First Modi ministry


The 22nd Ministry of the Republic of India is the Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2014 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 from 27 May 2014.
The Council of Ministers consists of 9 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.

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 Bhavan 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. On 9 November 2014, there was an expansion and reshuffling in his cabinet and 21 new cabinet ministers were sworn in.

History

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Nripendra Misra as his Principal Secretary and Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor 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. Both officers were part of Modi's government in Gujarat during his tenure as Chief Minister.
On 31 May 2014, Prime Minister Modi abolished all existing Group of Ministers and Empowered Group of Ministers. 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. The move was described by the Indian media as being in alignment with Modi's policy of "minimum government, maximum governance". The Indian Express stated that the GoMs and EGoMs had become "a symbol and an instrument of policy paralysis during the previous UPA government". 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".
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. 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.
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 that handles all high-level defence and security matters, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet that recommends to the President all senior bureaucratic appointments and postings, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs which is a sort of small cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers submitted their resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on 24 May 2019, after the completion of their 5 year term. The President accepted the resignations and requested the Council of Ministers to continue until the new government assumed office.

List of Council members

Council portfolios are as follows:
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India cabinet ministers information-2014

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

MinisterPartyPortfolioAlma Mater
Rao Inderjit SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersFaculty of Law, University of Delhi
Santosh Kumar GangwarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Labour and EmploymentLLB, Rohilkhand university
Shripad Yasso NaikBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy
Jitendra SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of SpaceMBBS, Stanley Medical College, Tamil Nadu
Mahesh SharmaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Giriraj SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Manoj SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of RailwaysBachelor of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
R. K. SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Hardeep Singh PuriBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Alphons KannanthanamBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State of the Ministry of Tourism

Ministers of State

MinisterPartyPortfolio
Vijay GoelBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
S.S. AhluwaliaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Ramesh JigajinagiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Ramdas AthawaleRepublican Party of India Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Vishnu Deo SaiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
Ram Kripal YadavBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Hansraj AhirBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Haribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
Rajen GohainBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
General V. K. SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Parshottam RupalaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Jayant SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyCivil Aviation
Krishan Pal GurjarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai BhabhorBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Shiv Pratap ShuklaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Sudarshan BhagatBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Kiren RijijuBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Upendra KushwahaRashtriya Lok Samta PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Virendra KumarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Anupriya PatelApna Dal Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
M. J. AkbarBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Anant Kumar HegdeBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Niranjan JyotiBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Jayant SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Babul SupriyoBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Arjun Ram MeghwalBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Vijay SamplaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Ajay TamtaBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
Krishna RajBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Chhotu Ram ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
P. P. ChaudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Subhash Ramrao BhamreBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
Gajendra Singh ShekhawatBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Satya Pal SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.