Prime Minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee (also in charge of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Planning, Atomic Energy, Space):
Cabinet Ministers:
Deputy prime minister, Home, Coal and Mines: Lal Krishna Advani.
External Affairs: Yashwant Sinha
Defence: George Fernandes.
Law and Justice: Jana Krishnamurthi
Health and Family Welfare: Shatrughan Sinha
Heavy Industry: Balasahib Vikhe Patil
Labour: Sahib Singh Verma.
Commerce and Industry: Murasoli Maran.
Petroleum and Natural Gas: Ram Naik.
Railways: Nitish Kumar.
Information and Broadcasting: Sushma Swaraj.
Civil Aviation: Syed Shahnawaz Hussain.
Disinvestment: Arun Shourie.
Agriculture: Ajit Singh.
Shipping: Ved Prakash Goel.
Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation: Ananth Kumar.
Environment and Forests: T.R. Balu.
Minister of Tourism and Culture: Jagmohan Malhotra.
Social Justice and Empowerment: Satya Narayan Jatiya.
Human Resources Development, Science and Technology, Ocean Development: Murli Manohar Joshi.
Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Information Technology: Pramod Mahajan.
Rural Development: Shanta Kumar.
Tribal Affairs: Jual Oram.
Water Resources: Arjun Sethi.
Chemicals and Fertilizers: Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.
Power, Heavy Industries, Public Enterprises: Suresh Prabhu.
Textiles: Kashiram Rana.
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: Sharad Yadav.
Youth Affairs and Sports: Uma Bharti.
Agri and Rural Industries: Kariya Munda.
Ministers of State: (Independent Charge)
Non-Conventional Energy Sources: M. Kannappan.
Planning, Small Scale Industries, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy, Space: Vasundhara Raje.
Steel: Braj Kishore Tripathi.
Road Transport and Highways: B.C. Khanduri.
Food Processing Industries: N.T. Shanmugam.