The Minister of Road Transport and Highways is the head of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and a senior member of the union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the Ministers of State.
| Minister of Road Transport and Highways | |
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| Saṛak Parivahan Aur Rajmārg Mantrī | |
 Emblem of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | |
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| Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | |
| Member of | Cabinet of India |
| Reports to | President of India Prime Minister of India Parliament of India |
| Appointer | President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India |
| Formation | 1947 (as Ministry of Transport) 7 November 2000 (current form) |
| First holder | John Mathai (as Minister of Transport) B. C. Khanduri (as Minister of Road Transport and Highways) |
The current minister is Nitin Gadkari who has been serving in office since 27 May 2014 and is currently assisted by V. K. Singh as the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways.
Two past presidents- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Pranab Mukherjee served as ministers in the ministry. Reddy was Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation from 1966 till 1967 while Mukherjee was Deputy Minister of Shipping and Transport in 1974. One past prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri served as Minister of Transport and Railways from 1952 till 1956 and as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1957 till 1958. Five prime ministers - Morarji Desai (in 1977), Rajiv Gandhi (in 1986), Chandra Shekhar (in 1991), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (in 1996 and in 2000) and Manmohan Singh (in 2013) held the charge of the ministry during their premierships. The current minister Nitin Gadkari holds the record of being the longest-serving minister in the ministry with a tenure of more than nine years.
Titles of office
editThe ministry has been subjected to various changes since its inception. The ministers have been known by the following titles from time to time:
- 1947–1948: Minister of Transport
- 1948–1957: Minister of Transport and Railways
- 1957–1963: Minister of Transport and Communications
- 1963–1966: Minister of Transport
- 1966–1967: Minister of Transport and Aviation
- 1967–1985: Minister of Shipping and Transport
- 1985–1986: Minister of Transport
- 1986–2000: Minister of Surface Transport
- 2000–2004: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- 2004–2009: Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
- 2009–present: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
History of office
editThe "Ministry of Transport" was created upon the nation's independence on 15 August 1947 with John Mathai being appointed as the inaugural minister. On 22 September 1948, the ministry was renamed as "Ministry of Transport and Railways" and N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar was appointed as the minister on the same day. With the formation of the Third Nehru ministry on 17 April 1957, the Ministry of Transport and Railways was bifurcated into the "Ministry of Railways" and the "Ministry of Transport and Communications" with the merger of the Ministry of Communications with the transport ministry.
On 1 September 1963, the Department of Communications was separated from the ministry and the ministry was renamed as "Ministry of Transport". Upon Indira Gandhi's appointment as the Prime Minister on 24 January 1966,[1] the Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged with the Ministry of Transport to form the "Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation" which was short-lived and the Department of Civil Aviation was separated and merged to form the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. Meanwhile, the Department of Transport was renamed as "Ministry of Shipping and Transport".
On 25 September 1985, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Shipping and Transport and the Department of Civil Aviation were merged to form the "Ministry of Transport" with constituent departments of Railways, Surface Transport and Civil Aviation. Bansi Lal was appointed as the minister of the bulk-ministry and was assisted by three ministers of state, Madhavrao Scindia for Railways, Rajesh Pilot for Surface Transport and Jagdish Tytler for Civil Aviation. Lal resigned on 4 June 1986 and was succeeded by Mohsina Kidwai. In a reshuffle of the union cabinet on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Transport was bifurcated into the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Surface Transport and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Three ministers of state of the constituent departments of the erstwhile transport ministry - Madhavrao Scindia, Rajesh Pilot, and Jagdish Tytler were appointed as the ministers of state with independent charge of the newly created three independent ministries.
