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Delhi">New Delhi</a></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>6,908 crore</span> (US$830 million) <small>(2017-18 est.)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministers 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/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar Khatik</a>, Cabinet Minister</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a>, Minister of State</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/B._L._Verma_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="B. L. Verma (Uttar Pradesh politician)">B. L. Verma</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="https://socialjustice.gov.in/">socialjustice<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment </b>is a <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">ministry</a>. It is responsible for <a href="/wiki/Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare">welfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">social justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empowerment" title="Empowerment">empowerment</a> of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_castes" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled castes">scheduled castes</a> (SC), <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">Other Backward Classes</a> (OBC), <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people, the <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disabled</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Elderly" class="mw-redirect" title="Elderly">elderly</a>, and the victims of <a href="/wiki/Drug_abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug abuse">drug abuse</a>. It also helps in the enforcement of legislation with regards to these marginalized groups to better enforce anti-discrimination policies.<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> </p><p>The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment holds <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a> rank as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers of the Republic of India">Council of Ministers</a>. The current minister is <a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar</a>, who is assisted by two ministers of state, <a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a> and <a href="/wiki/B._L._Verma_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="B. L. Verma (Uttar Pradesh politician)">B. L. Verma</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_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1985–1986, the former Ministry of Welfare was divided into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. At the same time, the Departments of Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a> and the Department of <a href="/wiki/Waqf" title="Waqf">Wakf</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Ministry of Law</a> were separated from those ministry to form the new Ministry of Welfare. </p><p>The Ministry of Welfare was renamed as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in May 1998. In October 1999, the Department of Tribal Development was separated to form the new and independent <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs">Ministry of Tribal Affairs</a>. In May 2004 following the formation of the <a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">First Manmohan Singh ministry</a>, the Department of Women and Child Development was separated to form an independent ministry to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Ministry of Women and Child Development</a>, while in January 2006, the Departments of Minorities Welfare and the Wakf were separated to form the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Ministry of Minority Affairs</a>. To propagate the ideologies and philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Babu_Jagjivan_Ram" class="mw-redirect" title="Babu Jagjivan Ram">Babu Jagjivan Ram</a>, the 'Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation', has been set up by the Ministry.<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><p>In 2012, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched Oblindia, an online library for visually impaired college students. At launch, the library included 12,000 books in 10 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry has five <a href="/wiki/Government_agency" title="Government agency">bureaus</a>, each headed by a Joint Secretary: Scheduled Castes Development Bureau; Backward Classes Bureau Coordination, Media, Administration; Disability Bureau; Social Defense (SD) Bureau; and Project, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring Bureau. </p> <ul><li><b>Statutory Bodies</b> <ul><li>Office of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Commissioner_for_Persons_with_Disabilities" title="Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities">Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities</a>, New Delhi</li> <li>National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_Council_of_India" title="Rehabilitation Council of India">Rehabilitation Council of India</a> (RCI)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Commissions</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Backward_Classes" title="National Commission for Backward Classes">National Commission for Backward Classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Scheduled_Castes" title="National Commission for Scheduled Castes">National Commission for Scheduled Castes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Scheduled_Tribes" title="National Commission for Scheduled Tribes">National Commission for Scheduled Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Denotified,_Nomadic_and_Semi-Nomadic_Tribes" title="National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes">National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>National Institutes</b> <ul><li>Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> (AYJNIHH)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deendayal_Upadhyaya_Institute_for_the_Physically_Handicapped" title="Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped">Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_the_Physically_Handicapped" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute for the Physically Handicapped">Institute for the Physically Handicapped</a> (IPH))</li> <li>National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_the_Empowerment_of_Persons_with_Intellectual_Disabilities" title="National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities">National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secunderabad" title="Secunderabad">Secunderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_the_Empowerment_of_Persons_with_Visual_Disabilities" title="National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities">National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities</a> (NIVH), Dehradun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekanand_National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research" title="Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research">Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> (<a href="/wiki/NIRTAR" class="mw-redirect" title="NIRTAR">NIRTAR</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Empowerment_of_Persons_with_Multiple_Disabilities" title="National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities">National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities</a> (NIEPMD), Chennai</li> <li>Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC)</li> <li>National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Public_sector_undertaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Public sector undertaking">Public sector undertakings</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Backward_Classes_Finance_and_Development_Corporation" title="National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation">National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation</a> (NBCFDC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Handicapped_Finance_and_Development_Corporation" title="National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation">National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation</a> (NHFDC)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Development_and_Welfare_Board_for_Denotified,_Nomadic_and_Semi_Nomadic_Communities&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities (page does not exist)">Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities</a> (DWBDNC)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artificial_Limbs_Manufacturing_Corporation_of_India&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (page does not exist)">Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India</a> (ALIMCO), <a href="/wiki/Kanpur" title="Kanpur">Kanpur</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities (CRCs)</b></li> <li><b>Public Private Partnership</b> <ul><li><b>Indian Spinal Injury Centre</b></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislation">Legislation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maintenance_and_Welfare_of_Parents_and_Senior_Citizens_Act,_2007" title="Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007">Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</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" 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 Social Security </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/70px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North