The following is a list of the longest-serving ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India, listing those individuals who served at least a decade in Union ministries. As of November 2024, 83 Union ministers have served for at least 10 years in office, including 18 who served for 15 years or more and five who served for at least 20 years. As ministers often hold multiple portfolios during their respective tenures, only their final portfolios and the periods they served in their ranks are displayed here. Party affiliations are those held during the tenure (s) in office of each respective officeholder. Since the first Union Council was established in 1947, its members have been categorised into the following five ranks (in descending order):[1]
Ministers in the first three ranks comprise the Union Cabinet, which is the supreme decision-making body of the nation per Article 75 of the Constitution. Regardless of rank, any member of the Union Council is a Union minister, per the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952.[1]
When multiple Union ministers have been sworn into office from the same date, they are listed in the order they were administered their oaths of office and secrecy, beginning with the Prime Minister. Union ministers who have served in multiple Union Ministries are listed in order of seniority, i.e. a Cabinet Minister in one Union ministry who remains a Cabinet Minister in a subsequent Union ministry is listed before a Minister of State who was subsequently promoted to the rank of a Cabinet Minister.
| Minister | Portrait | Final or current ministerial rank (final/current portfolio held) | Ministries served | Party affiliations | Ranks | Start of tenure | End of tenure | Time in office | Overall tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagjivan Ram | Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Desai | INC (1947–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) CFD (1977) JP (1977–1979) | Cabinet Minister | 15 August 1947 | 31 August 1963 | 29 years, 4 months and 3 days | ||
| 24 January 1966 | 2 February 1977 | |||||||||
| 28 March 1977 | 24 January 1979 | |||||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 1979 | 28 July 1979 | ||||||||
| 2 | Swaran Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1952–1969) INC (R) (1969–1975) | Cabinet Minister | 13 May 1952 | 1 December 1975 | |||
| 3 | Satya Narayan Sinha | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Communications) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I | INC (1948–1969) INC (R) (1969–1971) | Deputy Minister | 1 October 1948 | 26 February 1949 | 22 years, 3 months and 17 days | ||
| Minister of State | 26 February 1949 | 25 January 1950 | ||||||||
| 31 January 1950 | 6 May 1950 | |||||||||
| 13 May 1950 | 10 April 1962 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 10 April 1962 | 8 March 1971 | ||||||||
| 4 | Raj Bahadur | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1951–1969) INC (R) (1969–1976) | Deputy Minister | 29 May 1951 | 13 May 1952 | 21 years, 5 months and 23 days | ||
| 4 June 1952 | 14 February 1956 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 14 February 1956 | 13 March 1967 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 18 March 1971 | 8 November 1973 | ||||||||
| 9 November 1973 | 22 December 1976 | |||||||||
| 5 | Pranab Mukherjee | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance) | Indira Gandhi II Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (R) (1973–1977) INC (1980–1984, 1993–1996, 2004–2012) | Deputy Minister | 5 February 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 20 years, 4 months and 16 days | ||
| Minister of State | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 14 January 1980 | 31 December 1984 | ||||||||
| 17 January 1993 | 9 July 1993 | |||||||||
| 31 August 1993 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 26 June 2012 | |||||||||
| 6 | Kotha Raghuramaiah | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Parliamentary Affairs) | Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1957–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Deputy Minister | 21 May 1957 | 10 April 1962 | 19 years, 9 months and 25 days | ||
| Minister of State | 16 April 1962 | 27 June 1970 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 27 June 1970[2] | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 7 | B. Shankaranand | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) | Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (R) (1971–1977) INC (1980–1987, 1988–1989, 1991–1994) | Deputy Minister | 2 May 1971 | 24 March 1977 | 18 years, 5 months and 3 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 14 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | ||||||||
| 4 November 1984 | 22 August 1987 | |||||||||
| 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 22 December 1994 | |||||||||
| 8 | P. Chidambaram | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Gujral Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1985–1996, 2004–2014) TMC (M) (1996–2001) CJP (2001–2004) | Deputy Minister | 25 September 1985 | 20 January 1986 | 18 years, 1 month and 29 days | ||
| Minister of State | 20 January 1986 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 9 July 1992 | |||||||||
| 10 February 1995 | 3 April 1996 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | ||||||||
