| Name | Portfolio |
| Cabinet ministers | |
| A.B. Vajpayee | Personnel and public grievances, agriculture, labour, coal and other portfolios not allotted |
| L.K. Advani | Home |
| Ananth Kumar | Culture, sports and youth affairs |
| T.R. Balu | Environment and forests |
| Mamata Banerjee | Railways |
| George Fernandes | Defence |
| Jagmohan | Urban development |
| Satyanarain Jatiya | Urban employment and poverty alleviation |
| Ram Jethmalani | Law, justice and company affairs |
| Manohar Joshi | Heavy industry and public enterprises |
| Murli Manohar Joshi | HRD, science and technology |
| P.R. Kumaramangalam | Power |
| Jaswant Singh | External affairs |
| Pramod Mahajan | Parliamentary affairs and water resources |
| Murasoli Maran | Commerce and industry |
| Ram Naik | Petroleum and natural gas |
| Nitish Kumar | Surface transport |
| Jual Oram | Tribal affairs |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | Communications |
| Naveen Patnaik | Mines and minerals |
| Sunderlal Patwa | Rural development |
| Suresh Prabhu | Chemicals and fertilisers |
| Kashiram Rana | Textiles |
| Shanta Kumar | Consumer affairs and public distribution |
| Yashwant Sinha | Finance |
| Sharad Yadav | Civil aviation |
| Ministers of state with independent charge |
| Maneka Gandhi | Social justice and empowerment |
| M. Kanappan | Non-conventional energy |
| Dilip Ray | Steel |
| Vasundhra Raje | Small scale, agro and rural industries |
| N.T. Shanmugham | Health and family welfare |
| Uma Bharati | Tourism |
| Arun Jaitley | Information and broadcasting |
| Ministers of state |
| Balasaheb Vikhe Patil | Finance |
| V. Dhananjay Kumar | Finance |
| Vidyasagar Rao | Home |
| I.D. Swamy | Home |
| Ajit Panja | External affairs |
| Harin Pathak | Defence |
| Bachi Singh Rawat | Defence |
| Omar Farooq | Commerce and industry |
| Dr Raman | Commerce and industry |
| Jayawantibehn Mehta | Power |
| S. Satyanarayana Rao | Agriculture |
| Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav | Agriculture |
| Digvijay Singh | Railways |
| O. Rajagopal | Law, justice and company affairs |
| E. Ponnuswamy | Petroleum and natural gas |
| Gingee Ramachandra | Textiles |
| Rita Verma | Mines and minerals |
| V. Sreenivasa Prasad | Consumer affairs and public distribution |
| Tapan Sikdar | Communications |
| Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | Food processing |
| Ramesh Bals | Chemicals and fertilisers |
| Debendra Pradhan | Surface transport |
| Bijoya Chakravarty | Water resources |
| Muni Lall | Labour and employment |
| Sriram Chauhan | Parliamentary affairs |
| Faggan Singh Kulaste | Parliamentary affairs |
| Bandaru Dattatreya | Urban development |
| Santosh Gangwar | Science and technology |
| Chaman Lal Gupta | Civil aviation |
| V. Katheria | Heavy industry and public enterprise |
| Bangaru Laxman | Planning and programme implementation |
| Sumitra Mahajan | Human resource development |
| Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil | Human resource development |
| Subhash Maheria | Rural development |
| A. Raja | Rural development |
| Babu Lal Marandi | Environment and forests |
| Chaoba Singh | Culture, youth affairs and sports |
