INDIAN PARLIMENT

Parliament of India
संसद
Leadership
Type
Mohammad
Chairman of
Type Bicameral Hamid Ansari
the Rajya since 11
Rajya Sabha Sabha
Houses August 2007
Lok Sabha
Meira Kumar,
Speaker of the (INC)
Lok Sabha since 30 May
2009

Structure
825
280 Members of
Members RS
545 Members of
LS
born on December 19, 1934 in
Nadgaon village of Jalgaon District
,Maharashtra.
  12th President of India on July 25,
2007.  She is the first woman to have
been elected to this august office.
Immediately prior to  election as the
President of India, Smt. Patil  was the
Governor of Rajasthan from
November 8, 2004 till June 21, 2007.
" I am deeply committed to the
cause of education and would
like to see every person, man
and woman, boy and girl, be
touched by the light of modern
education. Empowerment of
women is particularly
important to me as I believe
this leads to the empowerment
of the nation"
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil,
President of India
EDUCATION
• Early education from RR Vidyalaya, Jalgaon
• degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from  Government  Law
College, Bombay (Mumbai). 
• Master’s degree in Political Science and Economics from the
Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon
• While in college, she took active part in sports, excelled in
table tennis and won several shields at various Inter-
collegiate tournaments.   Even as an MLA, she pursued her
studies as a law student.
Professional Career
• Smt. Patil started her professional career as a practicing
lawyer at the Jalgaon District Court and simultaneously
devoted herself  to various social activities, especially, for the
upliftment of  poor women.
Place of Birth: Calcutta
Educational Qualifications :BA (Hons); MA (Political Science)

Positions held: Chairman, Working Group on 'Confidence building

measures across segments of society in the State', established by the
second Round Table Conference of the Prime Minister on Jammu and
Kashmir, held at Srinagar, 24-25 May, 2006; the report of the Working
Group was adopted by the 3rd Round Table held at New Delhi, 24 April
2007;
      Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities
(March 2006-July 2007);    
 Vice President of India and ex officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha since
11th August 2007.
Awards: Padma Shri (1984)
• Born on September 26, 1932, in a village in the
Punjab   province   of   undivided  India
• His academic career took him from Punjab to the
University of Cambridge, UK, where he earned a
First Class Honours degree in Economics in 1957.
• Among the many awards and honours conferred upon
Dr. Singh in his public career, the most prominent are
India’s second highest civilian honour, the Padma
Vibhushan (1987); the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth
Centenary Award of the Indian Science
Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the
basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by
the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of upto 530 members to represent
the States, upto 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two
members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President,
if,  in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House.
The total elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the
ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State
is, so far as practicable, the same for all States.
 Fifteenth Lok Sabha

Speaker-Smt. Meira Kumar Deputy Speaker -Shri Kariya Munda

Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition

Secretary General

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Smt. Sushma Swaraj

SHRI P.D.T. ACHARY

The ‘Council of States’ which is also known as Rajya Sabha, a nomenclature
that was announced by the chair in the House on the 23rd August, 1954 has
its own distinctive features. Article 80 of the Constitution lays down the
maximum strength of Rajya Sabha as 250, out of which 12 members are
nominated by the President and 238 are representatives of the States and of
the two Union Territories.  The present strength of Rajya Sabha, however, is
245, out of which 233 are representatives of the States and Union territories
of Delhi and Puducherry and 12 are nominated by the President. The
members nominated by the President are persons having special knowledge
or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art
and social service.
 Cabinet ministers
The union cabinet ministers of india are responsible in
the day to day execution and administration of the
national laws.the ministers are based in offices of their
respective Union Ministers in New Delhi.The
parliament comprises the president,rajya Sabha and
Lok sabha.Both the houses of parliament give consents
to all the governance.However,the will of the lok sabha
always endures in case of money bills.Thus the
government of india,commonly as central government
also officially referred as the Union government
Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime minister
• Also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not
specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
viz.: (i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions; (ii) Ministry of Planning; (iii) Department
of Atomic Energy; (iv) Department of Space; (v)
Ministry of Culture; and (vi) Ministry of Water
Resources
 Shri Pranab Mukherjee
• Minister of finance
• Born on 11th December, 1935 in West Bengal
• Shri Pranab Mukherjee’s parliamentary career begun
as a Rajya Sabha member from Congress Party in
1969
• When he was the Finance Minister of India during
1982 to 1984, Euromoney Magazine rated him as the
best Finance Minister of the world.
 Shri Sharad Pawar

• Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer

Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
• State: Baramati, Distt. Pune (Maharashtra)
• Profession  :Agriculturist
• Party   : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
 Shri A.K. Antony

• Defence Minister
• Birth Place: Cherthala, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala)
• Educational Qualifications :B.A., B.L. Educated at
University of Kerala
• Books Published : Editor, Kalasala, a Malayalam
weekly, 1964-65; Editor, Printer and Publisher,
Veekshanam, a Malayalam daily, 1978-82
Shri P. Chidambaram

• Home Minister of India

• Date of Birth :16 September 1945
• Place of Birth : Kanadukathan, Distt. Sivaganga
(Tamil Nadu) r of Home Affairs
• Educational Qualifications :B.Sc., B.L., M.B.A.
Educated at Madras University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
and Harvard University, Boston, Mass, (U.S.A.)
• Profession : Lawyer
 Km. Mamata Banerjee

• Minister of Railways
• Date of Birth :1955-01-05
• Birth Place :Kolkata (West Bengal )
• Party Name: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
• Educational Qualifications :M.A., B.Ed., LL.B.,
Trained in Work Education, Educated at Calcutta
University, West Bengal
• Profession: Advocate, Social Worker
 Shri S.M. Krishna

• Minister of External Affairs.

• Birth Place :Somanahalli, Distt. Mandya (Karnataka)
• Party Name :Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications : B.A., B.L., M.C.L.
(U.S.A.) Educated at Maharajas College, Mysore,
Government Law College, Bangalore, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas-Texas (U.S.A.)
• Profession: Attorney-At-Law
 Shri Virbhadra Singh

• Minister of Steel
• Birth Place: Sarahan, Shimla ( Himachal Pradesh )
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : B.A., M.A. Educated at
Bishop Cottons School, Shimla and St. Stephens
College,New Delhi
• Profession: Horticulturist
 Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh

• Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

• State Name: Maharashtra
• Party Name : Indian National Congress
 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

• Minister of Health and Family Welfare

• Birth Place : Village Soti, Bhadarwah, Distt. Doda
(Jammu and Kashmir)
• Party Name : Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications :M.Sc. (Zoology)
Educated at Government Degree College Bhadarwah,
G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, S.P. College,
Srinagar and Kashmir University, Srinagar
• Profession: Political and Social Worker
Shri Sushilkumar Shinde

• Minister of Power
• Birth Place : Solapur ( Maharashtra )
• Party Name : Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications :B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.
Educated at Sangameshwar and Dayanand College,
Solapur, Shivaji University, Kolhapur and New Law
College, Mumbai University , Maharashtra
• Profession : Agriculturist, Advocate
Shri M. Veerappa Moily

