In the union cabinet as of 28
th August, 2015, there are 26 cabinet ministers apart from the Prime Minister, 13 Ministers of State with Independent charge and 25 Ministers of State. We will look into the important portfolios and the concerned ministers.
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CABINET MINISTERS:
| Name of the Minister | Department | Contituency |
| 1. Narendra Modi | Prime Minister
Department of Personnel and Training, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space and Atomic energy | Varanasi (UP)
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| 2. Rajnath Singh | Home Affairs | Lucknow (UP) |
| 3. Arun Jaitley | Finance, Corporate affairs, information and broadcasting | Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) |
| 4. Sushma Swaraj | External Affairs, | Vidisha (MP) |
| 5. M. Venkaih Naidu | Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty alleviation | Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) |
| 6. Nitin Gadkari | Transport and shipping | Nagpur (Maharasthra) |
| 7. Suresh Prabhu | Railways | Haryana (Rajya Sabha) |
| 8. Manohar Parrikar | Defence | Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) |
| 9. D V Sadananda Gowda | Law and Justice | Bangalore North ( Karnataka) |
| 10. Uma Bharti | Water recources, ganga rejunevation | Jhansi (UP) |
| 11. Najma Heptuallah (oldest in the cabinet) | Minority Affairs | MP (Rajya Sabha) |
| 12. Kalraj Mishra | Micro, small and medium enterprises | Deoria (UP) |
| 13. Ramvilas Paswan | Consumer affairs, food and public distribution | Hajipur (Bihar) |
| 14. Maneka Gandhi | Women and Child Development | Pilbhit (UP) |
| 15. Ananth Kumar | Chemicals and fertilizers | Bangalore South (Karnataka) |
| 16. Ravi Shankar Prasad | Communications and IT | Bihar (Rajya Sabha) |
| 17. J P Nadda | Health and Family Welfare | Himachal Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) |
| 18. Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Civil Aviation | Vizianagaram (AP) |
| 19. Anant Geete (only cabinet member of NDA ally Shiv Sena) | Heavy industries | Raigad (Maharasthra) |
| 20. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Food Processing | Bhatinda (Punjab) |
| 21. Narendra Singh Tomar | Mines and Steel | Gwalior (MP) |
| 22. Smriti Irani | HRD | Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) |
| 23. Chaudhury Birender Singh | Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking water and sanitation | Resingned from Rajya Sabha in 2014 |
| 24. Jual Oram | Tribal affairs | Sundargarh (Odisha) |
| 25. Radha Mohan Singh | Agriculture | Purvi Champaran (Bihar) |
| 26. Thwar Chand Gehlot | Social Justice and Empowerment | MP (Rajya Sabha) |
| 27. Harsh Vardhan | Science and Technology, Earth Sciences | Chandni Chowk (Delhi) |
For Ministers of state, generally questions are asked from the ones who have a ministry under his control i.e. the big boss of the ministry
| Name of the Minister | Department | Constituency |
| 1. Santosh Gangwar | Textiles | Barielly (Uttar Pradesh) |
| 2. Bandaru Dattatreya | Labour and Employment | Secunderabad (Telangana) |
| 3. Rajiv Pratap Rudy | Skill development and Entrepreneurship | Saran (Bihar) |
| 4. Shripad Naik | AYUSH | North Goa |
| 5. Dharmendra Pradhan | Petroleum and natural gas | Bihar (Rajya Sabha) |
| 6. Sarbanada Sonwal | Sports and youth affairs | Lakhimpur (Assam) |
| 7. Prakash Javadekar | Environment and forests | MP (Rajya Sabha) |
| 8. Piyush Goyal | Power, coal, renewable energy | Maharasthra (Rajya Sabha) |
| 9. Jitendra Singh | North east development | Udhampur (J & K) |
| 10. Nirmala Sitharaman | Commerce and industry | Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) |
| 11. Mahesh Sharma | Culture and tourism | Gautam buddha Nagar |
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