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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>4,692 crore</span> (US$560 million)<small>(2023-24 est.)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/L._Murugan" title="L. 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Murugan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Sanjay Jaju, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a>, Information and Broadcasting Secretary</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mib.gov.in/">www<wbr />.mib<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</b> (Ministry of I&B) is a ministerial level agency of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws in the areas of information, broadcasting, the press and the <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Cinema of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry is responsible for the administration of <a href="/wiki/Press_Information_Bureau" title="Press Information Bureau">Press Information Bureau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prasar_Bharati" title="Prasar Bharati">Prasar Bharati</a>, the broadcasting arm of the Indian Government. 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href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Om_Birla" title="Om Birla">Om Birla</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Deputy Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Lok_Sabha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House (Lok Sabha)">Leader of the House</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha">Leader of the Opposition</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National 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(IIMC)</li></ul></li> <li>Films <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Film_Certification" title="Central Board of Film Certification">Central Board of Film Certification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_India" title="Film and Television Institute of India">Film and Television Institute of India, Pune</a> (FTII)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_Certification_Appellate_Tribunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Film Certification Appellate Tribunal">Film Certification Appellate Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray_Film_and_Television_Institute" title="Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute">Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute</a> (SRFTI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Development_Corporation_of_India" title="National Film Development Corporation of India">National Film Development Corporation</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mandate">Mandate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mandate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mandate of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting are:<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>News Services through <a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> (AIR) and <a href="/wiki/Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a> (DD) for the people.</li> <li>Development of broadcasting and television.</li> <li>Import and export of films.</li> <li>Development and promotion of film industry.</li> <li>Organisation of film festivals and cultural exchanges for the purpose.</li> <li>Directorate of Advertising and visual publicity <a href="/wiki/DAVP" class="mw-redirect" title="DAVP">DAVP</a></li> <li>Handling of press relations to present the policies of Government of India and to get feedback on the Government policies.</li> <li>Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in respect to newspapers.</li> <li>Dissemination of information about India within and outside the country through publications on matters of national importance.</li> <li>Research, Reference and Training to assist the media units of the Ministry to meet their responsibilities.</li> <li>Use of interpersonal communication and traditional folk art forms for information publicity campaigns on public interest issues.</li> <li>International cooperation in the field of information and mass media.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_Service">Civil Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_Information_Service" title="Indian Information Service">Indian Information Service</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Information_Service" title="Indian Information Service">Indian Information Service</a> (IIS) is one of the Group 'A' Civil Services options available for candidates who successfully clear the <a href="/wiki/Union_Public_Service_Commission" title="Union Public Service Commission">UPSC</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_Examination" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Service Examination">Civil Service Examination</a>. This is the media wing of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. They act as the bridge of communication between the Government of India and the Public. IIS cadre officers work under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Ministers">List of Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Note</b>: </p> <ul><li>MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</li> <li>MoS – Minister of State</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:18em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sardar_patel_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sardar_patel_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="605" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1875–1950)<br />Member, <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly</a></span><br />(Deputy Prime Minister) </td> <td>15 August<br />1947 </td> <td>26 January<br />1950 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002895000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 164 days </th> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/70px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/105px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/140px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1664" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._R._Diwakar" title="R. R. Diwakar">R. R. Diwakar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1990)<br />Member, Interim Parliament</span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>31 January<br />1950 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002833000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 103 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/70px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/105px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/140px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="251" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/B._V._Keskar" title="B. V. Keskar">B. V. Keskar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sultanpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency">Musafirkhana</a></span><br />(Minister with cabinet rank, until 1957;<br />MoS, until 1962) </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td>17 April<br />1957 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003361800000000000♠"></span>9 years, 331 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 April<br />1957 </td> <td>9 April<br />1962 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg/70px-Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg/105px-Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg/140px-Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="361" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy" title="Bezawada Gopala Reddy">Bezawada Gopala Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1907–1997)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nellore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nellore Lok Sabha constituency">Kavali</a></span> </td> <td>10 April<br />1962 </td> <td>31 August<br />1963 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002508000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 143 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">5 </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/70px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/105px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/140px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="244" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1900–1983)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Samastipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency">Samastipur</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />1963 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7002305000000000000♠"></span>305 days </th></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 June<br />1964 </td> <td>2 July<br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">6 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/70px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/105px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/140px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>2 July<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002709000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 344 days </th></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001130000000000000♠"></span>13 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency">Bharatpur</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002413000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 48 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah_portrait.jpg/70px-Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah_portrait.