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President – Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Vice President – Shri Venkaiah Naidu
Prime Minister – Shri Narendra Modi
List of Cabinet Ministers in India
| Prime Minister | Ministry |
|---|---|
| Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of : Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
CABINET MINISTERS
| S.No. | Name | Ministry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Amit Shah | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 2 | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs |
| 3 | Shri Rajnath Singh | Ministry of Defence |
| 4 | Sri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 5 | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| 6 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| 7 | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 8 | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution |
| 9 | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 10 | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 11 | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 12 | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| 13 | Shri Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 14 | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Textiles |
| 15 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| 16 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Steel |
| 17 | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| 18 | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| 19 | Shri Giriraj Singh | Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries |
| 20 | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| 21 | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| 22 | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Coal Ministry of Mines |
| 23 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
MINISTERS OF STATE(Independent Charge)
| S.No. | Name | Ministry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| 2 | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 3 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
| 4 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |
| 5 | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Ministry of Culture Ministry of Tourism |
| 6 | Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Planning |
| 7 | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Ministry of Power Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| 8 | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| 9 | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Ministry of Chemicals and fertilizers |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| S.No. | Name | Ministry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Ministry of Defence |
| 2 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space |
| 3 | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| 4 | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| 5 | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 6 | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| 7 | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Ministry of Steel |
| 8 | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 9 | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 10 | General (Retd.) V.K. Singh | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| 11 | Shri Krishan Pal | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 12 | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution |
| 13 | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 14 | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| 15 | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 16 | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Ministry of Rural Development |
| 17 | Shri Babul Supriyo | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| 18 | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries |
| 19 | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| 20 | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 21 | Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa | Ministry of Railways |
| 22 | Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Ministry of Jal Shakti Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 23 | Shri Nityanand Rai | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 24 | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 25 | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 26 | Shri Som Parkash | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 27 | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries |
| 28 | Shri Rameswar Teli | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 29 | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
| 30 | Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
Heads of Organizations & Important Position Holders in India
| Occupation | Name |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of India | Sharad Arvind Bobde |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Om Birla |
| Attorney General of India | K. K. Venugopal |
| Comptroller and Auditor General of India | Girish Chandra Murmu |
| Chief Election Commissioner | Sunil Arora |
| Chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Arvind Saxena |
| National Security Adviser | Ajit Doval |
| Solicitor General of India | Tushar Mehta |
| Chief Economic Adviser | Krishnamurthy Subramanian |
| Cabinet Secretary of India | Rajiv Gauba |
| Foreign Secretary | Harsh Vardhan Shringla |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Misra |
| Home Secretary | Ajay Kumar Bhalla |
| Defence Secretary | Ajay Kumar |
| Finance Secretary | Ajay Bhushan Pandey |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | K. VijayRaghavan |
| Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha | Snehlata Shrivastava |
| Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha | Desh Deepak Verma |
| Chairman, Railway Board | Vinod Kumar Yadav |
| Chairman of National Human Rights Commission of India(NHRC) | H. L. Dattu |
| Chairman of National Commission for Minorities | Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi |
| Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes | Ram Shankar Katheria |
| Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | Nand Kumar Sai |
| Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes | Bhagwan Lal Sahni |
| Chairman of National Commission for Women | Rekha Sharma |
| Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal | Justice Permod Kohli |
| Chairman of Central Vigilance Commission | Sanjay Kothari |
| Chairman of Central Information Commission | Bimal Julka |
| Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India | K. N. Vyas |
| Chairman of Department of Space | K Sivan |
