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	~~{{use dmy dates\|date=June 2016}}~~		#redirect [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]
	~~{{use Indian English\|date=June 2016}}~~
	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 [[Road transport\|surface transport]] in India.

	~~==History==~~
	~~The Department of Surface Transport, within the~~ [[Ministry of Transport (India)\|Ministry of Transport]], was renamed as the Ministry of Surface Transport with effect from 22 October 1986.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/> 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.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/>~~

	The ministry was bifurcated, into the [[Ministry of Shipping (India)\|Ministry of Shipping]] and the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)\|Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]], with effect from 17 November 2000.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors">{{cite news \|url=http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html \|title=Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile \|publisher=[[International Association of Ports and Harbors]] \|accessdate=30 October 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103022452/http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html \|archivedate=3 November 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/11/13/stories/091371zs.htm \|title=Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse? \|publisher=[[Business Line]] \|author=N. K. Kurup \|date=13 November 2000 \|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref>

	~~== List of Ministers of Surface Transport ==~~
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	~~!Name~~
	~~! colspan="2" \|Term of office~~
	~~! colspan="2" \|Political Party~~
	~~!Prime Minister~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Rajesh Pilot]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)~~
	~~\|22 October 1986~~
	~~\|2 December 1989~~
	~~\|rowspan=1\|[[Indian National Congress]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[V. P. Singh]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[K. P. Unnikrishnan]]~~
	~~\|6 December 1989~~
	~~\|10 November 1990~~
	~~\|rowspan=1\|[[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)\|National Front]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[V. P. Singh]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Manubhai Kotadia]]~~
	~~\|10 November 1990~~
	~~\|26 April 1991~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Chandra Shekhar]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Chandra Shekhar]]~~
	~~\|26 April 1991~~
	~~\|21 June 1991~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Jagdish Tytler]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''~~
	~~\|21 June 1991~~
	~~\|15 September 1995~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Indian National Congress]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[M. Rajasekara Murthy]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''~~
	~~\| 15 September 1995~~
	~~\| 16 May 1996~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	~~\|16 May 1996~~
	~~\|1 June 1996~~
	~~\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[T. G. Venkatraman]]~~
	~~\| 1 June 1996~~
	~~\|19 March 1998~~
	~~\|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br /><small>([[United Front (India)\|United Front]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] <br>[[I. K. Gujral]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[R. Muthiah]]~~
	~~\|19 March 1998~~
	~~\|8 April 1998~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=8\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[M. Thambidurai]]~~
	~~\|8 April 1998~~
	~~\|8 April 1999~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Nitish Kumar]]~~
	~~\|9 April 1999~~
	~~\|5 August 1999~~
	~~\|[[Samata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Jaswant Singh]]~~
	~~\|5 August 1999~~
	~~\|13 October 1999~~
	~~\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Nitish Kumar]]~~
	~~\|13 October 1999~~
	~~\|22 November 1999~~
	~~\|[[Samata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Rajnath Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf\|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>~~
	~~\|22 November 1999~~
	~~\|7 November 2000~~
	~~\|rowspan=3\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	~~== References ==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	~~{{Union ministries of India}}~~

	~~[[Category:Transport ministries\|India, Surface Transport]]~~
	~~[[Category:1986 establishments in India]]~~
	~~[[Category:2000 disestablishments in India]]~~
	~~[[Category:Defunct government ministries of India]]~~
	~~[[Category:Ministries established in 1986]]~~
	~~[[Category:Ministries disestablished in 2000]]~~
	~~[[Category:Transport organisations based in India~~]]


	~~{{India-gov-stub}}~~

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List of Ministers of Surface Transport

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{{use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
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 [[Road transport|surface transport]] in India.

==History==
The Department of Surface Transport, within the [[Ministry of Transport (India)|Ministry of Transport]], was renamed as the Ministry of Surface Transport with effect from 22 October 1986.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/> 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.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/>

The ministry was bifurcated, into the [[Ministry of Shipping (India)|Ministry of Shipping]] and the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)|Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]], with effect from 17 November 2000.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors">{{cite news |url=http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html |title=Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile |publisher=[[International Association of Ports and Harbors]] |accessdate=30 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103022452/http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html |archivedate=3 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/11/13/stories/091371zs.htm |title=Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse? |publisher=[[Business Line]] |author=N. K. Kurup |date=13 November 2000 |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref>

