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What it can't do

The Council of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister, is collectively responsible to the House of the People (Art. 75(3)). Only Cabinet ministers are listed here; ministers of state are not yet loaded.

Constitution of India, Art. 74-75

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  • Aid and advise the President; run the Union executive

    A Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister aids and advises the President, who must act in accordance with that advice (Art. 74-75); the Union executive power extends to all matters on which Parliament can legislate (Art. 73).

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  • legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India (Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department), Arts. 52-79, 79-122, 124, read 2026-10-12: existence, structure and names of the Presidency, Government, Parliament, its two Houses and the Supreme Court. For: Government of India
  • legislative.gov.in · checked Hindi terms as used in the Hindi text of the Constitution of India (Legislative Department). Terms were entered from the Constitution's standard Hindi vocabulary and not re-fetched this session; verify. For: Government of India in Hindi
  • legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India, articles cited in each power description, read 2026-10-12. For: Aid and advise the President; run the Union executive
  • legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India (Legislative Department), Arts. 54-56, 66-67, 75, 80-83, 89, 93, 124: selection method, seat counts and terms; minister portfolios from Wikipedia 'Third Modi ministry' (read 2026-10-12). Fallback: Wikipedia, because pmindia.gov.in and cabsec.gov.in were not reachable for a machine-readable portfolio list. For: Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Co-operation, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and 26 more
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Third Modi ministry (read 2026-10-12): cabinet portfolios, holders and the 25 July 2026 Education charge change. Fallback source. For: Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Rajnath Singh as Minister of Defence, Amit Shah as Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Co-operation, Nitin Gadkari as Minister of Road Transport and Highways, J. P. Nadda as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and 26 more
  • sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha: sansad.in member API, status=Sitting, read 2026-10-12 (term start date not published, left empty). Rajya Sabha and ministers: Wikipedia 'List of current members of the Rajya Sabha' and 'Third Modi ministry' (fallback, read 2026-10-12; official Rajya Sabha list unreachable). Officers: Wikipedia infoboxes cross-checked with Wikidata. For: Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Rajnath Singh as Minister of Defence, Amit Shah as Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Co-operation, Nitin Gadkari as Minister of Road Transport and Highways, J. P. Nadda as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and 26 more
  • cabsec.gov.in · checked Cabinet Secretariat, Composition of the Cabinet Committees (as on 27.07.2026), read 2026-10-12: Cabinet minister and portfolio confirmed (no change-in-portfolio notice after 25 July 2026 on cabsec.gov.in). For: Rajnath Singh as Minister of Defence, Amit Shah as Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Co-operation, Nitin Gadkari as Minister of Road Transport and Highways, J. P. Nadda as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shivraj Singh Chouhan as Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Minister of Rural Development and 25 more
  • cabsec.gov.in · checked Cabinet Secretariat, Change in Portfolios notice No. 1/34/1/2026-Cab. dated 25 July 2026, read 2026-10-12: Pralhad Joshi assumed the charge of Minister of Education from 25 July 2026 (Dharmendra Pradhan relinquished it); confirmed by Composition of the Cabinet Committees as on 27.07.2026 (https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/cabinetcommittees/english/1_Upload_4263.pdf). For: Pralhad Joshi as Minister of Education

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