West</a></span> </td> <td>13 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 212 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Social Welfare </th></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/70px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/105px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 2x" data-file-width="114" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Raghuramaiah" title="Kotha Raghuramaiah">Kotha Raghuramaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1979)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>25 March<br />1966 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠"></span>60 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">4 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Asoka_Mehta_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="253" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Asoka_Mehta" title="Asoka Mehta">Asoka Mehta</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1984)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, until 1967<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhandara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhandara</a></span> </td> <td>25 March<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002881000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 150 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>22 August<br />1968 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/70px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/105px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/140px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Panampilly_Govinda_Menon" title="Panampilly Govinda Menon">Panampilly Govinda Menon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mukundapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Mukundapuram</a></span> </td> <td>22 August<br />1968 </td> <td>23 May<br />1970 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002639000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 274 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/70px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/105px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/140px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="404" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah" title="Kengal Hanumanthaiah">Kengal Hanumanthaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore City</a></span> </td> <td>26 May<br />1970 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002296000000000000♠"></span>296 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/70px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/105px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/140px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="330" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Siddhartha_Shankar_Ray" title="Siddhartha Shankar Ray">Siddhartha Shankar Ray</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raiganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency">Raiganj</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>20 March<br />1972 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002368000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 2 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan" title="Saiyid Nurul Hasan">Saiyid Nurul Hasan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1993)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>24 March<br />1972 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 0 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition,_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest,_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder" title="Pratap Chandra Chunder">Pratap Chandra Chunder</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_East_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North East</a></span> </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002856000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 126 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td style="background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="background:#7777FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/70px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/105px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/140px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1657" data-file-height="2494" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Udhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Udhampur</a></span> </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td>19 August<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠"></span>22 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">Indian National Congress (Urs)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="background:#009933; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sathyavani_Muthu_Rajya_Sabha_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sathyavani_Muthu_Rajya_Sabha_MP.jpg/70px-Sathyavani_Muthu_Rajya_Sabha_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Sathyavani_Muthu_Rajya_Sabha_MP.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="87" data-file-height="109" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sathyavani_Muthu" title="Sathyavani Muthu">Sathyavani Muthu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–1999)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></span> </td> <td>19 August<br />1979 </td> <td>23 December<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002126000000000000♠"></span>126 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="365" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan" title="Shankarrao Chavan">Shankarrao Chavan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nanded_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nanded Lok Sabha constituency">Nanded</a></span> </td> <td>19 October<br />1980 </td> <td>8 August<br />1981 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days</b> </td> <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="2"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">13 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="290" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Kaul" title="Sheila Kaul">Sheila Kaul</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2015)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>8 August 1981 </td> <td>31 October 1984 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003123600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 140 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 November 1984 </td> <td>31 December 1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Women and Social Welfare </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/70px-Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/105px-Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/140px-Maragatham_Chandrasekar_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Maragatham_Chandrasekar" title="Maragatham Chandrasekar">Maragatham Chandrasekar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sriperumbudur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency">Sriperumbudur</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>31 December 1984 </td> <td>25 September 1985 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002268000000000000♠"></span>268 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="298" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Kumari_Bajpai" title="Rajendra Kumari Bajpai">Rajendra Kumari Bajpai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–1999)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sitapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sitapur Lok Sabha constituency">Sitapur</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>25 September<br />1985 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003152900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 68 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Welfare </th></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Vilas_Paswan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="743" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hajipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency">Hajipur</a></span> </td> <td>6 December<br />1989 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002369000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 4 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a> </td> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b> </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> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sitaram_Kesri_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Kesri" title="Sitaram Kesri">Sitaram Kesri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2000)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003179100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 330 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kariya_Munda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Kariya_Munda.jpg/70px-Kariya_Munda.