Deve Gowda ministry

This article is about the Union Council of Ministers by Deve Gowda. For the Karnataka Council of Ministers headed by Deve Gowda, see Deve Gowda ministry (Karnataka).

H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.^[1]

H. D. Deve Gowda ministry
17th ministry of the Republic of India
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
Date formed	1 June 1996
Date dissolved	21 April 1997
People and organisations
Head of state	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Head of government	H. D. Deve Gowda
Member party	Janata Dal (United Front) (supported by Indian National Congress 140/543 MPs)
Status in legislature	Coalition 305 / 543 (56%)
Opposition leader	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (lok sabha)
History
Legislature term(s)	10 months and 20 days
Predecessor	First Vajpayee ministry
Successor	I. K. Gujral ministry

Council of ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Power Department of Atomic Energy Department of Electronics Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs Department of Ocean Development Department of Space And all other subjects not allocated to any Minister.	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Welfare	Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		IND
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	C. M. Ibrahim (Civil Aviation)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
	Srikant Kumar Jena (Tourism)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Food Minister of Civil Prasad Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution	Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of External Affairs	Inder Kumar Gujral	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment	M. Arunachalam	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TMC(M)
	H. D. Deve Gowda	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
Minister of Defence	Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP
Minister of Industry	Murasoli Maran	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of Finance	P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of Railways	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Human Resource Development	S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Surface Transport	T. G. Venkatraman	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of Rural Areas and Employment	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP
Minister of Agriculture	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Chaturanan Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		CPI
	Dilip Ray (Animal Husbandry and Dairying)	29 June 1996	6 July 1996		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Animal Husbandry and Dairying)	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		RJD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Home Affairs	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Indrajit Gupta	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		CPI
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Sis Ram Ola	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		AIIC(T)	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Communications	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Beni Prasad Verma	29 June 1996	10 July 1997		SP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Beni Prasad Verma	10 July 1997	19 March 1998		SP
Minister of Environment and Forests	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad	29 June 1996	21 February 1997		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Saifuddin Soz	21 February 1997	19 March 1998		JKNC
Minister of Health and Family Welfare	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Saleem Iqbal Shervani	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Mines Minister of Steel	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Birendra Prasad Baishya	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		AGP
Minister of Science and Technology Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Yoginder K Alagh	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		IND	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Textiles	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	R. L. Jalappa	29 June 1996	10 July 1997		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	R. L. Jalappa	10 July 1997	19 March 1998		JD
Minister of Labour	Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		IND
	M. Arunachalam	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of Commerce	Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Water Resources	Inder Kumar Gujral	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Janeshwar Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs	P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TMC(M)
	P. Chidambaram (Company Affairs)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TMC(M)
	Ramakant Khalap (Law and Justice)	29 June 1996	26 July 1996		MGP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible. Bifurcated into Ministry of Law and Justice and Department of Company Affairs.
Minister of Law and Justice	Ramakant Khalap	26 July 1996	21 April 1997		MGP	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Srikant Kumar Jena	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Coal	S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Kanti Singh	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Food Processing Industries	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	6 July 1996		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Dilip Ray	6 July 1996	19 March 1998		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Non-Conventional Energy Sources	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 February 1997		JD	Prime Minister was responsible.
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad	21 February 1997	19 March 1998		JD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications	Beni Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		SP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Beni Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		SP
	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP
	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment	Chandradeo Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development	Kanti Singh	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs	Mohammed Taslimuddin	1 June 1996	9 July 1996		JD
	Maqbool Dar	10 July 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Saleem Iqbal Shervani	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		SP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TDP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources	Samudrala Venugopal Chary	29 June 1996	21 February 1997		TDP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan (Youth Affairs and Sports)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
	Muhi Ram Saikia (Education)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		AGP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways	Satpal Maharaj	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		AIIC(T)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence	N. V. N. Somu	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas	T. R. Baalu	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	M. P. Veerendra Kumar	21 February 1997	21 April 1997		JD

References

1. "XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget". parliamentofindia.nic.in.

External links

• Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda: The Gain and the Pain : (a Biographical Study)