| S.No |
Name |
From |
To |
| 1. |
Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai |
15.08.1947 |
02.08.1951 |
| 2. |
Smt. Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur |
02.08.1951 |
13.05.1952 |
| 3. |
Shri Jagjivan Ram |
13.05.1952 |
07.12.1956 |
| 4. |
Shri Raj Bhadur |
07.12.1956 |
17.04.1957 |
| 5. |
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri |
17.04.1957 |
28.03.1958 |
| 6. |
Shri S.K. Patil |
29.03.1958 |
24.08.1959 |
| 7. |
Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru |
25.08.1959 |
02.09.1959 |
| 8. |
Dr. P. Subarajan |
02.09.1959 |
09.04.1962 |
| 9. |
Shri Jagjivan Ram |
10.04.1962 |
31.08.1963 |
| 10. |
Shri Ashok K. Sen |
01.09.1963 |
13.06.1964 |
| 11. |
Shri Satyanarayan Sinha |
13.06.1964 |
12.03.1967 |
| 12. |
Dr. Ramsubhag Singh |
13.03.1967 |
14.02.1969 |
| 13. |
Shri Satyanarayan Sinha |
14.02.1969 |
08.03.1971 |
| 14. |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
09.03.1971 |
17.03.1971 |
| 15. |
Prof. Sher Singh |
18.03.1971 |
02.05.1971 |
| 16. |
Shri H.N. Bahuguna |
02.05.1971 |
08.11.1973 |
| 17. |
Shri Raj Bahadur |
08.11.1973 |
11.01.1974 |
| 18. |
Shri Brahmananda Reddy |
11.01.1974 |
10.10.1974 |
| 19. |
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |
10.10.1974 |
24.03.1977 |
| 20. |
Shri Moraraji Desai |
24.03.1977 |
26.03.1977 |
| 21. |
Shri Prakash Singh Badal |
26.03.1977 |
27.03.1977 |
| 22. |
Shri George Fernandes |
28.03.1977 |
06.07.1977 |
| 23. |
Shri Brij Lal Verma |
06.07.1977 |
28.07.1979 |
| 24. |
Shri Charan Singh |
28.07.1979 |
30.07.1979 |
| 25. |
Shri Zulfiquarullah Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
30.07.1979 |
27.11.1979 |
| 26. |
Shri Charan Singh |
27.11.1979 |
07.12.1979 |
| 27. |
Shri Shyama Nandan Mishra |
07.12.1979 |
14.01.1980 |
| 28. |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
15.01.1980 |
16.01.1980 |
| 29. |
Shri Bhisma Narain Singh |
16.01.1980 |
03.03.1980 |
| 30. |
Shri C.M. Stephen |
03.03.1980 |
02.09.1982 |
| 31. |
Shri Anant Prasad Sharma |
02.09.1982 |
14.02.1983 |
| 32. |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
14.02.1983 |
31.10.1984 |
| 33. |
Shri Rajiv Gandhi |
31.10.1984 |
04.11.1984 |
| 34. |
Shri V.N. Gadgil |
04.11.1984 |
31.12.1984 |
| 35. |
Shri Ram Niwas Mirdha Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
31.12.1984 |
22.10.1986 |
| 36. |
Shri Arjun Singh |
22.10.1986 |
14.02.1988 |
| 37. |
Shri Vasant Sathe |
14.02.1988 |
25.06.1988 |
| 38. |
Shri Bir Bahadur Singh |
25.06.1988 |
30.05.1989 |
| 39. |
Shri Giridhar Gamang Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
04.07.1989 |
02.12.1989 |
| 40. |
Shri V. P. Singh |
02.12.1989 |
06.12.1989 |
| 41. |
Shri K.P. Unnikrishnan |
06.12.1989 |
23.04.1990 |
| 42. |
Shri Janeshwar Mishra Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
30.04.1990 |
05.11.1990 |
| 43. |
Shri V.P. Singh |
06.11.1990 |
10.11.1990 |
| 44. |
Shri Chandrasekhar |
10.11.1990 |
21.11.1990 |
| 45. |
Dr. Sanjay Singh Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
22.11.1990 |
21.06.1991 |
| 46. |
Shri Rajesh Pilot Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
21.06.1991 |
17.01.1993 |
| 47. |
Shri Sukh Ram Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
17.01.1993 |
16.05.1996 |
| 48. |
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
16.05.1996 |
01.06.1996 |
| 49. |
Shri Beni Prasad Verma Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
01.06.1996 to 10.07.1996 |
10.07.1996 to 19.03.1998 |
| 50. |
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
19.03.1998 |
21.03.1998 |
| 51. |
Shri Buta Singh |
21.03.1998 |
19.04.1998 |
| 52. |
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
19.04.1998 |
20.04.1998 |
| 53. |
Smt. Sushma Swaraj |
20.04.1998 |
11.10.1998 |
| 54. |
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
11.10.1998 |
06.12.1998 |
| 55. |
Shri Jagmohan |
06.12.1998 |
08.06.1999 |
| 56. |
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
08.06.1999 |
13.10.1999 |
| 57. |
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan |
13.10.1999 |
01.09.2001 |
| 58. |
Shri Pramod Mahajan |
02.09.2001 |
28.01.2003 |
| 59. |
Shri Arun Shourie |
29.01.2003 |
22.05.2004 |
| 60. |
Shri Dayanidhi Maran |
23.05.2004 |
15.05.2007 |
| 61. |
Shri A. Raja |
16.05.2007 |
14.11.2010 |
| 62. |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
15.11.2010 |
15.11.2010 |
| 63. |
Shri Kapil Sibal |
19.01.2011 |
26.05.2014 |
| 64. |
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad |
26.05.2014 |
05.07.2016 |
| 65. |
Shri Manoj Sinha Minister of State(Independent Charge) |
06.07.2016 |
30.05.2019 |
| 66. |
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad |
31.05.2019 |
07.07.2021 |
| 67. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | 07.07.2021 | onwards |
