what do you mean by cabinet ministers?
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Who is a Cabinet Minister?
A Cabinet minister or Union minister is the person who commands utmost authority of the concerned ministry. He/she is appointed by the President following a consultation with the Prime Minister. When it comes to eligibility, the individual has to be a member of either of the two houses of the Parliament. A Cabinet Minister is treated as the head of a particular ministry such as Education, Health, Home, Foreign, etc
Every Cabinet Minister has the power to take independent decisions pertaining to his/her ministry. The PM can advise them on policies and convene cabinet meetings to assess progress and status of relevant administrative functions.
Cabinet Minister Of India
Rather than one, there are many cabinet ministers in India which are given different responsibilities. They are the ones who assist and suggest the prime minister on various issue in different fields, such as in making government policies and making important decisions.
Below are the list of the entire cabinet of ministers as of 2018:
1. Sushma Swaraj - Ministry of External Affairs of India
2. Shri Arun Jaitley - Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Finance
3. Raj Nath Singh - Ministry of Home Affairs
4. Suresh Prabhu - Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
5. Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Water Resources
6. Sushri Uma Bharati - Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
7. D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
8. Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment
9. Shri Ramvilas Paswan - Ministry of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs
10. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi - Ministry of Women and Child Development
11. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad - Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Law and Justice
12. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
13. Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh - Ministry of Steel
14. Shri Anant Geete - Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
15. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Ministry of Food Processing Industries
16. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar - Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Mines Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
17. Shri Jual Oram - Ministry of Tribal Affairs
18. Shri Radha Mohan Singh - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
19. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani - Ministry of Textiles
20. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Ministry of Minority Affairs
21. Shri Prakash Javadekar - Ministry of Human Resource Development
22. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan - Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
23. Shri Piyush Goyal - Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways
24. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman - Ministry of Defence
25. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment