COUNCILOFMINISTERS (1947-2015) NAMESANDPORTFOLIOSOFTHEMEMBERS OF THEUNIONCOUNCILOFMINISTERS (From15August1947to28August2015 ) LOKSABHASECRETARIAT NEWDELHI 2016 LARRDIS/REFERENCE 2016 First Edition : 1968 Second Edition : 1978 Third Edition : 1985 Reprint : 1987 Fourth Edition : 1990 Fifth Edition : 1997 Sixth Edition : 2004 Seventh Edition : 2011 Eighth Edition : 2016 Price : R 500.00 $ 7.50 £ 6.00 © 2016 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifteenth Edition) and printed by Aegean Offset Printers, New Delhi. PREFACE ThisbrochureprovidesinformationonMembersoftheUnionCouncil ofMinistersandtheirportfoliossince15August1947.Thebrochurewas firstpublishedinMay1968andthepresentupdatededitionistheeighth oneintheseries,whichcontainsinformationfortheperiodfrom 15August1947to28August2015. InformationonthenumberofMinistersineachcategory,tenuresofall PrimeMinistersandthechangeseffectedintheUnionCouncilofMinisters fromtimetotimehasbeenincorporatedintheIntroduction. ThisbrochureisdividedintosevenParts.PartIdealswiththe PrimeMinisterssinceIndependence;PartIIcontainsinformationonthe MinisterialcareerofthosewhobecameDeputyPrimeMinisters;PartIII givesthenamesofCabinetMinisters;PartIVenumeratesMinistersof CabinetrankbutwhowerenotmembersoftheCabinet;PartVcontains informationaboutMinistersofStatewithindependentchargeoftheir Ministries/Departments;PartVIindicatesnamesoftheMinistersofState attachedtothePrimeMinisterandCabinetMinisters;andPartVIIliststhe namesofDeputyMinistersandParliamentarySecretariesholdingtherank ofDeputyMinister. AnewCouncilofMinistersheadedbyShriNarendraModiasthe PrimeMinistertookoathofofficeon26May2014.Namesandportfolios oftheMembersofthisCouncilofMinistersupto28August2015havebeen includedasanAnnexuretothebrochure. ANameIndexandaSubjectIndexhavebeenappendedtothebrochure forreadyreference. Theprincipalsourceofinformationcontainedinthebrochureisthe CabinetSecretariat.Apartfromthis,releasesissuedbythePressInformation Bureau(PIB),Pressreportsandrelevantpublicationonthesubjecthave alsobeenconsulted. Itishopedthatthisbrochurewillbefoundusefulbyallinterested readers. NEWDELHI AnoopMishra February,2016 Secretary-General Phalguna 1937( Saka) LokSabha (i) CONTENTS PAGES 1. PREFACE .................................................................. (i) 2. INTRODUCTION .......................................................... (v) 3. PART–I PrimeMinisters ......................................................... 1 4. PART–II DeputyPrimeMinisters ............................................... 21 5. PART–III CabinetMinisters ....................................................... 24 6. PART–IV Ministers of CabinetrankbutnotMembersoftheCabinet ... 124 7. PART–V MinistersofStatewithIndependentChargeoftheirMinistries/ Departments ............................................................. 127 8. PART–VI MinistersofStateattachedtoPrimeMinisterandCabinet Ministers .................................................................. 149 9. PART–VII DeputyMinisters/ParliamentarySecretaries ...................... 223 10. ANNEXURE CouncilofMinistersheadedbyShriNarendraModi (upto28.08.2015) ...................................................... 237 11. NameIndex .............................................................. 242 12. SubjectIndex ........................................................... 264 (iii) INTRODUCTION TheConstitutionofIndia,underarticles74and75,providesfora CouncilofMinisters.Article74(1)readsthat ‘thereshallbeaCouncilof MinisterswiththePrimeMinisterastheheadtoaidandadvisethePresident who,shall,intheexerciseofhisfunctions,actinaccordancewithsuch advice’.ThePrimeMinisterisappointedbythePresidentandtheother MinistersareappointedbythePresidentontheadviceofthePrimeMinister. TheCouncilofMinistersisdrawnfromboththeHousesofParliament. However,underarticle75(3)oftheConstitution,itremainscollectively responsibletotheHouseofthePeople, i.e.theLokSabha. Normally,apersonhastobeamemberofeitherHouseofParliament tobeaMinister.However,undertheConstitution,thereisnobartothe appointmentofapersonfromoutsidetheParliamentasaMinister.But suchapersoncannotcontinueasaMinisterformorethansixmonths unlesshe/shesecuresaseatineitherHouseofParliament(byelectionor nominationasthecasemaybe).Article75(5)states “AMinisterwhofor anyperiodofsixconsecutivemonthsisnotamemberofeitherHouseof ParliamentshallattheexpirationofthatperiodceasetobeaMinister ”. Someoftheinstancesofnon-MPshavingbeeninductedintotheUnion CouncilofMinistersareDr.TrigunaSenin1966,ShriShantiBhushanin 1977,JusticeH.R.KhannaandShriS.N.Kackerin1979,ShriArjunSingh in1985,ShriBirBahadurSinghin1988,ShriDineshGoswamiand Prof.M.G.K.Menonin1989,Dr.RajaRamannain1990,Dr.Manmohan SinghandShriSharadPawarin1991,ShriYogendraK.Alaghand