Third Vajpayee ministry

Third Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry
21st ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	13 October 1999
Date dissolved	22 May 2004
People and organisations
Head of state	K. R. Narayanan (until 25 July 2002) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (from 25 July 2002)
Head of government	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Deputy head of government	L. K. Advani
Member parties	National Democratic Alliance  Bharatiya Janata Party  Shiv Sena  Shiromani Akali Dal  Lok Janshakti Party  Samata Party  Biju Janata Dal  Dravida Munnetra Kazagham  Janata Dal (United)  All India Trinamool Congress
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (Congress alliance)
Opposition leader	Sonia Gandhi (in Lok Sabha) (13 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) Manmohan Singh (in Rajya Sabha) (till 21 May 2004)
History
Election(s)	1999
Outgoing election	2004
Legislature term(s)	4 years, 222 days
Predecessor	Second Vajpayee ministry
Successor	First Manmohan Singh ministry

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. Here is the list of ministers in the Third Vajpayee Ministry. During its tenure, this ministry became the largest Union Council of Ministers in India's history, comprising around 88 ministers to managing the broad-based National Democratic Alliance including over two dozen coalition partners.

The cabinet's size was later prompted the 91st Constitutional Amendment in 2003, which capped the number of ministers at 15% of the Lok Sabha strength.

Reshuffles

In a reshuffle on 29 September 2000, Venkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj were inducted in the ministry as cabinet ministers and Shripad Yasso Naik (Goa), Satyabrata Mookherjee (West Bengal), Kanyakumari MP P.Radhakrishnan and film star-turned-MP U V Krishnam Raju (Andhra Pradesh) as minister of state. Later that year Uma Bharti was elevated to cabinet rank.[1][[File:[2]^[usurped]]]

In a reshuffle in 2001 Vajpayee inducted Karia Munda, Ved Prakash Goyal, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Tapan Sikdar as Cabinet ministers and Anna Sahib Patil, Ashok Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudy as ministers of state.[3]

In a reshuffle in 2002 he dropped four ministers and inducted four new cabinet ministers and nine new ministers of state. New cabinet ministers were: Shatrughan Sinha, Sahib Singh Verma, Jana Krishnamurthy, Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. The new ministers of state were: Basangouda Patil, Sanjay Paswan, Shripad Yasso Naik, Vinod Khanna, Nikhil Chaudhary, S.Thirunavukarasar, Anant Geete and A. K. Moorthy .[4]

In a reshuffle in 2003 Vajpayee inducted three new cabinet rank ministers and five ministers of state . The new cabinet ministers were :Rajnath Singh, B.C. Khanduri and Subodh Mohite. The new ministers of state were : Chinmayanand Swami (BJP), Kailash Meghwal (BJP), Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal-Democratic), Prahlad Singh Patel (BJP) and P.C. Thomas (Indian Federal Democratic Party).[5]^[usurped]

