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I. K. Gujral ministry

16th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed21 April 1997
Date dissolved19 March 1998
People and organisations
Head of stateShankar Dayal Sharma (until 25 July 1997)
K. R. Narayanan (from 25 July 1997)
Head of governmentI. K. Gujral
Member partyJanata Dal (United Front)
(supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislatureCoalition
319 / 543 (59%)
Opposition partyBharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leaderAtal Bihari Vajpayee (until 4 December 1997)
History
Outgoing election1998
Legislature term(s)10 months and 26 days
PredecessorH. D. Deve Gowda ministry
SuccessorSecond Vajpayee ministry

Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 21 April 1997. In his initial ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Council of ministers

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

  Janata Dal (37.5%)
  Independent (6.25%)
  Communist Party of India (6.25%)
  Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (3.13%)
  Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (3.13%)
  Telugu Desam Party (12.5%)
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (12.5%)
  Tamil Maanila Congress (3.13%)
  All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (3.13%)
  Asom Gana Parishad (6.25%)
  Samajwadi Party (6.25%)

Cabinet ministers

The cabinet ministers in I. K. Gujral ministry were as follows.[1]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister I. K. Gujral21 April 199719 March 1998JD
Minister of Home Affairs Indrajit Gupta21 April 199719 March 1998CPI
Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram1 May 199719 March 1998TMC
Minister of Defence Mulayam Singh Yadav[2]21 April 199719 March 1998SP
Minister of Railways Ram Vilas Paswan[3]21 April 199719 March 1998JD
Minister of Communications Beni Prasad Verma[4]21 April 199719 March 1998SP
Minister of Agriculture Chaturanan Mishra[5]21 April 199719 March 1998CPI
Minister of Industry Murasoli Maran[6]21 April 199719 March 1998DMK
Minister of Civil Aviation C. M. Ibrahim[7]21 April 199719 March 1998JD
Minister of Textiles R. L. Jalappa[8]21 April 199719 March 1998JD
Minister of Social Welfare Balwant Singh Ramoowalia[9]21 April 199719 March 1998Independent
Minister of Mines Birendra Prasad Baishya[10]21 April 199719 March 1998Asom Gana Parishad
Minister of Rural Areas Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu[11]21 April 199719 March 1998TDP
Minister of Forests and Environment Saifuddin Soz[12]21 April 199719 March 1998Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Srikant Kumar Jena[13]21 April 199719 March 1998JD
Minister of Surface Transport T. G. Venkatraman[14]21 April 199719 March 1998DMK

Ministers of State

SI No. Name Constituency Department Party
1. Bolla Bulli Ramaiah Eluru Minister of State for Commerce TDP
2. Chandradeo Prasad Verma Arrah Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment JD
3. Dilip Ray Rajya Sabha Minister of State for Steel, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs JD
3. Capt. Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Muzaffarpur Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Non-Conventional Energy Sources JD
4. Kanti Singh Bikramganj Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Coal JD
5. M. P. Veerendra Kumar Kozhikode Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour with additional charges as Minister of State, Urban Affairs & Employment and Parliamentary Affairs: JD
6. Muhi Ram Saikia Nowgong Minister of State for Education and Human Resource Development AGP
7. N. V. N. Somu Madras North Minister of State for Defence DMK
8. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Vaishali Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food and Consumer Affairs JD
9. Ramakant Khalap Panaji Minister of State (Independent charge) for Law and Justice MGP
10. Dr. Samudrala Venugopal Chary Adilabad Minister of State for Agriculture TDP
11. Satpal Maharaj Garhwal Minister of State for Finance AIIC(T)
12. Dr. Ummareddy Venkateswarlu Tenali Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Urban Affairs, Employment and Parliamentary Affairs TDP
13. T. R. Baalu Chennai South Minister of State for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Non-Conventional Energy Sources DMK
13. Yoginder K Alagh Rajya Sabha Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and Power Independent
14. Mohammad Maqbool Dar Anantnag Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and Power JD
15. Ratnamala Savanur
(Jun 1997 - Mar 1998)[15] 		Chikkodi Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and Power JD

References

  1. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  2. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ↑ The Economic Times, 2 July 2011
  4. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  5. ↑ The Economic Times, 2 July 2011
  6. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Parliament of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  7. ↑ "http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx". Rajya Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Parliament of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  9. ↑ www.nriinternet.com/NRIpoliticians/INDIA/A_Z/R/Ramuwalia/BIO.htm
  10. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Rajya of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  11. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  12. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Rajya of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  13. ↑ "Results". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Results". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Biographical Sketch of Member of XI Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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