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Kariya_Munda.jpg/105px-Kariya_Munda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Kariya_Munda.jpg/140px-Kariya_Munda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kariya_Munda" title="Kariya Munda">Kariya Munda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1936)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khunti_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khunti Lok Sabha constituency">Khunti</a></span> </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">19 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg/70px-Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg/105px-Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg/140px-Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="1007" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Balwant_Singh_Ramoowalia" title="Balwant Singh Ramoowalia">Balwant Singh Ramoowalia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002656000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 291 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maneka_Gandhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Maneka_Gandhi" title="Maneka Gandhi">Maneka Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pilibhit_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency">Pilibhit</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>23 May<br />1998 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001650000000000000♠"></span>65 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">21 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maneka_Gandhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Maneka_Gandhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Maneka_Gandhi" title="Maneka Gandhi">Maneka Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pilibhit_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency">Pilibhit</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>23 May<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003119700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 101 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satyanarayan_Jatiya_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Satyanarayan_Jatiya_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="317" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Satyanarayan_Jatiya" title="Satyanarayan Jatiya">Satyanarayan Jatiya</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ujjain_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ujjain Lok Sabha constituency">Ujjain</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002994000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 264 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/70px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/105px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/140px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="880" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Meira_Kumar" title="Meira Kumar">Meira Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukul_Wasnik_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="422" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Wasnik" title="Mukul Wasnik">Mukul Wasnik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ramtek_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency">Ramtek</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>27 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003124800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 152 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kumari_Selja.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/70px-Kumari_Selja.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/105px-Kumari_Selja.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/140px-Kumari_Selja.jpg 2x" data-file-width="869" data-file-height="1160" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Selja_Kumari" title="Selja Kumari">Selja Kumari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ambala_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ambala Lok Sabha constituency">Ambala</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>28 January<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002457000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 92 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19,_2013_(cropped)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/70px-Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/105px-Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/140px-Shri_Mallikarjun_Kharge_takes_over_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2013_%28cropped%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="435" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1941)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gulbarga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency">Gulbarga</a></span> </td> <td>28 January<br />2014 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002118000000000000♠"></span>118 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">28 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Thawar_Chand_Gehlot_appointed_as_the_new_governor_of_karnataka_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot" title="Thawar Chand Gehlot">Thawar Chand Gehlot</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003259800000000000♠"></span>7 years, 41 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><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="4" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">29 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="666" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar Khatik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tikamgarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency">Tikamgarh</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003124000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 144 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment&action=edit&section=5" 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: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" 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 of Social Security </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/70px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/105px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/140px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="904" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis" title="Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis">Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhandara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhandara</a></span> </td> <td>29 October<br />1965 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001740000000000000♠"></span>74 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State of Social Welfare </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phulrenu_Guha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Phulrenu_Guha" title="Phulrenu Guha">Phulrenu Guha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>26 June<br />1970 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003120100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 105 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/70px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/105px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 2x" data-file-width="114" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Raghuramaiah" title="Kotha Raghuramaiah">Kotha Raghuramaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1979)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1967 </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002699000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 333 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/70px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/105px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/140px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Rao" title="Jagannath Rao">Jagannath Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Berhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Chatrapur</a></span> </td> <td>27 June<br />1970 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002264000000000000♠"></span>264 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan" title="Saiyid Nurul Hasan">Saiyid Nurul Hasan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1993)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>4 October<br />1971 </td> <td>24 March<br />1972 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002172000000000000♠"></span>172 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/70px-Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/105px-Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/140px-Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan" title="Dhanna Singh Gulshan">Dhanna Singh Gulshan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Bathinda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency">Bathinda</a></span> </td> <td>14 August<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002713000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 348 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/70px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/105px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/140px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="284" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki" title="Renuka Devi Barkataki">Renuka Devi Barkataki</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency">Gauhati</a></span> </td> <td>16 August<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002711000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 346 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="background:#7777FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="293" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury" title="Rashida Haque Choudhury">Rashida Haque Choudhury</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Silchar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Silchar Lok Sabha constituency">Silchar</a></span> </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td>24 August<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠"></span>25 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">Indian