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{{Short description|Government ministry of India}}
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{{use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| name =Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
| name           = Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
|seal            = Emblem_of_India.svg
| seal            = Government of India logo.svg
|seal_width      = 70px
| seal_width      = 100px
|seal_caption    = [[Emblem of India]]
| seal_caption    = Branch of Government of India
|formed          = 1949<ref name="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us">{{cite web|title=Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us|url=http://mpa.nic.in/introduc.htm|publisher=Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>
| formed          = 1949<ref name="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us">{{cite web|title=Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us|url=http://mpa.nic.in/introduc.htm|publisher=Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>
|jurisdiction    = {{flagicon|India}}[[Republic of India]]
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
|headquarters    = [[New Delhi]]
| headquarters    = [[Parliament House, New Delhi|Sansad Bhavan]], [[New Delhi|Rafi Marg, New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India
| image = Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Coal.jpg
| logo_caption    = Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
|chief1_name    = [[Pralhad Joshi]]
| image           =  
|chief1_position = [[Minister (government)|Minister]]    
| chief1_name    = [[Kiren Rijiju]]
|chief2_name    = [[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]
| chief1_position = [[Minister (government)|Union Cabinet Minister]]
|chief2_position = [[Minister of State]]    
| chief2_name    = [[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]
|chief3_name    = [[V. Muraleedharan]]
| chief2_position = [[Minister of State|Union Minister of State]]
|chief3_position = [[Minister of State]]
| chief3_name    = [[L. Murugan]]
|website        = [http://mpa.nic.in mpa.nic.in]
| chief3_position = [[Minister of State|Union Minister of State]]
|logo=|employees=|budget={{INRConvert|18.86|c}} <small>(2018-19 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |format=PDF |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>}}
| chief4_name    = Nikunja Bihari Dhal, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief4_position = [[Secretary]]
| website        = [http://mpa.nic.in mpa.nic.in]
| logo           = Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs India.png
| logo_size      = 250px
| employees       =  
| budget         = {{INRConvert|1492|c}} <small>(2026-27 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>
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The '''Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs''' is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]].
The '''Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs''' is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]]. It is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.


It handles affairs relating to the [[Parliament of India]], and works as a link between the two [[Chambers of parliament|chambers]], the [[Lok Sabha]] ("House of the People," the [[lower house]]) and the [[Rajya Sabha]] ("Council of States," the [[upper house]]). It was created in 1949 as a department but later became a full ministry.
It handles affairs relating to the [[Parliament of India]], and works as a link between the two [[Chambers of parliament|chambers]], the [[Lok Sabha]] ("House of the People," the [[lower house]]) and the [[Rajya Sabha]] ("Council of States," the [[upper house]]). It was created in 1949 as a department but later became a full ministry.


The [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] holds [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] rank as a member of the [[Council of Ministers, India|Council of Ministers]]. The current minister is [[Pralhad Joshi]].
The [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] holds [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] rank as a member of the [[Council of Ministers, India|Council of Ministers]]. The current minister is [[Kiren Rijiju]]. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.


The subject of ‘Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by the Government’ has been allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under article 77(3) of the Constitution.
The subject of 'Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by the Government' has been allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under article 77(3) of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]].


Functions assigned to the Ministry under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under Article 77(3) of the Constitution of India:-
Functions assigned to the Ministry under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under Article 77(3) of the Constitution of India:-


Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament, Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President's Address to Parliament.
*Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament, Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President's Address to Parliament.
Planning and Coordination of legislative and other official business in both Houses.
*Planning and Coordination of legislative and other official business in both Houses.
Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of motions given notice of by Members.
*Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of motions given notice of by Members.
Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament.
*Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament.
Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills.
*Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills.
Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government.
*Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government.
Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries.
*Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries.
Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament.
*Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament.
Governments stand on Private Members Bills and Resolutions.
*Governments stand on Private Members Bills and Resolutions.
Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
*Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
Advice to Ministries on procedural and other Parliamentary matters.
*Advice to Ministries on procedural and other Parliamentary matters.
Coordination of action by Ministries on recommendations of general application made by Parliamentary Committees.
*Coordination of action by Ministries on recommendations of general application made by Parliamentary Committees.
Officially sponsored visits of Members of Parliament to places of interest.
*Officially sponsored visits of Members of Parliament to places of interest.
Matters connected with powers, privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament.
*Matters connected with powers, privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament.
Parliamentary Secretaries - functions.
*Parliamentary Secretaries - functions.
Organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Schools/Colleges throughout the country.
*Organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Schools/Colleges throughout the country.
Organisation of All India Whips Conference.
*Organisation of All India Whips Conference.
Exchange of Government Sponsored Delegations of Members of Parliament with other countries.
*Exchange of Government Sponsored Delegations of Members of Parliament with other countries.
Determination of Policy and follow up action in regard to matters raised under rule 377 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and by way of Special Mentions in Rajya Sabha.
*Determination of Policy and follow up action in regard to matters raised under rule 377 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and by way of Special Mentions in Rajya Sabha.
Manual for Handling Parliamentary work in Ministries/Departments.
*Manual for Handling Parliamentary work in Ministries/Departments.
The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953 (20 of 1953).
*The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953 (20 of 1953).
The Salary, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954).
*The Salary, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954).
The Salary, and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977).
*The Salary, and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977).
The Leader and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 (5 of 1999).
*The Leader and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 (5 of 1999).


