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 No | Name of the PM | Number of years in Office |
1st | Jawaharlal Nehru | 16 Years + |
2nd | Gulzarilal Nanda | 26 days (acting PM, twice, 13 days each) |
3rd | Lal Bahadur Sastri | 1 Year + |
4th | Indira Gandhi | 16 Years |
5th | Morarji Desai | 2 Years + |
6th | Charan Singh | Less than 1 year |
7th | Rajiv Gandhi | 5 Years |
8th | V P Singh | Less than 1 year |
9th | Chandra Shekar | Less than 1 year |
10th | P V Narasimha Rao | 5 Years |
11th | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 6 Years+ |
12th | H D Deve Gowda | Less than 1 year |
13th | I K Gujral | Less than 1 year |
14th | Manmohan Singh | 10 Years |
15th | Narendra Modi | Incumbent 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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