Difference between Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State (MOS)

The Union Cabinet is the collective decision making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and the team of ministers (they are popularly known as ‘Council of Ministers)

The ministers can be chosen from both Houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha).If the person chosen as the minister is neither the member of Lok Sabha nor the Rajya Sabha at the time of selection, he must become a member of either of houses within 6 months.

Types of ministers –

  • Cabinet Ministers – Are the senior ministers’ in-charge of the ministry. They will be assisted by junior ministers and such junior ministers are called as ‘Minister of State (MOS)
  • Minister of State (independent charge) – these are the ministers directly reporting to the prime minister and not overseen by the Cabinet Ministers. For example, Ms. Nirmala Seetharaman, MOS (Ind) for Commerce will directly report to the Prime Minister

List of Prime Ministers of India

Some of the news channels are showing that Narendra Modi is the 15th Prime Minister and some others are saying it as 14th PM. Which one is correct?

I understand that those who are counting Modi as 14th PM are not considering the tenure of Gulzarilal Nanda as PM, as he was acting PM  (till someone was identified or replaced) for 26 days.

Here is the list

Sl NoName of the PMNumber of years in Office
1stJawaharlal Nehru16 Years +
2ndGulzarilal Nanda26 days (acting PM, twice, 13 days each)
3rdLal Bahadur Sastri1 Year +
4thIndira Gandhi16 Years
5thMorarji Desai2 Years +
6thCharan SinghLess than 1 year
7thRajiv Gandhi5 Years
8thV P SinghLess than 1 year
9thChandra ShekarLess than 1 year
10thP V Narasimha Rao5 Years
11thAtal Bihari Vajpayee6 Years+
12thH D Deve GowdaLess than 1 year
13thI K GujralLess than 1 year
14thManmohan Singh10 Years
15thNarendra ModiIncumbent PM

Analysis

Total number of years since independence – 66 years

Of which, Congress ruled this country for – 53 yeas ( 80%)

Of Congress rule, Nehru family ruled for – 37 years (56%)

8 PMs ruled this country together for – 8 years!

Thought for the day

It’s the new beginning. Lots of hope from the new government. A new beginning, embrace it.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

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