{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "Lok Sabha Secretariat, as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 5.1)",
  "agency": "Lok Sabha Secretariat",
  "compendiumTable": "5.1",
  "indicatorCode": 123,
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "irregular",
  "unit": "mixed",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2025",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Representation of Women in the Central Council of Ministers",
  "periodLabels": {
   "1996-01-01": "1996",
   "1997-01-01": "1997",
   "1998-01-01": "1998",
   "2002-01-01": "2002",
   "2004-01-01": "2004",
   "2009-01-01": "2009",
   "2011-01-01": "2011",
   "2012-01-01": "2012",
   "2013-01-01": "2013",
   "2014-01-01": "2014",
   "2015-01-01": "2015",
   "2016-01-01": "2016",
   "2017-01-01": "2017",
   "2018-01-01": "2018",
   "2019-01-01": "2019",
   "2020-01-01": "2020",
   "2021-01-01": "2021",
   "2022-01-01": "2022",
   "2023-01-01": "2023",
   "2024-01-01": "2024",
   "2025-01-01": "2025"
  },
  "cut": "Measure",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from Lok Sabha Secretariat; the figures are that agency's. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "1996-01-01",
  "1997-01-01",
  "1998-01-01",
  "2002-01-01",
  "2004-01-01",
  "2009-01-01",
  "2011-01-01",
  "2012-01-01",
  "2013-01-01",
  "2014-01-01",
  "2015-01-01",
  "2016-01-01",
  "2017-01-01",
  "2018-01-01",
  "2019-01-01",
  "2020-01-01",
  "2021-01-01",
  "2022-01-01",
  "2023-01-01",
  "2024-01-01",
  "2025-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
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   "name": "gender_t123_number_of_cabinet_minister__all_india",
   "label": "Number of Cabinet Minister, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    18,
    20,
    21,
    32,
    29,
    40,
    32,
    31,
    31,
    23,
    23,
    26,
    27,
    25,
    24,
    22,
    31,
    29,
    28,
    31,
    30
   ],
   "group": "Number of Cabinet Minister",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "number_of_ministers_of_state__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_number_of_ministers_of_state__all_india",
   "label": "Number of Ministers of State, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    21,
    24,
    21,
    41,
    39,
    38,
    44,
    43,
    47,
    22,
    22,
    49,
    48,
    49,
    33,
    32,
    47,
    47,
    45,
    41,
    41
   ],
   "group": "Number of Ministers of State",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "number_of_women_cabinet_minister__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_number_of_women_cabinet_minister__all_india",
   "label": "Number of Women Cabinet Minister, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    0,
    0,
    1,
    2,
    1,
    3,
    2,
    2,
    3,
    6,
    6,
    5,
    6,
    6,
    3,
    2,
    2,
    2,
    2,
    2,
    2
   ],
   "group": "Number of Women Cabinet Minister",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "number_of_women_ministers_of_state__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_number_of_women_ministers_of_state__all_india",
   "label": "Number of Women Ministers of State, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
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    5,
    3,
    6,
    6,
    4,
    6,
    6,
    9,
    1,
    2,
    4,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    9,
    9,
    8,
    5,
    5
   ],
   "group": "Number of Women Ministers of State",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_of_ministers__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_total_number_of_ministers__all_india",
   "label": "Total Number of Ministers, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    39,
    44,
    42,
    73,
    68,
    78,
    76,
    74,
    78,
    45,
    45,
    75,
    75,
    74,
    57,
    54,
    78,
    76,
    73,
    72,
    71
   ],
   "group": "Total Number of Ministers",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_of_women_ministers__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_total_number_of_women_ministers__all_india",
   "label": "Total Number of Women Ministers, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    0,
    0,
    4,
    8,
    7,
    7,
    8,
    8,
    12,
    7,
    8,
    9,
    9,
    9,
    6,
    5,
    11,
    11,
    10,
    7,
    7
   ],
   "group": "Total Number of Women Ministers",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "women_in_central_council_of_ministers__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t123_women_in_central_council_of_ministers__all_india",
   "label": "Women in Central Council of Ministers, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    1.28,
    5.68,
    9.52,
    10.96,
    10.29,
    8.97,
    10.53,
    10.81,
    15.38,
    15.56,
    17.78,
    12,
    12,
    12.16,
    10.53,
    9.26,
    14.1,
    14.47,
    13.7,
    9.72,
    9.86
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   "group": "Women in Central Council of Ministers",
   "geo": "All India"
  }
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}