First Modi ministry

 

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.^[2] On 9 November 2014, there was an expansion and reshuffling in his cabinet and 21 new cabinet ministers were sworn in.^[3]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Nripendra Misra as his Principal Secretary and Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor (NSA) 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 (PMO). Both officers were part of Modi's government in Gujarat during his tenure as Chief Minister.^[4]

On 31 May 2014, Prime Minister Modi abolished all existing Group of Ministers (GoMs) and Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs).^[5] 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.^[6][7] The move was described by the Indian media as being in alignment with Modi's policy of "minimum government, maximum governance".^[6][8] The Indian Express stated that the GoMs and EGoMs had become "a symbol and an instrument of policy paralysis during the previous UPA government".^[8] 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".^[9]

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.^[10][11][12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14] These included the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that handles all high-level defence and security matters, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) that recommends to the President all senior bureaucratic appointments and postings, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) which is a sort of small cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.^[15][16]

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.^[17][18]

Council portfolios are as follows:^[19]

Source:^[20][21][22]

Note:

• (I/C) - (Independent Charge)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Prime Minister Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.	Narendra Modi	26 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Home Affairs	Rajnath Singh	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of External Affairs	Sushma Swaraj	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs	Sushma Swaraj	27 May 2014	7 January 2016		BJP	Merged with Ministry of External Affairs.
Minister of Finance Minister of Corporate Affairs	Arun Jaitley	27 May 2014	14 May 2018		BJP
	Piyush Goyal	14 May 2018	23 August 2018		BJP	Additional charge during period of indisposition of Arun Jaitley.
	Arun Jaitley	23 August 2018	23 January 2019		BJP
	Piyush Goyal	23 January 2019	15 February 2019		BJP	Additional charge during period of indisposition of Arun Jaitley.
	Arun Jaitley	15 February 2019	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Defence	Arun Jaitley	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
	Manohar Parrikar	9 November 2014	13 March 2017		BJP
	Arun Jaitley	13 March 2017	3 September 2017		BJP	Additional charge following resignation of Manohar Parrikar.
	Nirmala Sitharaman	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Urban Development Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	M. Venkaiah Naidu	27 May 2014	6 July 2017		BJP	The Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation were merged to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs	M. Venkaiah Naidu	6 July 2017	17 July 2017		BJP
	Narendra Singh Tomar	17 July 2017	3 September 2017		BJP	Additional charge following resignation of M. Venkaiah Naidu.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	M. Venkaiah Naidu	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Ananth Kumar	5 July 2016	12 November 2018		BJP	Died on 12 November 2018.
	Narendra Singh Tomar	13 November 2018	30 May 2019		BJP	Additional charge following demise of Ananth Kumar.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Shipping	Nitin Gadkari	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Railways	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
	Suresh Prabhu	9 November 2014	3 September 2017		BJP
	Piyush Goyal	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Nirmala Sitharaman	27 May 2014	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Suresh Prabhu	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Rao Inderjit Singh	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	V. K. Singh	9 November 2014	5 July 2016		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Uma Bharati	27 May 2014	3 September 2017		BJP
	Nitin Gadkari	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Minority Affairs	Najma Heptulla	27 May 2014	12 July 2016		BJP
	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	12 July 2016	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj	Gopinath Munde	27 May 2014	3 June 2014		BJP	Died in an accident on 3 June 2014.
	Nitin Gadkari	4 June 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	Additional charge following demise of Gopinath Munde.
	Chaudhary Birender Singh	9 November 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Narendra Singh Tomar	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation	Gopinath Munde	27 May 2014	3 June 2014		BJP	Died in an accident on 3 June 2014.
	Nitin Gadkari	4 June 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	Additional charge following demise of Gopinath Munde.
	Chaudhary Birender Singh	9 November 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Narendra Singh Tomar	5 July 2016	3 September 2017		BJP
	Uma Bharati	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Ram Vilas Paswan	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		LJP
Minister of Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Ananth Kumar	27 May 2014	12 November 2018		BJP
	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	13 November 2018	30 May 2019		BJP	Additional charge following demise of Ananth Kumar.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Ravi Shankar Prasad	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology	Ravi Shankar Prasad	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Law and Justice	Ravi Shankar Prasad	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	9 November 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Ravi Shankar Prasad	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Harsh Vardhan	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
	Jagat Prakash Nadda	9 November 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	27 May 2014	9 March 2018		TDP	Resigned.
	Suresh Prabhu	10 March 2018	30 May 2019		BJP	Additional charge following resignation of Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Anant Geete	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		SS
Minister of Food Processing Industries	Harsimrat Kaur Badal	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		SAD
Minister of Mines	Narendra Singh Tomar	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Piyush Goyal	5 July 2016	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Narendra Singh Tomar	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Steel	Narendra Singh Tomar	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Chaudhary Birender Singh	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Agriculture	Radha Mohan Singh	27 May 2014	27 August 2015		BJP	Renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare	Radha Mohan Singh	27 August 2015	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Thawar Chand Gehlot	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Human Resource Development	Smriti Irani	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	Prakash Javadekar	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Science and Technology Minister of Earth Sciences	Jitendra Singh	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Harsh Vardhan	9 November 2014	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Textiles	Santosh Kumar Gangwar	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Smriti Irani	5 July 2016	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Prakash Javadekar	27 May 2014	5 July 2016		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Anil Madhav Dave	5 July 2016	18 May 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible. Died on 18 May 2017.
	Harsh Vardhan	18 May 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dharmendra Pradhan	27 May 2014	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Dharmendra Pradhan	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Sarbananda Sonowal	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	9 November 2014	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Dharmendra Pradhan	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Coal	Piyush Goyal	27 May 2014	3 September 2017		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Piyush Goyal	3 September 2017	30 May 2019		BJP
Minister of Labour and Employment	Narendra Singh Tomar	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Kalraj Mishra	27 May 2014	3 September 2017		BJP
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Prakash Javadekar	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Arun Jaitley	9 November 2014	5 July 2016		BJP
	M. Venkaiah Naidu	5 July 2016	17 July 2017		BJP
	Smriti Irani	18 July 2017	14 May 2018		BJP

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