Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Pratima Bhowmik, Minister of State
  • A. Narayanaswamy, Minister of State
    • Websitesocialjustice.nic.in

    The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a

    drug abuse. It also helps in the enforcement of legislation with regards to these marginalized groups to better enforce anti-discrimination policies.[2]

    The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment holds

    Ramdas Athavale
    .

    History

    In 1985–1986, the former Ministry of Welfare was divided into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. At the same time, the Departments of Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Wakf of the Ministry of Law were separated from those ministry to form the new Ministry of Welfare.

    The Ministry of Welfare was renamed as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in May 1998. In October 1999, the Department of Tribal Development was separated to form the new and independent

    Babu Jagjivan Ram, the 'Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation', has been set up by the Ministry.[3]

    In 2012, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched Oblindia, an online library for visually impaired college students. At launch, the library included 12,000 books in 10 languages.[4]

    Organisation

    The ministry has five bureaus, each headed by a Joint Secretary: Scheduled Castes Development Bureau; Backward Classes Bureau Coordination, Media, Administration; Disability Bureau; Social Defense (SD) Bureau; and Project, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring Bureau.

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    *Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities (CRCs)

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    Legislation

    Cabinet Ministers

    • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
    No. Portrait Minister
    (Birth-Death)
    Constituency         		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
    From To Period
    Minister of Social Security
    1 Ram Subhag Singh
    (1917–1980)
    MP for Bikramganj
    (MoS)     		9 June
    1964     		13 June
    1964     		4 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
    2 Ashoke Kumar Sen
    (1913–1996)
    MP for Calcutta North West         		13 June
    1964     		11 January
    1966     		1 year, 212 days
    11 January
    1966     		24 January
    1966     		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
    (Acting)
    Minister of Social Welfare
    3 Kotha Raghuramaiah
    (1912–1979)
    MP for Guntur
    (MoS)     		24 January
    1966     		25 March
    1966     		60 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
    4 Asoka Mehta
    (1911–1984)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra         		25 March
    1966     		13 March
    1967     		2 years, 150 days
    13 March
    1967     		22 August
    1968     		Indira II
    5 Panampilly Govinda Menon
    (1906–1970)
    MP for Mukundapuram         		22 August
    1968     		23 May
    1970     		1 year, 274 days
    6 Kengal Hanumanthaiah
    (1908–1980)
    MP for Bangalore City         		26 May
    1970     		18 March
    1971     		296 days
    7 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
    (1920–2010)
    MP for Raiganj         		18 March
    1971     		20 March
    1972     		1 year, 2 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
    8 Saiyid Nurul Hasan
    (1921–1993)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
    (MoS, I/C)     		24 March
    1972     		24 March
    1977     		5 years, 0 days
    9 Pratap Chandra Chunder
    (1919–2008)
    MP for Calcutta North East         		24 March
    1977     		28 July
    1979     		2 years, 126 days Janata Party
    Desai
         		Morarji Desai
    10 Karan Singh
    (born 1931)
    MP for Udhampur         		28 July
    1979     		19 August
    1979     		22 days
    Indian National Congress (Urs)
    		 Charan Singh Charan Singh
    11 Sathyavani Muthu
    (1923–1999)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu         		19 August
    1979     		23 December
    1979     		126 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
    12 Shankarrao Chavan
    (1920–2004)
    MP for Nanded         		19 October
    1980     		8 August
    1981     		293 days
    Indian National Congress (I)
    		 Indira IV Indira Gandhi
    13 Sheila Kaul
    (1915–2015)
    MP for Lucknow
    (MoS, I/C)     		8 August 1981 31 October 1984 3 years, 140 days
    4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
    Minister of Women and Social Welfare
    14 Maragatham Chandrasekar
    (1917–2001)
    MP for Sriperumbudur
    (MoS, I/C)     		31 December 1984 25 September 1985 268 days
    Indian National Congress (I)
    		 Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
    15 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
    (1925–1999)
    MP for Sitapur
    (MoS, I/C)     		25 September
    1985     		2 December
    1989     		4 years, 68 days
    Minister of Welfare
    16 Ram Vilas Paswan
    (1946–2020)
    MP for Hajipur         		6 December
    1989     		10 November
    1990     		1 year, 4 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
    – Chandra Shekhar
    (1927–2007)
    MP for Ballia
    (Prime Minister)     		21 November
    1990     		21 June
    1991     		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
    17 Sitaram Kesri
    (1919–2000)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar         		21 June
    1991     		16 May
    1996     		4 years, 330 days
    Indian National Congress (I)
    		 Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
    18 Kariya Munda
    (born 1936)
    MP for Khunti         		16 May
    1996     		1 June
    1996     		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    19 Balwant Singh Ramoowalia
    (born 1942)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh         		1 June
    1996     		21 April
    1997     		1 year, 291 days Independent Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
    21 April
    1997     		19 March
    1998     		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
    20 Maneka Gandhi
    (born 1956)
    MP for Pilibhit
    (MoS, I/C)     		19 March
    1998     		23 May
    1998     		65 days Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
    21 Maneka Gandhi
    (born 1956)
    MP for Pilibhit
    (MoS, I/C)     		23 May
    1998     		13 October
    1999     		3 years, 101 days Independent Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    13 October
    1999     		1 September
    2001     		Vajpayee III
    22 Satyanarayan Jatiya
    (born 1946)
    MP for Ujjain         		1 September
    2001     		22 May
    2004     		2 years, 264 days Bharatiya Janata Party
    23 Meira Kumar
    (born 1945)
    MP for Sasaram         		23 May
    2004     		22 May
    2009     		4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
    24 Mukul Wasnik
    (born 1959)
    MP for Ramtek         		28 May
    2009     		27 October
    2012     		3 years, 152 days Manmohan II
    26 Selja Kumari
    (born 1962)
    MP for Ambala         		28 October
    2012     		28 January
    2014     		1 year, 92 days
    27 Mallikarjun Kharge
    (born 1941)
    MP for Gulbarga         		28 January
    2014     		26 May
    2014     		118 days
    28 Thawar Chand Gehlot
    (born 1948)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh         		27 May
    2014     		30 May
    2019     		7 years, 41 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
    31 May
    2019     		7 July
    2021     		Modi II
    29 Virendra Kumar Khatik
    (born 1954)
    MP for Tikamgarh         		7 July
    2021     		Incumbent 2 years, 292 days