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="77" data-file-height="96" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah" title="Kodardas Kalidas Shah">Kodardas Kalidas Shah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1986)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 338 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(5) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/70px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/105px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/140px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="244" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1900–1983)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency">Darbhanga</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td>8 March<br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002752000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 22 days </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/70px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/105px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/140px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raebareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency">Raebareli</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>8 November<br />1973 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002966000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 235 days </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/70px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/105px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/140px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2012)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>8 November<br />1973 </td> <td>28 June<br />1975 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002597000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 232 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidya_Charan_Shukla_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="392" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Charan_Shukla" title="Vidya Charan Shukla">Vidya Charan Shukla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2013)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raipur Lok Sabha constituency">Raipur</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>28 June<br />1975 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002635000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lkadvani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/70px-Lkadvani.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/105px-Lkadvani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/140px-Lkadvani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1309" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1927)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>26 March<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002854000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 124 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Purushottam_Kaushik_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="315" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Purushottam_Kaushik" title="Purushottam Kaushik">Purushottam Kaushik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raipur Lok Sabha constituency">Raipur</a></span> </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002170000000000000♠"></span>170 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan Singh</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasant_Sathe_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="738" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Sathe" title="Vasant Sathe">Vasant Sathe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Wardha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Wardha Lok Sabha constituency">Wardha</a></span> </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td>2 September<br />1982 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002962000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 231 days </th> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Indira)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Indira)">Indian National Congress (Indira)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/N._K._P._Salve" title="N. K. P. Salve">N. K. P. Salve</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2012)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>2 September<br />1982 </td> <td>14 January<br />1983 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002134000000000000♠"></span>134 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">15 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="316" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/H._K._L._Bhagat" title="H. K. L. Bhagat">H. K. L. Bhagat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2005)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/East_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">East Delhi</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>14 January<br />1983 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002717000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 352 days </th></tr> <tr> <td>4 November<br />1984 </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vitthalrao_Gadgil" title="Vitthalrao Gadgil">Vitthalrao Gadgil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pune_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pune Lok Sabha constituency">Pune</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td>22 October<br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002660000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 295 days </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Kumar_Panja" title="Ajit Kumar Panja">Ajit Kumar Panja</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_East_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North East</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>22 October<br />1986 </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002480000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 115 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(15) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-H._K._L._Bhagat_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="316" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._K._L._Bhagat" title="H. K. L. Bhagat">H. K. L. Bhagat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2005)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/East_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">East Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002657000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 291 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._Upendra" title="P. Upendra">P. Upendra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2009)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>6 December<br />1989 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠"></span>339 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/70px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/105px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/140px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="692" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ballia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ballia Lok Sabha constituency">Ballia</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(17) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Kumar_Panja" title="Ajit Kumar Panja">Ajit Kumar Panja</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_East_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North East</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 211 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Brigadier</span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Singh_Deo" title="Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo">Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo</a></b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1941)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency">Dhenkanal</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002970000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 240 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg/70px-P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg/105px-P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="165" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–2016)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a></span> </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/70px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/105px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/140px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">South Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">22 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._M._Ibrahim_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-C._M._Ibrahim_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="525" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/C._M._Ibrahim" title="C. M. Ibrahim">C. M. Ibrahim</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></span> </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002334000000000000♠"></span>334 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>1 May<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/70px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/105px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/140px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jaipal_Reddy" title="Jaipal Reddy">S. Jaipal Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>1 May<br />1997 </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002322000000000000♠"></span>322 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(21) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/70px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/105px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/140px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">South Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>11 October<br />1998 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002206000000000000♠"></span>206 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>11 October<br />1998 </td> <td>5 December<br />1998 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠"></span>55 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>5 December<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002312000000000000♠"></span>312 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance,_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting,_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/70px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/105px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/140px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>30 September<br />2000 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002353000000000000♠"></span>353 days </th> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(21) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/70px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/105px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/140px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, till 