Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

Coordinates: 28°35′12.4″N 77°14′24.3″E / 28.586778°N 77.240083°E / 28.586778; 77.240083
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28°35′12.4″N 77°14′24.3″E / 28.586778°N 77.240083°E / 28.586778; 77.240083

Emblem of India
Ministry overview
Dissolved5 July 2016 (2016-07-05)
Superseding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersElectronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex,Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
Websitemeity.gov.in

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology was an

Department of Posts.[citation needed
]

The following cadre controlling authority of the

Indian Postal Service, Indian Radio Regulatory Service, Telegraph Traffic Service, Indian Post & Telegraph Building Works Services and Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service) are under the administration and supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.[citation needed
]

List of ministers

Following is the list of ministers of communications.[1]


# Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Party
1 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 15 August 1947 2 August 1951 3 years, 352 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
2 Amrit Kaur 2 August 1951 13 May 1952 285 days
3 Jagjivan Ram 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4 years, 208 days
4 Raj Bahadur 7 December 1956 17 April 1957 131 days
5 Lal Bahadur Shastri 17 April 1957 28 March 1958 345 days
6 S. K. Patil 29 March 1958 24 August 1959 1 year, 148 days
7 Jawaharlal Nehru 25 August 1959 2 September 1959 8 days
8 P. Subbarayan 2 September 1959 9 April 1962 2 years, 219 days
(3) Jagjivan Ram 10 April 1962 31 August 1963 1 year, 144 days
9 Ashoke Kumar Sen 1 September 1963 13 June 1964 286 days
Lal Bahadur Shastri
10  – Satya Narayan Sinha 13 June 1964 12 March 1967 2 years, 272 days
Indira Gandhi
11 Ram Subhag Singh 13 March 1967 14 February 1969 1 year, 338 days
(10)  – Satya Narayan Sinha 14 February 1969 8 March 1971 2 years, 22 days
12 Indira Gandhi 9 March 1971 17 March 1971 8 days
13  – Sher Singh 18 March 1971 2 May 1971 45 days
14
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
 2 May 1971 8 November 1973 2 years, 190 days
(4) Raj Bahadur 8 November 1973 11 January 1974 64 days
15 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 11 January 1974 10 October 1974 272 days
16 Shankar Dayal Sharma 10 October 1974 24 March 1977 2 years, 165 days
17 Morarji Desai 24 March 1977 26 March 1977 2 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
18 Parkash Singh Badal 26 March 1977 27 March 1977 2 days Shiromani Akali Dal
19 George Fernandes 28 March 1977 6 July 1977 100 days Janata Party
20  – Brij Lal Varma 6 July 1977 28 July 1979 2 years, 22 days
21 Charan Singh 28 July 1979 30 July 1979 2 days Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
22  – Zulfiquarullah

(I/C)

30 July 1979 27 November 1979 120 days
(21) Charan Singh 27 November 1979 7 December 1979 10 days
23  – Shyam Nandan Mishra 7 December 1979 14 January 1980 38 days
(12) Indira Gandhi 15 January 1980 16 January 1980 1 day Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
24 Bhishma Narain Singh 16 January 1980 3 March 1980 47 days
25  – C. M. Stephen 3 March 1980 2 September 1982 2 years, 183 days
26
Anant Prasad Sharma
 2 September 1982 14 February 1983 165 days
(12) Indira Gandhi 14 February 1983 31 October 1984 1 year, 260 days
27 Rajiv Gandhi 31 October 1984 4 November 1984 4 days Rajiv Gandhi
28  –
V. N. Gadgil
 4 November 1984 31 December 1984 57 days
29 Ram Niwas Mirdha

(I/C)

31 December 1984 22 October 1986 1 year, 295 days
30
22 October 1986 14 February 1988 1 year, 115 days
31  – Vasant Sathe 14 February 1988 25 June 1988 132 days
32  –
Bir Bahadur Singh
 25 June 1988 30 May 1989 339 days
(27) Rajiv Gandhi 31 May 1989 4 July 1989 34 days
33 Giridhar Gamang

(I/C)

4 July 1989 2 December 1989 151 days
34 V. P. Singh 2 December 1989 6 December 1989 4 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
35  –
K.P. Unnikrishnan
 6 December 1989 23 April 1990 138 days Congress (Secular)
36  – Janeshwar Mishra

(I/C)

30 April 1990 5 November 1990 189 days Janata Dal
(34) V. P. Singh 6 November 1990 10 November 1990 4 days
37 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 21 November 1990 11 days Chandra Shekhar
Samajwadi Janata Party
38 Sanjay Singh

(I/C)

22 November 1990 21 June 1991 211 days
39 Rajesh Pilot

(I/C)

21 June 1991 17 January 1993 1 year, 210 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
40  – Sukh Ram

(I/C)

17 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years, 120 days
41 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
42 Beni Prasad Verma

((I/C till 10 July 1996)

1 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 291 days
I. K. Gujral
 Samajwadi Party
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 March 1998 21 March 1998 2 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
43 Buta Singh 21 March 1998 19 April 1998 11 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 April 1998 20 April 1998 1 day
44 Sushma Swaraj 20 April 1998 11 October 1998 174 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 11 October 1998 6 December 1998 56 days
45 Jagmohan 6 December 1998 8 June 1999 184 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 8 June 1999 13 October 1999 127 days
46 Ram Vilas Paswan 13 October 1999 1 September 2001 1 year, 323 days Janata Dal (United)
47 Pramod Mahajan 1 September 2001 29 January 2003 1 year, 150 days Bharatiya Janata Party
48 Arun Shourie 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 1 year, 114 days
49 Dayanidhi Maran 23 May 2004 15 May 2007 2 years, 357 days Manmohan Singh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
50 A. Raja 16 May 2007 14 November 2010 3 years, 182 days
51 Manmohan Singh 15 November 2010 19 January 2011 65 days Indian National Congress
52 Kapil Sibal 19 January 2011 26 May 2014 3 years, 127 days
53 Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 5 July 2016 2 years, 40 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party

References

  1. ^ "List of Ministers of Communications". Department of Telecommunications,Communication and Information Technology. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology/National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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