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Council of Ministers of Narendra Modi

21st Cabinet of the Republic of India
Date formed26 May 2014
People and organisations
Head of statePranab Mukherjee
Head of governmentNarendra Modi
Member partyBharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Status in legislatureMajority
History
Election2014
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorSecond Council of Ministers of Manmohan Singh

The Council of Ministers of Narendra Modi was constituted 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]

Council of Ministers

Main article: Cabinet of India

The Cabinet of India is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, and consists of the Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers. All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either House of the Parliament of India.[2] The Cabinet Secretary provides assistance to the council of ministers and acts as an advisor.[3]

All cabinet ministers are mandated by the constitution to be members of either House of the Parliament of India.[2] There are three categories of ministers of which union cabinet minister holds the highest rank.

Background

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 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]

List of cabinet members

The Cabinet portfolios are as follows:[5]

Key
  • † Died in office
  • § Returned to office after a previous term
  • RES Resigned
Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Minister for 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.		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Home Affairs26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Finance
Minister of Corporate Affairs
Minister of Defence		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Urban Development
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Shipping		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Railways26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Minority Affairs26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation		26 May 20143 June 2014[†] BJP
Nitin Gadkari
4 June 2014[6]Incumbent BJP
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution26 May 2014Incumbent LJP
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Women and Child Development26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Minister of Law and Justice		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation26 May 2014Incumbent TDP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises26 May 2014Incumbent SHS
Minister of Food Processing Industries26 May 2014Incumbent SAD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel
Minister of Labour and Employment		26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Agriculture26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Human Resource Development26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare26 May 2014Incumbent BJP
Home Affairs

BJP president Rajnath Singh is the Union Minister of Home Affairs and Modi's number 2 in government. He took oath immediately after Mr Modi. He will be assisted by Kiren Rijiju, who is the Minister of State for Home Affairs.[7]

External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj is the Union Minister of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs. She will be assisted by former Chief of the Army Staff (India) General (Retd.) Vijay Kumar Singh as Minister of State. The General, who is now the Ghaziabad MP, also has independent charge of North East Affairs.

Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence

Arun Jaitley is the Union Finance Minister and also holds the additional charge of Defence and Corporate Affairs. He will be assisted in the Defence Ministry by Gurgaon MP, Rao Inderjit Singh as Minister of State. Mr Singh also has independent charge of Statistic and Planning.

Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

Another former party president Nitin Gadkari has been given a mega Transport Ministry consisting of the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Chaudhary Krishan Pal Gurjar as Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways will be assisting him.

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Uma Bharti is the Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.[8][9]

Civil Aviation

Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju of the Telugu Desam Party is the Union Minister of Civil Aviation.[10]

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Anant Geete of the Shiv Sena holds the portfolio of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises[11][12]

Overview

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 are from the 1988 batch, and were part of Modi's government in Gujarat during his tenure as Chief Minister.[13]

On 31 May 2014, Prime Minister Modi abolished all existing Group of Ministers (GoMs) and Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs).[14] 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.[15][16] The move was described by the Indian media as in keeping with Modi's policy of "minimum government, maximum governance".[15][17] The Indian Express stated that the GoMs and EGoMs had become "a symbol and an instrument of policy paralysis during the previous UPA government".[17] 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".[18]

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.[19][20][21] Cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari, who is in charge of Road Transport and Highways, and Shipping, was given additional charge of Munde's portfolios on 4 June.[6]

On 10 June 2014, in another step to downsize the government, Modi abolished four Standing Committees of the Cabinet . The committees dealt with the Management of Natural Calamities, Prices, Unique Identification Authority of India-related issues, and World Trade Organisation matters. 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.[22][23]

See also

References

  1. ^ Chaturvedi, Amit (25 May 2014). "First Official Statement Confirms Narendra Modi will have smaller cabinet, merged ministries". NDTV. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Council of Ministers". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Functions of Cabinet Secretariat". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Narendra Modi appointed PM, swearing-in on May 26". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. ^ ' + val.created_at + ' (27 May 2014). "Meet Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers". NDTV.com.
  6. ^ a b "Nitin Gadkari given additional charge of portfolios held by Gopinath Munde". The Indian Express.
  7. ^ "Arunachal Pradesh BJP congratulates PM Narendra Modi, MP Kiren Rijiju". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 27 May 2014.
  8. ^ The writer has posted comments on this article (28 May 2014). "After ministry for Ganga, a Bill to save the river". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Modi introduces new ministry of 'Ganga Rejuvenation'". Post.jagran.com. 27 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Ashok Gajapathi Raju: The man with the "Royal Touch" & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Daily News and Analysis. 26 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Geete settles with Heavy Industries, eyes bigger berth for Sena". The Indian Express. 28 May 2014.
  12. ^ ' + val.created_at + ' (28 May 2014). "After Narendra Modi Calls Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena Ends Portfolio Protest". NDTV.com.
  13. ^ Vikas Dhoot. "With key men in place, Narendra Modi PMO gradually takes shape". The Economic Times.
  14. ^ ET Bureau. "Narendra Modi abolishes all GOMs, EGOMs". The Economic Times.
  15. ^ a b Shishir Sinha (31 May 2014). "Modi Govt abolishes all EGoMs, GoMs". Business Line.
  16. ^ ' + val.created_at + ' (31 May 2014). "Narendra Modi Overturns UPA Legacy, Abolishes Ministerial Panels and Empowered Groups of Ministers". NDTV.com.
  17. ^ a b "Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shed UPA baggage: GoMs, EGoMs to be junked". The Indian Express.
  18. ^ The writer has posted comments on this article. "Modi government scraps ministerial panels". The Times of India.
  19. ^ "Gopinath Munde: Indian minister dies in car crash". BBC.
  20. ^ ISTJun 3, 2014 (6 April 2014). "Minister Gopinath Munde Dies in Car Crash – India Real Time – WSJ". The Wall Street Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Gopinath Munde dies in road accident". The Hindu. 27 May 2014.
  22. ^ "Narendra Modi trims Cabinet Committees, scraps four". The Indian Express.
  23. ^ ET. "PM Narendra Modi scraps 4 Cabinet Committees, including one on UIDAI". The Economic Times.

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