National Congress (Urs)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a> </td> <td style="background:#7777FF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="290" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Kaul" title="Sheila Kaul">Sheila Kaul</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2015)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span> </td> <td>19 October<br />1980 </td> <td>8 August<br />1981 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Welfare </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aslam_Sher_Khan" title="Aslam Sher Khan">Aslam Sher Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Betul_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Betul Lok Sabha constituency">Betul</a></span> </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Satyabrata_Mookherjee_speaking_at_a_three-day_Global_Symposium_on_Taming_the_Future_through_Project_Management_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="265" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Satyabrata_Mookherjee" title="Satyabrata Mookherjee">Satyabrata Mookherjee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency">Krishnanagar</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> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Paswan" title="Sanjay Paswan">Sanjay Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nawada Lok Sabha constituency">Nawada</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002115000000000000♠"></span>115 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kailash-Meghwal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kailash-Meghwal.jpg/70px-Kailash-Meghwal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kailash-Meghwal.jpg/105px-Kailash-Meghwal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kailash-Meghwal.jpg/140px-Kailash-Meghwal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="883" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kailash_Chandra_Meghwal" title="Kailash Chandra Meghwal">Kailash Chandra Meghwal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1934)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tonk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tonk Lok Sabha constituency">Tonk</a></span> </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002364000000000000♠"></span>364 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg/70px-Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg/105px-Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg/140px-Nagmani_Kushwaha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="911" data-file-height="695" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nagmani" title="Nagmani">Nagmani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chatra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chatra Lok Sabha constituency">Chatra</a></span> </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002364000000000000♠"></span>364 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Subbalakshmi_Jagadeesan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="929" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Subbulakshmi_Jagadeesan" title="Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan">Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchengode</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png/70px-Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png/105px-Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png/140px-Nepoleon_Duraisamy.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_(actor)" title="Napoleon (actor)">Napoleon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Perambalur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency">Perambalur</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>20 March<br />2013 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003139200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 296 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Porika_Balram_Naik_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Porika_Balram_Naik_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Balram_Naik" title="Balram Naik">Porika Balram Naik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahabubabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency">Mahabubabad</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Manikrao_Gavit_taking_office_in_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="931" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manikrao_Hodlya_Gavit" title="Manikrao Hodlya Gavit">Manikrao Hodlya Gavit</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–2022)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nandurbar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency">Nandurbar</a></span> </td> <td>17 June<br />2013 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠"></span>343 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sudarshan_Bhagat_giving_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="584" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_Bhagat" title="Sudarshan Bhagat">Sudarshan Bhagat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1969)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lohardaga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency">Lohardaga</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="12" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="12"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="549" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar" title="Krishan Pal Gurjar">Krishan Pal Gurjar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Faridabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency">Faridabad</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>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vijay_Sampla_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vijay_Sampla_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="828" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sampla" title="Vijay Sampla">Vijay Sampla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1961)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hoshiarpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency">Hoshiarpur</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>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#000080"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/70px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/105px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/140px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="424" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(20) </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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Krishan_Pal_Gurjar_assuming_office_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="549" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar" title="Krishan Pal Gurjar">Krishan Pal Gurjar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Faridabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency">Faridabad</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(22) </th> <td bgcolor="#000080"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/70px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/105px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/140px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="424" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003183600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 9 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31,_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rattan_Lal_Kataria" title="Rattan Lal Kataria">Rattan Lal Kataria</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1951–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ambala_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ambala Lok Sabha constituency">Ambala</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A._Narayanaswamy_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-A._Narayanaswamy_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="368" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._Narayanaswamy" title="A. 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Narayanaswamy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency">Chitradurga</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Pratima_Bhoumik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="663" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pratima_Bhoumik" title="Pratima Bhoumik">Pratima Bhoumik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1969)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tripura_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency">Tripura West</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(22) </th> <td bgcolor="#000080"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/70px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/105px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ramdas_Athawale.jpg/140px-Ramdas_Athawale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="424" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>11 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002170000000000000♠"></span>170 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-B._L._Verma_with_PM_Modi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B._L._Verma_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="B. 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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 href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">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 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