This is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India, 2004 to May 2009.[6]
All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either house of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha, and has remained so for the duration of his entire term (2004–2009).
There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:
Union Cabinet Minister - Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
Minister of State (Independent Charge)- with no overseeing Union Cabinet Minister for that portfolio
Minister of State (MoS) - junior minister with an overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle Taxation
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The First Ministry of Manmohan Singh was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Prime Ministership of Dr Manmohan Singh It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April 10 May 2004 to elect the 14th Lok Sabha and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009 3 After the election Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004 and continued to hold the post till full term the next Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009 when Singh started his second term in office as PM 4 First Manmohan Singh ministry20th ministry of Republic of IndiaDate formed22 May 2004Date dissolved22 May 2009People and organisationsHead of stateA P J Abdul Kalam 1 until 25 July 2007 Pratibha Patil 2 from 25 July 2007 Head of governmentDr Manmohan SinghMember parties Indian National Congress Nationalist Congress Party Lok Janshakti Party Dravida Munnetra Kazagham Rashtriya Janata Dal Pattali Makkal Katchi Indian Union Muslim LeagueStatus in legislatureCoalition335 545 61 Opposition partyBharatiya Janata Party NDA Opposition leaderL K Advani in Lok Sabha Jaswant Singh in Rajya Sabha HistoryElection s 2004Outgoing election2009Legislature term s 5 yearsPredecessorThird Vajpayee ministrySuccessorSecond Manmohan Singh ministryWith three female Cabinet ministers the Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Indian government to appoint more than one female Cabinet minister 5 Contents 1 Overview 2 Council of ministers 2 1 Cabinet Ministers 2 2 Ministers of State Independent charge 2 3 Ministers of State 3 Demographics of the Council of Ministers 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview EditThis is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India 2004 to May 2009 6 All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either house of the Parliament of India In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a member of the Upper House the Rajya Sabha and has remained so for the duration of his entire term 2004 2009 There are three categories of ministers in descending order of rank Union Cabinet Minister Senior minister in charge of a ministry A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries where no other Cabinet minister is appointed Minister of State Independent Charge with no overseeing Union Cabinet Minister for that portfolio Minister of State MoS junior minister with an overseeing Cabinet Minister usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry For instance an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle TaxationCouncil of ministers EditRepresentation of cabinet ministers by party Indian National Congress 70 5 Nationalist Congress Party 3 85 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8 97 Rashtriya Janata Dal 11 54 Lok Janshakti Party 1 28 Pattali Makkal Katchi 2 56 Indian Union Muslim League 1 28 Cabinet Ministers Edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party RemarksPrime MinisterMinister of Personnel Public Grievances and PensionsDepartment of Atomic EnergyDepartment of SpacePlanning CommissionAnd also in charge of all other important portfolios and policy issuesnot allocated to any Minister Manmohan Singh22 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of DefencePranab Mukherjee23 May 200424 October 2006 INC A K Antony24 October 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of External AffairsNatwar Singh23 May 20047 November 2005 INC Manmohan Singh7 November 200524 October 2006 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Pranab Mukherjee24 October 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of FinanceP Chidambaram23 May 200430 November 2008 INC Manmohan Singh30 November 200824 January 2009 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Pranab Mukherjee24 January 200922 May 2009 INCAdditional charge Minister of Human Resource DevelopmentArjun Singh23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of AgricultureMinistry of Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs and Public DistributionSharad Pawar23 May 200422 May 2009 NCP Minister of RailwaysLalu Prasad Yadav23 May 200422 May 2009 RJD Minister of Home AffairsShivraj Patil23 May 200430 November 2008 INC P Chidambaram30 November 200822 May 2009 INC Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersMinister of SteelRam Vilas Paswan23 May 200422 May 2009 LJP Minister of Urban DevelopmentGhulam Nabi Azad23 May 20041 November 2005 INC Manmohan Singh1 November 200518 November 2005 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge S Jaipal Reddy18 November 200522 May 2009 INC Minister of Parliamentary AffairsGhulam Nabi Azad23 May 20041 November 2005 INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi1 November 20056 April 2008 INC Vayalar Ravi6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of CultureS Jaipal Reddy23 May 200429 January 2006 INC Ambika Soni29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Information and BroadcastingS Jaipal Reddy23 May 200418 November 2005 INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi18 November 200511 November 2008 INC Manmohan Singh11 November 200822 May 2009 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Minister