==List of ministers==
== Divisions and Sections ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
 
* Member's Emoluments Section
* Minister's Personal Section
* National e-Vidhan Application Section
* Administration Division
* Accounts and Purchase Section
* Parliamentary Committee Section
* General Section
* Youth Parliament Division
* Protocol and Welfare Section
* Hindi Section
* Legislative Division
* Research Section
* Grievance and RTI Section
* Coordination and e-Governance Section
* Assurance Sections (Lower and Upper House)
* Cashier Section
* NIC Section
* Media and Communications Section
 
==Cabinet Ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:20em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:7em"| From
!style="width:7em"| To
!style="width:5em"| Period
|-
|rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="8"| [[File:Satya Narayan Sinha portrait.gif|70px]]
|rowspan="8"| '''[[Satya Narayan Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1900{{ndash}}1983)<br>Constituent Assembly Member for [[Bihar]] (until 1952)<br>MP for [[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]] (from 1952)}}<br>(MoS until 10 April 1962)
|rowspan="8"| 26 February<br>1949
|rowspan="8"| 13 March<br>1967
|rowspan="8"| '''{{ayd|26 Feb 1949|13 May 1967}}'''
|rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|[[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Subhag Singh]]'''<br />{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980)<br />MP for [[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]}}
|13 March<br>1967
|14 February<br>1969
|'''{{ayd|13 Mar 1967|14 Feb 1969}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.png|70px]]
|'''[[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1979)<br>MP for [[Guntur Lok Sabha constituency|Guntur]]}}<br>(MoS until 27 June 1970)
|14 February<br>1969
|18 March<br>1971
|'''{{ayd|14 Feb 1969|18 Mar 1971}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Raj Bahadur]]'''<br>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1990)<br>MP for [[Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bharatpur]]}}
|18 March<br>1971
|5 February<br>1973
|'''{{ayd|1971|3|18|1973|2|5}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.png|70px]]
|'''[[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1979)<br>MP for [[Guntur Lok Sabha constituency|Guntur]]}}
|5 February<br>1973
|24 March<br>1977
|'''{{ayd|5 Feb 1973|24 Mar 1977}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Ravindra Varma]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2006)<br>MP for [[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]}}
|26 March<br>1977
|28 July<br>1979
|'''{{ayd|26 Mar 1977|28 Jul 1979}}'''
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| [[Premiership of Morarji Desai|'''Desai''']]
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
|
|'''[[K. Gopal (INC politician)|K. Gopal]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Karur Lok Sabha constituency|Karur]]}}<br>(MoS)
|4 August<br>1979
|14 January<br>1980
|'''{{ayd|4 Aug 1979|14 Jan 1980}}'''
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Bhishma Narain Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|14 January<br>1980
|29 January<br>1983
|'''{{ayd|14 Jan 1980|29 Jan 1983}}'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Buta Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[Ropar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar]]}}
|29 January<br>1983
|31 October<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|29 Jan 1983|31 Dec 1984}}'''
|-
|31 October<br>1984
|31 December<br>1984
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|[[File:H. K. L. Bhagat Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]}}
|31 December<br>1984
|2 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1984|2 Dec 1989}}'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
|
|'''[[P. Upendra]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2009)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}
|6 December<br>1989
|10 November<br>1990
|'''{{ayd|6 Dec 1989|10 Nov 1990}}'''
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[File:Satya Prakash Malaviya photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Satya Prakash Malaviya]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2018)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|10 November<br>1990
|21 June<br>1991
|'''{{ayd|10 Nov 1990|21 Jun 1991}}'''
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|21 June<br>1991
|18 January<br>1993
|'''{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|18 Jan 1993}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="3"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Raipur Lok Sabha constituency|Raipur]]}}
|18 January<br>1993
|17 January<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|18 Jan 1993|17 Jan 1996}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|18 January<br>1996
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|18 Jan 1996|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Pramod jee.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pramod Mahajan]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2006)<br>MP for [[Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North East]]}}
|16 May<br>1996
|1 June<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|16 May 1996|1 Jun 1996}}'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]'''<br />{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2020)<br />MP for [[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur]]}}
|1 June<br>1996
|29 June<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|1 Jun 1996|29 Jun 1996}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Srikant Kumar Jena]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency|Kendrapara]]}}
|29 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|29 Jun 1996|21 Apr 1997}}'''
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|19 March<br>1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madan Lal Khurana]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]}}
|19 March<br>1998
|30 January<br>1999
|'''{{ayd|19 Mar 1998|30 Jan 1999}}'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[File:P. R. Kumaramangalam Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]'''<br>{{small|(1952{{ndash}}2000)<br>MP for [[Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchirappalli]]}}
|30 January<br>1999
|13 October<br>1999
|'''{{ayd|30 Jan 1999|13 Oct 1999}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Pramod jee.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pramod Mahajan]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2006)<br>MP for [[Maharashtra]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
|13 October<br>1999
|29 January<br>2003
|'''{{ayd|13 Oct 1999|29 Jan 2003}}'''
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Sushma Swaraj Ji.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sushma Swaraj]]'''<br>{{small|(1952{{ndash}}2019)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttarakhand]]}}
|29 January<br>2003
|22 May<br>2004
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 2003|22 May 2004}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
|23 May<br>2004
|1 November<br>2005
|'''{{ayd|23 May 2004|1 Nov 2005}}'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="5"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi PIB.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency|Raiganj]]}}
|1 November<br>2005
|6 April<br>2008
|'''{{ayd|1 Nov 2005|6 Apr 2008}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Vayalar Ravi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1937)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Kerala]]}}
|6 April<br>2008
|22 May<br>2009
|'''{{ayd|6 Apr 2008|22 May 2009}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]]}}
|28 May<br>2009
|28 October<br>2012
|'''{{ayd|28 May 2009|28 Oct 2012}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Kamal Nath 2012.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kamal Nath]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)<br>MP for [[Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency|Chhindwara]]}}
|28 October<br>2012
|26 May<br>2014
|'''{{ayd|28 Oct 2012|26 May 2014}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]], till 2016<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]], from 2016}}
|27 May<br>2014
|5 July<br>2016
|'''{{ayd|27 May 2014|5 Jul 2016}}'''
| rowspan="5" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
| rowspan="5" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
|5 July<br>2016
|12 November<br>2018{{ref label|†|†|†}}
|'''{{ayd|5 Jul 2016|12 Nov 2018}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|12 November<br>2018
|30 May<br>2019
|'''{{ayd|12 Nov 2018|30 May 2019}}'''
|-
|-
!No
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
! Name<ref>http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521205101/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm |date=21 May 2014 }} LOK SABHA</ref>
|[[File:Pralhad Joshi in 2024.jpg|70px]]
! Image
|'''[[Pralhad Joshi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad]]}}
|31 May<br>2019
|10 June 2024
|'''{{ayd|31 May 2019|10 June 2024
}}'''
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg|center|89x89px]]
|'''[[Kiren Rijiju]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]}}
|10 June 2024
|Incumbent
|'''{{Ayd|10 June 2024}}'''
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-
|}
 
== Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2| Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! Prime Minister
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
|- align=center style="height: 10px;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]<br><small>(As MoS till 10 April 1962)</small>
!style="width:7em"| From
| rowspan=2|
!style="width:7em"| To
| rowspan=2| 13 May 1952
!style="width:5em"| Period
| rowspan=2| 13 March 1967
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|15 august 1947|13 march 1967}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan=6| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Jagannath Rao Lok Sabha portrait.gif|70px]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=6|
|'''[[Jagannath Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Chatrapur]]}}
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br> [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br> [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|14 February<br>1966
|- align=center style="height: 10px;"
|13 March<br>1967
| rowspan=5| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|'''{{ayd|14 Feb 1966|13 Mar 1967}}'''
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|2
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
| [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
|rowspan="4"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[File:Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg|75px]]
|-
| 13 March 1967
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 14 February 1969
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|13 march 1967|14 february 1969}}
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2012)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]}}
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|18 March<br>1967
|3
|14 February<br>1969
| [[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]<br><small>(Minister of State)</small>
|'''{{ayd|18 Mar 1967|14 Feb 1969}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Om Mehta Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Om Mehta]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}1995)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
|30 June<br>1970
|18 March<br>1971
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|30 Jun 1970|24 Mar 1977}}'''
|-
|18 March<br>1971
|24 March<br>1977
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Larang Sai]]'''<br>{{small|(1935{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency|Sarguja]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 14 August<br>1977
|rowspan="2"| 28 July<br>1979
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|14 Aug 1977|28 Jul 1979}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"| [[Premiership of Morarji Desai|'''Desai''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Ram Kripal Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2023)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
|16 January<br>1980
|2 September<br>1982
|'''{{ayd|16 Jan 1980|2 Sep 1982}}'''
|rowspan="13"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Sitaram Kesri Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sitaram Kesri]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2000)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|3 March<br>1980
|15 January<br>1982
|'''{{ayd|3 Mar 1980|15 Jan 1982}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:H. K. L. Bhagat Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]}}
|2 September<br>1982
|31 October<br>1984
|'''{{ayd|2 Sep 1982|31 Oct 1984}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Kalpnath Rai]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}1999)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|29 January<br>1983
|31 October<br>1984
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 1983|31 Oct 1984}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:H. K. L. Bhagat Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 4 November<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| 31 December<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|4 Nov 1984|31 Dec 1984}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="9"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[N. K. P. Salve]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2012)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Washim]]}}
|31 December<br>1984
|12 May<br>1986
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1984|12 May 1986}}'''
|rowspan="7" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Margaret Alva]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}
|31 December<br>1984
|25 September<br>1985
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1984|25 Sep 1985}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Sitaram Kesri Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sitaram Kesri]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2000)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|25 September<br>1985
|22 October<br>1986
|'''{{ayd|25 Sep 1985|22 Oct 1986}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sheila Dikshit]]'''<br>{{small|(1938{{ndash}}2019)<br>MP for [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]]}}
|12 May<br>1986
|2 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|12 May 1986|2 Dec 1989}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[M. M. Jacob]]'''<br>{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2018)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Kerala]]}}
|22 October<br>1986
|2 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|22 Oct 1986|22 Dec 1989}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|
| 14 February 1969
|'''[[Radhakishan Malviya]]'''<br>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2013)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
| 18 March 1971
|rowspan="2"| 4 July<br>1989
|{{Ayd|14 february 1969|18 march 1971}}
|rowspan="2"| 2 December<br>1989
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|4 Jul 1989|2 Dec 1989}}'''
|4
|-
| [[Raj Bahadur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg|100x100px]]
| 18 March 1971
| 5 February 1973
|{{Ayd|18 march 1971|5 february 1973}}
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|(3)
| [[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]
|
|
| 5 February 1973
|'''[[P. Namgyal]]'''<br>{{small|(1937{{ndash}}2010)<br>MP for [[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]]}}
| 24 March 1977
|-
|{{Ayd|5 february 1973|24 march 1977}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|[[File:The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Satya Pal Malik calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 10, 2018 (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|5
|'''[[Satya Pal Malik]]'''<br>{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2025)<br>MP for [[Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency|Aligarh]]}}
| [[Ravindra Varma]]
|23 April<br>1990
|10 November<br>1990
|'''{{ayd|23 Apr 1990|10 Nov 1990}}'''
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[M. M. Jacob]]'''<br>{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2018)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Kerala]]}}
|21 June<br>1991
|17 January<br>1993
|'''{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|17 Jan 1993}}'''
|rowspan="11"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="11" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="11"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:P. R. Kumaramangalam Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]'''<br>{{small|(1952{{ndash}}2000)<br>MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|21 June<br>1991
|2 December<br>1993
|'''{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|2 Dec 1993}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|
| 26 March 1977
|'''[[Abrar Ahmed (INC politician)|Abrar Ahmed]]'''<br>{{small|(1956{{ndash}}2004)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
| 28 July 1979
|18 January<br>1993
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|28 july 1979}}
|2 April<br>1994
| [[Janata Party]]
|'''{{ayd|18 Jan 1993|2 Apr 1994}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|[[File:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|6
|'''[[Margaret Alva]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}
| [[K. Gopal]]
|rowspan="2"| 19 January<br>1993
|rowspan="2"| 16 May<br>1996
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|19 Jan 1993|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Wasnik (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Wasnik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency|Buldhana]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Eduardo Faleiro]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1940)<br>MP for [[South Goa Lok Sabha constituency|Mormugao]]}}
