Introduction
A office or post mentioned in the constitution is a Constitutional Post. Thus, Constitutional Posts are those State functionaries who derive their existence and powers directly from the Constitution. The Constitutional posts consist of President, Vice President, Governor, Judges of Supreme Court and High Court, Prime Minister, Chief Minister, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Attorney General of India etc.
The President of India holds the power to make numerous constitutional appointments. However, the power is exercised on the proposal of the Cabinet. Cabinet decides who is to be appointed and the place to be appointed to. The President appoints Governor of States, ambassadors and members of a number of Commissions. The Constitutional Bodies in India are created by the Constitution which assists the Government to operate properly. Each of these permanent or semi-permanent organizations is accountable for the administration of specific functions. Some additional bodies help them by providing advisory functions. The major constitutional bodies in India are as under:
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
State Public Service Commission
Joint State Public Service Commission
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Election Commission of India
Finance Commission of India
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
National Commission For Scheduled Tribe
Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. The Union Council of Ministers consists of senior ministers, called 'cabinet ministers', junior ministers, called 'ministers of state' and, rarely, deputy ministers.
The Union Council of Ministers is led by the Prime Minister. A smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in India. Only the prime minister and ministers of the rank of cabinet minister are members of Union Cabinet. The Council of Ministers is responsible collectively to the lower house of the Indian parliament, called the Lok Sabha (House of People). A minister shall not take any decision without being considered by the council of ministers. All union cabinet members shall submit in writing to the President to propose proclamation of emergency by the president.
According to the Constitution of India, the total number of ministers in the council of ministers must not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha. Ministers must be members of parliament. Any minister who is not a member of either of the houses of the parliament for six consecutive months is automatically stripped off his or her ministerial post. There are five categories of council of ministers as mentioned below:
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister (if any); presides as prime minister in his absence or as the senior most cabinet minister.
Cabinet Minister: member of cabinet; leads a ministry.
Minister of State (independent charge): junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister.
Minister of State (MoS): junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry.
The article India Constitution and Cabinet Office Holders Nov 2018 lists current office holders of various fields of the Govt. of India. Several competitive exams including recruitment exams in India frequently have questions about Office holders in the Govt. Of India.
Constitutional
India Constitution and Cabinet Office Holders : Constitutional Office Holders:
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | President of India | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 2. | Prime Minister of India | Narendra Modi |
| 3. | Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Venkaiah Naidu |
| 4. | Chief Justice of India | Ranjan Gogoi |
| 5. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Sumitra Mahajan |
| 6. | Chief Election Commissioner | Om Prakash Rawat |
| 7. | Comptroller and Audit General of India | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| 8. | Chairman of UPSC | Arvind Saxena |
| 9. | Attorney General of India | K.K.Venugopal |
Union Council
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prime Minister of India Ministry 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 |
| 2. | Minister of Home Affairs | Rajnath Singh |
| 3. | Minister of Finance | Arun Jaitley |
| 4. | Minister of Defence | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| 5. | Minister of External Affairs | Sushma Swaraj |
| 6. | Minister of Agriculture | Radha Mohan Singh |
| 7. | Minister of Human Resource Development | Prakash Javadekar |
| 8. | Minister of Railways | Piyush Goyal |
| 9. | Minister of Law and Justice | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| 10. | Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
| 11. | Minister Of Petroleum and Natural Gas | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| 12. | Minister Of Coal | Piyush Goyal |
| 13. | Minister Of Commerce and Industry | Suresh Prabhu |
| 14. | Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| 15. | Minister of Textiles | Smriti Irani |
| 16. | Minister Of Health and Family Welfare | Jagat Prakash Nadda |
| 17. | Minister of Science and Technology | Harsh Vardhan |