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party	Remarks
Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Planning Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space And all other important portfolios and policy issues not allocated to any Minister.		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Deputy Prime Minister		L. K. Advani	29 June 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Home Affairs		L. K. Advani	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		L. K. Advani	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of External Affairs		Jaswant Singh	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP
		Yashwant Sinha	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Finance		Yashwant Sinha	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP	Renamed as Finance and Company Affairs.
Minister of Finance and Company Affairs		Jaswant Singh	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Defence		George Fernandes	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	SAP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 March 2001	18 March 2001	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Jaswant Singh	18 March 2001	15 October 2001	BJP	Additional charge.
		George Fernandes	15 October 2001	22 May 2004	JD(U)
Minister of Human Resource Development Minister of Science and Technology		Murli Manohar Joshi	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Ocean Development		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Murli Manohar Joshi	22 November 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Jagmohan	1 September 2001	18 November 2001	BJP
		Vikram Verma	18 November 2001	1 July 2002	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
Minister of Agriculture		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Nitish Kumar	22 November 1999	3 March 2001	SAP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	3 March 2001	6 March 2001	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Sundar Lal Patwa	6 March 2001	27 May 2001	BJP
		Nitish Kumar	27 May 2001	22 July 2001	SAP
		Ajit Singh	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	RLD
		Rajnath Singh	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Labour		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Satyanarayan Jatiya	22 November 1999	1 September 2001	BJP
		Sharad Yadav	1 September 2001	1 July 2002	SAP
		Sahib Singh Verma	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Water Resources		Pramod Mahajan	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		C. P. Thakur	22 November 1999	27 May 2000	BJP
		Arjun Charan Sethi	27 May 2000	22 May 2004	BJD
Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution		Shanta Kumar	13 October 1999	17 July 2000	BJP	Renamed as Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution		Shanta Kumar	17 July 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Sharad Yadav	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	JD(U)
Minister of Food Processing Industries		Chaman Lal Gupta	1 September 2001	1 July 2002	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		N. T. Shanmugam	1 July 2002	15 January 2004	PMK	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	15 January 2004	17 January 2004	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Rajnath Singh	17 January 2004	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare		N. T. Shanmugam	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	PMK	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		C. P. Thakur	27 May 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Shatrughan Sinha	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Sushma Swaraj	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Railways		Mamata Banerjee	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	AITC
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 March 2001	20 March 2001	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Nitish Kumar	20 March 2001	22 May 2004	JD(U)
Minister of Civil Aviation		Sharad Yadav	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	SAP
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	1 September 2001	24 May 2003	BJP
		Rajiv Pratap Rudy	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Surface Transport		Nitish Kumar	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	SAP
		Rajnath Singh	22 November 1999	25 October 2000	BJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	25 October 2000	7 November 2000	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible. Bifurcated into Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Shipping.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways		B. C. Khanduri	7 November 2000	24 May 2003	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		B. C. Khanduri	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Shipping		Arun Jaitley	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Ved Prakash Goyal	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Shatrughan Sinha	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Rural Development		Sundar Lal Patwa	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP
		M. Venkaiah Naidu	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Shanta Kumar	1 July 2002	6 April 2003	BJP
		Ananth Kumar	6 April 2003	24 May 2003	BJP
		Kashiram Rana	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Urban Development		Jagmohan	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Jagmohan	26 November 1999	27 May 2000	BJP	Merged with Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation		Satyanarayan Jatiya	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Jagmohan	22 November 1999	26 November 1999	BJP
		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	26 November 1999	27 May 2000	SAD	Merged with Ministry of Urban Development to form the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of Works and Estates		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	22 November 1999	26 November 1999	SAD	Merged with Ministry of Urban Development.
Minister of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation		Jagmohan	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Ananth Kumar	1 September 2001	12 July 2003	BJP
		B. C. Khanduri	12 July 2003	8 September 2003	BJP
		Bandaru Dattatreya	8 September 2003	22 May 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Commerce and Industry		Murasoli Maran	13 October 1999	9 November 2002	DMK
		Arun Shourie	9 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Arun Jaitley	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises		Manohar Joshi	13 October 1999	9 May 2002	SHS
		Suresh Prabhu	9 May 2002	1 July 2002	SHS
		Balasaheb Vikhe Patil	1 July 2002	24 May 2003	SHS
		Subodh Mohite	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	SHS
Minister of Small Scale Industries, Agro and Rural Industries		Vasundhara Raje	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible. Bifurcated into Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.
