May 2019Ministers of State Independent Charge Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyMinister of State Independent Charge of Statistics and Programme ImplementationMinister of State Independent Charge of PlanningMinister of State in the Ministry of Corporate AffairsRao Inderjit Singh30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State Independent Charge of Ministry of Science and TechnologyMinister of State Independent Charge of Ministry of Earth SciencesMinister of State in the Prime Minister s OfficeMinister of State in the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and PensionsMinister of State in the Department of Atomic EnergyMinister of State in the Department of SpaceJitendra Singh30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinisters of State Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of RailwaysDarshana Jardosh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPRaosaheb Danve7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of TextilesDarshana Jardosh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of SteelFaggan Singh Kulaste30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural DevelopmentFaggan Singh Kulaste30 May 2019Incumbent BJPSadhvi Niranjan Jyoti30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family WelfareDr Bharati Pravin Pawar7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsV Muraleedharan30 May 2019Incumbent BJPArjun Ram Meghwal30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of External AffairsV Muraleedharan30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMeenakshi Lekhi7 July 2021Incumbent BJPDr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of CultureArjun Ram Meghwal30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMeenakshi Lekhi7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysMinister of State in the Ministty of Civil AviationGeneral Retd V K Singh30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and EmpowermentRamdas Athawale30 May 2019Incumbent RPI A Abbaiah Narayanaswamy7 July 2021Incumbent BJPPratima Bhoumik7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public DistributionAshwini Kumar Choubey7 July 2021Incumbent BJPSadhvi Niranjan Jyoti30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate ChangeAshwini Kumar Choubey7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Home AffairsNityanand Rai Yadav30 May 2019Incumbent BJPAjay Kumar Mishra7 July 2021Incumbent BJPNisith Pramanik7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers WelfareShobha Karandlaje7 July 2021Incumbent BJPKailash Choudhary30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry Dairying and FisheriesDr L Murugan7 July 2021Incumbent BJPSanjeev Kumar Balyan7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and BroadcastingDr L Murugan7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of EducationAnnpurna Devi Yadav7 July 2021Incumbent BJPDr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh7 July 2021Incumbent BJPDr Subhas Sarkar7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal AffairsRenuka Singh30 May 2019Incumbent BJPBishweswar Tudu7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and IndustrySom Parkash30 May 2019Incumbent BJPAnupriya Patel7 July 2021Incumbent AD S Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and EmploymentRameswar Teli30 May 2019Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentMinister of State in the Ministry of AYUSHDr Mahendra Munjapara7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of FinanceDr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad7 July 2021Incumbent BJPPankaj Choudhary7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and JusticeS P Singh Baghel7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of TourismAjay Bhatt7 July 2021Incumbent BJPShripad Naik7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of DefenceAjay Bhatt7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern RegionMinister of State in the Ministry of Co operationB L Verma7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersBhagwanth Khuba7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium EnterprisesBhanu Pratap Singh Verma7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal ShaktiBishweswar Tudu7 July 2021Incumbent BJPPrahlad Singh Patel7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of CoalMinister of State in the Ministry of MinesRaosaheb Danve7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of CommunicationsDevusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Minority AffairsJohn Barla7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati RajKapil Patil7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban AffairsKaushal Kishore7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of PowerMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesKrishan Pal7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing IndustriesPrahlad Singh Patel7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information TechnologyRajeev Chandrasekhar7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Ports Shipping and WaterwaysShripad Naik7 July 2021Incumbent BJPShantanu Thakur7 July 2021Incumbent BJPMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsNisith Pramanik7 July 2021Incumbent BJPSee alsoList of longest serving members of the Union Council of Ministers of India Politics of India National Democratic Alliance Council of Ministers of Narendra ModiReferences Article 58 of the Constitution of India Wikisource Constitution of India Part XVIII a b Wikisource Constitution of India Part V Article 74 7BCouncil of Ministers to aid and advise President 7D Rajendran S 13 July 2012 Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution The Hindu Bangalore ISSN 0971 751X OCLC 13119119 Archived from the original on 1 February 2018 Retrieved 7 March 2018 Ladwig III Walter C 23 December 2019 Executive Particularism and Ministerial Selection in India Legislative Studies Quarterly Department of Political Science at Washington University in St Louis 44 4 469 493 doi 10 1111 lsq 12261 Origin and Scope of Doctrine of Pleasure in India Archived from the original on 26 April 2016 Retrieved 7 May 2016 Prime Minister amp Council of Ministers Election Roles Collective Responsibility Indian Polity BYJUS Retrieved 1 October 2020 Supreme Court Invoked Special Powers to Remove a Minister Drishti IAS Retrieved 1 October 2020 Who Gets What Cabinet Portfolios Announced Full List Here NDTV com Archived from the original on 31 May 2019 Retrieved 31 May 2019 Cabinet reshuffle Full list of ministers in Narendra Modi s government 8 July 2021 Press Comm Portfolio Government Of India Government Scribd External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Council of Ministers of India Union Council of Ministers at the National Portal of India New Union Council of Ministers Cabinet Reshuffle 2021 List at Full List of Ministers Who Resigned and Newly 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