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Sunder Lal Patwa

2021-09-14T13:28:44Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Indian name|Sunderlal|Patwa}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sunderlal Patwa
| image =
| office = [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Minister of Mines]]
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start = 7 November 2000
| term_end = 1 September 2001
| predecessor = [[Naveen Patnaik]]
| successor = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| primeminister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start1 = 30 September 2000
| term_end1 = 7 November 2000
| predecessor1 = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| successor1 = [[Satyabrata Mookherjee]]
| office2 = 26th [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start2 = 6 March 2000
| term_end2 = 26 May 2000
| predecessor2 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| successor2 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| office3 = 37th [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]
| primeminister3 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start3 = 13 October 1999
| term_end3 = 30 September 2000
| predecessor3 = [[Babagouda Patil]]
| successor3 = [[Venkaiah Naidu]]
| office4 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 1999
| term_end4 = 2004
| predecessor4 = [[Sartaj Singh (politician)|Sartaj Singh]]
| successor4 = [[Sartaj Singh (politician)|Sartaj Singh]]
| constituency4 = [[Hoshangabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hoshangabad]]
| term_start5 = 1997
| term_end5 = 1998
| predecessor5 = [[Alka Nath]]
| successor5 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| constituency5 = [[Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chhindwara]]
| order6 = 11th
| office6 = Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
| governor6 = [[M. A. Khan]]
| term_start6 = 5 March 1990
| term_end6 = 15 December 1992
| predecessor6 = [[Shyama Charan Shukla]]
| successor6 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start7 = 20 January 1980
| term_end7 = 17 February 1980
| predecessor7 = [[Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha]]
| successor7 = [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| governor7 = [[C. M. Poonacha]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Mandsaur district|Kukreshwar]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|28|1924|11|11}}
| death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
}}
'''Sunder Lal Patwa''' (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the 11th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] and a cabinet minister in the [[Government of India]]. He was the only politician who defeated congress strong man [[Kamal Nath]] in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was born in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.

He was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=List of Padma awardees 2017|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sunderlal Patwa, 'Doctor Dadi' among Padma awardees from Madhya Pradesh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/patwa-doctor-dadi-among-padma-awardees-from-mp/articleshow/56787136.cms|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==

He was [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 as member of [[Janata Party]] and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992 as leader of [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]. He began his political career with [[Jana Sangh]] which merged with [[Janata Party]] in 1977. Later members owing allegiance to [[Jana Sangh]]'s [[Hindutva]] ideology broke away from [[Janata Party]] in 1980 to form [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

He was first elected to [[Lok Sabha]] via bye-poll in [[Chhindwara]] in 1997 by defeating Congress strongman [[Kamal Nath]] in his home turf. He lost from [[Chhindwara]] in [[1998 Indian general election|1998 General Election]].

In 1999, he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Hoshangabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hoshangabad]] constituency, and was minister in [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] Government from 1999 to 2001. As a legislator, he was known as strict disciplinarian.

He was associated with Indore Rajya Praja Mandal since 1941, R.S.S. since 1942 and R.S.S. Vistarak, 1947-51. He was imprisoned for seven months for participating in R.S.S. movement in 1948 and was an active worker of [[Jana Sangh]] since 1951, Chairman of District Cooperative Bank, Director, State
Cooperative Bank and State Cooperative Marketing Sangh and Treasurer, [[Jana Sangh]] from 1967-74. He was Detained under [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act|M.I.S.A.]] during Emergency from June 1975 to January 1977. He was awarded the "Vidhan Gaurav" in the All India Conference of Presiding Officers, 1989.<ref name="parliamentofindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MP29.htm |title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in |access-date=2012-03-05}}</ref>

He died on 28 December 2016 in [[Bhopal]] due to a heart attack at the age of 92.

