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Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
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| Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | |
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| Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Union Council of Ministers of India |
| Reports to | Prime minister |
| Residence | 7, Lok Kalyan Marg (as Prime minister) |
| Seat | South Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi |
| Nominator | Prime minister |
| Appointer | President |
| Formation | 1 August 1970 |
| First holder | Indira Gandhi |
| Unofficial names | Personnel Minister, Minister of Personnel |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
The Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (IAST: Kārmika, Loka Śikāyata Aura Peṃśana Maṃtrī) is the cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The position is generally held by the prime minister, but sometimes it has been held by other senior members of the cabinet, such as the Minister of Home Affairs. The minister is generally assisted by a minister of state.
Powers[edit]
As the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the prime minister exercises control over the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),[1] the country's premier civil service,[2][3] which staffs most of the senior civil service positions;[2][3] the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB);[4][5] and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),[4][5] except for the selection of its director, who is chosen by a committee of: (a) the prime minister, as chairperson; (b) the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha; (c) and the chief justice.[6]
List of Ministers[edit]
| Lok Sabha | Sr. No. | Cabinet minister
Designation |
Portrait | Political party | Term | Tenure (in years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | Indira Gandhi Prime Minister |
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Indian National Congress | 1 August 1970 | 24 March 1977 | 6 years, 235 days | |
| 5th | ||||||||
| 6th | 2 | Charan Singh Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister |
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Janata Party | 26 March 1977 | 30 June 1978 | 1 year, 96 days | |
| 3 | Morarji Desai Prime Minister |
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1 July 1978 | 23 January 1979 | 206 days | |||
| 4 | H. M. Patel Home Minister |
23 January 1979 | 28 July 1979 | 186 days | ||||
| 5 | Yashwantrao Chavan Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister |
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Indian National Congress (Urs) | 28 July 1979 | 13 January 1980 | 169 days | ||
| 7th | 6 | Zail Singh Home Minister |
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Indian National Congress | 14 January 1980 | 22 June 1982 | 2 years, 159 days | |
| 7 | R. Venkataraman Home Minister |
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22 June 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 72 days | |||
| 8 | Prakash Chandra Sethi Home Minister |
2 September 1982 | 19 July 1984 | 1 year, 321 days | ||||
| 9 | P. V. Narasimha Rao Home Minister |
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19 July 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 165 days | |||
| 8th | 10 | Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister |
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31 December 1984 | 2 December 1989 | 4 years, 336 days | ||
| 9th | 11 | V. P. Singh Prime Minister |
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Janata Dal (National Front) |
2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 343 days | |
| 12 | Chandra Shekhar Prime Minister |
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Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 223 days | ||
| 10th | 13 | P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minister |
|
Indian National Congress | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | 4 years, 330 days | |
| 11th | 14 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister |
|
Bharatiya Janata Party | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | |
| 15 | H. D. Deve Gowda Prime Minister |
|
Janata Dal (United Front) |
1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 324 days | ||
| 16 | I. K. Gujral Prime Minister |
|
22 April 1997 | 18 March 1998 | 330 days | |||
| 12th | 17 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister |
|
Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
19 March 1998 | 30 January 2003 | 4 years, 317 days | |
| 13th | ||||||||
| 18 | L. K. Advani Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister |
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30 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 113 days | |||
| 14th | 19 | Manmohan Singh Prime Minister |
|
Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
23 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | 10 years, 3 days | |
| 15th | ||||||||
| 16th | 20 | Narendra Modi | 
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Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
26 May 2014 | Incumbent | 9 years, 254 days | |
| 17th | ||||||||
List of Ministers of State[edit]
| Lok Sabha | Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Ram Niwas Mirdha | 
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Indian National Congress | 23 August 1970 | 10 October 1974 | 4 years, 48 days | |
| 5th | |||||||
| Om Mehta | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 2 years, 165 days | ||||
| 8th | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | |||
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26 December 1985 | 2 December 1989 | 3 years, 341 days | |||
| 10th | Margaret Alva | 
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21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | 4 years, 330 days | ||
| 11th | S. R. Balasubramoniyan | File:S.R. Balasubramoniyan.jpg | Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (United Front) |
27 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 265 days | |
| 12th | Kadambur M. R. Janarthanan | 
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (National Democratic Alliance) |
20 March 1998 | 8 April 1999 | 1 year, 19 days | |
| Vasundhara Raje[lower-alpha 1] | 
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Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
9 April 1999 | 30 January 2003 | 3 years, 296 days | ||
| 13th | |||||||
| Arun Shourie[lower-alpha 2] | 
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22 November 1999 | 1 September 2001 | 1 year, 283 days | |||
| Harin Pathak | 
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30 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 113 days | |||
| 14th | Suresh Pachouri | 
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Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
23 May 2004 | 6 April 2008 | 3 years, 318 days | |
| Prithviraj Chavan | 
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6 April 2008 | 10 November 2010 | 2 years, 218 days | |||
| 15th | |||||||
| V. Narayanasamy | 
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11 November 2010 | 26 May 2014 | 3 years, 196 days | |||
| 16th | Jitendra Singh | 
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Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
26 May 2014 | Incumbent | 9 years, 254 days | |
| 17th | |||||||
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Co-served with Arun Shourie from 22 November 1999 to 1 September 2001 (710 days).
- ↑ Co-served with Vasundhara Raje.
References[edit]
- ↑ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw-Hill Education (published 25 August 2014). p. 7.6. ISBN 978-9339204785.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Service Profile for the Indian Administrative Service" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tummala, Krishna Kumar (1996). Public Administration in India. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. pp. 154–159. ISBN 978-8170235903. OCLC 313439426.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw-Hill Education (published 25 August 2014). p. 7.37. ISBN 978-9339204785.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Organisation Under DOPT". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "All about CBI director's appointment as PM Modi, CJI Kehar, Kharge meet to vet names". India Today. New Delhi: Aroon Purie. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ↑ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.