No. |
Portrait |
Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office |
Political party |
Ministry |
Prime Minister |
From |
To |
Period |
1 |
|
|
Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP for Chatrapur |
14 February 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
1 year, 27 days |
Indian National Congress |
Indira I |
Indira Gandhi |
2 |
|
|
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab |
18 March 1967 |
14 February 1969 |
1 year, 333 days |
Indira II |
3 |
|
|
Om Mehta (1927–1995) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir |
30 June 1970 |
18 March 1971 |
6 years, 267 days |
18 March 1971 |
24 March 1977 |
Indian National Congress (R) |
Indira III |
4 |
|
|
Larang Sai (1935–2004) MP for Sarguja |
14 August 1977 |
28 July 1979 |
1 year, 348 days |
Janata Party |
Desai |
Morarji Desai |
5 |
|
|
Ram Kripal Sinha (1934–2023) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
6 |
|
|
Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (1921–1993) MP for Nandyal |
16 January 1980 |
2 September 1982 |
2 years, 229 days |
Indian National Congress (I) |
Indira IV |
Indira Gandhi |
7 |
|
|
Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
3 March 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
1 year, 318 days |
8 |
|
|
H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi |
2 September 1982 |
31 October 1984 |
2 years, 59 days |
9 |
|
|
Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
29 January 1983 |
31 October 1984 |
1 year, 276 days |
10 |
|
|
H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi |
4 November 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
57 days |
Rajiv I |
Rajiv Gandhi |
11 |
|
|
N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
12 |
|
|
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) MP for Washim |
31 December 1984 |
12 May 1986 |
1 year, 132 days |
Rajiv II |
13 |
|
|
Margaret Alva (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka |
31 December 1984 |
25 September 1985 |
268 days |
(7) |
|
|
Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
25 September 1985 |
22 October 1986 |
1 year, 27 days |
14 |
|
|
Sheila Dikshit (1938–2019) MP for Kannauj |
12 May 1986 |
2 December 1989 |
3 years, 204 days |
15 |
|
|
M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala |
22 October 1986 |
2 December 1989 |
3 years, 61 days |
16 |
|
|
Radhakishan Malviya (1943–2013) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
4 July 1989 |
2 December 1989 |
151 days |
17 |
|
|
P. Namgyal (1937–2010) MP for Ladakh |
18 |
|
|
Satya Pal Malik (born 1946) MP for Aligarh |
23 April 1990 |
10 November 1990 |
201 days |
Janata Dal |
Vishwanath |
V. P. Singh |
(15) |
|
|
M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala |
21 June 1991 |
17 January 1993 |
1 year, 210 days |
Indian National Congress (I) |
Rao |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
19 |
|
|
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Salem |
21 June 1991 |
2 December 1993 |
2 years, 164 days |
20 |
|
|
Abrar Ahmed (1956–2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan |
18 January 1993 |
2 April 1994 |
1 year, 74 days |
(13) |
|
|
Margaret Alva (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka |
19 January 1993 |
16 May 1996 |
3 years, 118 days |
21 |
|
|
Mukul Wasnik (born 1959) MP for Buldhana |
22 |
|
|
Eduardo Faleiro (born 1940) MP for Mormugao |
18 December 1993 |
19 September 1995 |
1 year, 275 days |
23 |
|
|
Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
17 April 1994 |
22 December 1994 |
249 days |
24 |
|
|
Mallikarjun Goud (1941–2002) MP for Mahabubnagar |
17 April 1994 |
16 May 1996 |
2 years, 29 days |
25 |
|
|
Matang Sinh (1953–2021) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam |
10 February 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
1 year, 96 days |
26 |
|
|
Vilas Muttemwar (born 1949) MP for Nagpur |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
244 days |
27 |
|
|
S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
19 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
240 days |
28 |
|
|
Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP for Kaiserganj |
1 June 1996 |
29 July 1996 |
58 days |
Samajwadi Party |
Deve Gowda |
H. D. Deve Gowda |
29 |
|
|
Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP for Bapatla |
1 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
324 days |
Telugu Desam Party |
30 |
|
|
S. R. Balasubramoniyan (born 1938) MP for Nilgiris |
29 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
296 days |
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) |
(29) |
|
|
Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP for Bapatla |