==Positions held==
Patwa contested from a variety of seats and he held a variety of official posts:<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/>
*1957-67 - [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Manasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manasa]]
* Lost Vidhan Sabha elections from Manasa in 1967 and 1972.
*1977-1980 - [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|MLA]] from [[Mandsaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandsaur]]
*1980-1985 - [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|MLA]] from [[Sehore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sehore]]
*1985–90 - [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Bhojpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhojpur]]. But lost from Manasa.
*1990–92, 1993-97 - [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Bhojpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhojpur]]
*1997-1998 : Lok Sabha Member from [[Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency)]] by defeating [[Kamal Nath]]
*1998-99 - [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Bhojpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhojpur]]
*1999-2004 : Lok Sabha Member from [[Hoshangabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
*1957-67 - Chief Whip, Opposition Party, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
*1975 - General Secretary, Jana Sangh, Madhya Pradesh
*1977 - Member, Working Committee, Janata Party
*20 Jan 1980 - 17 Feb 1980 - [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]
*1980-85 - [[Leader of Opposition]], [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]; Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
*1986 - President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh; Member, General Purposes Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
*5 March 1990 - 15 December 1992 - [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]
*13 Oct 1999 – 30 September 2000 - [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]], in Vajpayee Govt
*30 Sep 2000 – 7 Nov 2000 - [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]], in Vajpayee Govt
*7 Nov 2000 – 1 September 2001 - [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Minister of Mines]], in Vajpayee Govt

==Personal life==
Two of his nephews entered politics on his heels.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/BJP-leader-from-MP-dies-in-a-road-accident-in-Chittorgarh/articleshow/47752896.cms</ref> [[Surendra Patwa]] was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from [[Bhojpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhojpur]] in 2008. He has been a minister in Madhya Pradesh state government.

His nephew Mangal Patwa (1965-2015) contested elections from Manasa seat in 1998 but lost. He became President of BJP's Neemuch District unit. Mangal Patwa died in a road accident in 2015.

==References==
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Dilip Ray

2021-09-14T12:52:57Z

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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
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| occupation = [[politician]] [[Entrepreneur|hotelier]]
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'''Dilip Ray''' (born 9 January 1954) is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of [[Odisha]]. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only [[Odia people|Odia]] parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Prime Ministers. He is the founder and CMD of Mayfair Group of Hotels, largely based in eastern India.

==Early life==

Ray was born on 9 January 1954 to Hrushikesh Ray and Kalyani Ray. He completed his matriculation in 1969 from Raj Kumar College, Raipur and graduated from St Joseph College, Darjeeling in 1974. Sri Ray then enrolled in JCC College of Law, Kolkata where he completed his law degree in 1976 and then completed his MBA from Academy of Management Science and Studies in 1977.

==Political career==

He started his political journey in 1985 when he was elected as the chairman of the then Rourkela Notified Council. In the same year he was elected as MLA from Rourkela Constituency (1985-90) and was re-elected again in the year 1990. He served as Minister of Industries in the Janata Dal Government (1990–95) which was headed by Biju Patnaik.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odishaassembly.nic.in/image.aspx?img=552|title=Odisha Assembly}}</ref>

Ray was nominated to the upper house of Parliament, i.e., Rajya Sabha in 1996 and continued to be the member of the house for two consecutive terms (1996–2002; 2002–2008). As a parliamentarian, he held several ministry portfolios and was a member of different parliamentary committees.

He also played a notable role in the foundation of the Biju Janata Dal. Ray considered Biju Patnaik his mentor and his closeness with him can be gauged from the fact that Biju spent the last years of his life with him. During his last days, Biju Patnaik had expressed his desire to form a regional party for which he had consultations with several national leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, and Pramod Mahajan but could not effectuate it because of his untimely demise.

After the death of Biju Patnaik, Ray and other Janata Dal leaders founded Biju Janata Dal. When the party came into existence, Gyan Patnaik, wife of Biju Patnaik, insisted him to take up the leadership of the party, but he declined to do so and requested someone from the family to take up the job.

He was also a sitting member of Odisha Legislative Assembly representing Rourkela Assembly constituency before he left politics in the year 2018.

A Special CBI court on 6 October 2020 convicted Dilip Ray, the then Union Minister of State for coal in the government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, for his alleged involvement in the coal block allocation scandal.

==Other information==

A passionate traveler, Ray has traveled to over twenty countries across the globe and his other hobbies include interior decoration and gardening. He has a great cultural affinity. Promoting Odia culture and dialect has always been his esteemed priority which is evident from the fact that the 80% of the employees of the group founded by him are from Odisha<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mayfairhotels.com/management.html|title=Mayfair Hotels}}</ref>

The maxim of Mayfair Hotels and resorts which is “Stay with Us, Stay with Nature” reflects his commitment towards protecting the environment.

