"OK, I should have said "most of" because yes, there are exceptions. But more glaring are the puppets. Our Foreign Minister has been conspicuously absent or in shadows during PM's trips abroad. She barely knew our Foreign Secretary was about to be replaced. Our HRD Minister has to take advice from Jaitley on every issue. Our Environment Ministry quickly and hastily agreed to change norms of environment project clearances based on PMO directives. Cabinet Ministers cannot even appoint their own OSDs (Officers on Special Duty). Etc., etc. It is not a question of whether Ministers are doing well or not. If strings are pulled correctly, the puppets will dance magnificently." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)