21 April 1997 |
9 June 1997 |
49 days |
Telugu Desam Party |
Gujral |
Inder Kumar Gujral |
(30) |
|
|
S. R. Balasubramoniyan (born 1938) MP for Nilgiris |
1 May 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
322 days |
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) |
31 |
|
|
M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1936–2020) MP for Kozhikode |
26 May 1997 |
2 July 1997 |
37 days |
Janata Dal |
32 |
|
|
Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu |
9 June 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
283 days |
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) |
33 |
|
|
R. K. Kumar (1942–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu |
19 March 1998 |
22 May 1998 |
64 days |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Vajpayee II |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
34 |
|
|
Ram Naik (born 1934) MP for Mumbai North |
20 March 1998 |
5 May 1999 |
1 year, 46 days |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
35 |
|
|
Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
22 May 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
1 year, 144 days |
Biju Janata Dal |
36 |
|
|
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly |
16 February 1999 |
13 October 1999 |
239 days |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
37 |
|
|
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) MP for Rampur |
(35) |
|
|
Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
13 October 1999 |
22 November 1999 |
40 days |
Biju Janata Dal |
Vajpayee III |
38 |
|
|
Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP for Mandla |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
39 |
|
|
Sriram Chauhan (born 1953) MP for Basti |
40 |
|
|
O. Rajagopal (born 1929) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
22 November 1999 |
22 May 2004 |
4 years, 182 days |
41 |
|
|
Bhavna Chikhalia (1955–2013) MP for Junagadh |
29 January 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
1 year, 114 days |
42 |
|
|
Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk |
29 January 2003 |
24 May 2003 |
115 days |
(36) |
|
|
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly |
24 May 2003 |
8 September 2003 |
107 days |
43 |
|
|
Suresh Pachouri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
23 May 2004 |
6 April 2008 |
3 years, 319 days |
Indian National Congress |
Manmohan I |
Manmohan Singh |
44 |
|
|
Bijoy Krishna Handique (1934–2015) MP for Jorhat |
45 |
|
|
Suryakanta Patil (born 1948) MP for Hingoli |
23 May 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
4 years, 364 days |
Nationalist Congress Party |
46 |
|
|
Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for Chandigarh |
6 April 2008 |
22 May 2009 |
1 year, 46 days |
Indian National Congress |
47 |
|
|
V. Narayanasamy (born 1947) MP for Puducherry |
6 April 2008 |
22 May 2009 |
1 year, 46 days |
28 May 2009 |
12 July 2011 |
2 years, 45 days |
Manmohan II |
48 |
|
|
Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
28 May 2009 |
10 October 2011 |
2 years, 135 days |
49 |
|
|
Ashwani Kumar (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab |
19 January 2011 |
12 July 2011 |
174 days |
50 |
|
|
Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP for Haridwar |
12 July 2011 |
28 October 2012 |
1 year, 108 days |
51 |
|
|
Rajeev Shukla (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
12 July 2011 |
26 May 2014 |
2 years, 318 days |
52 |
|
|
Paban Singh Ghatowar (born 1950) MP for Dibrugarh |
20 July 2011 |
26 May 2014 |
2 years, 310 days |
(36) |
|
|
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
166 days |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Modi I |
Narendra Modi |
53 |
|
|
Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
54 |
|
|
Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962) MP for Saran |
9 November 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
1 year, 239 days |
(37) |
|
|
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand, from 2016 |
9 November 2014 |
3 September 2017 |
2 years, 298 days |
(27) |
|
|
S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) MP for Darjeeling |
5 July 2017 |
3 September 2017 |
60 days |
(42) |
|
|
Vijay Goel (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan |
3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
1 year, 269 days |
55 |
|
|
Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP for Bikaner |
3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
6 years, 236 days |
31 May 2019 |
Incumbent |
Modi II |
56 |
|
|
V. Muraleedharan (born 1958) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
31 May 2019 |
Incumbent |
4 years, 331 days |