• Minister of Law and Justice

• Birth Place : Vill. Marpadi, Distt. Moodabidri
( Karnataka )
• Party Name : Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : B.A., B.L. Educated at
Government Law College, Bangalore
• Profession : Advocate
 Dr. Farooq Abdullah
• Minister of New and Renewable Energy
• Birth Place : Srinagar ( Jammu and Kashmir)
• Party Name: Jammu and Kashmir National
Conference (J and KNC)
• Educational Qualifications : M.B.B.S. Educated at
S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur ( Rajasthan )
• Profession : Social Worker
 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
• Minister of Urban Development
• State : Andhra Pradesh
• Political party name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Education : He is a post graduate in English
Literature and also holds degree of Bachelor of
Journalism.
 Shri Kamal Nath
• Minister of Road Transport and Highways
• State: Madhya Pradesh
• Political party name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications: B.Com. Educated at St.
Xaviers College, Calcutta, West Bengal
• Profession: Political and Social Worker
 Shri Vayalar Ravi
• Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
• Birth Place : Vayalar, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala) State
Name : Kerala
• Party Name : Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications : B.A., M.A., B.L.
Educated at S.D. College, Alappuzha, Maharajas
College, Ernakulam and Law College, Ernakulam
Profession : Political Activist and Writer
 Shri Dayanidhi Maran
• Minister of Textiles
• Birth Place: Kumbakonam, Distt. Thanjavur ( Tamil
Nadu )
• Party Name: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
• Educational Qualifications : B.A. (Economics)
Educated at Loyola College, Chennai ( Tamil Nadu )
Profession: Businessperson, Publisher.
 Shri A. Raja
• Minister of Communications and Information
Technology
• State Name: Tamil Nadu
• Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
• Educational Qualifications : B.Sc., B.L., M.L.
Educated at Government Arts College, Musiri, Distt.
Trichy Government Law College, Madurai and
Government Law College, Trichy ( Tamil Nadu
• Profession : Advocate
 Shri Murli Deora

• Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

• State Name : Maharashtra
• Party Name: Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications :B.A
• Profession :Political and Social Worker, Industrialist
 Smt. Ambika Soni
• Minister of Information and Broadcasting
• State Name: Punjab
• Party Name : Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications : B.A. (Hons.), Diplome
Superiore en Langue Francaise, Post-Graduate
Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature Educated at
Indraprastha College, Delhi University, Alliance
Francaise, Bangkok and University of Havana, Cuba
Profession : Political and Social Worker
 Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
• Minister of Labour and Employment
• State Name : Karnataka
• Party Name : Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : B.A., LL.B Educated at
Karnataka University, Karnataka
• Profession : Advocate, Social Worker
 Shri Kapil Sibal

• Minister of Human Resource Development

• State Name: Delhi
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : M.A. (History), LL. M.
Educated at St. Stephens College, University of
Delhi, Delhi and Harward Law School, USA
Profession : Advocate
 Shri B.K. Handique
• Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of
North Eastern Region
• State Name: Assam
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : M.A. (English
Literature) Educated at Presidency College, Calcutta
University, Kolkata, West Bengal
• Profession: Social Worker
 Shri Anand Sharma

• Minister of Commerce and Industry

• State Name: Rajasthan
• Party Name: Indian National Congress
 Shri C.P. Joshi
• Minister of Rural Development and Minister of
Panchayati Raj
• State Name: Rajasthan
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications : M.Sc.(Physics.), M.A.
(Psychology), L.LB. Ph.D. Educated at M.B. College,
Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Profession : Professor
 Kumari Selja

• Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

and Minister of Tourism
• State Name: Haryana
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications :M.A., M.Phil. Educated
at Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi,
Graduation and Post-graduation from Panjab
University, Chandigarh
• Profession : Agriculturist, Social Worker
 Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
• Minister of Food Processing Industries
• State Name :Jharkhand
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications :B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at
A.N. College, Patna and Ranchi University
• Profession :Political and Social Worker
 Dr. M.S. Gill
• Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
• State Name :Punjab
• Party Name :Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications :Senior Cambridge, B.A.
(Honours), M.A., Ph.D., Diploma in Development
Studies, University of Cambridge Doctor of Science
(Honoris Causa) : Punjab Agriculture University,
Panjab University, Haryana Agriculture University,
Madras University and Guwahati University;
Honorary Fellow, Queens College, Cambridge, U.K
• Profession :Public Service
 Shri G.K. Vasan
• Minister of Shipping
• State Name: Tamil Nadu
• Party Name: Indian National Congress
• Educational Qualifications: B.A. (Corporate
Secretaryship) Educated at The New College, Madras
University, Chennai
• Profession: Agriculturist/Farmer
 Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
• Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
• State Name: Chandigarh
• Party Name :Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications: B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at
Yadavindra Public School, Patiala Government
College, Chandigarh and Department of Law, Panjab
University, Chandigarh
• Profession :Advocate
 Shri Mukul Wasnik
• Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
• State Name: Maharashtra
• Party Name: Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications: M.A., M.B.A. Educated
at Mount Carmel Convent, SFS High School,Hislop
College and Department of Business Management,
Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Profession :Political and Social Worker
 Shri Kantilal Bhuria