| 1 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| 9 | Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister | Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III | INC (1947–1969, 1977–1984) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Cabinet Minister | 2 July 1964 | 24 January 1966 | 17 years, 6 months and 8 days | ||
| Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 14 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jaisukhlal Hathi | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I | INC (1952–1969) | Deputy Minister | 12 September 1952 | 10 April 1962 | 17 years, 1 month and 25 days | ||
| Minister of State | 16 April 1962 | 13 March 1967 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 13 March 1967 | 15 November 1969 | ||||||||
| 11 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Prime Minister | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV | INC (1947–1964) | Prime Minister | 15 August 1947 | 27 May 1964 | |||
| 12 | Vidya Charan Shukla | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Chandra Shekhar Rao | INC (1966–1969, 1980–1981, 1990–1991, 1991–1996) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Deputy Minister | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 16 years, 9 months and 3 days | ||
| Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 8 June 1980 | 19 March 1981 | ||||||||
| 21 November 1990 | 20 February 1991 | |||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1996 | |||||||||
| 13 | Ram Vilas Paswan | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) | V. P. Singh Deve Gowda Gujral Vajpayee III Modi I Modi II | JD (1989–1990, 1996–1998) JD (U) (1999–2000) LJP (2000–2002, 2004–2020) | Cabinet Minister | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 16 years, 7 months and 19 days | ||
| 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 13 October 1999 | 29 April 2002 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | |||||||||
| 26 May 2014 | 8 October 2020 | |||||||||
| 14 | Shah Nawaz Khan | Minister of State (Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1952–1967) INC (R) (1971–1977) | Deputy Minister | 20 September 1956 | 9 June 1964 | 16 years, 4 months and 6 days | ||
| 15 June 1964 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 2 May 1971 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 15 | Gulzarilal Nanda | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Railways) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1951–1966) INC (R) (1970–1971) | Cabinet Minister | 24 September 1951 | 27 May 1964 | 16 years, 2 months and 16 days | ||
| Acting Prime Minister | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | ||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 24 January 1966 | 9 November 1966 | ||||||||
| 18 February 1970 | 18 March 1971 | |||||||||
| 16 | Bali Ram Bhagat | Cabinet Minister (Minister of External Affairs) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Rajiv Gandhi | INC (1956–1969, 1985–1986) INC (R) (1969–1971) | Deputy Minister | 4 January 1956 | 10 April 1962 | 15 years, 9 months and 25 days | ||
| 16 April 1962 | 21 September 1963 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 21 September 1963 | 14 February 1969 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | ||||||||
| 25 September 1985 | 12 May 1986 | |||||||||
| 17 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Planning and Irrigation) | Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III | INC (1962–1969, 1980–1984) INC (R) (1969–1972, 1975–1977) | Deputy Minister | 8 June 1962 | 9 June 1964 | 15 years, 7 months and 24 days | ||
| 15 June 1964 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 2 May 1971 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 2 May 1971 | 29 January 1972 | ||||||||
| 25 December 1975 | 24 March 1977 | |||||||||
| 14 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||||
| 18 | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Statistics, Programme Implementation, Planning and Culture) | Manmohan Singh I Modi I Modi II Modi III | INC (2004-2009) BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 15 years 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | present | ||||||||
| 19 | Krishna Chandra Pant | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh Rajiv Gandhi | INC (1967–1969, 1984–1989) INC (R) (1969–1977) INC (U) (1979–1980) | Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 9 November 1973 | 15 years, 4 months and 28 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 9 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | |||||||||
| 31 December 1984 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| 20 | Manmohan Singh | Prime Minister | Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1991–1996, 2004–2014) | Cabinet Minister | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | 14 years, 10 months and 29 days | ||
| Prime Minister | 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | ||||||||
| 21 | Kamal Nath | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs) | Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1991–1996, 2004–2014) | Minister of State | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | 14 years, 10 months and 29 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | ||||||||
| 22 | Hansraj Bhardwaj | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Law and Justice) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I | INC (1984–1989, 1991–1996, 2004–2009) | Minister of State | 31 December 1984 | 2 December 1989 | 14 years, 9 months and 27 days | ||