==Positions held==

1) Chairman, Rourkela Municipality

2) Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly (1985–1990)

3) Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly (1990–1995)

4) Minister of State, Industries (15/03/1990-24/07/1990)

5) Minister of State, Industries, excluding textiles and handlooms (24/07/1990 – 02/01/1991)

6) Minister, Industries, excluding textiles and handlooms (02/01/1991 – 15/03/1995)

7) Elected to Rajya Sabha (1996–2002)

8) Union MoS (I/C) of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

9) Union MoS (I/C) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

10) Union MoS (I/C) of the Ministry of Coal

11) Union MoS of Parliamentary Affairs

12) Union MoS of Ministry of Steel

13) Elected to Rajya Sabha for the second term (2002–2008)

14)Member, Consultative Committee for the [[Civil Aviation Minister (India)|Civil Aviation]]

15) Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

16) Member Committee on Labour

17) Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly (2014-2019)

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612034051/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=236 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]
* [http://mayfairhotels.com Mayfair Hotels]

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Ministry of Minority Affairs

2021-09-13T16:23:11Z

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{{More citations needed|date=October 2015}}
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The '''Ministry of Minority Affairs''' is a ministry of the [[Government of India]] which was carved out of [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]] and created on 29 January 2006. It is the apex body for the central government's regulatory and developmental programmes for the minority religious communities in [[India]], which include [[Muslims]], [[Sikhs]], [[Christians]], [[Buddhist]]s, [[Zoroastrian]]s ([[Parsis]]) and [[Jainism|Jains]] notified as minority communities in [[The Gazette of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/157933.pdf|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India Notification|website=egazette.nic.in|publisher=Govt. of India|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/newsite/main/FAQ_Ministry.pdf|title=Ministry Of Minority Affairs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925015851/http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/newsite/main/FAQ_Ministry.pdf|archive-date=2010-09-25}}</ref>

[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]] assumed the office as a [[cabinet minister]] for Minority Affairs on 4 September 2017.<ref name=about>{{citation|title=About the Ministry|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/about-ministry|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225032344/http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/about-ministry|archive-date=2018-12-25}}</ref> He served as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs when [[Najma Heptulla]] was the [[cabinet minister]]. Following [[Najma Heptulla]]'s resignation on 12 July 2016, Naqvi was assigned the Independent charge of the Ministry.

The ministry is also involved with the [[linguistic minorities]] and of the office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, representation of the [[Anglo-Indian]] community, protection and preservation of non-Muslim shrines in Pakistan and Muslim shrines in India in terms of the Pant-Mirza Agreement of 1955, in consultation with the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/allocation-business-rules|title=Allocation of Business Rules|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225024130/http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/allocation-business-rules|archive-date=2018-12-25}}</ref> The Minister in charge is also Chairperson of the [[Central Wakf Council, India]], which manages the running of the [[Central Wakf Council, India#State Wakf Boards|State Wakf Boards]].<ref name="dc">{{cite web|url=http://centralwakfcouncil.org/members.htm |title=Members |publisher=CFC website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004010746/http://centralwakfcouncil.org/members.htm |archive-date=2010-10-04 }}</ref> Ministry of Minority Affairs provides Moma scholarship to minority community students of India every year. Moma Scholarship is a scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated with the aim of supporting minority communities student who is not financially strong and wants to pursue higher studies in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/MOMA_post_Guidelinesfor2015-16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010215856/https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/MOMA_post_Guidelinesfor2015-16.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/MOMA_post_Guidelinesfor2015-16.pdf|title=MOMA SCHEMES post matric guidelines|website=Scholarships.gov.in|publisher=GOI|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> Minority communities in India includes Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The scholarship is awarded to the students by India Government through State Government/UTs. The scholarship is awarded for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses.<ref name=":0" />

Linguistic Minorities, according to Indian Constitution should have a Special Officer appointed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncm.nic.in/Constitutional_provisions.html|title=Constitutional Provisions|website=National Commission for Minorities|publisher=GOI|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>

Constitutional Article: 350B.
:#There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.
:#It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to the Governments of the States concerned.<ref name=":1" />

It is to be decided based on states as the states have been formed on linguistic basis.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

==Ministers==
The Minister of Minority Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and one of the [[Cabinet minister (India)|cabinet ministers]] of the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/organization-structure |title=Organizational Setup | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Government of india |publisher=Minorityaffairs.gov.in |date=2018-02-09 |access-date=2018-05-04}}</ref>

