First Manmohan Singh Ministry

The 2004 Council of Ministers of India was the first Council of ministers under the Prime Ministership of Manmohan Singh. It was formed after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April - 10 May 2004, to elect the 14th Lok Sabha, and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009. After which Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004, and continued to hold the post till full term, the present Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009, when Singh started his second term in office as PM.

Overview

This is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India, 2004 to May 2009.

All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either house of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha, and has remained so for the duration of his entire term (2004–2009).

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

• Union Cabinet Minister - Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
• Minister of State (Independent Charge)- with no overseeing Union Cabinet Minister for that portfolio
• Minister of State (MoS) - junior minister with an overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle Taxation

Cabinet ministers

1. Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister, viz.,
   1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
   2. Ministry of Planning
   3. Department of Atomic Energy
   4. Department of Space
   5. Ministry of Coal
   6. Ministry of Environment and Forests
   7. Ministry of Finance
2. Pranab Mukherjee - Minister of External Affairs
3. Arjun Singh - Minister of Human Resource Development
4. Sharad Pawar - Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
5. T.R.Baalu - Highways and Shipping
6. Thayanithi Maran - Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
7. Lalu Prasad Yadav - Minister of Railways
8. A K Antony - Minister of Defence
9. Sushil Kumar Shinde - Minister of Home Affairs
10. Abdul Rehman Antulay - Minister of Minority Affairs
11. Sushilkumar Shinde - Minister of Power
12. Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Steel
13. S. Jaipal Reddy - Minister of Urban Development
14. Sis Ram Ola - Minister of Mines
15. Mahavir Prasad - Minister of Small Scale Industries and Minister of Agro and Rural Industries
16. P.R. Kyndiah - Minister of Tribal Affairs
17. Shankersinh Vaghela - Minister of Textiles
18. Vayalar Ravi - Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
19. Kamal Nath - Minister of Commerce and Industry
20. Hansraj Bhardwaj - Minister of Law and Justice
21. Sontosh Mohan Dev - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
22. Saif-ud-din Soz - Minister of Water Resources
23. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh - Minister of Rural Development
24. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi - Minister of Information and Broadcasting
25. Mani Shankar Aiyar - Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
26. Meira Kumar - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
27. Murli Deora - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
28. Ambika Soni - Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture
29. Panabaka Lakshmi - Minister of Health and Family Welfare
30. Kapil Sibal - Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences
31. Prem Chand Gupta - Minister of Company Affairs

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

1. Oscar Fernandes - Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
2. Renuka Chowdhury - Minister of State of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
3. Subodh Kant Sahay - Minister of State of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4. Vilas Muttemwar - Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
5. Kumari Selja - Minister of State of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
6. Praful Patel - Minister of State of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7. G.K.Vasan - Minister of State of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
8. M. S. Gill - Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

Ministers of State

1. E. Ahammed - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
2. B.K. Handique - Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
3. Lakshmi Panabaka - Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
4. Shakeel Ahmad - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
5. Rao Inderjit Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
6. Naranbhai Rathwa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
7. K.H. Muniappa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
8. Kantilal Bhuria - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
9. Shriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
10. Prithviraj Chavan - Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
11. Taslimuddin - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12. Suryakanta Patil - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
13. Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
14. R. Velu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
15. S.S. Palanimanickam - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
16. S. Regupathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests
17. K. Venkatapathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
18. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
19. E.V.K.S. Elangovan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
20. Kanti Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
21. Namo Narain Meena - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests
22. Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav - Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources
23. Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
24. Pawan Kumar Bansal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
25. Anand Sharma - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
26. Ajay Maken - Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development
27. Dinsha J. Patel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
28. M.M. Pallam Raju - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
29. Ashwani Kumar - Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Ministry of Commerce and Industry
30. Jairam Ramesh - Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
31. Chandra Sekhar Sahu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
32. D. Purandeswari - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
33. M. H. Ambareesh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
34. V. Radhika Selvi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
35. V. Narayanasamy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning
36. Santosh Bagrodia - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
37. Raghunath Jha - Minister of State in the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
38. Rameshwar Oraon - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
39. Jyotiraditya Scindia - Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
40. Jitin Prasada - Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

See also

• United Progressive Alliance

External links

• Council of Ministers--Official link