|18 December<br>1993
|19 September<br>1995
|'''{{ayd|18 Dec 1993|19 Sep 1995}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rameshwar Thakur]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2015)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|17 April<br>1994
|22 December<br>1994
|'''{{ayd|17 Apr 1994|22 Dec 1994}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|
| 4 August 1979
|'''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]'''<br />{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002)<br />MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
| 14 January 1980
|17 April<br>1994
|{{Ayd|4 august 1979|14 january 1980}}
|16 May<br>1996
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|'''{{ayd|17 Apr 1994|16 May 1996}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| [[Charan Singh]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|7
| [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
|
|
| 14 January 1980
|'''[[Matang Sinh]]'''<br>{{small|(1953{{ndash}}2021)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}}
| 29 January 1983
|10 February<br>1995
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|29 january 1983}}
|16 May<br>1996
| rowspan=3| [[Indian National Congress]]
|'''{{ayd|10 Feb 1995|16 May 1996}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|-
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|[[File:Vilas Muttemwar.JPG|70px]]
|8
|'''[[Vilas Muttemwar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency|Nagpur]]}}
| [[Buta Singh]]
|15 September<br>1995
| [[File:Buta_Singh_(headshot).jpg |75px]]
|16 May<br>1996
| 29 January 1983
|'''{{ayd|15 Sep 1995|16 May 1996}}'''
| 31 December 1984
|-
|{{Ayd|29 january 1983|31 december 1984}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|[[File:SS Ahluwalia, BJP.jpg|70px]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|'''[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|9
|19 September<br>1995
| [[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|19 Sep 1995|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|[[File:Beni Prasad Verma (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Beni Prasad Verma]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kaiserganj]]}}
|1 June<br>1996
|29 June<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|1 Jun 1996|29 June 1996}}'''
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
|
|
| 31 December 1984
|'''[[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1935)<br>MP for [[Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency|Bapatla]]}}
| 2 December 1989
|1 June<br>1996
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|2 december 1989}}
|29 June<br>1996
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|'''{{ayd|1 Jun 1996|29 June 1996}}'''
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|10
|-
| [[P. Upendra]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"|
|
|
| 6 December 1989
|'''[[S. R. Balasubramoniyan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1938)<br>MP for [[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiris]]}}
| 10 November 1990
|29 June<br>1996
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
|21 April<br>1997
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
|'''{{ayd|29 Jun 1996|21 Apr 1997}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"|
|11
| [[Satya Prakash Malaviya]]
|
|
| 21 November 1990
|'''[[S. R. Balasubramoniyan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1938)<br>MP for [[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiris]]}}
| 21 June 1991
|1 May<br>1997
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|19 March<br>1998
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|'''{{ayd|1 May 1997|19 Mar 1998}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="3"| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|12
|-
| [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|98x98px]]
|[[File:M. P. Veerendra Kumar DS.jpg|70px]]
| 21 June 1991
|'''[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency|Kozhikode]]}}
| 18 January 1993
|26 May<br>1997
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|18 january 1993}}
|2 July<br>1997
| rowspan=3| [[Indian National Congress]]
|'''{{ayd|26 May 1997|2 Jul 1997}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan=3| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"|
|13
|[[File:Jayanthi Natarajan in 2012 (cropped).png|70px]]
| [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
|'''[[Jayanthi Natarajan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
|9 June<br>1997
|19 March<br>1998
|'''{{ayd|9 Jun 1997|19 Mar 1998}}'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|AIADMK}}"|
|
|
| 18 January 1993
|'''[[R. K. Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1942{{ndash}}1999)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
| 17 January 1996
|19 March<br>1998
|{{Ayd|18 january 1993|17 january 1996}}
|22 May<br>1998
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|'''{{ayd|19 Mar 1998|22 May 1998}}'''
|(12)
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|rowspan="5" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
| [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|98x98px]]
|rowspan="12"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| 17 January 1996
|-
| 16 May 1996
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|{{Ayd|17 january 1996|16 may 1996}}
|[[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|'''[[Ram Naik]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1934)<br />MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}}
|14
|20 March<br>1998
| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
|5 May<br>1999
|'''{{ayd|20 Mar 1998|5 May 1999}}'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}"|
|  
|  
| 16 May 1996
|'''[[Dilip Ray]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
| 1 June 1996
|22 May<br>1998
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|13 October<br>1999
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|'''{{ayd|22 May 1998|13 Oct 1999}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|15
|[[File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|'''[[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency|Bareilly]]}}
| [[File:Ram Vilas Paswan.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"| 16 February<br>1999
| 1 June 1996
|rowspan="2"| 13 October<br>1999
| 29 June 1996
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|16 Feb 1999|13 Oct 1999}}'''
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal]]
|-
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|[[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addressing media (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|'''[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Rampur Lok Sabha constituency|Rampur]]}}
|16
|-
| [[Srikant Kumar Jena]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
| 29 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|29 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br>[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|17
| [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|92x92px]]
| 19 March 1998
| 31 January 1999
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|31 january 1999}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|18
| [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam|P. R. Kumaramangalam]]
|
| 31 January 1999
| 13 October 1999
|{{Ayd|31 january 1999|13 october 1999}}
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|(14)
| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
|  
|  
| 13 October 1999
|'''[[Dilip Ray]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
| 29 January 2003
|rowspan="3"| 13 October<br>1999
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|29 january 2003}}
|rowspan="3"| 22 November<br>1999
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|13 Oct 1999|22 Nov 1999}}'''
|19
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
|rowspan="7" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
| [[File:Minister Sushma Swaraj in NYC - 2017 (36466238704) (cropped).jpg|92x92px]]
|-
| 29 January 2003
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 22 May 2004
|[[File:Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing function at 7th Indian Organ Donation Day (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|29 january 2003|22 may 2004}}
|'''[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Mandla Lok Sabha constituency|Mandla]]}}
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|(12)
|-
| [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|98x98px]]
|[[File:Sriram Chauhan.jpg|70px]]
