Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
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Websitewww.dahd.nic.in

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is a newly formed ministry in India. It was formed in May 2019 by Modi government from the department of same name under fish minister

. The move was welcomed by Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited (TNCMPF), the marketer of Aavin and Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the marketer of Amul.[1]

List of Ministers[edit | edit source]

Name Portrait Term of office Political Party
Louis Mountbatten 1946 1946 Indian National Congress
C. Rajagopalachari 1946 1946
Rajendra Prasad 1946 1946
Jawaharlal Nehru File:Jnehru.jpg 1946 2 September 1947
Rajendra Prasad 2 September 1947 14 January 1948
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell 14 January 1948 19 January 1948
Jairamdas Daulatram 19 January 1948 13 May 1950
K M Munshi 13 May 1950 13 May 1952
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 13 May 1952 24 October 1954
Ajit Prasad Jain 25 November 1954 24 August 1959
S. K. Patil 24 August 1959 1 September 1963
Swaran Singh 1 September 1963 9 June 1964
Chidambaram Subramaniam 9 June 1964 12 March 1967
Jagjivan Ram 13 March 1967 27 June 1970 Indian National Congress
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 27 June 1970 3 July 1974
Jagjivan Ram 10 October 1974 2 February 1977
Parkash Singh Badal 28 March 1977 17 June 1977 Shiromani Akali Dal
Surjit Singh Barnala 18 June 1977 28 July 1979
Brahm Prakash 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Indian National Congress
Rao Birendra Singh 14 January 1980 31 December 1984 Indian National Congress
Buta Singh 31 December 1984 12 May 1986
Gurdial Singh Dhillon 12 May 1986 13 February 1988
Bhajan Lal 14 February 1988 2 December 1989
Chaudhary Devi Lal 2 December 1989 20 June 1991 Janata Dal
Balram Jakhar 21 June 1991 17 January 1996 Indian National Congress
Jagannath Mishra 8 February 1996 16 May 1996 Indian National Congress
Suraj Bhan 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party
H. D. Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 10 July 1996 Janata Dal
Chaturanan Mishra 10 July 1996 19 March 1998 Communist Party of India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 November 1998 22 November 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
Nitish Kumar 22 November 1999 3 March 2000 Janata Dal (United)
Sunder Lal Patwa 6 March 2000 22 July 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party
Ajit Singh 22 July 2001 23 May 2003 Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rajnath Singh 24 May 2003 21 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
Sharad Pawar 22 May 2004 26 May 2014 Nationalist Congress Party
Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 27 May 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
Radha Mohan Singh 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
Narendra Singh Tomar 30 May 2019 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
Giriraj Singh 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 Bharatiya Janata Party
Parshottam Rupala 7 July 2021 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 31 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years, 37 days
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan 31 May 2019 Incumbent 7 years, 63 days
Dr. L Murugan 7 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 26 days

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "GCMMF welcomes separate ministry for animal husbandry", The Hindu Business Line, 1 June 2019

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