The Ministry of Surface Transport existed from 1986 until 7 November 2000 when the ministry bifurcated into two separate ministries, viz. the "Ministry of Road Transport and Highways" and the "Ministry of Shipping". On 2 October 2004, the two ministries were re-united as the "Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways" and were re-bifurcated in May 2009 and has since then existed as two independent ministries. Nitin Gadkari served as the minister of both ministries between 2014 till 2019 and since 2019 has been heading the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The Ministry of Shipping was renamed as the "Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways" on 10 November 2020.[2]
Cabinet Ministers
edit- Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of Transport | ||||||||||
| 1 | John Mathai (1886–1959) |
15 August 1947 |
22 September 1948 |
1 year, 38 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| Minister of Transport and Railways | ||||||||||
| 2 | N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar (1882–1953) MP for Madras (Interim) |
22 September 1948 |
13 May 1952 |
3 years, 234 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
13 May 1952 |
7 December 1956 |
4 years, 208 days | Nehru II | |||||
| 4 | Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Shahabad South |
7 December 1956 |
17 April 1957 |
131 days | ||||||
| Minister of Transport and Communications | ||||||||||
| (3) | Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) MP for Allahabad |
17 April 1957 |
28 March 1958 |
345 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 5 | S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South |
29 March 1958 |
24 August 1959 |
1 year, 148 days | ||||||
| – | Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) MP for Phulpur (Prime Minister) |
24 August 1959 |
2 September 1959 |
9 days | ||||||
| 6 | P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) MP for Tiruchengode |
2 September 1959 |
10 April 1962 |
2 years, 220 days | ||||||
| (4) | Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Sasaram |
10 April 1962 |
31 August 1963 |
1 year, 143 days | Nehru IV | |||||
| – | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur Minister of Shipping |
10 April 1962 |
1 September 1963 |
1 year, 144 days | ||||||
| Minister of Transport | ||||||||||
| 7 | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur (MoS until 1 September 1963) |
1 September 1963 |
10 April 1964 |
2 years, 145 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| 9 June 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||||
| 11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| Minister of Transport and Aviation | ||||||||||
| 8 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh |
24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
1 year, 48 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Minister of Shipping and Transport | ||||||||||
| 9 | V. K. R. V. Rao (1908–1991) /MP for Bellary |
13 March 1967 |
14 February 1969 |
1 year, 338 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 10 | Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur |
14 February 1969 |
18 March 1971 |
2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress (R) | |||||
| 11 | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur |
18 March 1971 |
8 November 1973 |
2 years, 235 days | Indira III | |||||
| 12 | Kamalapati Tripathi (1905–1990) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
8 November 1973 |
10 February 1975 |
1 year, 94 days | ||||||
| 13 | Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901–1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
10 February 1975 |
1 December 1975 |
294 days | ||||||
| 14 | Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) MP for Tarn Taran |
1 December 1975 |
24 March 1977 |
1 year, 113 days | ||||||
| – | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister) |
24 March 1977 |
7 June 1977 |
75 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | |||
| (4) | Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Sasaram (Deputy Prime Minister) |
7 June 1977 |
17 June 1977 |
10 days | ||||||
| – | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister) |
17 June 1977 |
14 August 1977 |
58 days | ||||||
| 15 | Chand Ram (1923–2015) MP for Sirsa (MoS, I/C) |
14 August 1977 |
28 July 1979 |
1 year, 348 days | ||||||
| 16 | Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Allahabad (MoS, I/C) |
30 July 1979 |
14 January 1980 |
168 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Charan Singh | |||
| 17 | Anant Sharma (1919–1988) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
14 January 1980 |
19 October 1980 |
279 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 18 | Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP for Bagalkot |
19 October 1980 |
2 September 1982 |
1 year, 318 days | ||||||
| 19 | C. M. Stephen (1918–1984) MP for Gulbarga |
2 September 1982 |
2 February 1983 |
153 days | ||||||
| 20 | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MP for Kurnool |
2 February 1983 |
7 September 1984 |
1 year, 218 days | ||||||
| (18) | Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP for Bagalkot |
7 September 1984 |
31 October 1984 |
54 days | ||||||
| 4 November 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
57 days | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 21 | Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP for Unnao (MoS, I/C) |
31 December 1984 |
25 September 1985 |
268 days | Rajiv II | |||||
| Minister of Transport | ||||||||||
| 22 | Bansi Lal (1927–2006) MP for Bhiwani |
25 September 1985 |
4 June 1986 |
252 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| – | Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister) |