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!S No
! Name
! width=60|Portrait
! colspan="3"|Term of office
! colspan="2"|Political party
! Prime Minister
|-
! 1
| [[A. R. Antulay|Abdul Rahman Antulay]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3236|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Antulay,Shri Abdul Rehman|access-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026173548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3236|archive-date=26 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
| 29 January 2006
| 19 January 2009
|
| rowspan=3| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
! 2
| [[Salman Khurshid]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3523|title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Khurshid,Shri Salman}}</ref>
| [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| 19 January 2009
| 28 October 2012
|
|-
! 3
| [[K. Rahman Khan]]
| [[File:K Rahman Khan (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| 28 October 2012
| 26 May 2014
|
|-
! 4
| [[Najma Heptulla]]<ref name=about />
| [[File:The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla addressing at the inauguration of an exhibition, in New Delhi on March 19, 2016.jpg|80px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 12 July 2016
|
|rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
! 5
| [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]<ref name=about />
| [[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.JPG|80px]]
| 12 July 2016
| ''Incumbent''
|
|}

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! Portrait
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! Years
|-align=center
|[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|[[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addressing a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, during 3 years of NDA Government, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
|Rowspan=4|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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|9 November 2014
|12 July 2016
|{{Age in years and days|2014|11|09|2016|07|12}}
|-align=center
|[[Virendra Kumar Khatik]]
|[[File:Virendra Kumar releasing the compilation of speeches, written by children of CCIs, at the closing ceremony of the weeklong festival ‘Hausla 2017’, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
|3 September 2017
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in years and days|2017|09|03|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju addressing the ‘India Disaster Response Summit’, in New Delhi on November 09, 2017.jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Age in years and days|2019|05|30|2021|07|07}}
|-align=center
|[[John Barla]]
|[[File:Shri John Barla Minister.jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|}

==Organisations==

*Constitutional and Statutory Bodies
** [[Central Wakf Council, India|Central Wakf Council]] (CWC)
** [[National Commission for Minorities]] (NCM)
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160109205011/http://nclm.nic.in/ Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities] (CLM)
* Autonomous Bodies
** [http://maef.nic.in/ Maulana Azad Education Foundation] (MAEF)
* PSUs and Joint Ventures
** [[National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation]] (NMDFC)

==Schemes & Scholarship Programmes==
* '''Jiyo Parsi''' - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis<ref>{{citation|title= Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/jiyo-parsi-central-sector-scheme-containing-population-decline-parsis-india|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Nai Roshni''' - Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women<ref>{{citation|title=Nai Roshni - Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/nai-roshni-scheme-leadership-development-minority-women|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Nai Manzil''' - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities<ref>{{citation|title=Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/nai-manzil-social-assesment-and-social-management-framework|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Nai Udaan''' - Support for minority students clearing prelims exam conducted by UPSC, State PSC and SSC<ref>{{citation|title= Nai Udaan - Support for minority students clearing prelims exam conducted by UPSC, State PSC and SSC|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/support-students-clearing-prelims-conducted-upscsscstate-public-service-commissionpsc-etc|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn)''' - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities<ref>{{citation|title= Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/seekho-aur-kamaolearn-earn-scheme-skill-development-minorities|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Hamari Dharohar''' - A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of Minority Communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture<ref>{{citation|title= Hamari Dharohar - A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of Minority Communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/%E2%80%9Chamari-dharohar%E2%80%9D-scheme-preserve-rich-heritage-minority-communities-india-under-overall-concept|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme'''<ref>{{citation|title=Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/pre-matric-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme'''<ref>{{citation|title=Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/post-matric-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme'''<ref>{{citation|title=Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/merit-cum-means-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
* '''Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students'''<ref>{{citation|title=Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/maulana-azad-national-fellowship-minority-students-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
*'''Padho Pardesh''' - Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies for the Students Belonging to the Minority Communities<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/padho-pardesh-scheme-interest-subsidy-educational-loans-overseas-studies-students-belonging-minority|title=Padho Pardesh- Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of india|website=Ministry of Minority Affairs|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/ Ministry of Minority Affairs, Official Website]
*''[https://www.crackias.com/monthly-magazine.php Current Affairs News and Magazines]''

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Minister of External Affairs (India)

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{{short description|Head of the Ministry of External Affairs}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox political post
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 70px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| flagsize = 110px
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| department = [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]
| post = {{big|Minister of External Affairs}} ''Videsh Mantrī''
| image = Deputy Secretary Blinken Meets With Indian Foreign Secretary Jaishankar in New Delhi (22965989943) (3) (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
| incumbentsince = 30 May 2019
| appointer = [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| inaugural = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| formation = 2 September 1946
}}
The '''Minister of External Affairs''' (or simply, the '''Foreign Minister''', in Hindi '''''Videsh Mantri''''') is the head of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] of the [[Government of India]]. One of the senior-most offices in the [[Cabinet of India|Union Cabinet]], the chief responsibility of the Foreign Minister is to represent India and its government in the international community. The Foreign Minister also plays an important role in determining [[Indian foreign policy]]. Occasionally, the Foreign Minister is assisted by a Minister of State for External Affairs or the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of External Affairs.