| 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | ||||||||
| 23 | Yashwantrao Chavan | Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs) | Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh | INC (1962–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) INC (U) (1979–1980) | Cabinet Minister | 21 November 1962 | 24 March 1977 | 14 years, 9 months and 20 days | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | ||||||||
| 24 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1980–1989, 1991–1996) | Cabinet Minister | 14 January 1980 | 2 December 1989 | 14 years, 9 months and 12 days | ||
| Prime Minister | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||||
| 25 | Keshav Dev Malviya | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi II | INC (1952–1963) INC (R) (1974–1977) | Deputy Minister | 12 August 1952 | 7 December 1954 | 14 years and 26 days | ||
| Minister of State | 7 December 1954 | 10 April 1962 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 10 April 1962[3] | 26 June 1963 | ||||||||
| 11 January 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||||||||
| 26 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Water Resources) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1984–1987, 1991–1996, 2004–2005, 2009–2014) | Minister of State | 31 December 1984 | 7 September 1987 | 14 years and 15 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 1 November 2005 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| 27 | Ziaur Rahman Ansari | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Environment and Forests) | Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi | INC (1980–1989) INC (R) (1973–1977) | Deputy Minister | 6 February 1973 | 24 March 1977 | 13 years, 10 months and 12 days | ||
| Minister of State | 3 March 1980 | 31 October 1984 | ||||||||
| 4 November 1984 | 25 June 1988 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| 28 | Shivraj Patil | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Home Affairs) | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Manmohan Singh I | INC (1980–1989, 2004–2008) | Minister of State | 19 October 1980 | 31 October 1984 | 13 years, 7 months and 17 days | ||
| 4 November 1984 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 22 May 2004 | 30 November 2008 | ||||||||
| 29 | Ram Niwas Mirdha | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Textiles, Health and Family Welfare) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi | INC (1983–1989) INC (R) (1970–1977) | Minister of State | 26 June 1970 | 24 March 1977 | 13 years, 6 months and 25 days | ||
| 29 January 1983 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||||
| 4 November 1984 | 15 February 1988 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 15 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| 30 | Selja Kumari | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation and Social Justice and Empowerment) | Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1992–1996, 2004–2014) | Deputy Minister | 2 July 1992 | 15 September 1995 | 13 years, 6 months and 14 days | ||
| Minister of State | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 28 May 2009 | 28 January 2014 | ||||||||
| 31 | Dinesh Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister without portfolio) | Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1962–1964, 1964–1969, 1988–1989, 1993–1995) INC (R) (1969–1971) | Deputy Minister | 8 May 1962 | 9 June 1964 | 13 years and 6 months | ||
| 15 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 13 March 1967 | 18 March 1971 | ||||||||
| 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| 18 January 1993 | 30 November 1995 | |||||||||
| 32 | B. V. Keskar | Minister of State (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III | INC (1948–1962) | Deputy Minister | 7 December 1948 | 26 January 1950 | 13 years, 3 months and 28 days | ||
| 31 January 1950 | 13 May 1952 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 13 May 1952 | 9 April 1962 | ||||||||
| 33 | Buta Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Communications) | Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao Gujral | INC (R) (1974–1977) INC (1980–1989, 1995–1996) Independent (1998) | Deputy Minister | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 13 years and 18 days | ||
| Minister of State | 8 June 1980 | 29 January 1983 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 29 January 1983 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| 10 February 1995 | 20 February 1996 | |||||||||
| 19 March 1998 | 20 April 1998 | |||||||||
| 34 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | Prime Minister | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri | INC (1952–1956, 1957–1963, 1964–1966) | Cabinet Minister | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | 12 years, 10 months and 26 days | ||
| 17 April 1957 | 1 September 1963 | |||||||||
| 24 January 1964 | 9 June 1964 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | ||||||||
| 35 | Rajnath Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence) | Vajpayee III Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (1999–2000, 2003–2004, 2014–present) | Cabinet Minister | 22 November 1999 | 25 November 2000 | 12 years, 5 months and 28 days | ||
| 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||||||||