4 June 1986 |
24 June 1986 |
20 days | ||||||
| 23 | Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP for Meerut |
24 June 1986 |
22 October 1986 |
120 days | ||||||
| Minister of Surface Transport | ||||||||||
| 24 | Rajesh Pilot (1945–2000) MP for Dausa (MoS, I/C) |
22 October 1986 |
2 December 1989 |
3 years, 41 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| 25 | K. P. Unnikrishnan (born 1936) MP for Vatakara |
6 December 1989 |
10 November 1990 |
339 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh | |||
| 26 | Manubhai Kotadia (1936–2003) MP for Amreli |
21 November 1990 |
26 April 1991 |
156 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |||
| – | Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister) |
26 April 1991 |
21 June 1991 |
56 days | ||||||
| 27 | Jagdish Tytler (born 1944) MP for Delhi Sadar (MoS, I/C) |
21 June 1991 |
15 September 1995 |
4 years, 86 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| 28 | M. Rajasekara Murthy (1922–2010) MP for Mysore (MoS, I/C) |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
244 days | ||||||
| – | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) |
16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 29 | T. G. Venkatraman (1931–2013) MP for Tindivanam |
1 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
324 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||
| 21 April 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||||||
| 30 | Sedapatti Muthiah (1945–2022) MP for Periyakulam |
19 March 1998 |
8 April 1998 |
20 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 31 | M. Thambidurai (born 1947) MP for Karur |
8 April 1998 |
8 April 1999 |
1 year, 0 days | ||||||
| 32 | Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP for Barh |
8 April 1999 |
5 August 1999 |
119 days | Samata Party | |||||
| 33 | Jaswant Singh (1938–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan |
5 August 1999 |
13 October 1999 |
69 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| (32) | Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP for Barh |
13 October 1999 |
22 November 1999 |
40 days | Samata Party | Vajpayee III | ||||
| 34 | Rajnath Singh (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
22 November 1999 |
25 October 2000 |
338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| – | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) |
25 October 2000 |
7 November 2000 |
13 days | ||||||
| Minister of Road Transport and Highways | ||||||||||
| 35 | Major General B. C. Khanduri (Retd.) AVSM (born 1934) MP for Garhwal (MoS, I/C until 24 May 2003) |
7 November 2000 |
22 May 2004 |
3 years, 197 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 36 | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South |
23 May 2004 |
2 October 2004 |
132 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways | ||||||||||
| (36) | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South |
2 October 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
4 years, 232 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Minister of Road Transport and Highways | ||||||||||
| 37 | Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for Chhindwara |
28 May 2009[3] |
19 January 2011 |
1 year, 235 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | |||
| 38 | C. P. Joshi (born 1950) MP for Bhilwara |
19 January 2011 |
15 June 2013 |
2 years, 147 days | ||||||
| – | Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam (Prime Minister) |
15 June 2013 |
17 June 2013 |
2 days | ||||||
| 39 | Oscar Fernandes (1941–2021) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka |
17 June 2013[4] |
26 May 2014 |
343 days | ||||||
| 40 | Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur |
27 May 2014[5] |
Incumbent | 10 years, 180 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| Modi II | ||||||||||
| Modi III | ||||||||||
Ministers of State
edit| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of State for Transport and Railways | ||||||||||
| 1 | K. Santhanam (1895–1980) MP for Madras (Constituent Assembly) |
1 October 1948 |
17 April 1952 |
3 years, 199 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| Minister of State for Transport and Communications | ||||||||||
| 2 | Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal |
17 April 1957 |
10 April 1958 |
358 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 3 | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur |
17 April 1957 |
10 April 1962 |
4 years, 358 days | ||||||
| Minister of State for Transport and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 4 | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Rajya Sabha MP for Mysore |
24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
1 year, 48 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Minister of State for Shipping and Transport | ||||||||||
| 5 | Om Mehta (1927–1995) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir |
2 May 1971 |
5 February 1973 |
1 year, 279 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 6 | Mansinhji Bhasaheb Rana MP for Broach |
5 February 1973 |
11 January 1974 |
340 days | ||||||
| 7 | H. M. Trivedi Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
17 October 1974 |
24 March 1977 |
2 years, 158 days | ||||||
| 8 | Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP for Ropar |
8 June 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
1 year, 221 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 9 | Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
15 January 1982 |
29 January 1983 |
1 year, 14 days | ||||||
| 10 | Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP for Unnao |
29 January 1983 |
