List of Indian union ministries

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Not to be confused with Union Government ministries of India.

This is a list of the executive ministries of India, from the time of its independence to the present day.

List of ministries

"Ministry" refers collectively to all members of the Union Council of Ministers during a given term, including Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State alike. Articles listed by ministry contain information on the term of one prime minister, specifically the composition of their Council of Ministers.

Ministry	Formation date	Election	Governing party	Prime Minister
Interim	2 September 1946	1945	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
First Nehru	15 August 1947
Second Nehru	15 April 1952	1951–52
Third Nehru	4 April 1957	1957
Fourth Nehru	2 April 1962	1962
First Nanda	27 May 1964	None		Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri	9 June 1964	None		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Second Nanda	11 January 1966	None		Gulzarilal Nanda
First Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966	None		Indira Gandhi
Second Indira Gandhi	13 March 1967	1967
Third Indira Gandhi	18 March 1971	1971	Indian National Congress (R)
Desai	24 March 1977	1977	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
Charan Singh	28 July 1979	None	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
Fourth Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980	1980	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira Gandhi
First Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	None		Rajiv Gandhi
Second Rajiv Gandhi	31 December 1984	1984		Rajiv Gandhi
Vishwanath Pratap Singh	2 December 1989	1989	Janata Dal	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	None	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
Rao	21 June 1991	1991	Indian National Congress (I)	P. V. Narasimha Rao
First Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1996	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Deve Gowda	1 June 1996		Janata Dal	H. D. Deve Gowda
Gujral	21 April 1997	None		Inder Kumar Gujral
Second Vajpayee	19 March 1998	1998	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Third Vajpayee	13 October 1999	1999
First Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004	2004	Indian National Congress	Manmohan Singh
Second Manmohan Singh	22 May 2009	2009
First Modi	26 May 2014	2014	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
Second Modi	30 May 2019	2019
TBD	TBD	2024	TBD	TBD

References

• "Indian ministerial lists (1947–present)" (PDF). Infoelection.com. Leadtech. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

India’s First Cabinet Ministers भारत के पहले कैबिनेट मंत्री

See also

• List of prime ministers of India