Minister of Small Scale Industries		Vasundhara Raje	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		C. P. Thakur	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Agro and Rural Industries		Kariya Munda	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Sangh Priya Gautam	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Textiles		Kashiram Rana	13 October 1999	24 May 2003	BJP
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas		Ram Naik	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers		Suresh Prabhu	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	SHS
		Sundar Lal Patwa	30 September 2000	7 November 2000	BJP
		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	7 November 2000	22 May 2004	SAD
Minister of Mines and Minerals		Naveen Patnaik	13 October 1999	4 March 2000	BJD
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	4 March 2000	6 March 2000	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		P. R. Kumaramangalam	6 March 2000	27 May 2000	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Coal.
Minister of Mines		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	27 May 2000	7 November 2000	SAD
		Sundar Lal Patwa	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Ram Vilas Paswan	1 September 2001	29 April 2002	LJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	29 April 2002	1 July 2002	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		L. K. Advani	1 July 2002	26 August 2002	BJP
		Uma Bharti	26 August 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Ramesh Bais	29 January 2003	9 January 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Mamata Banerjee	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	AITC
Minister of Coal		N. T. Shanmugam	27 May 2000	7 February 2001	PMK	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	8 February 2001	1 September 2001	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Ram Vilas Paswan	1 September 2001	29 April 2002	LJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	29 April 2002	1 July 2002	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		L. K. Advani	1 July 2002	26 August 2002	BJP
		Uma Bharti	26 August 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Kariya Munda	29 January 2003	9 January 2004	BJP
		Mamata Banerjee	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	AITC
Minister of Power		P. R. Kumaramangalam	13 October 1999	23 August 2000	BJP	Died in office.
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	23 August 2000	30 September 2000	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Suresh Prabhu	30 September 2000	24 August 2002	SHS
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	24 August 2002	26 August 2002	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Anant Geete	26 August 2002	22 May 2004	SHS
Minister of Non-Conventional Energy Sources		M. Kannappan	13 October 1999	30 December 2003	MDMK	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	30 December 2003	9 January 2004	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Kariya Munda	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Pramod Mahajan	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Sushma Swaraj	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs		Ram Jethmalani	13 October 1999	23 July 2000	BJP
		Arun Jaitley	24 July 2000	1 July 2002	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible. Bifurcated into Ministry of Law and Justice and Department of Company Affairs.
Minister of Law and Justice		K. Jana Krishamurthy	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Arun Jaitley	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Information and Broadcasting		Arun Jaitley	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Sushma Swaraj	30 September 2000	29 January 2003	BJP
		Ravi Shankar Prasad	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Communications		Ram Vilas Paswan	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	LJP
		Pramod Mahajan	22 November 1999	22 December 2001	BJP	Merged with Ministry of Information Technology to form Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Minister of Information Technology		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP	Prime Minister was responsible.
		Pramod Mahajan	22 November 1999	22 December 2001	BJP	Merged with Ministry of Communications to form Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology		Pramod Mahajan	22 December 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Arun Shourie	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports		Ananth Kumar	13 October 1999	2 February 2000	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Ministry of Culture.
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	2 February 2000	7 November 2000	SAD
		Uma Bharti	7 November 2000	26 August 2002	BJP
		Vikram Verma	26 August 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Department of Culture		Ananth Kumar	2 February 2000	27 May 2000	BJP	Merged with Ministry of Tourism to form Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism		Uma Bharti	13 October 1999	2 February 2000	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Ananth Kumar	2 February 2000	27 May 2000	BJP	Merged with Department of Culture to form Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism and Culture		Ananth Kumar	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture.
Minister of Culture		Maneka Gandhi	1 September 2001	18 November 2001	IND	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible. Merged with Ministry of Tourism to form Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism		Jagmohan	1 September 2001	18 November 2001	BJP	Merged with Ministry of Culture to form Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism and Culture		Jagmohan	18 November 2001	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Environment and Forests		T. R. Baalu	13 October 1999	21 December 2003	DMK
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	21 December 2003	9 January 2004	BJP
		Ramesh Bais	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment		Maneka Gandhi	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	IND	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Satyanarayan Jatiya	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs		Jual Oram	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Disinvestment		Arun Jaitley	10 December 1999	24 July 2000	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Arun Shourie	24 July 2000	1 September 2001	BJP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
		Arun Shourie	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region		Arun Shourie	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		C. P. Thakur	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister without portfolio		Murasoli Maran	9 November 2002	23 November 2003	DMK	Died in office.
		Mamata Banerjee	8 September 2003	9 January 2004	AITC