| 26 May 2014[4] | present | |||||||||
| 36 | Lalit Narayan Mishra | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Railways) | Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1960–1962, 1964–1969) INC (R) (1969–1975) | Deputy Minister | 22 August 1960 | 10 April 1962 | 12 years, 5 months and 18 days | ||
| 26 February 1964 | 9 June 1964 | |||||||||
| 15 June 1964 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 27 June 1970 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 27 June 1970 | 3 January 1975 | ||||||||
| 37 | Mehr Chand Khanna | Minister of State (Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II | INC (1954–1967) | Minister of State (with Cabinet rank) | 7 December 1954 | 13 March 1967 | |||
| 38 | P. A. Sangma | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1980–1988, 1991–1996) | Deputy Minister | 31 October 1980 | 31 October 1984 | 12 years, 1 month and 27 days | ||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 1 January 1985 | 6 February 1988 | ||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 10 February 1995 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 10 February 1995 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||||
| 39 | Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy | Minister of State (Minister of Health, Family Planning, Works, Housing and Urban Development) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I | INC (1959–1969) INC (R) (1969–1971) | Deputy Minister | 6 March 1959 | 10 April 1962 | 11 years, 11 months and 15 days | ||
| 16 April 1962 | 16 February 1963 | |||||||||
| 16 February 1963 | 9 June 1964 | |||||||||
| 15 June 1964 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| 18 March 1967 | 18 February 1969 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 18 February 1969 | 13 March 1971 | ||||||||
| 40 | Inder Kumar Gujral | Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II V. P. Singh Deve Gowda Gujral | INC (1967–1969) INC (R) (1969–1976) JD (1989–1990, 1996–1998) | Minister of State | 18 March 1967 | 12 May 1976 | 11 years, 10 months and 12 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | ||||||||
| 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | 21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | ||||||||
| 41 | Shankarrao Chavan | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Home Affairs) | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1980–1989, 1991–1996) | Cabinet Minister | 19 October 1980 | 31 October 1984 | 11 years, 8 months and 20 days | ||
| 4 November 1984 | 11 March 1986 | |||||||||
| 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| 42 | Sharad Pawar | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries) | Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | INC (1991–1993, 2004–2014) | Cabinet Minister | 26 June 1991 | 5 March 1993 | 11 years, 8 months and 11 days | ||
| 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| 43 | D. P. Karmarkar | Minister of State (Minister of Health) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III | INC (1950–1962) | Deputy Minister | 14 August 1950 | 12 August 1952 | 11 years, 7 months and 26 days | ||
| Minister of State | 12 August 1952 | 9 April 1962 | ||||||||
| 44 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Steel and Mines) | Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Rajiv Gandhi Chandra Shekhar | INC (1957–1966, 1984–1987) SJP (R) (1990–1991) | Minister of State | 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | 11 years, 7 months and 7 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 10 April 1962 | 24 January 1966 | ||||||||
| 31 December 1984 | 31 March 1987 | |||||||||
| 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | |||||||||
| 45 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh | INC (1966–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) JP (S) (1979–1980) | Deputy Minister | 29 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 11 years, 7 months and 2 days | ||
| 18 March 1967 | 10 October 1974 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | ||||||||
| 46 | Morarji Desai | Prime Minister | Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi I Desai | INC (1956–1963, 1967–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) JP (1977–1979) | Cabinet Minister | 14 November 1956 | 31 August 1963 | 11 years, 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 13 March 1967 | 19 July 1969 | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | 24 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | ||||||||
| 47 | Chidambaram Subramaniam | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence) | Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh | INC (1962–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) INC (U) (1979–1980) | Cabinet Minister | 10 April 1962 | 13 March 1967 | 11 years, 3 months and 18 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 24 April 1971 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | |||||||||
| 48 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Commerce and Industry) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV | INC (1952–1963) | Cabinet Minister | 15 May 1952 | 19 July 1963 | |||
| 49 | C. K. Jaffer Sharief | Cabinet Minister (Minister without Portfolio) | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1980–1984, 1988–1989, 1991–1995) | Minister of State | 14 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | 11 years, 2 months and 1 day | ||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |||||||||
