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Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

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

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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 Indian government ministry. It was bifurcated into Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in July 2016. It contained three departments viz. Department of Telecommunications, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY, now Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) and Department of Posts.[citation needed]

The following cadre controlling authority of the Civil Services (including Indian Telecommunication Service, 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 edit

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


#PortraitNameTerm of officePrime MinisterParty
1 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai15 August 19472 August 19513 years, 352 daysJawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
2 Amrit Kaur2 August 195113 May 1952285 days
3 Jagjivan Ram13 May 19527 December 19564 years, 208 days
4 Raj Bahadur7 December 195617 April 1957131 days
5 Lal Bahadur Shastri17 April 195728 March 1958345 days
6 S. K. Patil29 March 195824 August 19591 year, 148 days
7 Jawaharlal Nehru25 August 19592 September 19598 days
8 P. Subbarayan2 September 19599 April 19622 years, 219 days
(3) Jagjivan Ram10 April 196231 August 19631 year, 144 days
9 Ashoke Kumar Sen1 September 196313 June 1964286 days
Lal Bahadur Shastri
10 – Satya Narayan Sinha13 June 196412 March 19672 years, 272 days
Indira Gandhi
11 Ram Subhag Singh13 March 196714 February 19691 year, 338 days
(10) – Satya Narayan Sinha14 February 19698 March 19712 years, 22 days
12 Indira Gandhi9 March 197117 March 19718 days
13 – Sher Singh18 March 19712 May 197145 days
14 Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna2 May 19718 November 19732 years, 190 days
(4) Raj Bahadur8 November 197311 January 197464 days
15 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy11 January 197410 October 1974272 days
16 Shankar Dayal Sharma10 October 197424 March 19772 years, 165 days
17 Morarji Desai24 March 197726 March 19772 daysMorarji DesaiJanata Party
18 Parkash Singh Badal26 March 197727 March 19772 daysShiromani Akali Dal
19 George Fernandes28 March 19776 July 1977100 daysJanata Party
20 – Brij Lal Varma6 July 197728 July 19792 years, 22 days
21 Charan Singh28 July 197930 July 19792 daysCharan SinghJanata Party (Secular)
22 – Zulfiquarullah

(I/C)

30 July 197927 November 1979120 days
(21) Charan Singh27 November 19797 December 197910 days
23 – Shyam Nandan Mishra7 December 197914 January 198038 days
(12) Indira Gandhi15 January 198016 January 19801 dayIndira GandhiIndian National Congress
24 Bhishma Narain Singh16 January 19803 March 198047 days
25 – C. M. Stephen3 March 19802 September 19822 years, 183 days
26Anant Prasad Sharma2 September 198214 February 1983165 days
(12) Indira Gandhi14 February 198331 October 19841 year, 260 days
27 Rajiv Gandhi31 October 19844 November 19844 daysRajiv Gandhi
28 – V. N. Gadgil4 November 198431 December 198457 days
29 Ram Niwas Mirdha

(I/C)

31 December 198422 October 19861 year, 295 days
30
22 October 198614 February 19881 year, 115 days
31 – Vasant Sathe14 February 198825 June 1988132 days
32 – Bir Bahadur Singh25 June 198830 May 1989339 days
(27) Rajiv Gandhi31 May 19894 July 198934 days
33 Giridhar Gamang

(I/C)

4 July 19892 December 1989151 days
34 V. P. Singh2 December 19896 December 19894 daysV. P. SinghJanata Dal
35 – K.P. Unnikrishnan6 December 198923 April 1990138 daysCongress (Secular)
36 – Janeshwar Mishra

(I/C)

30 April 19905 November 1990189 daysJanata Dal
(34) V. P. Singh6 November 199010 November 19904 days
37 Chandra Shekhar10 November 199021 November 199011 daysChandra ShekharSamajwadi Janata Party
38 Sanjay Singh

(I/C)

22 November 199021 June 1991211 days
39 Rajesh Pilot

(I/C)

21 June 199117 January 19931 year, 210 daysP. V. Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
40 – Sukh Ram

(I/C)

17 January 199316 May 19963 years, 120 days
41 Atal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 19961 June 199616 daysAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party
42 Beni Prasad Verma

((I/C till 10 July 1996)

1 June 199619 March 19981 year, 291 daysDeve GowdaI. K. GujralSamajwadi Party
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 199821 March 19982 daysAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party
43 Buta Singh21 March 199819 April 199811 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 April 199820 April 19981 day
44 Sushma Swaraj20 April 199811 October 1998174 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 October 19986 December 199856 days
45 Jagmohan6 December 19988 June 1999184 days
(41) Atal Bihari Vajpayee8 June 199913 October 1999127 days
46 Ram Vilas Paswan13 October 19991 September 20011 year, 323 daysJanata Dal (United)
47Pramod Mahajan1 September 200129 January 20031 year, 150 daysBharatiya Janata Party
48 Arun Shourie29 January 200322 May 20041 year, 114 days
49 Dayanidhi Maran23 May 200415 May 20072 years, 357 daysManmohan SinghDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
50 A. Raja16 May 200714 November 20103 years, 182 days
51 Manmohan Singh15 November 201019 January 201165 daysIndian National Congress
52 Kapil Sibal19 January 201126 May 20143 years, 127 days
53 Ravi Shankar Prasad26 May 20145 July 20162 years, 40 daysNarendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party

References edit

  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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