India's first Prime Minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], also held the Foreign Minister post throughout his 17-year premiership of the country; he remains the country's longest-serving Foreign Minister. Several other Prime Ministers have since held the additional charge of foreign minister, but never has any other cabinet minister held additional charge of the office. There have been a number of Foreign Ministers who went on to become the Prime Minister like [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] and [[I. K. Gujral]].

The current Minister of External Affairs is [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]], succeeding [[Sushma Swaraj]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 30 May 2019.

==List of Foreign Ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;"
|-
!№
! width="75" |Portrait
! Name
! colspan="2"|Term of office
!Length
! colspan="2"|Political party (Alliance)
! Prime Minister
|- style="text-align:center; text-align:center;"
|1
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| 15 August 1947
| 27 May 1964
|{{Ayd|15 august 1947|27 may 1964}}
| rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=9|
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center
|2
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| 27 May 1964
| 9 June 1964
|{{Ayd|27 may 1964|9 june 1964}}
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|- align=center
|3
| [[File:Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_(from_stamp).jpg|75px]]
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| 9 June 1964
| 17 July 1964
|{{Ayd|9 june 1964|17 july 1964}}
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- align=center
|4
|
| [[Swaran Singh]]
| 18 July 1964
| 14 November 1966
|{{Ayd|18 july 1964|14 november 1966}}
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|5
| [[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg |75px]]
| [[M. C. Chagla]]
| 14 November 1966
| 5 September 1967
|{{Ayd|14 november 1966|5 september 1967}}
| rowspan="5"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|6
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 6 September 1967
| 13 February 1969
|{{Ayd|6 september 1967|13 february 1969}}
|- align=center
|7
| [[File:Raja dinesh singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
| 14 February 1969
| 27 June 1970
|{{Ayd|14 february 1969|27 june 1970}}
|- align=center
|(4)
|
| [[Sardar Swaran Singh|Swaran Singh]]
| 27 June 1970
| 10 October 1974
|{{Ayd|27 june 1970|10 october 1974}}
|- align=center
|8
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
| 10 October 1974
| 24 March 1977
|{{Ayd|10 october 1974|24 march 1977}}
|- align=center
|9
| [[File:The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivering his speech at the 12th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 4, 2004 (1) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 26 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|28 july 1979}}
| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- align=center
|10
|
| [[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra]]
| 28 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
|{{Ayd|28 july 1979|14 january 1980}}
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Charan Singh]]
|- align=center
|11
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 14 January 1980
| 19 July 1984
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|19 july 1984}}
|rowspan="8"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=8|
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|(6)
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 19 July 1984
| 31 October 1984
|{{Ayd|19 july 1984|31 october 1984}}
|- align=center
|12
| [[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|75px]]
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 31 October 1984
| 24 September 1985
|{{Ayd|31 october 1984|24 september 1985}}
| rowspan="6"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|13
| [[File:B.R. Bhagat in a meeting (cropped).png|75px]]
| [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
| 25 September 1985
| 12 May 1986
|{{Ayd|24 september 1985|12 may 1986}}
|- align=center
|14
|
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| 12 May 1986
| 22 October 1986
|{{Ayd|12 may 1986|22 october 1986}}
|- align=center
|15
| [[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|75px]]
| [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 22 October 1986
| 25 July 1987
|{{Ayd|22 october 1986|25 july 1987}}
|- align=center
|(12)
| [[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|75px]]
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 25 July 1987
| 25 June 1988
|{{Ayd|25 july 1987|25 june 1988}}
|- align=center
|(11)
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 25 June 1988
| 2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|2 december 1989}}
|- align=center
|16
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[V. P. Singh]]
| 2 December 1989
| 5 December 1989
|{{Ayd|2 december 1989|5 december 1989}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- align=center
|17
| [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|75px]]
| [[I. K. Gujral]]
| 5 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
|{{Ayd|5 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
|- align=center
|18
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
| 10 November 1990
| 21 November 1990
|{{Ayd|10 november 1990|21 november 1990}}
|rowspan=3| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] 
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align=center
|19
|
| [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
| 21 November 1990
| 20 February 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|20 february 1991}}