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of Steel (Independent Charge) of Steel		Dilip Ray	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	BJD
		Braja Kishore Tripathy	27 May 2000	22 May 2004	BJD

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party	Remarks
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs		I. D. Swami	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
		C. Vidyasagar Rao	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Harin Pathak	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Chinmayanand Swami	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance		Balasaheb Vikhe Patil	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	SHS
		V. Dhananjay Kumar	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP
		Gingee N. Ramachandran	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	MDMK	Renamed as Finance and Company Affairs.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs		Gingee N. Ramachandran	1 July 2002	24 May 2003	MDMK
		Anant Geete	1 July 2002	26 August 2002	SHS
		Anandrao Vithoba Adsul	26 August 2002	22 May 2004	SHS
		Shripad Yesso Naik	8 September 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs		Ajit Kumar Panja	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	AITC
		U. V. Krishnam Raju	30 September 2000	22 July 2001	BJP
		Omar Abdullah	22 July 2001	23 December 2002	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
		Digvijay Singh	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	JD(U)
		Vinod Khanna	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence		Bachi Singh Rawat	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Harin Pathak	13 October 1999	14 November 2000	BJP
		Harin Pathak (Defence Production and Supplies)	15 November 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		U. V. Krishnam Raju	22 July 2001	1 July 2002	BJP
		Chaman Lal Gupta	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP
		O. Rajagopal	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions		Vasundhara Raje	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Arun Shourie (Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances)	22 November 1999	1 September 2001	BJP
		Vasundhara Raje	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Harin Pathak	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning		Bangaru Laxman	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Arun Shourie	22 November 1999	24 July 2000	BJP
		Arun Shourie	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Vijay Goel	1 September 2001	2 November 2001	BJP
		Vasundhara Raje	2 November 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Satyabrata Mookherjee	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office		Vijay Goel	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy Minister of State in the Department of Space		Vasundhara Raje	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Satyabrata Mookherjee	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation		Bangaru Laxman	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Arun Shourie	22 November 1999	1 September 2001	BJP
		Vijay Goel	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Satyabrata Mookherjee	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development		Sumitra Mahajan	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP
		Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	BJP
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	30 September 2000	8 February 2001	BJP
		Rita Verma	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Jaskaur Meena	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Ashok Pradhan	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	BJP
		Vallabhbhai Kathiria	30 January 2003	9 January 2004	BJP
		Sanjay Paswan	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Bachi Singh Rawat	22 November 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture		S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao	13 October 1999	29 September 2000	BJP
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Food Processing Industries)	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	BJP
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	BJP
		Thounaojam Chaoba Singh	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	Manipur State Congress Party
		Debendra Pradhan	27 May 2000	29 January 2003	BJP
		Shripad Yesso Naik	30 September 2000	2 November 2001	BJP
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	2 November 2001	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour		Muni Lall	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP
		Ashok Pradhan	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Vijay Goel	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	BJP
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	24 May 2003	8 September 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources		Bijoya Chakravarty	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution		V. Srinivasa Prasad	13 October 1999	17 July 2000	BJP
		Sriram Chauhan	22 November 1999	17 July 2000	BJP	Renamed as Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution		V. Srinivasa Prasad	17 July 2000	6 March 2004	BJP
		Sriram Chauhan	17 July 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Ashok Pradhan	1 September 2001	1 July 2002	BJP
		U. V. Krishnam Raju	1 July 2002	29 September 2003	BJP
		Subhash Maharia	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare		Rita Verma	27 May 2000	30 September 2000	BJP
		A. Raja	30 September 2000	21 December 2003	DMK
		Vallabhbhai Kathiria	29 December 2003	30 January 2003	BJP
		Vallabhbhai Kathiria	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways		Digvijay Singh	13 October 1999	22 July 2001	SAP
		Bangaru Laxman	22 November 1999	31 August 2000	BJP
		O. Rajagopal	31 August 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Digvijay Singh	1 August 2001	1 July 2002	SAP
		A. K. Moorthy	1 July 2002	15 January 2004	PMK
		Bandaru Dattatreya	1 July 2002	8 September 2003	BJP
		Basangouda Patil Yatnal	8 September 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation		Chaman Lal Gupta	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	BJP
		Shripad Yesso Naik	1 July 2002	24 May 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Surface Transport		Debendra Pradhan	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	BJP
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	27 May 2000	2 November 2001	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministries of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways		Shripad Yesso Naik	24 May 2003	8 September 2003	BJP
