Narendra Modi ministry

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Narendra Modi ministry
21st ministry of the Republic of India
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The cabinet, on 24 December 2014, paying homage to the victims of attacks on Adivasis in Assam.
Date formed 26 May 2014
People and organisations
Head of government Narendra Modi
Head of state Pranab Mukherjee
Member parties Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Shiromani Akali Dal
Shiv Sena
Telugu Desam Party
Lok Janshakti Party
Status in legislature Majority
History
Election(s) 2014
Legislature term(s) 5 years
Predecessor Second ministry of Manmohan Singh
Successor Incumbent

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The Narendra Modi ministry is the Council of Ministers that was formed after the 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

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Further information: Indian general election, 2014 and Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi

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]

List of Council members

Council portfolios are as follows:[19]

Cabinet Ministers[20]

Key
  • † Died in office
  • RES Resigned


Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.		   Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Home Affairs   Rajnath Singh 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs		   Sushma Swaraj 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Finance   Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Defence   Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP
  Manohar Parrikar 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Information and Broadcasting   Arun Jaitley 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Railways   D. V. Sadananda Gowda 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP
  Suresh Prabhu 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Urban Development
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		   Venkaiah Naidu 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Shipping		   Nitin Gadkari 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Law and Justice   Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP
  D.V. Sadananda Gowda 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation   Uma Bharati 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Minority Affairs   Najma Heptulla 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation		   Gopinath Munde 26 May 2014 3 June 2014[†] BJP
  Nitin Gadkari 4 June 2014 9 November 2014 BJP [15]
  Birender Singh 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP [21]
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution   Ram Vilas Paswan 26 May 2014 Incumbent LJP
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises   Kalraj Mishra 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Women and Child Development   Maneka Gandhi 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers   Ananth Kumar 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Communications and Information Technology   Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation   Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati 26 May 2014 Incumbent TDP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises   Anant Geete 26 May 2014 Incumbent Shiv Sena
Minister of Food Processing Industries   Harsimrat Kaur Badal 26 May 2014 Incumbent SAD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel		   Narendra Singh Tomar 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Labour and Employment   Narendra Singh Tomar 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 BJP
  Bandaru Dattatreya 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs   Jual Oram 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Agriculture   Radha Mohan Singh 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment   Thawar Chand Gehlot 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Human Resource Development   Smriti Irani 26 May 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister of Science and Technology   Harsh Vardhan 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP
Minister Of Health and Family Welfare   Harsh Vardhan 4 June 2014 9 November 2014 BJP
  Jagat Prakash Nadda 9 November 2014 Incumbent BJP [22]

Ministers of State

Note : * indicates Minister of State having Independent charge

Bandaru Dattatreya Labour and Employment*
Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas*
G. M. Siddeshwara Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Giriraj Singh Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Chemicals & Fertilizers
Jayant Sinha Finance
Jitendra Singh Development of North Eastern Region*, Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju Home Affairs
Krishan Pal Social Justice & Empowerment
Nihalchand Panchayati Raj
Nirmala Sitharaman Commerce and Industry*
Mahesh Sharma Culture*, Tourism*, Civil Aviation
Manoj Sinha Railways
Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava Tribal Affairs
Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Agriculture
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
Prakash Javadekar Environment, Forest and Climate Change,Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Piyush Goyal Power*, Coal*, New and Renewable Energy*
Pon Radhakrishnan Road Transport & Highways, Shipping
Rajiv Pratap Rudy Skill Development & Entrepreneurship*, Parliamentary Affairs
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Information & Broadcasting
Ram Kripal Yadav Drinking Water & Sanitation
Ram Shankar Katheria Human Resource Development
Rao Inderjit Singh Planning*, Defence
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Food Processing Industries
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Agriculture
Santosh Gangwar Textiles*
Sanwar Lal Jat Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Sarbananda Sonowal Youth Affairs and Sports*
Shripad Yasso Naik AAYUSH*, Health & Family Welfare
Sudarshan Bhagat Rural Development
Babul Supriyo Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Upendra Kushwaha Human Resource Development
Vijay Kumar Singh Statistics and Programme Implementation*, External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
Vijay Sampla Social Justice & Empowerment
Vishnu Deo Sai Mines, Steel
Y. S. Chowdary Science and Technology, Earth Science


See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.elections.in/political-corner/women-cabinet-ministers-india/
  3. ↑ http://www.gallup.com/poll/181973/india-new-leadership-faces-high-expectations.aspx
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  18. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-narendra-modi-s-cabinet-expansion-20-new-ministers-likely-to-be-sworn-in-today-2033368
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  20. ↑ http://india.gov.in/spotlight/union-council-ministers
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  22. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/jagat-prakash-nadda-replaces-harsh-vardhan-as-health-minister_1496529.html

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