| 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 21 June 1991 | 22 November 1995 | ||||||||
| 50 | Annasaheb Shinde | Minister of State (Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1966–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Deputy Minister | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 11 years, 1 month and 28 days | ||
| Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 51 | D. R. Chavan | Minister of State (Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs) | Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1962–1969) INC (R) (1969–1973) | Deputy Minister | 8 May 1962 | 9 June 1964 | 11 years, 1 month and 16 days | ||
| 15 June 1964 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| 18 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 14 February 1969 | 8 July 1973 | ||||||||
| 52 | S. Jaipal Reddy | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Science and Technology) | Gujral Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | JD (1997–1998) INC (2004–2014) | Cabinet Minister | 1 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 10 years, 10 months and 22 days | ||
| 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| 53 | T. R. Baalu | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways) | Deve Gowda Gujral Vajpayee III Manmohan Singh I | DMK (1996–1998, 1999–2003, 2004–2009) | Minister of State | 6 July 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 10 years, 10 months and 21 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 13 October 1999 | 21 December 2003 | ||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | |||||||||
| 54 | Nityanand Kanungo | Minister of State (Minister of Civil Aviation) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri | INC (1954–1965) | Deputy Minister | 28 September 1954 | 10 August 1955 | 10 years, 10 months and 3 days | ||
| Minister of State | 10 August 1955 | 31 July 1965 | ||||||||
| 55 | Manubhai Shah | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Commerce) | Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I | INC (1956–1967) | Minister of State | 1 May 1956 | 16 April 1957 | 10 years, 10 months and 2 days | ||
| 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | |||||||||
| 16 April 1962 | 24 January 1966 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | ||||||||
| 56 | Maneka Gandhi | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Women and Child Development) | V. P. Singh Chandra Shekhar Vajpayee II Vajpayee III Modi I | JD (1989–1991) BJP (1998–2002, 2014–2019) | Minister of State | 6 December 1989 | 21 June 1991 | 10 years and 10 months | ||
| 19 March 1998 | 1 July 2002 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | ||||||||
| 57 | Faggan Singh Kulaste | Minister of State (Minister of Steel and Rural Development) | Vajpayee III Modi I Modi II | BJP (1999–2004, 2016–2017, 2019–2024) | Minister of State | 13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 | 10 years, 9 months and 17 days | ||
| 5 July 2016[5] | 3 September 2017 | |||||||||
| 30 May 2019[6] | 9 June 2024 | |||||||||
| 58 | M. Arunachalam | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Deve Gowda Gujral | INC (1985–1996) TMC (1996–1998) | Minister of State | 25 September 1985 | 2 December 1989 | 10 years, 8 months and 27 days | ||
| 21 June 1991 | 3 April 1996 | |||||||||
| Cabinet Minister | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | ||||||||
| 1 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 59 | Andimuthu Raja | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Communications and Information Technology) | Vajpayee III Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II | DMK (1999–2003, 2004–2010) | Minister of State | 13 October 1999 | 21 December 2003 | 10 years, 7 months and 26 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | ||||||||
| 28 May 2009 | 15 November 2010 | |||||||||
| 60 | Abul Kalam Azad | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Education and Scientific Research) | Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III | INC (1947–1958) | Cabinet Minister | 15 August 1947 | 22 February 1958 | |||
| 61 | Narendra Modi | Prime Minister | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Prime Minister | 26 May 2014 | present | |||
| 62 | Nitin Gadkari | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Road Transport and Highways) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Cabinet Minister | 26 May 2014 | present | |||
| 63 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Education) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | 3 September 2017[7] | 10 years, 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 3 September 2017 | present | ||||||||
| 64 | Piyush Goyal | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Commerce and Industry)[8] | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 10 years, 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 3 September 2017 | present | ||||||||
| 65 | Nirmala Sitharaman | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 10 years, 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 3 September 2017 | present | ||||||||
| 66 | Kiren Rijiju | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Parliamentary and Minority Affairs) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | 7 July 2021 | 10 years, 5 months and 27 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 7 July 2021[9] | present | ||||||||