		Pon Radhakrishnan	8 September 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	7 November 2000	2 November 2001	BJP
		Shripad Yesso Naik	2 November 2001	14 May 2002	BJP
		Su. Thirunavukkarasar	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Dilipkumar Gandhi	29 January 2003	15 March 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development		A. Raja	13 October 1999	30 September 2001	DMK
		Subhash Maharia	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Rita Verma	30 September 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Annasaheb M. K. Patil	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	BJP
		U. V. Krishnam Raju	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development		Bandaru Dattatreya	13 October 1999	14 June 2000	BJP	Merged into Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation		Bandaru Dattatreya	14 June 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		O. Rajagopal	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Pon Radhakrishnan	29 January 2003	8 September 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry		Omar Abdullah	13 October 1999	22 July 2001	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
		Raman Singh	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Digvijay Singh	22 July 2001	1 September 2001	BJP
		Rajiv Pratap Rudy	1 September 2002	24 May 2003	BJP
		C. Vidyasagar Rao	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Satyabrata Mookherjee	5 June 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises		Vallabhbhai Kathiria	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	8 September 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Small Scale Industries		Tapan Sikdar	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries		Nikhil Kumar Choudhary	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles		Gingee N. Ramachandran	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	MDMK
		V. Dhananjay Kumar	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Basangouda Patil Yatnal	1 July 2002	8 September 2003	BJP
		Gingee N. Ramachandran	8 September 2003	30 December 2003	MDMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas		E. Ponnuswamy	13 October 1999	7 February 2001	PMK
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	22 November 1999	24 May 2003	BJP
		Sumitra Mahajan	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers		Ramesh Bais	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP
		Satyabrata Mookherjee	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	BJP
		Tapan Sikdar	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Chhatrapal Singh	29 January 2003	16 March 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines and Minerals		Rita Verma	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Coal.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines		Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	BJP
		Ravi Shankar Prasad	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal		Ravi Shankar Prasad	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP
		Prahlad Singh Patel	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power		Jayawantiben Mehta	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs		Dilip Ray	13 October 1999	22 October 1999	BJD
		Faggan Singh Kulaste	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		Sriram Chauhan	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	BJP
		O. Rajagopal	22 November 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
		Vijay Goel	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	BJP
		Bhavna Chikhalia	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	24 May 2003	8 September 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs		O. Rajagopal	13 October 1999	24 July 2000	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Company Affairs.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice		Ravi Shankar Prasad	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		P. C. Thomas	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	Kerala Congress (M)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting		Ramesh Bais	30 September 2000	29 January 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications		Ramesh Bais	13 October 1999	22 December 2001	BJP	Merged to form Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology		Tapan Sikdar	22 December 2001	1 July 2002	BJP
		Sumitra Mahajan	1 July 2002	24 May 2003	BJP
		Sanjay Paswan	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Su. Thirunavukkarasar	24 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Ashok Pradhan	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports		Thounaojam Chaoba Singh	13 October 1999	2 February 2000	BJP	Bifurcated into Ministry of Tourism and Culture, and Department of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Minister of State in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports		Thounaojam Chaoba Singh	2 February 2000	27 May 2000	BJP	Became a ministry.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	27 May 2000	30 September 2000	BJP
		Pon Radhakrishnan	30 September 2000	29 January 2003	BJP
		Vijay Goel	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Culture		Vinod Khanna	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Bhavna Chikhalia	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests		Babulal Marandi	13 October 1999	7 November 2000	BJP
		Dilip Singh Judeo	29 January 2003	17 November 2003	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment		Satyabrata Mookherjee	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	BJP
		Sanjay Paswan	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	BJP
		Kailash Meghwal	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
		Nagmani	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs		Faggan Singh Kulaste	22 November 1999	22 May 2004	BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region		Tapan Sikdar	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP

Demographics of the Council of Ministers

Party	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State(Independent Charge)	Ministers of State	Total
Bharatiya Janata Party	30	4	21	55
Shiromani Akali Dal	1	0	0	1
Shiv Sena	4	0	0	4
Samta Party	2	0	0	2
Lok Janshakti Party	1	0	0	1
All India Trinamool Congress	1	0	1	2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	0	1	4
Biju Janata Dal	1	2	0	3
Janata Dal (United)	1	0	0	1

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