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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8,_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF,_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="पत्तन, पोत परिवहन और जलमार्ग मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पत्तन, पोत परिवहन और जलमार्ग मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%86_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AF,_%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0" title="ಹಡಗು ಸಾಗಣೆ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯ, ಭಾರತ ಸರಕಾರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಹಡಗು ಸಾಗಣೆ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯ, ಭಾರತ ಸರಕಾರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87,_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF_(%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4)" title="बंदरे, जहाज वाहतूक आणि जलमार्ग मंत्रालय 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href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Parivahan Bhavan<br />1, Parliament Street<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways&params=28_37_9.58_N_77_12_37.29_E_type:landmark_region:IN">110001 <span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 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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/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a>, Cabinet Minister</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Shantanu_Thakur" title="Shantanu Thakur">Shantanu Thakur</a>, Minister of State</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://shipmin.gov.in">shipmin<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways</b> is the Indian ministry responsible for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to ports, shipping and waterways. The minister is <a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Ministry of Surface Transport</a> was re-organized into two departments, namely the Department of Shipping and the Department of Road Transport and Highways. </p><p>In 2000, the Ministry of Surface Transport was bifurcated into two Ministries namely the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Ministry of Surface Transport</a> and Highways and the Ministry of Shipping. </p><p>In 2004, The Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Road Transport were again merged and renamed as Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. There are two Department viz. Department of Shipping and Department of Road Transport & Highways. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg/300px-MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg/450px-MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg/600px-MSC_Ship_arriving_at_Vizhinjam_Trivandrum_port.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Ultra large container vessel MSC Claude Girardet the largest vessel to berth in South Asia<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> arriving at <a href="/wiki/Vizhinjam_International_Seaport_Thiruvananthapuram" title="Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram">Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram</a>,India</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2009, The Ministry of Shipping was again formed by bifurcating the Ministry Of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways </p><p>Further, in 2020 the Ministry of Shipping was renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization_of_Ministry">Organization of Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 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<th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Shipping </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </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/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>7 November<br />2000 </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002298000000000000♠"></span>298 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ved_Prakash_Goyal" title="Ved Prakash Goyal">Ved Prakash Goyal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1926–2008)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002515000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 150 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg/70px-Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg/105px-Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg/140px-Shatrughan_Sinha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="530" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shatrughan_Sinha" title="Shatrughan Sinha">Shatrughan Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#F84996"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png/70px-Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png/105px-Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png/140px-Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="488" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._Chandrashekar_Rao" title="K. Chandrashekar Rao">K. Chandrashekar Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karimnagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency">Karimnagar</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>25 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg/70px-T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg/105px-T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg/140px-T_R_Baalu_in_a_Party_Meeting_Dias.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/T._R._Baalu" title="T. R. Baalu">T. R. Baalu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1941)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chennai_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency">Chennai South</a></span> </td> <td>25 May<br />2004 </td> <td>2 September<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠"></span>100 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished during this interval</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Shipping </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GKVasan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GKVasan.jpg/70px-GKVasan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GKVasan.jpg/105px-GKVasan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GKVasan.jpg/140px-GKVasan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/G._K._Vasan" title="G. K. Vasan">G. K. Vasan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182400000000000♠"></span>4 years, 363 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3,_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency">Nagpur</a></span> </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003183000000000000♠"></span>5 years, 4 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_(4x5).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/70px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/105px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/140px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3751" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_Mandaviya" title="Mansukh Mandaviya">Mansukh Mandaviya</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1972)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>10 November<br />2020 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002529000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 163 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways </th></tr> <tr> <th>(8) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_(4x5).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/70px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/105px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/140px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3751" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_Mandaviya" title="Mansukh Mandaviya">Mansukh Mandaviya</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1972)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>10 November<br />2020 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002239000000000000♠"></span>239 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sarbananda_Sonowal_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003124000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 144 days</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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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:16em">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" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Shipping </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav,_at_a_function,_at_Parliament_House,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="587" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav" title="Hukmdev Narayan Yadav">Hukmdev Narayan Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhubani_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency">Madhubani</a></span> </td> <td>7 November<br />2000 </td> <td>2 November<br />2001 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002360000000000000♠"></span>360 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG/70px-Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG/105px-Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG/140px-Shripad_Yasso_Naik_-_Kolkata_2014-10-12_7755.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shripad_Naik" title="Shripad Naik">Shripad Naik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/North_Goa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="North Goa Lok Sabha constituency">Panaji</a></span> </td> <td>2 November<br />2001 </td> <td>14 May<br />2002 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002193000000000000♠"></span>193 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Su._Thirunavukkarasar" title="Su. Thirunavukkarasar">Su. Thirunavukkarasar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency">Pudukkottai</a></span> </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dilipkumar_Gandhi" title="Dilipkumar Gandhi">Dilipkumar Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1951–2021)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ahmednagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency">Ahmednagar</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>15 March<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002411000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 46 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Shipping </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#20C646"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukul_Roy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/70px-Mukul_Roy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/105px-Mukul_Roy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/140px-Mukul_Roy.png 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="588" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Roy" title="Mukul Roy">Mukul Roy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>20 March<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003102700000000000♠"></span>2 years, 297 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Milind_Deora.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/70px-Milind_Deora.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/105px-Milind_Deora.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/140px-Milind_Deora.JPG 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="673" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Milind_Deora" title="Milind Deora">Milind Deora</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai South</a></span> </td> <td>31 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002572000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 207 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg/70px-Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg/105px-Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg/140px-Pon_Radhakrishnan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pon_Radhakrishnan" title="Pon Radhakrishnan">Pon Radhakrishnan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kanniyakumari_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency">Kanniyakumari</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003166300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 202 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_(4x5).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/70px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/105px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png/140px-Mansukh_Mandaviya_Profile_%284x5%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3751" /></a></span> 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II</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">10 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg/70px-SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg/105px-SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg/140px-SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3701" 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