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Chief Ministers, Union Cabinet Ministers and BRICS leaders, all in one place. A must-revise list for IGKO current affairs.
Names marked New 2026 changed this year. These are the most likely exam questions!
| State / UT | Chief Minister | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | N. Chandrababu Naidu | TDP |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | BJP |
| Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | BJP |
| Bihar | Samrat Choudhary New 2026 | BJP |
| Chhattisgarh | Vishnu Deo Sai | BJP |
| Goa | Pramod Sawant | BJP |
| Gujarat | Bhupendra Patel | BJP |
| Haryana | Nayab Singh Saini | BJP |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | INC |
| Jharkhand | Hemant Soren | JMM |
| Karnataka | D. K. Shivakumar New 2026 | INC |
| Kerala | V. D. Satheesan New 2026 | INC (UDF) |
| Madhya Pradesh | Mohan Yadav | BJP |
| Maharashtra | Devendra Fadnavis | BJP |
| Manipur | Yumnam Khemchand Singh New 2026 | BJP |
| Meghalaya | Conrad K. Sangma | NPP |
| Mizoram | Lalduhoma | ZPM |
| Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | NDPP |
| Odisha | Mohan Charan Majhi | BJP |
| Punjab | Bhagwant Mann | AAP |
| Rajasthan | Bhajan Lal Sharma | BJP |
| Sikkim | Prem Singh Tamang | SKM |
| Tamil Nadu | C. Joseph Vijay New 2026 | TVK |
| Telangana | A. Revanth Reddy | INC |
| Tripura | Manik Saha | BJP |
| Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath | BJP |
| Uttarakhand | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP |
| West Bengal | Suvendu Adhikari New 2026 | BJP |
| Delhi (UT) | Rekha Gupta | BJP |
| Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | Omar Abdullah | JKNC |
| Puducherry (UT) | N. Rangasamy | AINRC |
Bihar: Samrat Choudhary is Bihar's first BJP Chief Minister.
West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari took oath on 9 May 2026, after defeating Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur.
Karnataka: D. K. Shivakumar took oath on 3 June 2026, replacing Siddaramaiah.
Kerala: The Congress-led UDF came back to power after 10 years.
Puducherry: N. Rangasamy is the first person to become CM there 5 times.
Delhi: Rekha Gupta is currently India's only woman Chief Minister.
President: Droupadi Murmu | Vice President: C. P. Radhakrishnan | Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
| Minister | Ministry |
|---|---|
| Narendra Modi (PM) | Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Atomic Energy; Space |
| Rajnath Singh | Defence |
| Amit Shah | Home Affairs; Co-operation |
| Nitin Gadkari | Road Transport & Highways |
| J. P. Nadda | Health & Family Welfare; Chemicals & Fertilizers |
| Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare; Rural Development |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Finance; Corporate Affairs |
| S. Jaishankar | External Affairs |
| Manohar Lal Khattar | Power; Housing & Urban Affairs |
| H. D. Kumaraswamy | Heavy Industries; Steel |
| Piyush Goyal | Commerce & Industry |
| Pralhad Joshi | Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; New & Renewable Energy; Education (additional charge) New 2026 |
| Jitan Ram Manjhi | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
| Lalan Singh | Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying |
| Sarbananda Sonowal | Ports, Shipping & Waterways |
| Virendra Kumar | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| K. Ram Mohan Naidu | Civil Aviation |
| Jual Oram | Tribal Affairs |
| Giriraj Singh | Textiles |
| Ashwini Vaishnaw | Railways; Information & Broadcasting; Electronics & IT |
| Jyotiraditya Scindia | Communications; Development of North Eastern Region |
| Bhupender Yadav | Environment, Forest & Climate Change |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Culture; Tourism |
| Annpurna Devi | Women & Child Development |
| Kiren Rijiju | Parliamentary Affairs; Minority Affairs |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Petroleum & Natural Gas |
| Mansukh Mandaviya | Labour & Employment; Youth Affairs & Sports |
| G. Kishan Reddy | Coal; Mines |
| Chirag Paswan | Food Processing Industries |
| C. R. Patil | Jal Shakti |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) | Ministry |
|---|---|
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Statistics & Programme Implementation; Planning |
| Dr Jitendra Singh | Science & Technology; Earth Sciences |
| Arjun Ram Meghwal | Law & Justice |
| Prataprao Jadhav | AYUSH |
| Jayant Chaudhary | Skill Development & Entrepreneurship |
BRICS has 10 members. India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, 12-13 September 2026.
| Country | President / Head of State | Prime Minister / Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva | President heads the government |
| Russia | Vladimir Putin | Mikhail Mishustin |
| India | Droupadi Murmu | Narendra Modi |
| China | Xi Jinping | Premier Li Qiang |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | President heads the government |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Mostafa Madbouly |
| Ethiopia | Taye Atske Selassie | Abiy Ahmed |
| Iran | Masoud Pezeshkian | No Prime Minister post |
| United Arab Emirates | Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid |
| Indonesia | Prabowo Subianto | President heads the government |
Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Motto: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
Outcome: Leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration.
Newest member: Indonesia joined in January 2025.
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