31 October 1984 |
54 days | ||||||
| 4 November 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
57 days | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| Minister of State for Transport | ||||||||||
| Minister of State in the Department of Railways | 25 September 1985 |
22 October 1986 |
1 year, 27 days | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||
| 11A | Madhavrao Scindia (1945–2001) MP for Gwalior | |||||||||
| Minister of State in the Department of Surface Transport | ||||||||||
| 11B | Rajesh Pilot (1945–2000) MP for Dausa | |||||||||
| Minister of State in the Department of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 11C | Jagdish Tytler (born 1944) MP for Delhi Sadar | |||||||||
| Minister of State for Surface Transport | ||||||||||
| 12 | Debendra Pradhan (born 1941) MP for Deogarh |
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
2 years, 69 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 13 October 1999 |
27 May 2000 |
Vajpayee III | ||||||||
| 13 | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Madhubani |
27 May 2000 |
2 November 2001 |
1 year, 159 days | ||||||
| Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways | ||||||||||
| 14 | Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP for Panaji |
24 May 2003 |
8 September 2003 |
107 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 15 | Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP for Kanniyakumari |
8 September 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
257 days | ||||||
| 16 | K. H. Muniyappa (born 1948) MP for Kolar |
23 May 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
4 years, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| 17 | Mahadeo Singh Khandela (born 1943) MP for Sikar |
28 May 2009[3] |
27 October 2012 |
3 years, 152 days | Manmohan II | |||||
| 18 | R. P. N. Singh (born 1964) MP for Kushi Nagar |
28 May 2009[3] |
19 January 2011 |
1 year, 236 days | ||||||
| 19 | Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Dhaurahra |
19 January 2011 |
28 October 2012 |
1 year, 283 days | ||||||
| 20 | Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary (born 1965) MP for Bardoli |
19 January 2011 |
26 May 2014 |
3 years, 127 days | ||||||
| 21 | Sarve Satyanarayana (born 1954) MP for Malkajgiri |
28 October 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
1 year, 149 days | ||||||
| 22 | Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP for Faridabad |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
167 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| (15) | Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP for Kanniyakumari |
9 November 2014 |
3 September 2017 |
2 years, 298 days | ||||||
| 25 | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
5 July 2016 |
30 May 2019 |
2 years, 329 days | ||||||
| 26 | General V. K. Singh (Retd.) PVSM AVSM YSM ADC (born 1950) MP for Ghaziabad |
31 May 2019 |
9 June 2024 |
5 years, 4 days | Modi II | |||||
| 27 | Ajay Tamta (born 1972) MP for Almora |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 166 days | Modi III | |||||
| 28 | Harsh Malhotra MP for East Delhi | |||||||||
Deputy Ministers
edit| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mohiuddin Ahmed (1898–?) MP for Secunderabad (Civil Aviation) |
2 April 1958 |
10 April 1962 |
4 years, 8 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| (1) | Mohiuddin Ahmed (1898–?) MP for Secunderabad |
16 April 1962 |
1 September 1963 |
1 year, 138 days | Nehru IV | |||||
| 2 | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (1905–1997) MP for Tezpur |
8 May 1962 |
1 September 1963 |
1 year, 116 days | ||||||
| Deputy Minister of Transport | ||||||||||
| (1) | Mohiuddin Ahmed (1898–?) MP for Secunderabad |
1 September 1963 |
27 May 1964 |
2 years, 126 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| 15 June 1964 |
5 January 1966 |
Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||||
| Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 3 | Jahanara Jaipal Singh (1923–2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
15 February 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
1 year, 26 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Deputy Minister of Shipping and Transport | ||||||||||
| 4 | Bhakt Darshan (1912–1991) MP for Garhwal |
18 March 1967 |
18 February 1969 |
1 year, 337 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 5 | Sardar Iqbal Singh (1923–1988) MP for Fazilka |
14 February 1969 |
18 March 1971 |
2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress (R) | |||||
| 6 | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal |
11 January 1974 |
10 October 1974 |
272 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | ||||
| 7 | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa |
1 December 1975 |
24 March 1977 |
1 year, 113 days | ||||||
| Deputy Minister of Surface Transport | ||||||||||
| 8 | P. Namgyal (1937–2020) MP for Ladakh |
15 February 1988 |
4 July 1989 |
1 year, 139 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| Position not in use since 4 July 1989 | ||||||||||
References
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- ^ "Ministry of Shipping renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways". NewsBharati.com. 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Portfolios of Manmohan Singh Cabinet announced". The New Indian Express. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Oscar Fernandes appointed new MoRTH Minister". Construction Week. 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Shri Nitin Gadkari Has Taken Charge as the Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping". Press Information Bureau. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2023.