| 67 | Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Space and Atomic Energy) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | present | |||
| 68 | Shripad Naik | Minister of State (Power and New and Renewable Energy) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | present | |||
| 69 | Krishan Pal Gurjar | Minister of State (Cooperation) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | present | |||
| 70 | B. N. Datar | Minister of State (Home Affairs) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV | INC (1952–1963) | Deputy Minister | 12 August 1952 | 14 February 1956 | 10 years, 5 months and 26 days | ||
| Minister of State | 14 February 1956 | 10 April 1962 | ||||||||
| 16 April 1962 | 13 February 1963 | |||||||||
| 71 | Karan Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Education and Culture) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh | INC (1967–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) INC (U) (1979–1980) | Cabinet Minister | 16 March 1967 | 24 March 1977 | 10 years, 5 months and 23 days | ||
| 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | |||||||||
| 72 | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh | Minister of State (Energy-Coal) | Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi | INC (R) (1971–1977) INC (1980–1984) | Deputy Minister | 2 May 1971 | 24 March 1977 | 10 years, 5 months and 4 days | ||
| Minister of State | 8 June 1980 | 31 October 1984 | ||||||||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |||||||||
| 73 | S. K. Dey | Minister of State (Minister of State for Mines and Metals) | Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I | INC (1956–1967) | Minister of State | 20 September 1956 | 17 January 1967 | |||
| 74 | Jagdish Tytler | Minister of State (Overseas Indian Affairs) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I | INC (1985–1989, 1991–1996, 2004–2005) | Minister of State | 25 September 1985 | 2 December 1989 | 10 years, 3 months and 20 days | ||
| 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 10 August 2005 | |||||||||
| 75 | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Minister of State (Minister of State for Irrigation and Power) | Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1963–1969) INC (R) (1969–1973) | Minister of State | 19 July 1963 | 11 January 1966 | 10 years, 3 months and 8 days | ||
| 24 January 1966 | 9 November 1973 | |||||||||
| 76 | Maragatham Chandrasekar | Minister of State (Minister of State for Women and Social Welfare) | Nehru II Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Indira Gandhi I Rajiv Gandhi | INC (1952–1957, 1962–1967, 1984–1985) | Deputy Minister | 12 August 1952 | 16 April 1957 | 10 years, 2 months and 12 days | ||
| 8 May 1962 | 9 June 1964 | |||||||||
| 15 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | |||||||||
| 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | ||||||||
| 77 | Giridhar Gamang | Minister of State (Minister of State for Mines) | Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao | INC (1982–1996) | Deputy Minister | 15 January 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 10 years, 1 month and 4 days | ||
| 27 September 1985 | 15 February 1988 | |||||||||
| Minister of State | 15 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 5 September 1995 | |||||||||
| 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| 78 | Giriraj Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Textiles) | Modi I Modi II Modi III | BJP (2014–present) | Minister of State | 9 Nov 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 10 years and 14 days | ||
| Cabinet Minister | 30 May 2019 | present | ||||||||
| 79 | Smriti Irani | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs) | Modi I Modi II | BJP (2014–2024) | Cabinet Minister | 26 May 2014 | 9 June 2024 | |||
| 80 | V. K. Singh | Minister of State (Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation) | Modi I Modi II | BJP (2014–2024) | Minister of State | 26 May 2014 | 9 June 2024 | |||
| 81 | M. V. Krishnappa | Minister of State (Agriculture and Irrigation) | Nehru II Nehru III Charan Singh | INC (1952–1962) INC (U) (1979–1980) | Deputy Minister | 12 August 1952 | 14 March 1962 | 10 years and 12 days | ||
| Minister of State | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | ||||||||
| 82 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | Minister of State (Labour) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1967–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Minister of State | 13 March 1967 | 24 March 1977 | |||
| 83 | Surendra Pal Singh | Minister of State (Railways) | Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II | INC (1967–1969) INC (R) (1969–1977) | Deputy Minister | 18 March 1967 | 5 February 1973 | 10 years and 6 days | ||
| Minister of State | 5 February 1973 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||||
| 84 | Arjun Singh | Cabinet Minister (Minister of Human Resource Development) | Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I | INC (1985–1988, 1991–1994, 2004–2009) | Cabinet Minister | 15 November 1985 | 20 January 1986 | 10 years | ||
| 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||||||||
| 21 June 1991 | 24 December 1994 | |||||||||
| 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 |