List of the Council of Indian ministers in the Manmohan Singh government elected in 2004:

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
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. Lalu Prasad - Minister of Railways
6. A K Antony - Minister of Defence
7. Shivraj V. Patil - Minister of Home Affairs
8. Abdul Rehman Antulay - Minister of Minority Affairs
9. Sushilkumar Shinde - Minister of Power
10. Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Steel
11. S. Jaipal Reddy - Minister of Urban Development
12. Sis Ram Ola - Minister of Mines
13. P. Chidambaram - Minister of Finance
14. Mahavir Prasad - Minister of Small Scale Industries and Minister of Agro and Rural Industries
15. P.R. Kyndiah - Minister of Tribal Affairs
16. T. R. Baalu - Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
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. A. Raja - Minister of Communications and Information Technology
30. Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss - Minister of Health and Family Welfare
31. Kapil Sibal - Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences
32. 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. Narayanasami - 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