Union Council of Ministers
as on October 24, 2006
CABINET
Dr. Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically
allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and
(iv) Department of Space.
CABINET MINISTERS
Shri Pranab Mukherjee - Minister of External Affairs
Shri Arjun Singh - Minister of Human Resource Development
Shri A.K. Antony - Minister of Defence
Shri Sharad Pawar - Minister of Agriculture and Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Shri Lalu Prasad - Minister of Railways
Shri Shivraj V. Patil - Minister of Home Affairs
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and
Minister of Steel
Shri S. Jaipal Reddy - Minister of Urban Development
Shri Sish Ram Ola - Minister of Mines
Shri P. Chidambaram - Minister of Finance
Shri Mahavir Prasad - Minister of Small scale Industries and Minister
of Agro & Rural Industries
Shri P.R. Kyndiah - Minister of Tribal Affairs
Shri T.R. Baalu - Minister of Shipping, Road Transport &
Highways
Shri Shankarsinh Vaghela - Minister of Textiles
Shri Kamal Nath - Minister of Commerce & Industry
Shri H.R. Bhardwaj - Minister of Law & Justice
Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh - Minister of Rural Development
Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi - Minister of Information & Broadcasting
and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar - Minister of Panchayati Raj;
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Smt. Meira Kumar - Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
Shri A. Raja - Minister of Environment & Forests
Shri Dayanidhi Maran - Minister of Communications & Information
Technology
Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss - Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde - Minister of Power
Shri Shibu Soren - Minister of Coal
Shri A.R.Antulay - Minister of Minority Affairs
Shri Vayalar Ravi - Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
Shri Murli Deora - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Smt. Ambika Soni - Minister of Tourism and Culture
Prof. Saif-u-Din Soz - Minister of Water Resources
Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises
Shri Prem Chand Gupta - Minister of Company Affairs
Shri Kapil Sibal - Minister of Science and Technology and
Minister of Earth Sciences
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Shri G.K.Vasan - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Shri Oscar Fernandes - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Smt. Renuka Chowdhury - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Shri Subodh Kant Sahai - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Shri Vilas Muttemwar - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Kumari Selja - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
Shri Praful Patel - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Civil Aviation
MINISTERS OF STATE
Shri E. Ahammed - Minister of State in the Ministry of External
Affairs
Shri Suresh Pachauri -
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Minister of
State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri B.K. Handique - Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals &
Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare
Dr. Dasari Narayan Rao - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Communications & Information Technology
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Shri Naranbhai Rathwa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Shri K.H. Muniappa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping,
Road Transport & Highways
Shri M.V. Rajashekharan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning
Shri Kantilal Bhuria - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture
and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Shri Manik Rao Gavit - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Prithviraj Chavan - Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office
Shri Taslimuddin - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture
and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Smt. Suryakanta Patil - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human
Resource Development
Shri R. Velu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Shri S.S. Palanimanickam - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Shri S. Regupathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri K. Venkatapathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice
Smt. Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social
Justice & Empowerment
Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
Smt. Kanti Singh - Minister of State in the Department of Heavy
Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Shri Namo Narayan Meena - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment
& Forests
Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav - Minister of State in the Ministry of Water
Resources
Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Shri Pavan Kumar Bansal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Shri T.Subbarami Reddy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
Shri Anand Sharma - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Shri M.M.Pallam Raju - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
Development
Shri Ajay Maken - Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban
Development
Dr. Akhilesh Das - Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
Shri Jairam Ramesh - Minister of State in the Department of
Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Ashwani Kumar - Minister of State in the Department of Industrial
Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Smt. D. Purandareswari - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human
Resource Development
Shri Dinsha J. Patel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
Shri M.H. Ambareesh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting