List of Indian union ministries

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 union 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.

S. No	Ministry	Formation date	Election	Governing party		Prime Minister
1	Nehru I	15 August 1947	Constituent Assembly		Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	Nehru II	15 April 1952	1951–52
3	Nehru III	4 April 1957	1957
4	Nehru IV	2 April 1962	1962
Acting	Nanda I	27 May 1964	None			Gulzarilal Nanda
5	Shastri	9 June 1964	None			Lal Bahadur Shastri
Acting	Nanda II	11 January 1966	None			Gulzarilal Nanda
6	Indira I	24 January 1966	None			Indira Gandhi
7	Indira II	13 March 1967	1967
8	Indira III	18 March 1971	1971		Indian National Congress (R)
9	Desai	24 March 1977	1977		Janata Party	Morarji Desai
10	Charan	28 July 1979	None		Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
11	Indira IV	14 January 1980	1980		Indian National Congress (Indira)	Indira Gandhi
12	Rajiv I	31 October 1984	None			Rajiv Gandhi
13	Rajiv II	31 December 1984	1984
14	Vishwanath	2 December 1989	1989		Janata Dal	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
15	Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	None		Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
16	Rao	21 June 1991	1991		Indian National Congress (I)	P. V. Narasimha Rao
17	Vajpayee I	16 May 1996	1996		Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
18	Deve Gowda	1 June 1996			Janata Dal	H. D. Deve Gowda
19	Gujral	21 April 1997	None			Inder Kumar Gujral
20	Vajpayee II	19 March 1998	1998		Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
21	Vajpayee III	13 October 1999	1999
22	Manmohan I	22 May 2004	2004		Indian National Congress	Manmohan Singh
23	Manmohan II	22 May 2009	2009
24	Modi I	26 May 2014	2014		Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
25	Modi II	30 May 2019	2019
26	Modi III	9 June 2024	2024

See also

• List of prime ministers of India

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.

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