ShriBalwantSinghRamoowaliain1996andShriArunJaitleyin1999. Incidentally,ShriP.V.NarasimhaRaoandShriH.D.DeveGowdawerenot membersofParliamentatthetimeoftheirappointmentasPrimeMinister ofIndiaon21 June1991and1 June1996,respectively. TheConstitutiondoesnotclassifythemembersoftheCouncilof Ministersintodifferentranks, viz.thatoftheCabinetrank,thatofthe MinisterofStaterankandthatoftheDeputyMinister.Allthishasbeen donefollowingtheBritishpracticeandinviewofadministrative convenience.Section2oftheSalariesandAllowancesofMinistersAct, 1952,has,however,accordedlegislativesanctiontosuchclassificationin theIndiancontext.TheActdefines ‘Minister’asaMemberoftheCouncil ofMinistersbywhatevernamecalledandincludesaDeputyMinister. (v) TheCabinetMinistersareheadsoftheirMinistriesandareaccountable tothePrimeMinisterandthroughhimtothePresidentandtheLokSabha. TheMinistersofStateareoftwocategories:someofthemaregiven IndependentChargeofMinistries/Portfolioswhileothersareattachedto thePrimeMinister/CabinetMinistersforassistingtheminthedischargeof theirMinisterialfunctions.TherearealsoDeputyMinisters/Parliamentary SecretarieswhoseprimaryfunctionistoassisttheirseniorMinisters/ PrimeMinister. Thisbrochureisacompilation,inacompactandconsolidatedform, ofthenamesofvariousMinistersandtheirportfoliosfromtimetotime sinceIndia’sIndependenceandcoverstheperiodupto28August2015.The nameofeachmemberoftheCouncilofMinistersfindsaplaceunderthe ranklastheldbyhim/herexceptthatofShriGulzariLalNandawhohas beenincludedamongthePrimeMinisters.Itmaybenotedthatfrom 15August1947to26May2014,(thedateofdissolutionoftheCouncilof Ministers),therehavebeen14PrimeMinisters,includinganactingPrime Minister;sevenDeputyPrimeMinisters,(twoofwhom, viz.ShriMorarji DesaiandShriCharanSinghsubsequentlybecamePrimeMinisters); 302CabinetMinisters;eightMinistersofCabinetrankbutwhowerenot membersoftheCabinet(theseMinisterswereofthesamerankasthatof theMinistersofState); 61MinistersofStatewithindependentcharge; 323MinistersofStateattachedtothePrimeMinister/CabinetMinisters and 69DeputyMinisters. PanditJawaharlalNehru,thefirstPrimeMinisterofIndiaservedin thatcapacityforthelongestperiodof16years,9monthsand13daysin anuninterruptedmanner.ShriAtalBihariVajpayee,duringhisfirsttenure asPrimeMinisterfrom16Mayto1June1996,hadtheshortesttermso farofonly17days.Amongothers,ShriGulzariLalNandaservedasacting PrimeMinisterfortwobrieftermsof14dayseach:firstfrom27Mayto 9June1964andagainfrom11Januaryto24January1966.ShrimatiIndira Gandhihadthedistinctionofbeingthefirstandsofartheonlyladyto assumetheofficeofthePrimeMinisterofIndia.Sheremained PrimeMinisterfirstforaperiodof11yearsandtwomonths—from 24January1966to24March1977andlaterfrom14January1980to 31October1984for4years,9monthsand18days.Asregardsothers, ShriMorarjiDesaiservedasPrimeMinisterfor2years,4monthsand 5days(from24March1977to28July1979)andShriCharanSinghheldthe officefor6monthsand18days(from28July1979to14January1980); ShriRajivGandhifor5years,1monthand2days(from31October1984 to2December1989);ShriVishwanathPratapSinghfor11monthsand 8days(from2December1989to10November1990);ShriChandraShekhar for7monthsand11days(from10November1990to21June1991);and ShriP.V.NarasimhaRaofor4years,10monthsand26days(from21June1991 to 16 May 1996). Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was succeeded by Shri H.D. Deve Gowda, asthe12thPrimeMinisterofIndiaon1June1996.ShriH.D.DeveGowda (vi) remainedinofficefor10monthsand20days(from1June1996to 21April1997)whilehissuccessorShriI.K.Gujralstayedfor10monthsand 28days(from21April1997to19March1998). DuringhissecondtenureasPrimeMinister,ShriAtalBihariVajpayee remainedinofficefor1year,6monthsand24daysfrom19March1998 to13October1999andinhisthirdtermShriVajpayeeheldtheoffice from13October1999to22May2004. Dr.ManmohanSinghinhisfirsttermasPrimeMinisterassumedthe officeon22May2004andheldtheofficeupto22May2009.Duringhis secondtermDr.ManmohanSinghheldtheofficefromon22May2009to 26May2014. AmongtheCabinetMinisters,ShriJagjivanRamservedassuchforthe longestperiodof32yearsexceptforabriefinterregnumofonemonth and26days.Ontheotherhand,JusticeH.R.Khannahadthebriefestever tenureasaUnionMinisterwhichlastedonlyforfivedaysfrom30Julyto 3August1979whenheresignedfromtheCouncilofMinistersheadedby ShriCharanSingh. Changes/reshufflesareeffectedintheUnionCouncilofMinistersfrom timetotimebythePrimeMinisters.DuringthePrimeMinistershipof ShriRajivGandhi,therewere36occasionswhenchanges,includingsix majorreshuffles,wereeffectedintheCouncilofMinisters.Duringthe secondtenureofSmt.IndiraGandhiasPrimeMinisterfromJanuary1980 toOctober1984,therewere28changesintheCouncilofMinisterswhich included8majorreshuffles.HerfirsttenureasPrimeMinisterfrom 24January1966to24March1977hadchangesonasmanyas39occasions, including8majorreshuffles.PanditJawaharlalNehru’sentiretenurehad 63occasionsofchanges,including8majorreshuffles.ShriLalBahadur