| 18. | Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Shipping | Nitin Gadkari |
| 19. | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
| 20. | Minister of Law and Justice | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| 21. | Minister of Tribal Affairs | Jual Oram |
| 22. | Minister of Labour and Employment | Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
| 23. | Minister of Steel | Chaudhary Birender Singh |
| 24. | Minister of Food Processing Industries | Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
| 25. | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Anant Geete |
| 26. | Minister of Civil Aviation | Suresh Prabhu |
| 27. | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Ananth Kumar |
| 28. | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Ananth Kumar |
| 29. | Minister of Women and Child Development | Maneka Gandhi |
| 30. | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Giriraj Singh |
| 31. | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| 32. | Minister of Mines | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| 33. | Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| 34. | Minister of Minority Affairs | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
| 35. | Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation | Uma Bharati |
| 36. | Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Nitin Gadkari |
| 37. | Minister of Electronics and Information Technology | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
MoS(Indp)
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
|
Rao Inderjit Singh |
| 2. | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment | Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
| 3. | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | Shripad Yasso Naik |
| 4. |
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Dr. Jitendra Singh |
| 5. |
|
Dr. Mahesh Sharma |
| 6. | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. | Giriraj Singh |
| 7. |
|
Manoj Sinha |
| 8. |
|
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
| 9. |
|
R. K. Singh |
| 10. | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. | Minister of State (Hardeep Singh Puri |
| 11. | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism | Alphons Kannanthanam |
MoS
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
|
Vijay Goel |
| 2. |
|
Pon Radhakrishnan |
| 3. |
|
S.S. Ahluwalia |
| 4. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation | Ramesh Jigajinagi |
| 5. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Ramdas Athawale |
| 6. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel | Vishnu Deo Sai |
| 7. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development | Ram Kripal Yadav |
| 8. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | Hansraj Ahir |
| 9. |
|
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary |
| 10. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways | Rajen Gohain |
| 11. | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs | V. K. Singh |
| 12. |
|
Parshottam Rupala |
| 13. | Minister of State for Civil Aviation | Jayant Sinha |
| 14. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Krishan Pal Gurjar |
| 15. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor |
| 16. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
| 17. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
| 18. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | Kiren Rijiju |
| 19. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development | Upendra Kushwaha |
| 20. |
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Dr. Virendra Kumar |
| 21. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare | Anupriya Patel |
| 22. | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs | M. J. Akbar |
| 23. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Anant Kumar Hegde |
| 24. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
| 25. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Babul Supriyo |
| 26. |
|
Arjun Ram Meghwal |
| 27. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Vijay Sampla |
| 28. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles | Ajay Tamta |
| 29. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Krishna Raj |
| 30. |
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Chhotu Ram Chaudhary |
| 31. |
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Dr. Satya Pal Singh |
| 32. |
|
P. P. Chaudhary |
| 33. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence | Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre |
| 34. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Bureaucrats
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cabinet Secretary of India | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
| 2. | Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Nripendra Misra |
| 3. | Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Misra |
| 4. | Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha | Snehlata Shrivastava |
| 5. | Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha | Desh Deepak Verma |
| 6. | National Security Adviser | Ajit Doval |