8 November 2000<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, from 9 November 2000</span> </td> <td>30 September<br />2000 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002851000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 121 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(23) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/70px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/105px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/140px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jaipal_Reddy" title="Jaipal Reddy">S. Jaipal Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Miryalguda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Miryalguda Lok Sabha constituency">Miryalguda</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>18 November<br />2005 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002544000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 179 days </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/70px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/105px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/140px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="668" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi" title="Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi">Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raiganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency">Raiganj</a></span> </td> <td>18 November<br />2005 </td> <td>11 November<br />2008 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003108900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 359 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>11 November<br />2008 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002192000000000000♠"></span>192 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambika_Soni_PIB_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ambika_Soni_PIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="1124" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ambika_Soni" title="Ambika Soni">Ambika Soni</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>27 October<br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 152 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg/70px-Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg/105px-Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg/140px-Manish_Tewari_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="545" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manish_Tewari" title="Manish Tewari">Manish Tewari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1965)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ludhiana_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency">Ludhiana</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="982" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Javadekar" title="Prakash Javadekar">Prakash Javadekar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001990000000000000♠"></span>99 days </th> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(25) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance,_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting,_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/70px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/105px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/140px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/70px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/105px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/140px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="672" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._Venkaiah_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Venkaiah Naidu">M. Venkaiah Naidu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>18 July<br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002378000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 13 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/70px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/105px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/140px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="1527" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>18 July<br />2017 </td> <td>14 May<br />2018 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002300000000000000♠"></span>300 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="568" /></a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Colonel</span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jaipur_Rural_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur Rural</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>14 May<br />2018 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002381000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 16 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(30) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="982" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Javadekar" title="Prakash Javadekar">Prakash Javadekar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg/70px-Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg/105px-Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg/140px-Shri_Anurag_Singh_Thakur_in_March_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="1999" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Singh_Thakur" class="mw-redirect" title="Anurag Singh Thakur">Anurag Singh Thakur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1974)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hamirpur,_Himachal_Pradesh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency">Hamirpur</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg/70px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg/105px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg/140px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_addressing_the_Media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_Railways_at_Rail_Bhavan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1229" data-file-height="1403" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td>10 June 2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/70px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/105px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg/140px-R.R_DIVAKAR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1664" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._R._Diwakar" title="R. R. Diwakar">R. R. Diwakar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1990)<br />Member, <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly</a></span> </td> <td>7 October<br />1948 </td> <td>26 January<br />1950 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002476000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 111 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/70px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/105px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/140px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2012)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 February<br />1971 </td> <td rowspan="2">18 March<br />1971 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠"></span>32 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Sher Singh Kadyan</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rohtak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency">Rohtak</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nanini_Satpathy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/70px-Nanini_Satpathy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/105px-Nanini_Satpathy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/140px-Nanini_Satpathy.png 2x" data-file-width="2938" data-file-height="3378" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nandini_Satpathy" title="Nandini Satpathy">Nandini Satpathy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>14 June<br />1972 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002454000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 88 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(2) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/70px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/105px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/140px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2012)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span> </td> <td>22 July<br />1972 </td> <td>8 November<br />1973 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 109 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">5 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#1F75FE; color:white"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Jagbir Singh</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>14 August<br />1977 </td> <td>11 July<br />1978 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002331000000000000♠"></span>331 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 January<br />1979 </td> <td>15 July<br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002170000000000000♠"></span>170 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ram_Dulari_Sinha_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Dulari_Sinha" title="Ram Dulari Sinha">Ram Dulari Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1922–1994)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sheohar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency">Sheohar</a></span> </td> <td>8 June<br />1980 </td> <td>19 October<br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002133000000000000♠"></span>133 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._Krishna_Kumar" title="S. Krishna Kumar">S. Krishna Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kollam Lok Sabha constituency">Kollam</a></span> </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002525000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 160 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>Kamla Kant Tiwari</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Buxar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Buxar Lok Sabha constituency">Buxar</a></span> </td> <td>22 April<br />1989 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002224000000000000♠"></span>224 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Tourism_Minister,_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony,_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Kant_Sahay" title="Subodh Kant Sahay">Subodh Kant Sahay</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ranchi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency">Ranchi</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P.M._Sayeed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/P.M._Sayeed.jpg/70px-P.M._Sayeed.