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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
|type = Ministry
|seal = Emblem_of_India.svg
|seal_width = 70px
|seal_caption = [[Emblem of India]]
|dissolved = {{End date|2016|07|05|df=yes}}
|jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]
|headquarters = Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex,Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
|superseding1 = [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Ministry of Communications]]
|superseding2 = [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]]
|website = {{url|http://meity.gov.in/}}
|name=|logo=|formed=|employees=|budget=|chief1_name=|chief1_position=|chief2_name=|chief2_position=|chief3_name=|chief3_position=|chief4_name=|chief4_position=|chief5_name=|chief5_position=|chief6_name=|chief6_position=|chief7_name=|chief7_position=|chief8_name=|chief8_position=|chief9_name=|chief9_position=|parent_department=}}

The '''Ministry of Communication and Information Technology''' was an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (collective executive)|ministry]]. It was bifurcated into [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Ministry of Communications]] and [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]] in July 2016. It contained three departments viz. [[Department of Telecommunications]], Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY, now Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) and [[India Posts|Department of Posts]].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

The following cadre controlling authority of the [[Civil Services of India#Central Civil Services|Civil Services]] (including [[Indian Telecommunication Service]], [[Indian Postal Service]], [[Indian Radio Regulatory Service]], Telegraph Traffic Service, Indian Post & Telegraph Building Works Services and Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service) are under the administration and supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

==Former ministers==
Following is the list of Ministers of Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/former-ministers |title=List of Ministers of Communications |website=Department of Telecommunications,Communication and Information Technology |publisher=Ministry of Communication and Information Technology/[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=19 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002203226/http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/former-ministers |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
! width="200px" |Name
! colspan="2" width="100px" |Tenure
! colspan=2|Political Party
!Prime Minister
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]]
| 15 August 1947
| 2 August 1951
| rowspan=21| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=21|
| rowspan=10| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Amrit Kaur]]
| 2 August 1951
| 13 May 1952
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jagjivan Ram]]
| 13 May 1952
| 7 December 1956
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Raj Bahadur]]
| 7 December 1956
| 17 April 1957
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| 17 April 1957
| 28 March 1958
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[S. K. Patil]]
| 29 March 1958
| 24 August 1959
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| 25 August 1959
| 2 September 1959
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[P. Subbarayan]]
| 2 September 1959
| 9 April 1962
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jagjivan Ram]]
| 10 April 1963
| 31 August 1963
|- align=center style="height: 25px;"
| rowspan=2| [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]
| rowspan=2| 1 September 1963
| rowspan=2| 13 June 1964
|- align=center style="height: 25px;"
| rowspan=2| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- align=center style="height: 25px;"
| rowspan=2| [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]
| rowspan=2| 13 June 1964
| rowspan=2| 12 March 1967
|- align=center style="height: 25px;"
| rowspan=9| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
| 13 March 1967
| 14 February 1969
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]
| 14 February 1969
| 8 March 1971
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 9 March 1971
| 17 March 1971
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| Sher Singh
| 18 March 1971
| 2 May 1971
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna]]
| 2 May 1971
| 8 November 1973
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Raj Bahadur]]
| 8 November 1973
| 11 January 1974
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| 11 January 1974
| 10 October 1974
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| 10 October 1974
| 24 March 1977
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| 24 March 1977
| 26 March 1977
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Party]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=4| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| 26 March 1977
| 27 March 1977
| rowspan=1| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[George Fernandes]]
| 28 March 1977
| 6 July 1977
| rowspan=2| [[Janata Party]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Brij Lal Varma]]
| 6 July 1977
| 28 July 1979
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Charan Singh]]
| 28 July 1979
| 30 July 1979
| rowspan=4| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[Charan Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| Zulfiquarullah ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 30 July 1979
| 27 November 1979
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Charan Singh]]
| 27 November 1979
| 7 December 1979
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra|Shyam Nandan Mishra]]
| 7 December 1979
| 14 January 1980
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 15 January 1980
| 16 January 1980
| rowspan=12| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=12|
| rowspan=5| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
| 16 January 1980
| 3 March 1980
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[C. M. Stephen]]
| 3 March 1980
| 2 September 1982
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Anant Prasad Sharma]]
| 2 September 1982
| 14 February 1983
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 14 February 1983
| 31 October 1984
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 31 October 1984
| 4 November 1984
| rowspan=7| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[V. N. Gadgil]]
| 4 November 1984
| 31 December 1984
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 31 December 1984
| 22 October 1986
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| 22 October 1986
| 14 February 1988
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Vasant Sathe]]
| 14 February 1988
| 25 June 1988
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Bir Bahadur Singh]]
| 25 June 1988
| 30 June 1989
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Giridhar Gamang]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 4 July 1989
| 2 December 1989
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[V. P. Singh]]
| 2 December 1989
| 6 December 1989
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[K.P. Unnikrishnan]]
| 6 December 1989
| 23 April 1990
| rowspan=1| [[Congress (Secular)]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Janeshwar Mishra]]
| 30 April 1990
| 5 November 1990
| rowspan=2| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[V. P. Singh]]
| 6 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| 10 November 1990
| 21 November 1990
| rowspan=2| [[Samajwadi Janata Party]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Sanjaya Sinh|Sanjay Singh]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 22 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Rajesh Pilot]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 21 June 1991
| 17 January 1993
| rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Sukh Ram]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 17 January 1993
| 16 May 1996
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Beni Prasad Verma]] ''(As MoS, Independent Charge till 10 July 1996)''
| 1 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
| rowspan=1| [[Samajwadi Party]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 19 March 1998
| 21 March 1998
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=10| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Buta Singh]]
| 21 March 1998
| 19 April 1998
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 19 April 1998
| 20 April 1998
| rowspan=5| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=5|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| 20 April 1998
| 11 October 1998
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 11 October 1998
| 6 December 1998
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jagmohan]]
| 6 December 1998
| 8 June 1999
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 8 June 1999
| 13 October 1999
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| 13 October 1999
| 1 September 2001
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| 2 September 2001
| 28 January 2003
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Arun Shourie]]
| 29 January 2003
| 22 May 2004
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Dayanidhi Maran]]
| 23 May 2004
| 15 May 2007
| rowspan=2| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=4| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[A. Raja]]
| 16 May 2007
| 14 November 2010
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| 15 November 2010
| 19 January 2011
| rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kapil Sibal]]
| 19 January 2011
| 26 May 2014
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| 26 May 2014
| 5 July 2016
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="3px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Narendra Modi]]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.mit.gov.in/}}

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