Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

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Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
South Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
NominatorPrime minister
AppointerPresident
Formation1 August 1970; 53 years ago (1970-08-01)
First holderIndira Gandhi
Unofficial namesPersonnel Minister, Minister of Personnel
DeputyMinister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

The Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (IAST: Kārmika, Loka Śikāyata Aura Peṃśana Maṃtrī) is the cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The position is generally held by the prime minister, but sometimes it has been held by other senior members of the cabinet, such as the Minister of Home Affairs. The minister is generally assisted by a minister of state.

Powers

As the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the prime minister exercises control over the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),[1] the country's premier civil service,[2][3] which staffs most of the senior civil service positions;[2][3] the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB);[4][5] and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),[4][5] except for the selection of its director, who is chosen by a committee of: (a) the prime minister, as chairperson; (b) the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha; (c) and the chief justice.[6]

List of ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1
Rae Bareli

(Prime Minister) 		1 August
1970 		24 March
1977 		6 years, 235 days Indian National Congress Indira I Self
Indira III
2 Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat 		24 March
1977 		1 July
1978 		1 year, 99 days Janata Party
Desai
 		Morarji Desai
3 Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		1 July
1978 		24 January
1979 		207 days
4 Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904–1993)
MP for Sabarkantha 		24 January
1979 		28 July
1979 		185 days
5 Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Satara
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
6 Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
MP for Hoshiarpur 		14 January
1980 		22 June
1982 		2 years, 159 days
Indian National Congress (I)
 Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7 Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP for Chennai South 		22 June
1982 		2 September
1982 		72 days
8 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		2 September
1982 		19 July
1984 		1 year, 321 days
9 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda 		19 July
1984 		31 October
1984 		165 days
31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
10 Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		31 December
1984 		2 December
1989 		4 years, 336 days Rajiv II
11 V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 		2 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		340 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh Self
12 Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		10 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Self
13 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		21 June
1991 		16 May
1996 		4 years, 330 days
Indian National Congress (I)
 Rao Self
14 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
15 H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(Prime Minister) 		1 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self
16 Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister) 		21 April
1997 		18 March
1998 		331 days Gujral Self
(14) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		19 March
1998 		30 January
2003 		4 years, 317 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee III
17 L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		30 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 113 days
18 Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		22 May
2004 		26 May
2014 		10 years, 4 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self
Manmohan II
19 Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi
(Prime Minister) 		26 May
2014 		Incumbent 9 years, 336 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Self
Modi II

List of ministers of state

No. Portrait Minister[9][10]
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		23 August
1970 		10 October
1974 		4 years, 48 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Indira III
2 Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		10 October
1974 		24 March
1977 		2 years, 165 days
3 Brigadier (Retd.)
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days
Indian National Congress (I)
 Rajiv Rajiv Gandhi
4 P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga 		25 September
1985 		2 December
1989 		4 years, 68 days
5 Biren Sing Engti
(born 1945)
MP for Autonomous District 		14 July
1986 		14 February
1988 		1 year, 215 days
6 Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) 		21 June
1991 		16 May
1996 		4 years, 330 days Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
7 S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
 Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
3 May
1997 		19 March
1998 		320 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
8 Kadambur R. Janarthanan
(1929–2020)
MP for Tirunelveli 		19 March
1998 		8 April
1999 		1 year, 20 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
9 Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for Jhalawar 		9 April
1999 		13 October
1999 		4 years, 296 days Bharatiya Janata Party
13 October
1999 		30 January
2003 		Vajpayee III
10 Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		22 November
1999 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 283 days
11 Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East 		30 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 113 days
12 Suresh Pachouri
(born 1952)
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		23 May
2004 		6 April
2008 		3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
13 Prithviraj Chavan
(born 1946)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		2 years, 218 days
28 May
2009 		10 November
2010 		Manmohan II
14
Puducherry
 10 November
2010 		26 May
2014 		3 years, 197 days
15 Jitendra Singh
(born 1956)
MP for Udhampur 		26 May
2014 		30 May
2019 		9 years, 336 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 May
2019 		Incumbent Modi II

Notes

References

  1. ISBN 978-9339204785
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  2. ^ a b "Service Profile for the Indian Administrative Service" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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    OCLC 313439426
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-9339204785
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  5. ^ a b "Organisation Under DOPT". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. ISSN 0254-8399
    . Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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