| Name | Portfolios |
| A B Vajpayee | External Affairs and Agriculture |
| L K Advani | Home |
| Ananth Kumar | Civil Aviation |
| Sikander Bakth | Industry |
| S S Barnala | Chemicals and Fertilisers
with additional charge of Food |
| George Fernandes | Defence |
| Ramkrishna Hegde | Commerce |
| Satyanarayan Jatia | Labour |
| Ram Jethmalani | Urban Development |
| Murli Manohar Joshi | Human Resource Development
with additional charge of Science and Technology |
| K Ramamurthy | Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| Madan Lal Khurana | Parliamentary Affairs
with additional charge of Tourism |
| R Kumaramangalam | Power |
| M Thambi Durai | Law, Justice and Company Affairs |
| Nitish Kumar | Railways |
| Naveen Patnaik | Steel and Mines |
| Suresh Prabhu | Environment and Forests |
| Kashiram Rana | Textiles |
| R Muthiah | Surface Transport |
| Yashwant Sinha | Finance |
| Buta Singh | Communications |
| Sushma Swaraj | Information and Broadcasting |