| 23 May 2004
|'''[[Sriram Chauhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Basti Lok Sabha constituency|Basti]]}}
| 1 November 2005
|-
|{{Ayd|22 may 2004|1 november 2005}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="5" | [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[File:O Rajagopal.jpg|70px]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
|'''[[O. Rajagopal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1929)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
| rowspan=5| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|22 November<br>1999
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|22 May<br>2004
|20
|'''{{ayd|22 Nov 1999|22 May 2004}}'''
| [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]
|-
|[[File:Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of the Indian Panorama during the 37th International Film Festival (IFFI-2006) in Panaji, Goa on November 24, 2006 (1).jpg|108x108px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 1 November 2005
|[[File:Bhavna Chikhalia with Sushma Swaraj (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 6 April 2008
|'''[[Bhavna Chikhalia]]'''<br>{{small|(1955{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency|Junagadh]]}}
|{{Ayd|1 november 2005|6 april 2008}}
|29 January<br>2003
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|22 May<br>2004
|21
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 2003|22 May 2004}}'''
| [[Vayalar Ravi]]
|-
|[[File:Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg|105x105px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 6 April 2008
|[[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 22 May 2009
|'''[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|{{Ayd|6 april 2008|22 may 2009}}
|29 January<br>2003
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|24 May<br>2003
|22
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 2003|24 May 2003}}'''
| [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
|-
| [[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|80x80px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
| 28 May 2009
|[[File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 28 October 2012
|'''[[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency|Bareilly]]}}
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|28 october 2012}}
|24 May<br>2003
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|8 September<br>2003
|23
|'''{{ayd|24 May 2003|8 Sep 2003}}'''
| [[Kamal Nath]]
|-
| [[File:KamalNath.jpg|100x100px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 28 October 2012
|[[File:Suresh Pachouri ji.jpg|70px]]
| 26 May 2014
|'''[[Suresh Pachouri]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|26 may 2014}}
|rowspan="2"| 23 May<br>2004
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="2"| 6 April<br>2008
|24
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2008|4|6}}'''
| [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).jpg|106x106px]]
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
| 26 May 2014
|rowspan="11"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| 5 July 2016
|-
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|5 july 2016}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="4" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:B. K. Handique (cropped).png|70px]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
|'''[[Bijoy Krishna Handique]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency|Jorhat]]}}
| rowspan=4| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (post–2023)}}"|
|25
|[[File:Suryakanta Patil (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| [[Ananth Kumar]]
|'''[[Suryakanta Patil]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency|Hingoli]]}}
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|23 May<br>2004
| 5 July 2016
|22 May<br>2009
| 12 November 2018
|'''{{ayd|23 May 2004|22 May 2009}}'''
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|12 november 2018}}
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|-
|26
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Narendra Singh Tomar.jpg|83x83px]]
|'''[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]]}}
| 13 November 2018                   
|6 April<br>2008
| 30 May 2019
|22 May<br>2009
|{{Ayd|13 november 2018|30 may 2019}}
|'''{{ayd|6 Apr 2008|22 May 2009}}'''
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|rowspan="8"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|27
|-
| [[Pralhad Joshi]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:A delegation of MPs from Karnataka along with Pralhad joshi.jpg|110x110px]]
|rowspan="2"| [[File:VNarayanasamy.jpg|70px]]
| 30 May 2019
|rowspan="2"| '''[[V. Narayanasamy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)<br>MP for [[Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency|Puducherry]]}}
| ''Incumbent''
|6 April<br>2008
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019|}}
|22 May<br>2009
|'''{{ayd|6 Apr 2008|22 May 2009}}'''
|-
|28 May<br>2009
|12 July<br>2011
|'''{{ayd|28 May 2009|12 Jul 2011}}'''
|rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prithviraj Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|28 May<br>2009
|10 October<br>2011
|'''{{ayd|28 May 2009|10 Oct 2011}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ashwani Kumar Minister (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]}}
|19 January<br>2011
|12 July<br>2011
|'''{{ayd|19 Jan 2011|12 Jul 2011}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:HarishRawat.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Harish Rawat]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency|Haridwar]]}}
|12 July<br>2011
|28 October<br>2012
|'''{{ayd|12 Jul 2011|28 Oct 2012}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:RajeevShukla.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajeev Shukla]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|12 July<br>2011
|26 May<br>2014
|'''{{ayd|12 Jul 2011|26 May 2014}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting crop.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Paban Singh Ghatowar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]}}
|20 July<br>2011
|26 May<br>2014
|'''{{ayd|20 Jul 2011|26 May 2014}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency|Bareilly]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 27 May<br>2014
|rowspan="2"| 9 November<br>2014
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|27 May 2014|9 Nov 2014}}'''
| rowspan="11" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="7" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
| rowspan="11" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Prakash Javadekar MIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prakash Javadekar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Rajiv Pratap Rudy PIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Saran Lok Sabha constituency|Saran]]}}
|9 November<br>2014
|5 July<br>2016
|'''{{ayd|9 Nov 2014|5 Jul 2016}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addressing media (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]], till 2016<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jharkhand]], from 2016}}
|9 November<br>2014
|3 September<br>2017
|'''{{ayd|9 Nov 2014|3 Sep 2017}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:SS Ahluwalia, BJP.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency|Darjeeling]]}}
|5 July<br>2017
|3 September<br>2017
|'''{{ayd|5 Jul 2017|3 Sep 2017}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
|3 September<br>2017
|30 May<br>2019
|'''{{ayd|3 Sep 2017|30 May 2019}}'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Arjun Ram Meghwal 2017 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency|Bikaner]]}}
|3 September<br>2017
|30 May<br>2019
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|3 Sep 2017|10 June 2024}}'''
|-
|31 May<br>2019
|10 June 2024
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[V. Muraleedharan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1958)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|31 May<br>2019
|10 June 2024
|'''{{ayd|31 May 2019|10 June 2024}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Arjun Ram Meghwal 2017 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency|Bikaner]]}}
|10 June 2024
|Incumbent
|'''{{ayd|10 June 2024}}'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;" | '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:L. Murugan with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|center|93x93px]]
|'''[[L. Murugan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1977)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|10 June 2024
|Incumbent
|'''{{ayd|10 June 2024}}'''
|}
|}