| 7. | Chairman, Railway Board | Ashwani Lohani |
| 8. | Home Secretary | Rajiv Gauba |
| 9. | Finance Secretary | Hasmukh Adhia |
| 10. | Defence Secretary | Sanjay Mitra |
| 11. | Foreign Secretary | Vijay Keshav Gokhale |
| 12. | Principal Scientific Adviser | K. VijayRaghavan |
| 13. | Chief Economic Adviser | Krishnamurthy Subramanian |
PCO
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | National Human Rights Commission of India | H. L. Dattu (Chairman) |
| 2. | National Commission for Minorities | Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi (Chairman) |
| 3. | National Commission for Scheduled Castes | Ram Shankar Katheria (Chairman) |
| 4. | National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | Nand Kumar Sai (Chairman) |
| 5. | National Commission for Women | Rekha Sharma (Chairman) |
| 6. | Central Administrative Tribunal | Justice Permod Kohli (Chairman) |
| 7. | Central Vigilance Commission | K. V. Chowdhary (Chairman) |
| 8. | Central Information Commission | R. K. Mathur (Chairman) |
| 9. | Atomic Energy Commission of India | Sekhar Basu (Chairman) |
| 10. | Department of Space | K Sivan (Chairman) |
| 11. | University Grants Commission | D. P. Singh (Chairman) |
| 12. | Central Water Commission | Narendra Kumar (Chairman) |
| 13. | Space Applications Centre | Tapan Misra (Director) |
| 14. | National Forest Commission | B. N. Kirpal (Chairman) |
| 15. | Competition Commission of India | Devender Kumar Sikri (Chairman) |
Finance
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15th Finance Commission of India | N.K.Singh (Chairman) |
| 2. | Reserve Bank of India | Urjit Patel (Governor) |
| 3. | Securities and Exchange Board of India | Ajay Tyagi (Chairman) |
| 4. | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India | Subhash Chandra Khuntia (Governor) |
| 5. | 7th Pay Commission | Ashok Kumar Mathur (Chairman) |
| 6. | Small Industries Development Bank of India | Muhammad Mustafa (Governor) |
| 7. | Company Law Board | Mahesh Kumar Mittal (Chairman) |
| 8. | Export-Import Bank of India | Yaduvendra Mathur (Chairman and Managing Director) |
| 9. | National Housing Bank | Sriram Kalyanaraman (CEO and Managing Director) |
| 10. | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (Chairman) |
| 11. | Industrial Finance Corporation of India | Emandi Sankara Rao (CEO and Managing Director) |
| 12. | National Stock Exchange | Ashok Chawla (Chairman) |
| 13. | Bombay Stock Exchange | Sethuratnam Ravi (Chairman) |
| 14. | State Bank of India | Rajnish Kumar (Chairperson) |
| 15. | Industrial Development Bank of India | Mahesh Kumar Jain (Chairman) |
| 16. | Life Insurance Corporation of India | V. K. Sharma (Chairman) |
| 17. | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Pankaj Patel (President) |
| 18. | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority | Hemant G. Contractor (Chairman) |
| 19. | Confederation of Indian Industry | Rakesh Bharti Mittal (President) |
| 20. | Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India | Sandeep Jajodia (President) |
| 21. | National Statistical Commission | Radha Binod Barman (Chairman) |
| 22. | Archaeological Survey of India | Rakesh Tiwari (President) |
| 23. | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India | Ram Sevak Sharma (Chairman) |
| 24. | Enforcement Directorate | Karnal Singh (Director) |
| 25. | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Shashi Shanker (Chairman & MD) |
| 26. | Gas Authority of India Limited | B. C. Tripathi (Chairman & MD) |
| 27. | Indian Oil Corporation Limited | Sanjiv Singh (Chairman) |
| 28. | Oil India Limited | Utpal Bora (Chairman & MD) |
| 29. | Central Board of Secondary Education | Anita Karwal (Chairperson) |
Def & Sec
| S.no | Office | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chief of the Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| 2. | Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa |
| 3. | Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Sunil Lanba (also Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee) |
| 4. | Chief of Integrated Defence Staff | Lieutenant General P S Rajeshwar |
| 5. | Director General, Military Intelligence | Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna |
| 6. | Director, Intelligence Bureau | Rajiv Jain (IPS) |
| 7. | Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing | Anil Dhasmana (IPS) |
| 8. | Director, Central Bureau of Investigation | Alok Verma (IPS) |
| 9. | Director General, Border Security Force | Rajni Kant Mishra (IPS) |
| 10. | Director General, Central Reserve Police Force | Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar (IPS) |
| 11. | Director General, Central Industrial Security Force | Rajesh Ranjan (IPS) |
| 12. | Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal | S. S. Deswal (IPS) |
| 13. | Director General, National Security Guard | Sudeep Lakhtakia (IPS) |
| 14. | Director General, National Investigation Agency | Y.C. Modi (IPS) |
| 15. | Director General, National Disaster Response Force | Sanjay Kumar (IPS) |
| 16. | Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police | R. K. Pachnanda (IPS) |