== List of Ministers of Surface Transport ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! colspan="2" |Political Party
!Prime Minister
|-
|[[Rajesh Pilot]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)
|22 October 1986
|2 December 1989
|rowspan=1|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|[[K. P. Unnikrishnan]]
|6 December 1989
|10 November 1990
|rowspan=1|[[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|[[Manubhai Kotadia]]
|10 November 1990
|26 April 1991
|rowspan=2|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|26 April 1991
|21 June 1991
|-
|[[Jagdish Tytler]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|21 June 1991
|15 September 1995
|rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|[[M. Rajasekara Murthy]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 15 September 1995
| 16 May 1996
|-
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|16 May 1996
|1 June 1996
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|[[T. G. Venkatraman]]
| 1 June 1996
|19 March 1998
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|[[R. Muthiah]]
|19 March 1998
|8 April 1998
|rowspan=2|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=8|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|[[M. Thambidurai]]
|8 April 1998
|8 April 1999
|-
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|9 April 1999
|5 August 1999
|[[Samata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Jaswant Singh]]
|5 August 1999
|13 October 1999
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|13 October 1999
|22 November 1999
|[[Samata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Rajnath Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
|22 November 1999
|7 November 2000
|rowspan=3|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Union ministries of India}}

[[Category:Transport ministries|India, Surface Transport]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in India]]
[[Category:2000 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Defunct government ministries of India]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 1986]]
[[Category:Ministries disestablished in 2000]]
[[Category:Transport organisations based in India]]

{{India-gov-stub}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:00, 25 September 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
	~~{{use dmy dates\|date=June 2016}}~~		#redirect [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]
	~~{{use Indian English\|date=June 2016}}~~
	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 [[Road transport\|surface transport]] in India.

	~~==History==~~
	~~The Department of Surface Transport, within the~~ [[Ministry of Transport (India)\|Ministry of Transport]], was renamed as the Ministry of Surface Transport with effect from 22 October 1986.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/> 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.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors"/>~~

	The ministry was bifurcated, into the [[Ministry of Shipping (India)\|Ministry of Shipping]] and the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)\|Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]], with effect from 17 November 2000.<ref name="International Association of Ports and Harbors">{{cite news \|url=http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html \|title=Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile \|publisher=[[International Association of Ports and Harbors]] \|accessdate=30 October 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103022452/http://www1.iaphworldports.org/members_profile/regular/india_01.html \|archivedate=3 November 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/11/13/stories/091371zs.htm \|title=Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse? \|publisher=[[Business Line]] \|author=N. K. Kurup \|date=13 November 2000 \|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref>

	~~== List of Ministers of Surface Transport ==~~
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	~~!Name~~
	~~! colspan="2" \|Term of office~~
	~~! colspan="2" \|Political Party~~
	~~!Prime Minister~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Rajesh Pilot]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)~~
	~~\|22 October 1986~~
	~~\|2 December 1989~~
	~~\|rowspan=1\|[[Indian National Congress]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[V. P. Singh]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[K. P. Unnikrishnan]]~~
	~~\|6 December 1989~~
	~~\|10 November 1990~~
	~~\|rowspan=1\|[[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)\|National Front]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[V. P. Singh]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Manubhai Kotadia]]~~
	~~\|10 November 1990~~
	~~\|26 April 1991~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Chandra Shekhar]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Chandra Shekhar]]~~
	~~\|26 April 1991~~
	~~\|21 June 1991~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Jagdish Tytler]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''~~
	~~\|21 June 1991~~
	~~\|15 September 1995~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[Indian National Congress]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[M. Rajasekara Murthy]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''~~
	~~\| 15 September 1995~~
	~~\| 16 May 1996~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	~~\|16 May 1996~~
	~~\|1 June 1996~~
	~~\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[T. G. Venkatraman]]~~
	~~\| 1 June 1996~~
	~~\|19 March 1998~~
	~~\|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br /><small>([[United Front (India)\|United Front]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	~~\|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] <br>[[I. K. Gujral]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[R. Muthiah]]~~
	~~\|19 March 1998~~
	~~\|8 April 1998~~
	~~\|rowspan=2\|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=2\|~~
	~~\|rowspan=8\|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[M. Thambidurai]]~~
	~~\|8 April 1998~~
	~~\|8 April 1999~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Nitish Kumar]]~~
	~~\|9 April 1999~~
	~~\|5 August 1999~~
	~~\|[[Samata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Jaswant Singh]]~~
	~~\|5 August 1999~~
	~~\|13 October 1999~~
	~~\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Nitish Kumar]]~~
	~~\|13 October 1999~~
	~~\|22 November 1999~~
	~~\|[[Samata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1\|~~
	\|-
	~~\|[[Rajnath Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf\|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>~~
	~~\|22 November 1999~~
	~~\|7 November 2000~~
	~~\|rowspan=3\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>~~
	~~\|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	~~== References ==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	~~{{Union ministries of India}}~~

	~~[[Category:Transport ministries\|India, Surface Transport]]~~
	~~[[Category:1986 establishments in India]]~~
	~~[[Category:2000 disestablishments in India]]~~
	~~[[Category:Defunct government ministries of India]]~~
	~~[[Category:Ministries established in 1986]]~~
	~~[[Category:Ministries disestablished in 2000]]~~
	~~[[Category:Transport organisations based in India~~]]


	~~{{India-gov-stub}}~~