== List of Ministers of State ==
==Deputy Ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Ministers of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! [[Minister of state]]
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! Portrait
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2| Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! Days
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-align=center
|-
|[[Santosh Gangwar]]
!style="width:7em"| From
|[[File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar oath as Minister.jpg|100px]]
!style="width:7em"| To
|Rowspan=8|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
!style="width:5em"| Period
|Rowspan=8 bgcolor=FF9933|
|-
|26 May 2014
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|9 November 2014
|[[File:Satya Narayan Sinha portrait.gif|70px]]
|{{Age in days|2014|5|26|2014|11|9}} days
|'''[[Satya Narayan Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1900{{ndash}}1983)<br>Constituent Assembly Member for [[Bihar]]}}
|-align=center
|1 October<br>1948
|[[Prakash Javadekar]]
|26 February<br>1949
|[[File:Shri Prakash Javadekar MIB.jpg|100px]]
|'''{{ayd|1 Oct 1948|26 Feb 1949}}'''
|26 May 2014
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|9 November 2014
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|{{Age in days|2014|5|26|2014|11|9}} days
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-align=center
|-
|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Rajivrudy.png|100px]]
|[[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|9 November 2014
|'''[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency|Mahasamund]]}}
|5 July 2016
|24 January<br>1966
|{{Age in days|2014|11|9|2016|07|05}} days
|14 February<br>1966
|-align=center
|'''{{ayd|24 Jan 1966|14 Feb 1966}}'''
|[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|[[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="10"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|9 November 2014
|-
|3 September 2017
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|{{Age in days|2014|11|9|2017|09|03}} days
|
|-align=center
|'''[[Rohanlal Chaturvedi]]'''<br />{{small|(1919{{ndash}}?)<br />MP for [[Etah Lok Sabha constituency|Etah]]}}
|[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]
|rowspan="2"| 18 March<br>1967
|[[File:SS Ahluwalia, BJP.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| 14 November<br>1967
|5 July 2016
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|18 Mar 1967|14 Nov 1967}}'''
|3 September 2017
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|{{Age in days|2016|7|5|2017|9|3}} days
|-
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]
|
|[[File:The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC), Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Vijay Goel addressing at the inauguration the Tribal Youth Exchange Programme by NYKS, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
|'''J. B. Muthyal Rao'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Nagarkurnool]]}}
|3 September 2017
|-
|30 May 2019
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|{{Age in days|2017|09|3|2019|05|30}} days
|
|-align=center
|'''[[Iqbal Singh (Lok Sabha member)|Iqbal Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1988)<br>MP for [[Fazilka Lok Sabha constituency|Fazilka]]}}
|[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]
|14 February<br>1969
|[[File:Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal taking charge as the Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.jpg|100px]]
|8 July<br>1970
|3 September 2017
|'''{{ayd|14 Feb 1969|8 Jul 1970}}'''
|Incumbent
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|{{Age in days|2017|09|3}} days
|-
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[V. Muraleedharan]]
|
|[[File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Raghbir Singh Panjhazari]]'''<br>{{small|(1914{{ndash}}1999)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]}}
|30 May 2019
|rowspan="2"| 30 June<br>1970
|Incumbent
|rowspan="2"| 18 March<br>1971
|{{Age in days|2019|05|30}} days
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|30 Jun 1970|18 Mar 1971}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|
|'''[[Pothuraju Parthasarthy]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency|Rajampet]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|
|'''[[Kedar Nath Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Kedar Nath Singh]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency|Sultanpur]]}}
|2 May<br>1971
|10 October<br>1974
|'''{{ayd|2 May 1971|10 Oct 1974}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[B. Shankaranand]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency|Chikkodi]]}}
|2 May<br>1971
|24 March<br>1977
|'''{{ayd|2 May 1971|24 Mar 1977}}'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Kalpnath Rai]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}1999)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|15 January<br>1982
|6 September<br>1982
|'''{{ayd|15 Jan 1982|6 Sep 1982}}'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002)<br>MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
|15 January<br>1982
|31 October<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|15 Jan 1982|31 Dec 1984}}'''
|-
|31 October<br>1984
|31 December<br>1984
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Radhakishan Malviya]]'''<br>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2013)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 25 June<br>1988
|rowspan="2"| 4 July<br>1989
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|25 Jun 1988|4 Jul 1989}}'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[P. Namgyal]]'''<br>{{small|(1937{{ndash}}2010)<br>MP for [[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankar official portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha constituency|Jhunjhunu]]}}
|23 May<br>1990
|5 November<br>1990
|'''{{ayd|23 May 1990|5 Nov 1990}}'''
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|}
|}


