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{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name =Second Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry
|cabinet_type=ministry
| cabinet_number = 17th
| jurisdiction = the [[Republic of India]]
| flag =
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (12 June 2002).jpg
| caption =
| date_formed = 19 March 1998
| date_dissolved = 12 October 1999
| government_head = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| government_head_history =
| state_head = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]])
| legislature_status = [[Coalition government|Coalition]]{{Composition bar|276|543|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| opposition_leader = [[Sharad Pawar]] (19 March 1998 – 26 April 1999)
| election = [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| last_election = [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| legislature_term = {{Age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}}
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| advice_and_consent2 =

| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = [[I. K. Gujral ministry]]
| successor = [[Third Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry]]
}}
{{Atal Bihari Vajpayee series}}
'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''' was sworn in as [[Prime Minister of India]] for second time on 19 March 1998. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/20bjp.htm|title=Finance for Kumar, external affairs for Vasundhara|website=Rediff.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/19bjp.htm|title=Finance for Sinha, defence for Fernandes|website=Rediff.}}</ref>

== Council of ministers ==
{{Pie chart
| caption= Representation of cabinet ministers by party
| label1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| value1 = 59.09 | color1 = {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}
| label2 = Independent
| value2 = 6.81| color2 = {{Independent/meta/color}}
| label3 = Samata Party
| value3 = 4.54 | color3 = {{Samata Party/meta/color}}
| label4 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| value4 = 4.54| color4 = red
| label5 = Lok Shakti
| value5 = 2.27| color5 = lime
| label6 = Pattali Makkal Katchi
| value6 = 2.27| color6 = {{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}
| label7 = Shiv Sena
| value7 = 2.27 | color7 = {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}
| label8 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| value8 = 9.09 | color8 = {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}
| label9 =Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
| value9 = 2.27 | color9 = {{Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress/meta/color}}
| label10 = Arunachal Congress
| value10 = 2.27 | color10 = darkblue
| label11 = Biju Janata Dal
| value11 = 4.54 | color11 = forestgreen
}}
===Cabinet ministers===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]] [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]] [[Ministry of Jal Shakti|Minister of Water Resources]]
| minister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[L. K. Advani]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
| minister1 = [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 5 December 1998
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| minister2_termstart = 5 December 1998
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
| minister1 = [[George Fernandes]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Samta Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)|Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]] [[Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| minister1 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Shiromani Akali Dal
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour]]
| minister1 = [[Satyanarain Jatia]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Industry]]
| minister1 = [[Sikander Bakht]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce]]
| minister1 = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Lok Shakti
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Textiles (India)|Minister of Textiles]]
| minister1 = [[Kashiram Rana]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]]
| minister1 = [[M. Thambidurai]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 8 April 1999
| minister1_party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| minister2 = [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]
| minister2_termstart = 9 April 1999
| minister2_termend = 8 June 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister3 = [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| minister3_termstart = 8 June 1999
| minister3_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister3_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information & Broadcasting]]
| minister1 = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 11 October 1998
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister2_termstart = 11 October 1998
| minister2_termend = 5 December 1998
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister3 = [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| minister3_termstart = 5 December 1998
| minister3_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister3_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 30 January 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]
| minister2_termstart = 30 January 1999
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Education (India)|Minister of Education]] [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Minister of Science & Technology]]
| minister1 = [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| minister1 = [[Dalit Ezhilmalai]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 14 August 1999
| minister1_party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
| minister2 = [[A. K. Patel]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister2_termstart = 16 August 1999
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Minister of Road Transport & Highways]]
| minister1 = [[Sedapatti Muthiah]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 8 April 1998
| minister1_party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| minister2 = [[M. Thambidurai]]
| minister2_termstart = 8 April 1998
| minister2_termend = 8 April 1999
| minister2_party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| minister3 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| minister3_termstart = 9 April 1999
| minister3_termend = 5 August 1999
| minister3_party = Samta Party
| minister4 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| minister4_termstart = 5 August 1999
| minister4_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister4_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| minister1 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 5 August 1999
| minister1_party = Samta Party
| minister2 = [[Ram Naik]]
| minister2_termstart = 6 August 1999
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]
| minister1 = [[Ananth Kumar]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]
| minister1 = [[Babagouda Patil]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Minister of Urban Development]]
| minister1 = [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 8 June 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Jagmohan]]
| minister2_termstart = 8 June 1999
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications]]
| minister1 = [[Buta Singh]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 20 April 1998
| minister1_party = Independent (politician)
| minister2 = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| minister2_termstart = 20 April 1998
| minister2_termend = 11 October 1998
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister3 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister3_termstart = 11 October 1998
| minister3_termend = 5 December 1998
| minister3_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister4 = [[Jagmohan]]
| minister4_termstart = 5 December 1998
| minister4_termend = 8 June 1999
| minister4_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister5 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister5_termstart = 8 June 1999
| minister5_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister5_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Coal|Minister of Coal]]
| minister1 = [[Dilip Ray]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Mines (India)|Minister of Mines]] [[Ministry of Steel|Minister of Steel]]
| minister1 = [[Naveen Patnaik]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|Minister of Environment and Forests]]
| minister1 = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Shiv Sena
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy|Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources]]
| minister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 3 February 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]
| minister2_termstart = 3 February 1999
| minister2_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
| minister1 = [[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Power (India)|Minister of Power]]
| minister1 = [[P R Kumaramangalam]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]]
| minister1 = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 30 January 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| minister2 = [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]
| minister2_termstart = 3 February 1999
| minister2_termend = 30 January 1999
| minister2_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment|Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment]]
| minister1 = [[Maneka Gandhi]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister1_termstart = 19 March 1998
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Minister of Women & Child Development]] [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports]]
| minister1 = [[Uma Bharti]] MOS, (I/C)
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1999
| minister1_termend = 13 October 1999
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
|}

