Article 74-A: Revenue Zone Cabinet Requirement

(1) The Council of Ministers shall at all times include at least one Minister of Cabinet rank from each Revenue Zone of India as defined by Parliament by law, holding a portfolio within the thirty Ministries and Departments with the highest annual budgetary allocation as determined by the Finance Ministry each year.

(2) Where the governing coalition does not include elected members of the House of the People from a Revenue Zone, the President shall, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint a person of recognised professional standing with not less than fifteen years of professional experience in their field, and who has not held any office in any political party in the preceding ten years, as Minister of Cabinet rank for that Zone.

(3) Such appointment shall be confirmed by a simple majority of the Chief Ministers of States within that Revenue Zone. Failure to respond within thirty days shall constitute confirmation by default.

(4) Ministers appointed under clause (2) shall hold full Cabinet rank but shall not participate in votes of confidence or no-confidence.