|- align=center
|(18)
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
| 20 February 1991
| 21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|20 february 1991|21 june 1991}}
|- align=center
|20
|[[File:Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg|75x75px]]
| [[Madhavsinh Solanki]]
| 21 June 1991
| 31 March 1992
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|31 march 1992}}
| rowspan="4"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan="4"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align=center
|(11)
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 31 March 1992
| 18 January 1993
|{{Ayd|31 march 1992|18 january 1993}}
|- align=center
|(7)
| [[File:Raja dinesh singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
| 18 January 1993
| 10 February 1995
|{{Ayd|18 january 1993|10 february 1995}}
|- align=center
|21
| [[File:Pranab Mukherjee-World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 crop(2).jpg|75px]]
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| 10 February 1995
| 16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|10 february 1995|16 may 1996}}
|- align=center
|22
|
| [[Sikander Bakht]]
| 21 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|21 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
|(17)
| [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|75px]]
| [[I. K. Gujral]]
| 1 June 1996
| 18 March 1998
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
| [[Janata Dal]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align=center
|(9)
| [[File:The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivering his speech at the 12th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 4, 2004 (1) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 19 March 1998
| 5 December 1998
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|5 december 1998}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan="3"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
|23
| [[File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Jaswant Singh]]
| 5 December 1998
| 1 July 2002
|{{Ayd|5 december 1998|1 july 2002}}
|- align=center
|24
| [[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| 1 July 2002
| 22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|22 may 2004}}
|- align=center
|25
| [[File:K Natwar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Natwar Singh]]
| 22 May 2004<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/election/2004/may/22man.htm Rediff.com] ''dated'' 22 May 2004, ''accessed'' 25 October 200 </ref>
| 6 November 2005<ref name="BBC News">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/441450stm BBC News] ''dated'' 7 November 2005, ''accessed'' 25 October 200 </ref>
|{{Ayd|22 may 2004|6 november 2005}}
| rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan="5"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|26
| [[File:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| 6 November 2005
| 24 October 2006
|{{Ayd|6 november 2005|24 october 2006}}
|- align=center
|(21)
| [[File:Pranab Mukherjee-World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 crop(2).jpg|75px]]
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| 24 October 2006<ref name="The Hindu">[https://web.archive.org/web/20061109013446/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/25/stories/2006102507670100.htm The Hindu] ''dated'' 25 October 2006, ''accessed'' 25 October 2006. </ref>
| 22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|24 october 2006|22 may 2009}}
|- align=center
|27
| [[File:India-eam-krishna (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[S. M. Krishna]]
| 22 May 2009
| 26 October 2012
|{{Ayd|22 may 2009|26 october 2012}}
|- align=center
|28
| [[File:Salman-kurshid.jpg|75px]]
| [[Salman Khurshid]]
| 28 October 2012
| 26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|26 may 2014}}
|- align=center
|29
| [[File:Minister Sushma Swaraj in NYC - 2017 (36466238704) (cropped).jpg|92x92px]]
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| 26 May 2014
| 30 May 2019
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|30 may 2019}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|- align=center
|30
|[[File:Minister Jaishankar (48823162971) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
|30 May 2019
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019}}
|}

== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ministers of State of External Affairs
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Years
|-align=center
|[[V. K. Singh]]
|[[File:General Vijay Kumar Singh.jpg|100px]]
|Rowspan=5|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Rowspan=5 bgcolor=FF9933|
|26 May 2014
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in years and days|2014|05|26|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|[[M. J. Akbar]]
|[[File:M. J. Akbar cropped.JPG|100px]]
|5 July 2016
|17 October 2018
|{{Age in years and days|2016|07|5|2018|10|17}}
|-align=center
|[[V. Muraleedharan]]
|[[File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|[[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
| [[File:Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi in July 2021.jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|- align=center
|[[Rajkumar Ranjan Singh]]
|[[File:Dr. Ranjan Singh.jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Indian Foreign Secretary]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://meaindia.nic.in/ Official Website of Ministry of External Affairs]
* [https://mealib.nic.in/ MEA Library]

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{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
{{Foreign relations of India}}

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