 | This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.(June 2023) |
This is a list of current office holder of various fields in Government of India.
| This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.(June 2023) |
This is a list of current office holder of various fields in Government of India.
| Office | Name | Portrait | Since | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Republic of India | Droupadi Murmu |  | 25 July 2022 | [1] |
| Vice President of the Republic of India | Jagdeep Dhankhar |  | 11 August 2022 | [2] |
| Prime Minister of the Republic of India | Narendra Modi |  | 26 May 2014 | [3] |
| Chief Justice of the Republic of India | Sanjiv Khanna |  | 11 November 2024 | |
| Speaker of Lok Sabha | Om Birla |  | 19 June 2019 | [4] |
| Chief Election Commissioner | Rajiv Kumar |  | 15 May 2022 [5] | |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | K.Sanjay Murthy | 21 November 2024 | ||
| Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission | Preeti Sudan | 1 August 2024 | ||
| Attorney General | R. Venkataramani | 1 Oct 2022 |
| Office | Name | Portrait | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Home Affairs | Amit Shah |  | 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Finance | Nirmala Sitharaman |  | 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Defence | Rajnath Singh |  | 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of External Affairs | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |  | 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Railways | Ashwini Vaishnaw |  | 7 July 2021 |
| Office | Name | Portrait | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Doval, IPS |  | 30 May 2014 |
| Cabinet Secretary | T.V. Somanathan, IAS | | 30 August 2024 [6] |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Mishra, IAS |  | 11 September 2019 |
| Home Secretary | Govind Mohan,IAS | 22 August 2024 [7] | |
| Finance Secretary | Tuhin Kanta Pandey,IAS | 7 September 2024 [8] | |
| Defence Secretary | Rajesh Kumar Singh,IAS | 1 November 2024 [9] | |
| Foreign Secretary | Vikram Misri,IFS | 15 July 2024 [10] | |
| Law Secretary | Vacant | ||
| Secretary General, Lok Sabha | Utpal Kumar Singh, IAS | 30 November 2020 | |
| Secretary General, Rajya Sabha | Pramod Chandra Mody, IRS (IT) | 12 November 2021 [11] | |
| Secretary General, Supreme Court of India | Atul M. Kurhekar | 3 August 2023 | |
| Chairperson, Railway Board | Satish Kumar,IRSME | 1 September 2024 | |
| Solicitor General | Tushar Mehta | 10 October 2018 | |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | Ajay K. Sood |  | 3 April 2022 [12] |
| Chief Economic Adviser | V Anantha Nageswaran | 28 January 2022 [13] |
| Office | Name | Portrait | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission | Vijaya Bharathi Sayani | 2 June 2024 [14] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities | Iqbal Singh Lalpura | 9 September 2021 [15] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes | Kishor Makwana | 9 March 2024 [16] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | Antar Singh Arya | 9 March 2024 [17] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | 5 December 2022 [18] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Women | Vijaya Rahatkar | 22 October 2024 [19] | |
| Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights | Priyank Kanungo | ||
| Chairperson, Central Administrative Tribunal | Justice Ranjit More | 30 July 2022 [20] | |
| Chairperson, Central Vigilance Commission | Praveen Kumar Srivastava | 29 May 2023 [21] | |
| Chairperson, Central Information Commission | Heeralal Samariya | 6 November 2023 [22] | |
| Chairperson, Atomic Energy Commission | Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty | 1 May 2023 [23] | |
| Secretary, Department of Space | S. Somanath | | 15 January 2022 [24] |
| Chairperson, University Grants Commission | M. Jagadesh Kumar | | 4 February 2022 [25] |
| Chairperson, Competition Commission of India | Ravneet Kaur | 23 May 2023 [26] | |
| Chairperson, Central Water Commission | Khushvinder Vohra | ||
| Chairperson, National Forest Commission | B. N. Kirpal |  | |
| Chairperson, National Council for Transgender Persons | Laxmi Narayan Tripathi | 27 August 2020 [27] |
| Office | Name | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Chairperson, 16th Finance Commission of India | Arvind Panagariya | 16 January 2024 |
| Governor, Reserve Bank of India | Shaktikanta Das | 12 December 2018 [28] |
| Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India | Madhabi Puri Buch | 1 March 2022 |
| Chairperson, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority | Debasish Panda | 12 March 2022 [29] |
| Chairperson, 7th Pay Commission | Ashok Kumar Mathur | 4 February 2014 |
| Chairperson, Small Industries Development Bank | Manoj Mittal | 19 April 2024 |
| Chairperson, Company Law Board | Chief Justice (Retd) Ramalingam Sudhakar | |
| Chairperson and managing director, Export-Import Bank | Harsha Bhupendra Bangari | 7 September 2021 [30] |
| CEO & MD, National Housing Bank | Sanjay Shukla | 10 April 2024 |
| Chairperson, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development | Shaji K V | 7 December 2022 |
| CEO & MD, Industrial Finance Corporation | Rahul Bhave [31] | 1 December 2024 |
| Chairperson, National Stock Exchange | Girish Chandra Chaturvedi | [32] |
| Chairperson, Bombay Stock Exchange | Pramod Agrawal | 16 January 2024 |
| Chairperson, State Bank of India | Challa Sreenivasulu Setty | 28 August 2024 |
| Chairperson, Industrial Development Bank | Rakesh Sharma | [33] |
| Chairperson, Life Insurance Corporation | Siddharth Mohanty | |
| Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes | Ravi Agarwal (IRS-IT) | 1 July 2024 |
| Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs | Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (IRS-Customs & Central Excise) | 5 August 2023 |
| President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Anish Shah | 10 December 2023 |
| Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority | Deepak Mohanty | 20 March 2023 [34] |
| President, Confederation of Indian Industry | R Dinesh | 25 May 2023 [35] |
| President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Sanjay Nayar | |
| Chairperson, National Statistical Commission | Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar | 1 December 2022 [36] |
| Director General, Archaeological Survey of India | Yadubir Singh Rawat | 8 December 2023 [37] |
| Director General,Geological Survey of India | Asit Saha | 1 August 2024 [38] |
| Chairperson, Telecom Regulatory Authority | Anil Kumar Lahoti | 1 February 2024 |
| Director, Enforcement Directorate | Rahul Navin | 16 September 2023 [39] |
| Chief Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Arun Kumar Singh | 7 December 2022 |
| Chairperson and managing director, Gas Authority of India Limited | Sandeep Kumar Gupta | 1 September 2022 |
| Chairperson, Indian Oil Corporation Limited | Shrikant Madhav Vaidya | 1 July 2020 |
| Chairperson and managing director, Oil India Limited | Ranjit Rath | 1 July 2022 [40] |
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