    Ministers of State

    No. Portrait Minister
    (Birth-Death)
    Constituency         		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
    From To Period
    Minister of State of Social Security
    1 Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
    (1908–1976)
    MP for Bhandara         		29 October
    1965     		11 January
    1966     		74 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Minister of State of Social Welfare
    2 Phulrenu Guha
    (1912–2006)
    Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal         		13 March
    1967     		26 June
    1970     		3 years, 105 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
    3 Kotha Raghuramaiah
    (1912–1979)
    MP for Guntur         		18 March
    1967     		14 February
    1969     		1 year, 333 days
    4 Jagannath Rao
    MP for Chatrapur     		27 June
    1970     		18 March
    1971     		264 days Indian National Congress (R)
    5 Saiyid Nurul Hasan
    (1921–1993)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh         		4 October
    1971     		24 March
    1972     		172 days Indira III
    6 Dhanna Singh Gulshan
    MP for Bathinda     		14 August
    1977     		28 July
    1979     		1 year, 348 days Janata Party
    Desai
         		Morarji Desai
    7
    Gauhati
    		 16 August
    1977     		28 July
    1979     		1 year, 346 days
    8 Rashida Haque Choudhury
    MP for Silchar     		30 July
    1979     		24 August
    1979     		25 days
    Indian National Congress (Urs)
    		 Charan Singh Charan Singh
    9 Sheila Kaul
    (1915–2015)
    MP for Lucknow         		19 October
    1980     		8 August
    1981     		293 days
    Indian National Congress (I)
    		 Indira IV Indira Gandhi
    Minister of State for Welfare
    10 Aslam Sher Khan
    (born 1953)
    MP for Betul         		15 September
    1995     		16 May
    1996     		244 days
    Indian National Congress (I)
    		 Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
    Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
    11 Satyabrata Mookherjee
    (1932–2023)
    MP for Krishnanagar         		1 July
    2002     		29 January
    2003     		212 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    12 Sanjay Paswan
    (born 1962)
    MP for Nawada         		29 January
    2003     		24 May
    2003     		115 days
    13 Kailash Chandra Meghwal
    (born 1934)
    MP for Tonk         		24 May
    2003     		22 May
    2004     		364 days
    14 Nagmani
    (born 1953)
    MP for Chatra         		24 May
    2003     		22 May
    2004     		364 days
    15 Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
    (born 1947)
    MP for Tiruchengode         		23 May
    2004     		22 May
    2009     		4 years, 364 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
    16 Napoleon
    (born 1963)
    MP for Perambalur         		28 May
    2009     		20 March
    2013     		3 years, 296 days Manmohan II
    17 Porika Balram Naik
    (born 1964)
    MP for Mahabubabad         		28 October
    2012     		26 May
    2014     		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress
    18 Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
    (1934–2022)
    MP for Nandurbar         		17 June
    2013     		26 May
    2014     		343 days
    19 Sudarshan Bhagat
    (born 1969)
    MP for Lohardaga         		27 May
    2014     		9 November
    2014     		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
    20 Krishan Pal Gurjar
    (born 1957)
    MP for Faridabad         		9 November
    2014     		30 May
    2019     		4 years, 202 days
    21 Vijay Sampla
    (born 1961)
    MP for Hoshiarpur         		9 November
    2014     		30 May
    2019     		4 years, 202 days
    22 Ramdas Athawale
    (born 1959)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra         		5 July
    2016     		30 May
    2019     		2 years, 329 days Republican Party of India (Athawale)
    (20) Krishan Pal Gurjar
    (born 1957)
    MP for Faridabad         		31 May
    2019     		7 July
    2021     		2 years, 37 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II
    (22) Ramdas Athawale
    (born 1959)
    Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra         		31 May
    2019     		Incumbent 4 years, 329 days Republican Party of India (Athawale)
    23 Rattan Lal Kataria
    (1951–2023)
    MP for Ambala         		31 May
    2019     		7 July
    2021     		2 years, 37 days Bharatiya Janata Party
    24 A. Narayanaswamy
    (born 1957)
    MP for Chitradurga         		7 July
    2021     		Incumbent 2 years, 292 days
    25 Pratima Bhoumik
    (born 1969)
    MP for Tripura West         		7 July
    2021     		Incumbent 2 years, 292 days

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
    2. ^ "Subjects Allocated : Department of Social Justice and Empowerment - Government of India". socialjustice.nic.in. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
    3. ^ "A brief on Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009.
    4. ^ "India's First Online Braille Library Launched". 5 January 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

    External links

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