Ministry of Surface Transport

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The Ministry of Surface Transport was a branch of the Government of India. It was the apex body for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to surface transport in India.

HistoryEdit

The Department of Surface Transport, within the Ministry of Transport, was renamed as the Ministry of Surface Transport with effect from 22 October 1986.^[1] The next development was that this ministry was reorganised into the Department of Shipping and the Department of Road Transport and Highways. This took place on the 15 October 1999.^[1]

The ministry was bifurcated, into the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, with effect from 17 November 2000.^[1]^[2]

List of Ministers of Surface TransportEdit

Name	Term of office		Political Party	Prime Minister
Rajesh Pilot (MoS, Independent Charge)	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	Indian National Congress	V. P. Singh
K. P. Unnikrishnan	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	Janata Dal (National Front)	V. P. Singh
Manubhai Kotadia	10 November 1990	26 April 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar	26 April 1991	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
Jagdish Tytler (MoS, Independent Charge)	21 June 1991	15 September 1995	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
M. Rajasekara Murthy (MoS, Independent Charge)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
T. G. Venkatraman	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (United Front)	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
R. Muthiah	19 March 1998	8 April 1998	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (National Democratic Alliance)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
M. Thambidurai	8 April 1998	8 April 1999
Nitish Kumar	9 April 1999	5 August 1999	Samata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
Jaswant Singh	5 August 1999	13 October 1999	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
Nitish Kumar	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	Samata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
Rajnath Singh^[3]	22 November 1999	7 November 2000	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile". International Association of Ports and Harbors. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
↑ N. K. Kurup (13 November 2000). "Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse?". Business Line. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
↑ "Council of Ministers" (PDF).

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[International_Association_of_Ports_and_Harbors-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile". International Association of Ports and Harbors. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[2] N. K. Kurup (13 November 2000). "Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse?". Business Line. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[3] "Council of Ministers" (PDF).

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