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[[Category:Parliamentary affairs ministries]]
[[Category:Parliamentary affairs ministries|India]]
[[Category:Lists of government ministers of India]]

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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Agency overview
Formed1949[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersSansad Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Annual budget₹1,492 crore (US$210 million) (2026-27 est.)[2]
Agency executives
Websitempa.nic.in

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is an Indian government ministry. It is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

It handles affairs relating to the Parliament of India, and works as a link between the two chambers, the Lok Sabha ("House of the People," the lower house) and the Rajya Sabha ("Council of States," the upper house). It was created in 1949 as a department but later became a full ministry.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Kiren Rijiju. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

The subject of 'Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by the Government' has been allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under article 77(3) of the Constitution.

Functions assigned to the Ministry under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under Article 77(3) of the Constitution of India:-

  • Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament, Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President's Address to Parliament.
  • Planning and Coordination of legislative and other official business in both Houses.
  • Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of motions given notice of by Members.
  • Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament.
  • Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills.
  • Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government.
  • Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries.
  • Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament.
  • Governments stand on Private Members Bills and Resolutions.
  • Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
  • Advice to Ministries on procedural and other Parliamentary matters.
  • Coordination of action by Ministries on recommendations of general application made by Parliamentary Committees.
  • Officially sponsored visits of Members of Parliament to places of interest.
  • Matters connected with powers, privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament.
  • Parliamentary Secretaries - functions.
  • Organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Schools/Colleges throughout the country.
  • Organisation of All India Whips Conference.
  • Exchange of Government Sponsored Delegations of Members of Parliament with other countries.
  • Determination of Policy and follow up action in regard to matters raised under rule 377 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and by way of Special Mentions in Rajya Sabha.
  • Manual for Handling Parliamentary work in Ministries/Departments.
  • The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953 (20 of 1953).
  • The Salary, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954).
  • The Salary, and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977).
  • The Leader and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 (5 of 1999).

Divisions and Sections[edit | edit source]

  • Member's Emoluments Section
  • Minister's Personal Section
  • National e-Vidhan Application Section
  • Administration Division
  • Accounts and Purchase Section
  • Parliamentary Committee Section
  • General Section
  • Youth Parliament Division
  • Protocol and Welfare Section
  • Hindi Section
  • Legislative Division
  • Research Section
  • Grievance and RTI Section
  • Coordination and e-Governance Section
  • Assurance Sections (Lower and Upper House)
  • Cashier Section
  • NIC Section
  • Media and Communications Section

Cabinet Ministers[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar (until 1952)
MP for Samastipur (from 1952)
(MoS until 10 April 1962) 		26 February
1949 		13 March
1967 		18 years, 76 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru II
Nehru III
Nehru IV
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Indira I Indira Gandhi
Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Buxar 		13 March
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 338 days Indira II
Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
(MoS until 27 June 1970) 		14 February
1969 		18 March
1971 		2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R)
Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur 		18 March
1971 		5 February
1973 		1 year, 324 days Indira III
Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		5 February
1973 		24 March
1977 		4 years, 47 days
Ravindra Varma
(1925–2006)
MP for Ranchi 		26 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 124 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
K. Gopal
MP for Karur
(MoS) 		4 August
1979 		14 January
1980 		163 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		14 January
1980 		29 January
1983 		3 years, 15 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Ropar 		29 January
1983 		31 October
1984 		1 year, 337 days
31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi 		31 December
1984 		2 December
1989 		4 years, 336 days Rajiv II
P. Upendra
(1936–2009)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days Telugu Desam Party Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		10 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		21 June
1991 		18 January
1993 		1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Raipur 		18 January
1993 		17 January
1996 		2 years, 364 days
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		18 January
1996 		16 May
1996 		119 days
Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
MP for Mumbai North East 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Kendrapara 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days
21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Madan Lal Khurana
(1936–2018)
MP for Delhi Sadar 		19 March
1998 		30 January
1999 		317 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
MP for Tiruchirappalli 		30 January
1999 		13 October
1999 		256 days
Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) 		13 October
1999 		29 January
2003 		3 years, 108 days Vajpayee III
Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		23 May
2004 		1 November
2005 		1 year, 162 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
(1945–2017)
MP for Raiganj 		1 November
2005 		6 April
2008 		2 years, 157 days
Vayalar Ravi
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days
Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh 		28 May
2009 		28 October
2012 		3 years, 153 days Manmohan II
Kamal Nath
(born 1946)
MP for Chhindwara 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
M. Venkaiah Naidu
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka, till 2016
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan, from 2016 		27 May
2014 		5 July
2016 		2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		5 July
2016 		12 November
2018[†] 		2 years, 130 days
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior 		12 November
2018 		30 May
2019 		199 days
Pralhad Joshi
(born 1962)
MP for Dharwad 		31 May
2019 		10 June 2024 5 years, 10 days Modi II
Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 67 days Modi III

