Deve Gowda ministry

H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.

H. D. Deve Gowda ministry
15th ministry of the Republic of India
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
Date formed	1 June 1996
Date dissolved	21 April 1997
People and organisations
Head of state	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Head of government	H. D. Deve Gowda
Member party	Janata Dal (United Front) (supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislature	Coalition 305 / 543 (56%)
Opposition leader	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
History
Legislature term(s)	10 months and 20 days
Predecessor	First Vajpayee ministry
Successor	I. K. Gujral ministry

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Home Affairs		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Indrajit Gupta	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	CPI
Minister of Finance		P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	TMC
Minister of External Affairs		I. K. Gujral	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Defence		Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	SP
Minister of Agriculture		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Chaturanan Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	CPI
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution		Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Labour		Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	Independent
		M. Arunachalam	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	TMC
Minister of Industry		Murasoli Maran	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	DMK
Minister of Commerce		Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Bolla Bulli Ramaiah MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	TDP
Minister of Textiles		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		R. L. Jalappa	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Law and Justice		P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	TMC
		Ramakant Khalap MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Minister of Information & Broadcasting		C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Srikant Kumar Jena	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Education		S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Health and Family Welfare		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
Minister of Road Transport & Highways		T. G. Venkatraman	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	DMK
Minister of Railways		Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Civil Aviation		C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Rural Development		Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	TDP
Minister of Urban Development		M. Arunachalam	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	TMC
		H. D. Deve Gowda	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Communications		Beni Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	SP
Minister of Water Resources		I. K. Gujral	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Janeshwar Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	SP
Minister of Coal		S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Kanti Singh MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Mines Minister of Steel		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Birendra Prasad Baishya	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	Asom Gana Parishad
Minister of Environment and Forests		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Jai Narain Prasad Nishad MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 February 1997	JD
		Saifuddin Soz	21 February 1997	21 April 1997	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 February 1997	JD
		Jai Narain Prasad Nishad MOS, (I/C)	21 February 1997	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Sis Ram Ola MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	AIIC(T)
Minister of Welfare		Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	Independent
Minister of Tourism		C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Srikant Kumar Jena MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	JD
Minister of Science & Technology		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	JD
		Yoginder K Alagh MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	Independent
Minister of Food Processing Industries		H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	6 July 1996	JD
		Dilip Ray MOS, (I/C)	6 July 1996	21 April 1997	JD

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Ministry	Party
Ministry of Human Resource Development	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		TMC(M)
Ministry of Home Affairs	Mohammed Maqbool Dar		JD
Ministry of Defence	N. V. N. Somu		DMK
Ministry of Railways	Satpal Maharaj		JD
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.	S. R. Balasubramaniam		DMK
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.	T. R. Baalu		DMK

• R. Dhanuskodi Athithan, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• M.P.Veerendra Kumar Ministry of Finance
• Mohammed Maqbool Dar, Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Muhi Ram Saikia, Department of Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• N. V. N. Somu, Ministry of Defence.
• Satpal Maharaj, Ministry of Railways.
• S. R. Balasubramaniam, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
• T. R. Baalu, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

External links

• Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda: The Gain and the Pain : (a Biographical Study)