Narendra Modi ministry

Narendra Modi ministry
21st ministry of the Republic of India

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

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

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
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 Modi26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs		 Sushma Swaraj26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley26 May 20149 November 2014BJP
 Manohar Parrikar9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Railways D. V. Sadananda Gowda26 May 20149 November 2014BJP
 Suresh Prabhu9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Urban Development
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		 Venkaiah Naidu26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Shipping		 Nitin Gadkari26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad26 May 20149 November 2014BJP
 D.V. Sadananda Gowda9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation		 Gopinath Munde26 May 20143 June 2014[†]BJP
 Nitin Gadkari4 June 20149 November 2014BJP[15]
 Birender Singh9 November 2014IncumbentBJP[21]
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan26 May 2014IncumbentLJP
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati26 May 2014IncumbentTDP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete26 May 2014IncumbentShiv Sena
Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal26 May 2014IncumbentSAD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel		 Narendra Singh Tomar26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Labour and Employment Narendra Singh Tomar26 May 20149 November 2014BJP
 Bandaru Dattatreya9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani26 May 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan9 November 2014IncumbentBJP
Minister Of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan4 June 20149 November 2014BJP
 Jagat Prakash Nadda9 November 2014IncumbentBJP[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

  1. ↑ Chaturvedi, Amit (25 May 2014). "First Official Statement Confirms Narendra Modi will have smaller cabinet, merged ministries". NDTV. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  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
  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. ↑ "21 new Ministers inducted into Modi Cabinet". The Hindu. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Vikas Dhoot. "With key men in place, Narendra Modi PMO gradually takes shape". The Economic Times.
  7. ↑ ET Bureau. "Narendra Modi abolishes all GOMs, EGOMs". The Economic Times.
  8. 1 2 Shishir Sinha (31 May 2014). "Modi Govt abolishes all EGoMs, GoMs". Business Line.
  9. ↑ ' + val.created_at + ' (31 May 2014). "Narendra Modi Overturns UPA Legacy, Abolishes Ministerial Panels and Empowered Groups of Ministers". NDTV.com.
  10. 1 2 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shed UPA baggage: GoMs, EGoMs to be junked". The Indian Express.
  11. ↑ "Modi government scraps ministerial panels". The Times of India.
  12. ↑ "Gopinath Munde: Indian minister dies in car crash". BBC.
  13. ↑ ISTJun 3, 2014 (6 April 2014). "Minister Gopinath Munde Dies in Car Crash – India Real Time – WSJ". The Wall Street Journal.
  14. ↑ "Gopinath Munde dies in road accident". The Hindu. 27 May 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Nitin Gadkari given additional charge of portfolios held by Gopinath Munde". The Indian Express.
  16. ↑ "Narendra Modi trims Cabinet Committees, scraps four". The Indian Express.
  17. ↑ ET. "PM Narendra Modi scraps 4 Cabinet Committees, including one on UIDAI". The Economic Times.
  18. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-narendra-modi-s-cabinet-expansion-20-new-ministers-likely-to-be-sworn-in-today-2033368
  19. ↑ ' + val.created_at + ' (27 May 2014). "Meet Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers". NDTV.com.
  20. ↑ http://india.gov.in/spotlight/union-council-ministers
  21. ↑ "Modi Cabinet rejig: Manohar Parrikar new Defence Minister, Suresh Prabhu gets Railways". Zee News.
  22. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/jagat-prakash-nadda-replaces-harsh-vardhan-as-health-minister_1496529.html

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