LIST OF CURRENT INDIAN WOMEN MINISTERS AND CHIEF MINISTERS

In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-eight states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years; the office is subject to no term limits. At present, the office of Chief Minister of Jharkhand is vacant, as President's rule has been in force there since January 2013. Of the 29 incumbents, 3 are womenJayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu,Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal and Sheila Dikshit in Delhi. Speaker of the Lok Sabha; Meira Kumar In the Cabinet , 1. Ambika Soni (Information and Broadcasting) 2. Mamata Bannerjee (Railways) 3. Kumari Selja (Tourism and Urban Poverty) Ministers of State with Independent Charge : 1. Krishna Tirath (Women and Child Development) Ministers of State : 1. Lakshmi Panabak (Textiles) 2. Praneet Kaur (External Affairs) 3. Agatha Sangma (Rural Development)