===Ministers of State===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan = "2" |Sr. No.
! rowspan = "2" |Name
! rowspan = "2" |Constituency
! rowspan = "2" |Portfolio
! rowspan = "2" colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
! colspan="3" |Term of office
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Duration
|-
| 1.
| [[Omak Apang]]
| [[Arunachal West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arunachal West]]
| Minister of State for Tourism
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Arunachal Congress/meta/color}}"|
| [[Arunachal Congress]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 2.
| [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
| [[Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faridkot]]
| Minister of State for Industry
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}"|
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 3.
| [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| [[Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Secunderabad]]
| Minister of State for Urban Development
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 4.
| [[Ramesh Bais]]
| [[Raipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raipur]]
| Minister of State for Steel and Mines
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 5.
| [[Uma Bharti]]
| [[Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khajuraho]]
| Minister of State for Human Resource Development
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 6.
| [[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]
| [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]]
| Minister of State with Independent Charge for Health and Family Welfare
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}"|
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 7.
| [[Maneka Gandhi]]
| [[Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pilibhit]]
| Minister of State with Independent Charge for Welfare
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}"|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 8.
| [[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]
| [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bareilly]]
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 9.
| [[R. K. Kumar]]
| [[Rajya Sabha]]
| Minister of State for Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance) and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 10.
| [[Babulal Marandi]]
| [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| Minister of State for Environment and Forests
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 11.
| [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
| [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rampur]]
| Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 12.
| [[Ram Naik]]
| [[Mumbai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North]]
| Minister of State for Railways and Parliamentary Affairs
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 13.
| Dr. [[A. K. Patel]]
| [[Mehsana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mehsana]]
| Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 14.
| [[Babagouda Patil]]
| [[Belgaum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Belgaum]]
| Minister of State for Rural Development (Independent Charge)
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 15.
| Dr. [[Debendra Pradhan]]
| [[Deogarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deogarh]]
| Minister of State for Rural Development (Independent Charge)
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 16.
| [[Kabindra Purkayastha]]
| [[Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Silchar]]
| | Minister of State for Communications
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 17.
| [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| [[Jhalawar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhalawar]]
| Minister of State for External Affairs
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 18.
| [[Dilip Ray]]
| [[Rajya Sabha]]
| Minister of State for Coal (Independent Charge)
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
| [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 19.
| [[Sompal Shastri]]
| [[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]]
| Minister of State for Agriculture
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 20.
| [[Satyapal Singh Yadav]]
| [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]]
| Minister of State for Civil Supplies
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
| 21.
| [[R. Janarthanan]]
| [[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
| Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grivances and Pensions
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 19 March 1998
| 12 October 1999
|({{age in years and days|1998|03|19|1999|10|12}})
|-
|}

== External links ==
*[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr98/l0398/PIBR190398.html]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Indian federal ministries}}
[[Category:Indian union ministries]]
[[Category:Vajpayee administration]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1999 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 1998]]
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1999]]
[[Category:Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]

Second Vajpayee ministry - Revision history

->Jaywardhan009: added Category:Shiv Sena using HotCat

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