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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former government ministry of India}}<br />
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{{Infobox government agency<br />
| name = Ministry of Information Technology<br />
| agency_name = <br />
| type = Ministry<br />
| seal = Emblem of India.svg<br />
| seal_width = 70<br />
| seal_caption = <br />
| logo = <br />
| formed = 13 October 1999<br />
| dissolved = 22 December 2001<br />
| preceding1 = [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Ministry of Communications]]<br />
| superseding1 = [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]<br />
| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Ministry of Information Technology''' is a former cabinet-level ministry of the [[Government of India]] which was responsible for promoting internet, IT policy and strategy along with e-commerce and knowledge-based industries. The ministry also included the Department of Electronics and took over the Internet and e-commerce services from the [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Ministry of Communications]]. The ministry was established on 13 October 1999 by then Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/44658|title=Indian government faces controversy over new IT ministry|author=K. S. Jayaraman|website=nature.com|date=28 October 1999|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref><br />
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The Ministry of Information Technology was merged with the [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Ministry of Communications]] to form the [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] on 22 December 2001. In 2016, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was further bifurcated to form the Ministry of Communications and the [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]]. Upon the merger, the Department of Information Technology and later the Department of Electronics and IT was created.<br />
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==Ministers==<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait<br />
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}<br />
! colspan="3" |Term of office<br />
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party<br />
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry<br />
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister<br />
|-<br />
! style="width:9em"| From<br />
! style="width:9em"| To<br />
! style="width:6em"| Period<br />
|-<br />
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|<br />
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]<br />
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)<br />
| 13 October 1999<br />
| 22 November 1999<br />
| {{ayd|13 Oct 1999|22 Nov 1999}}<br />
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]<br />
| rowspan="2" style="width:7em"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
|-<br />
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|<br />
| [[File:Pramod jee.jpg|70px]]<br />
| '''[[Pramod Mahajan]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2006)<br>MP for [[Maharashtra]] (Rajya Sabha)}}<br />
| 22 November 1999<br />
| 22 December 2001<br />
| {{ayd|22 Nov 1999|22 Dec 2001}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Union ministries of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Defunct government ministries of India]]<br />
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