The Second Manmohan Singh ministry came into existence after the general election in 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh took the oath as the 13th Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the Council of Ministers in two phases. They remained in office until next election. This ministry was the second-largest Union Council of Ministers in India after Third Vajpayee ministry until it was surpassed by the Third Modi ministry in 2024.
The new UPA government included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 28 May 2009.
List of Council of Ministers Sources:Council of Ministers | National Portal of India. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 2013-07-18.59 ministers sworn in to complete India's new government - Monsters and Critics
Cabinet Ministers
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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
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Ministers of State
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Demographics of the Ministers
Parties PartyCabinet MinistersMinisters of State (I/C)Ministers of StateTotal numbers of ministersINC24 113065NCP2013JKNC1001RLD1001IUML0011Total28113271
States StateCabinet MinistersMinisters of State (I/C)Ministers of StateTotal number of ministersName of ministersAndhra Pradesh41610S. Jaipal Reddy Kishore Chandra Deo Jairam Ramesh M. M. Pallam Raju Chiranjeevi Panabaka Lakshmi Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy Sarvey Sathyanarayana Balram Naik Killi Krupa Rani Jesudasu SeelamArunachal Pradesh——11Ninong EringAssam1113 Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister) Paban Singh Ghatowar Ranee NarahChhattisgarh——11Charan Das MahantGujarat1113Dinsha Patel Bharatsinh Solanki Tushar Amarsinh ChaudharyJammu and Kashmir2——2Ghulam Nabi Azad Farooq AbdullahKarnataka4127M. Veerappa Moily Mallikarjun Kharge Oscar Fernandes K. Rahman Khan K. H. Muniyappa E. Ahamed Mullappally RamachandranKerala2136A. K. Antony Vayalar Ravi K. V. Thomas Shashi Tharoor K. C. Venugopal Kodikunnil SureshMadhya Pradesh11—2Kamal Nath Jyotiraditya ScindiaMaharashtra3—58Sharad Pawar Sushilkumar Shinde Praful Patel Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Pratik Prakashbapu Patil Milind Deora Rajeev Shukla Tariq AnwarOdisha—1—1Srikant Kumar JenaPunjab—123Manish Tewari Santosh Chowdhary Preneet KaurRajasthan3227Anand Sharma Girija Vyas Chandresh Kumari Katoch Sachin Pilot Jitendra Singh Namo Narain Meena Lalchand KatariaTamil Nadu2—13P. Chidambaram G. K. Vasan E. M. Sudarsana NatchiappanUttar Pradesh4—37Ajit Singh Shriprakash Jaiswal Salman Khurshid Beni Prasad Verma Jitin Prasada R.P.N. Singh Pradeep Jain AdityaWest Bengal——33Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Deepa DasmunsiDelhi11—2Kapil Sibal Krishna TirathPuducherry——11V. NarayanasamyTotal28113271
Demographics of the former ministers
Parties PartyCabinet MinistersMinisters of State (I/C)Ministers of StateTotal numbers of ministersINC203528AITC3058DMK3047NCP0011Total2631544
States StateCabinet MinistersMinisters of State (I/C)Ministers of StateTotal number of ministersName of ministersAndhra Pradesh1—23 Kavuri Samba Siva Rao Daggubati Purandeswari Sai Prathap AnnayyagariAssam1——1 Bijoy Krishna HandiqueBihar1——1 Meira KumarHaryana1——1 Selja KumariHimachal Pradesh1——1 Virbhadra SinghJharkhand1——1 Subodh Kant SahayKarnataka1——1 S. M. KrishnaMadhya Pradesh1—12 Kantilal Bhuria Arun YadavMaharashtra32—5 Murli Deora Vilasrao Deshmukh Mukul Wasnik Prithviraj Chavan Gurudas KamatMeghalaya——22 Vincent Pala Agatha SangmaPunjab3——3 Ambika Soni M. S. Gill Ashwani KumarRajasthan2—13 C. P. Joshi Sis Ram Ola Mahadeo Singh KhandelaTamil Nadu3148 Dayanidhi Maran A. Raja M. K. Alagiri Jayanthi Natarajan S. S. Palanimanickam Napoleon S. Jagathrakshakan S. GandhiselvanUttarakhand1——1 Harish RawatWest Bengal4—59 Pranab Mukherjee Mamata Banerjee Dinesh Trivedi Mukul Roy Saugata Roy Sisir Adhikari Sultan Ahmed Choudhury Mohan Jatua Sudip BandyopadhyayChandigarh1——1 Pawan Kumar BansalDelhi1——1 Ajay MakenTotal2631544
Entities in the Prime Minister's Office From October 2011, the post of Secretary under Prime Ministers office has been eliminated as per policy.
+ Office of the Prime Minister of India Name Designation Rank T. K. A. Nair Advisor to PM Minister of State Rank Pulok Chatterji Principal Secretary Shivshankar Menon National Security Adviser Minister of State Rank Pankaj Pachauri Communications Adviser R. Ramanujam Secretary Vikram MisriShatrughna SinghVini MahajanL. K. Atheeq Joint Secretary Munu MahawarDheeraj GuptaSharmila JosephPallavi JainArindam BagchiRajeev TopnoSanjay LohiyaKrishan KumarBinoy Job Director Indu ChaturvediJaideep SarkarK Muthukumar PMO Personal Staff Gourangalal DasSanjukta RayMehar Jhamb Deputy Secretary J P Arya Joint Director P K BaliK Salil KumarR Mythili Under Secretary Sources: Office of the PM of India
Approval Ratings The approval ratings for the government from 2008 to 2013, according to Gallup polling, are given below. Year Approve Disapprove 2008 53% 33% 2009 55% 35% 2010 57% 33% 2011 46% 47% 2012 39% 47% 2013 30% 48%
See also
United Progressive Alliance 2012 Indian cabinet reshuffle List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha Union Council of Ministers
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