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Jagannath Rao
(1909–1991)
MP for Chatrapur 		14 February
1966 		13 March
1967 		1 year, 27 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		18 March
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 333 days Indira II
Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		30 June
1970 		18 March
1971 		6 years, 267 days
18 March
1971 		24 March
1977 		Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
Larang Sai
(1935–2004)
MP for Sarguja 		14 August
1977 		28 July
1979 		1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Ram Kripal Sinha
(1934–2023)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal 		16 January
1980 		2 September
1982 		2 years, 229 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Sitaram Kesri
(1919–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		3 March
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 318 days
H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi 		2 September
1982 		31 October
1984 		2 years, 59 days
Kalpnath Rai
(1941–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		29 January
1983 		31 October
1984 		1 year, 276 days
H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi 		4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
N. K. P. Salve
(1921–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim 		31 December
1984 		12 May
1986 		1 year, 132 days Rajiv II
Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days
Sitaram Kesri
(1919–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		25 September
1985 		22 October
1986 		1 year, 27 days
Sheila Dikshit
(1938–2019)
MP for Kannauj 		12 May
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 204 days
M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala 		22 October
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 61 days
Radhakishan Malviya
(1943–2013)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		4 July
1989 		2 December
1989 		151 days
P. Namgyal
(1937–2010)
MP for Ladakh
Satya Pal Malik
(1946–2025)
MP for Aligarh 		23 April
1990 		10 November
1990 		201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala 		21 June
1991 		17 January
1993 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
MP for Salem 		21 June
1991 		2 December
1993 		2 years, 164 days
Abrar Ahmed
(1956–2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		18 January
1993 		2 April
1994 		1 year, 74 days
Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		19 January
1993 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 118 days
Mukul Wasnik
(born 1959)
MP for Buldhana
Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for Mormugao 		18 December
1993 		19 September
1995 		1 year, 275 days
Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		17 April
1994 		22 December
1994 		249 days
Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar 		17 April
1994 		16 May
1996 		2 years, 29 days
Matang Sinh
(1953–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam 		10 February
1995 		16 May
1996 		1 year, 96 days
Vilas Muttemwar
(born 1949)
MP for Nagpur 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
S. S. Ahluwalia
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		19 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		240 days
Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020)
MP for Kaiserganj 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Samajwadi Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
(born 1935)
MP for Bapatla 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Telugu Desam Party
S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris 		1 May
1997 		19 March
1998 		322 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
(1936–2020)
MP for Kozhikode 		26 May
1997 		2 July
1997 		37 days Janata Dal
Jayanthi Natarajan
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
R. K. Kumar
(1942–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		19 March
1998 		22 May
1998 		64 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North 		20 March
1998 		5 May
1999 		1 year, 46 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		22 May
1998 		13 October
1999 		1 year, 144 days Biju Janata Dal
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		16 February
1999 		13 October
1999 		239 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
MP for Rampur
Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		13 October
1999 		22 November
1999 		40 days Biju Janata Dal Vajpayee III
Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla 		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sriram Chauhan
(born 1953)
MP for Basti
O. Rajagopal
(born 1929)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		22 November
1999 		22 May
2004 		4 years, 182 days
Bhavna Chikhalia
(1955–2013)
MP for Junagadh 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		29 January
2003 		24 May
2003 		115 days
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		24 May
2003 		8 September
2003 		107 days
Suresh Pachouri
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		23 May
2004 		6 April
2008 		3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat
Suryakanta Patil
(born 1948)
MP for Hingoli 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Nationalist Congress Party
Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days Indian National Congress
V. Narayanasamy
(born 1947)
MP for Puducherry 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days
28 May
2009 		12 July
2011 		2 years, 45 days Manmohan II
Prithviraj Chavan
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		28 May
2009 		10 October
2011 		2 years, 135 days
Ashwani Kumar
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		19 January
2011 		12 July
2011 		174 days
Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MP for Haridwar 		12 July
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 108 days
Rajeev Shukla
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		12 July
2011 		26 May
2014 		2 years, 318 days
Paban Singh Ghatowar
(born 1950)
MP for Dibrugarh 		20 July
2011 		26 May
2014 		2 years, 310 days
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Prakash Javadekar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(born 1962)
MP for Saran 		9 November
2014 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 2016
Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand, from 2016 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 298 days
S. S. Ahluwalia
(born 1951)
MP for Darjeeling 		5 July
2017 		3 September
2017 		60 days
Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		6 years, 281 days
31 May
2019 		10 June 2024 Modi II
V. Muraleedharan
(born 1958)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		31 May
2019 		10 June 2024 5 years, 10 days
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 67 days Modi III
L. Murugan
(born 1977)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 67 days

Deputy Ministers[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar 		1 October
1948 		26 February
1949 		148 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund 		24 January
1966 		14 February
1966 		21 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
Rohanlal Chaturvedi
(1919–?)
MP for Etah 		18 March
1967 		14 November
1967 		241 days Indira II
J. B. Muthyal Rao
MP for Nagarkurnool
Iqbal Singh
(1923–1988)
MP for Fazilka 		14 February
1969 		8 July
1970 		1 year, 144 days Indian National Congress (R)
Raghbir Singh Panjhazari
(1914–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		30 June
1970 		18 March
1971 		261 days
Pothuraju Parthasarthy
MP for Rajampet
Kedar Nath Singh
MP for Sultanpur 		2 May
1971 		10 October
1974 		3 years, 161 days Indira III
B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		2 May
1971 		24 March
1977 		5 years, 326 days
Kalpnath Rai
(1941–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		15 January
1982 		6 September
1982 		234 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV
Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar 		15 January
1982 		31 October
1984 		2 years, 351 days
31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Radhakishan Malviya
(1943–2013)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		25 June
1988 		4 July
1989 		1 year, 9 days Rajiv II
P. Namgyal
(1937–2010)
MP for Ladakh
Jagdeep Dhankhar
(born 1951)
MP for Jhunjhunu 		23 May
1990 		5 November
1990 		166 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us". Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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