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/P.M._Sayeed.jpg/105px-P.M._Sayeed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/P.M._Sayeed.jpg/140px-P.M._Sayeed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._M._Sayeed" title="P. M. Sayeed">P. M. Sayeed</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2005)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency">Lakshadweep</a></span> </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="885" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rampur Lok Sabha constituency">Rampur</a></span> </td> <td>20 March<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002572000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 207 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Governor_of_Tripura,_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister,_Shri_Amit_Shah,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09,_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-The_Governor_of_Tripura%2C_Shri_Ramesh_Bais_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister%2C_Shri_Amit_Shah%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_09%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="925" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Bais" title="Ramesh Bais">Ramesh Bais</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raipur Lok Sabha constituency">Raipur</a></span> </td> <td>30 September<br />2000 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002851000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 121 days </th> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambareesh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Ambareesh.jpg/70px-Ambareesh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Ambareesh.jpg/105px-Ambareesh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Ambareesh.jpg/140px-Ambareesh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ambareesh" title="Ambareesh">M. H. Ambareesh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mandya_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mandya Lok Sabha constituency">Mandya</a></span> </td> <td>24 October<br />2006 </td> <td>15 February<br />2007 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002142000000000000♠"></span>142 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg/70px-Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg/105px-Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg/140px-Anand_Sharma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2141" data-file-height="3312" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>18 October<br />2008 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002216000000000000♠"></span>216 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#20C646"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="821" data-file-height="1074" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Choudhury_Mohan_Jatua" title="Choudhury Mohan Jatua">Choudhury Mohan Jatua</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1935)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency">Mathurapur</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>22 September<br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003121300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 117 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S._Jagathrakshakan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-S._Jagathrakshakan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._Jagathrakshakan" title="S. Jagathrakshakan">S. Jagathrakshakan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arakkonam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency">Arakkonam</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_in_October_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="568" /></a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Colonel</span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jaipur_Rural_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur Rural</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>14 May<br />2018 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003128200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 186 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-L._Murugan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="854" data-file-height="1130" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/L._Murugan" title="L. Murugan">L. Murugan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1977)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003123500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 139 days </th> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Ministers">Deputy Ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Deputy Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Sham Nath</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency">Chandni Chowk</a></span> </td> <td>8 May<br />1962 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002763000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 32 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/70px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/105px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/140px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/C._R._Pattabhiraman" title="C. R. Pattabhiraman">C. R. Pattabhiraman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kumbakonam Lok Sabha constituency">Kumbakonam</a></span> </td> <td>15 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001130000000000000♠"></span>13 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nanini_Satpathy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/70px-Nanini_Satpathy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/105px-Nanini_Satpathy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nanini_Satpathy.png/140px-Nanini_Satpathy.png 2x" data-file-width="2938" data-file-height="3378" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Nandini_Satpathy" title="Nandini Satpathy">Nandini Satpathy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003111200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 16 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 March<br />1967 </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dharam_Bir_Sinha" title="Dharam Bir Sinha">Dharam Bir Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barh Lok Sabha constituency">Barh</a></span> </td> <td>2 May<br />1971 </td> <td>23 March<br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003215200000000000♠"></span>5 years, 325 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kumudben_Joshi" title="Kumudben Joshi">Kumudben Joshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–1922)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>19 January<br />1980 </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002727000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 361 days </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Goud" title="Mallikarjun Goud">Mallikarjun Goud</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2002)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahabubnagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency">Mahabubnagar</a></span> </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <td>7 February<br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002753000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 23 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Governor_Khan_during_an_inaugural_function_in_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kerala_Governor_Khan_during_an_inaugural_function_in_2023.jpg/70px-Kerala_Governor_Khan_during_an_inaugural_function_in_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kerala_Governor_Khan_during_an_inaugural_function_in_2023.jpg/105px-Kerala_Governor_Khan_during_an_inaugural_function_in_2023.jpg 1.5x, 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(India)">Home Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economy & Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Co-operation" title="Ministry of Co-operation">Co-operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries_and_Public_Enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises">Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Information and Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Labour and Employment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles" title="Ministry of Textiles">Textiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" title="Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North Eastern Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Jal Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport and Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Energy & Climate Change</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Environment, Forest and Climate Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy">New and Renewable Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas" title="Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas">Petroleum and Natural Gas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Power</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science, Education & Health</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_AYUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of AYUSH">AYUSH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Health and Family Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and Entrepreneurship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Planning_(India)" title="Ministry of Planning (India)">Planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and Empowerment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Statistics and Programme Implementation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs"> Tribal Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Youth Affairs and Sports</a></li></ul> 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