• Minister of Tribal Affairs

• State Name: Madhya Pradesh
• Party Name :Indian National Congress (INC)
• Educational Qualifications: M.A., LL.B. Educated at
Chandrashekhar Azad College, Distt. Jhabua, Madhya
Pradesh
• Profession :Agriculturist, Advocate
 Shri M.K. Azhagiri
• Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
• State Name :Tamil Nadu
• Party Name: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
• Educational Qualifications :B.A. Educated at
Presidency College, Chennai , Tamil Nadu
• Profession :Political and Social Worker
 MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT
CHARGE)
• Shri Praful Patel  - Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Shri Prithviraj Chavan -  Ministry of Science and
Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of
State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs
• Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal  - Ministry of Coal and
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
• Shri Salman Khursheed   -Ministry of Corporate
Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs
• Shri Dinsha J. Patel  - Ministry of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises
• Smt. Krishna Tirath  - Ministry of Women and
Child Development
• Shri Jairam Ramesh  - Ministry of Environment
and Forests
 MINISTERS OF STATE
• Shri Srikant Jena  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers  
• Shri E. Ahammed  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Railways  
• Shri Mullappally Ramachandran -  Minister of State in the
Ministry of Home Affairs  
• Shri V. Narayanasamy-   Minister of State in the Ministry of
Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs  
• Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia -  Minister of State in
the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Smt. D. Purandeswari  - Minister of State in the
Ministry of Human Resource Development  
• Shri K.H. Muniappa -  Minister of State in the Ministry
of Railways  
• Shri Ajay Maken -  Minister of State in the Ministry of
Home Affairs  
• Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi  - Minister of State in the
Ministry of Textiles  
• Shri Namo Narain Meena -  Minister of State in the
Ministry of Finance
• Shri M.M. Pallam Raju   -Minister of State in the
Ministry of Defence  
• Shri Saugata Ray   -Minister of State in the Ministry of
Urban Development  
• Shri S.S. Palanimanickam -  Minister of State in the
Ministry of Finance  
• Shri Jitin Prasada  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas  
• Shri A. Sai Prathap -  Minister of State in the Ministry of
Steel
• Smt. Preneet Kaur  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
External Affairs  
• Shri Gurudas Kamat -  Minister of State in the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology  
• Shri Harish Rawat  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Labour and Employment  
• Prof. K.V. Thomas  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution  
• Shri Bharatsinh Solanki -  Minister of State in the Ministry of
Power
• Shri Mahadev S. Khandela -Minister of State in the
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  
• Shri Dinesh Trivedi  - Minister of State in the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare  
• Shri Sisir Adhikari  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Rural Development  
• Shri Sultan Ahmed -  Minister of State in the Ministry
of Tourism  
• Shri Mukul Roy  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Shipping
• Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua   -Minister of State in the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  
• Shri D. Napoleon  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment  
• Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan  - Minister of State in the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  
• Shri S. Gandhiselvan  - Minister of State in the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare  
• Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary  - Minister of State in the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• Shri Sachin Pilot   -Minister of State in the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology  
• Shri Arun Yadav -  Minister of State in the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports  
• Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil -  Minister of State in the
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises  
• Shri R.P.N. Singh  - Minister of State in the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways  
• Shri Shashi Tharoor -  Minister of State in the Ministry
of External Affairs
• Shri Vincent Pala  - Minister of State in the Ministry
of Water Resources  
• Shri Pradeep Jain  - Minister of State in the Ministry
of Rural Development  
• Ms. Agatha Sangma -  Minister of State in the
Ministry of Rural Development