| Chairman of University Grants Commission | D. P. Singh |
| Chairman of Central Water Commission | Narendra Kumar |
| Director of Space Applications Centre | D. K. Das |
| Chairman of National Forest Commission | B. N. Kirpal |
| Chairman of Competition Commission of India | Ashok Kumar Gupta |
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Heads of Financial Bodies in India
| Occupation | Name |
|---|---|
| Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India | N. K. Singh |
| Governor of Reserve Bank of India | Shaktikanta Das |
| Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) | Ajay Tyagi, IAS |
| Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI) | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| Chairman of 7th Central Pay Commission(2017) | Ashok Kumar Mathur |
| Chairman of Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) | Muhammad Mustafa |
| Chairman and Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India(EXIM) | Yaduvendra Mathur |
| CEO and Managing Director of National Housing Bank(NHB) | Sriram Kalyanaraman |
| Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
| CEO and Managing Director of Industrial Finance Corporation of India(IFCI) | Emandi Sankara Rao |
| Chairman of National Stock Exchange(NSE) | Girish Chandra Chaturvedi |
| Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) | Sethuratnam Ravi |
| Chairperson of State Bank of India(SBI) | Rajnish Kumar |
| Chairman of Industrial Development Bank of India(IDBI) | Mahesh Kumar Jain |
| Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India | M.R.Kumar |
| President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI) | Pankaj Patel |
| Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA) | Hemant G. Contractor |
| President, Confederation of Indian Industry | Rakesh Bharti Mittal |
| President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India(ASSOCHAM) | Sandeep Jajodia |
| Chairman, National Statistical Commission(NSC) | Radha Binod Barman |
| Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India | Rakesh Tewari |
| Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) | Ram Sevak Sharma |
| Director, Enforcement Directorate | Karnal Singh |
| CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) | Shashi Shanker |
| Chairman & MD, Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) | B. C. Tripathi |
| Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL) | Sanjiv Singh |
| Chairman & MD, Oil India Limited | Utpal Bora |
| Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) | Anita Karwal |
Defence & Security
| Occupation | Name |
|---|---|
| Chief of Defence Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Manoj Mukund Naravane |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Karambir Singh |
| Chief of Integrated Defence Staff | Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar |
| Director General, Military Intelligence | Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna |
| Director, Intelligence Bureau | Arvind Kumar, IPS |
| Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing | Samant Goel, IPS |
| Director, Central Bureau of Investigation | Rishi Kumar Shukla, IPS |
| Director General, Border Security Force | Vivek Johri, IPS |
| Director General, Central Reserve Police Force | Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, IPS |
| Director General, Central Industrial Security Force | Rajesh Ranjan, IPS |
| Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police | R. K. Pachnanda, IPS |
| Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal | S. S. Deswal, IPS |
| Director General, National Security Guard | Sudeep Lakhtakia, IPS |
| Director General, National Investigation Agency | Y.C. Modi, IPS |
| Director General, National Disaster Response Force | Sanjay Kumar, IPS |
Source: Wikipedia
FIRST MEN IN INDIA
| First Governor-General of India | William Bentinck |
| First and last Indian Governor-General of Free India | C. Rajagopalachari |
| First Commander-in-chief of Free India | KM. Kariappa |
| First Indian to go in Space | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Field Marshal of India | General SHFJ Menakshaw |
| First Indian to climb the Mount Everest without Oxygen | Sherpa Ang Dorje |
| First Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) | Rangnath Mishra |
| First Indian to become the Managing Director of World Bank(WB) | Gautam Kaji |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Literature | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | Sir CV Raman |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Medicines (Physiology) | Dr. Har Govind Khorana |
| First Indian to get Bharat Ratna | Dr S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajgopalachari Dr CV. Raman (1954) |
| First Person to be Honoured with the Jnanpith Award | G Sankara Kurup (Malayalam) |
| First Person to get Bharat Ratna (Posthumously) | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| First Cricketer to get Padma Bhushan | CK Naidu |
| First Indian to get through ICS | Satyendra Nath Tagore (1869) |
| First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen (1958) |
| First Judge of the International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Chief of Defence Staff | Bipin Rawat |
FIRST WOMEN IN INDIA
| First Indian Female Chairperson of Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu |
| First Woman to climb the Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Woman Cabinet Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First Woman Chairman of the UN General Assembly | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| First Woman President of India | Pratibha Devi Singh Patil |
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar(2009) |
| First Woman Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Margaret Alva (1962) |
| First Woman Prime Minister of India | Indra Gandhi |
| First Woman to reach Antarctica | Meher Moos |
| First Woman IAS Officer | Anna Rajam George(1950) |
| First Female Chief Justice | Leela Seth (1991) |
| First Woman to win the Jnanpith Award | Asha Poorna Devi (1976) |
| First Woman to get the Bharat Ratna | Indra Gandhi |
| First Female Nobel Prize Winner | Mother Teresa(1979) |
| First Woman to complete Century in World Cup Cricket | Thirush Kamini |
| First to win Silver in Olympics (Badminton) | PV Sindhu |
| First Indian Woman to become a member of the International Olympic Committee | Nita Ambani |
| First to win Bronze in Olympics (Wrestler) | Sakshi Malik |
| First Indian Woman Fighter Pilot to fly a fighter jet | Avani Chaturvedi (2018) |
| First Indian Naval Woman Pilot | Shubhangi Swaroop (2018) |
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