of Labour and EmploymentSis Ram Ola23 May 200427 November 2004 INC K Chandrashekhar Rao27 November 200424 August 2006 TRS Manmohan Singh24 August 200624 October 2006 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Minister of Small Scale Agro and Rural IndustriesMahavir Prasad23 May 200422 May 2009 INCMerged as Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of Micro Small and Medium EnterprisesMahavir Prasad23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Ministry of Tribal AffairsP R Kyndiah23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of Development of North Eastern RegionP R Kyndiah23 May 200424 October 2006 INC Mani Shankar Aiyar24 October 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of TextilesShankersinh Vaghela23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of Commerce and IndustryKamal Nath23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of Law and JusticeH R Bhardwaj23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of PowerP M Sayeed23 May 200419 December 2005 INCDied in office Manmohan Singh19 November 200529 January 2006 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Sushilkumar Shinde29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Rural DevelopmentRaghuvansh Prasad Singh23 May 200422 May 2009 RJD Minister of Water ResourcesPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi23 May 200418 November 2005 INC Santosh Mohan Dev18 November 200529 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Saifuddin Soz29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasMani Shankar Aiyar23 May 200429 January 2006 INC Murli Deora29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Panchayati RajMani Shankar Aiyar23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of Youth Affairs and SportsSunil Dutt23 May 200425 May 2005 INCDied in office Manmohan Singh25 May 200518 November 2005 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Oscar Fernandes18 November 200529 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Mani Shankar Aiyar29 January 20066 April 2008 INC Minister of Social Justice and EmpowermentMeira Kumar23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of ShippingK Chandrashekhar Rao23 May 200425 May 2004 TRS T R Baalu25 May 20042 September 2004 DMKMerged with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Road Transport and HighwaysT R Baalu23 May 200422 May 2009 DMK Minister of CoalShibu Soren23 May 200424 July 2004 JMM Manmohan Singh24 July 200427 November 2004 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Shibu Soren27 November 20042 March 2005 JMM Manmohan Singh2 March 200529 January 2006 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Shibu Soren29 January 200629 November 2006 JMM Manmohan Singh29 November 200622 May 2009 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Minister of Mines and MineralsShibu Soren23 May 200424 July 2004 JMM Manmohan Singh24 July 200427 November 2004 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge The Ministry of Mines and Minerals was renamed as Ministry of Mines Minister of MinesSis Ram Ola27 November 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of Environment and ForestsA Raja23 May 200415 May 2007 DMK Manmohan Singh15 May 200722 May 2009 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Minister of Communications and Information TechnologyDayanidhi Maran23 May 200422 May 2009 DMK A Raja15 May 200722 May 2009 DMK Minister of Health and Family WelfareAnbumani Ramadoss23 May 200429 March 2009 PMK Minister of State Independent Charge of Non Resident Indian AffairsJagdish Tytler23 May 20049 September 2004 INCMoS I C was responsible Renamed as Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister of Overseas Indian AffairsJagdish Tytler9 September 200410 August 2005 INCMoS I C was responsible Manmohan Singh10 August 200518 November 2005 INCPrime Minister in charge Additional charge Oscar Fernandes18 November 200529 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Vayalar Ravi29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Minority AffairsA R Antulay29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of TourismRenuka Chowdhury23 May 200429 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Ambika Soni29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesSantosh Mohan Dev23 May 200429 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Santosh Mohan Dev29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of Company AffairsPrem Chand Gupta23 May 200429 January 2006 RJDMinister of State I C was responsible Prem Chand Gupta29 January 200622 May 2009 RJD Minister of Science and TechnologyMinister of Ocean DevelopmentKapil Sibal23 May 200429 January 2006 INCMinister of State I C was responsible Kapil Sibal29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister without portfolioK Chandrashekhar Rao25 May 200427 November 2004 TRS Natwar Singh7 November 20057 December 2005 INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi11 November 200822 May 2009 INC Ministers of State Independent charge Edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party RemarksMinister of State Independent Charge of Statistics and Programme ImplementationOscar Fernandes23 May 200429 January 2006 INC G K Vasan29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Food ProcessingSubodh Kant Sahay23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Non Conventional Energy SourcesVilas Muttemwar23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Urban Employment and Poverty AllevationSelja Kumari23 May 20041 June 2006 INCRenamed as Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister of State Independent Charge of Housing and Urban Poverty AllevationSelja Kumari1 June 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Civil AviationPraful Patel23 May 200422 May 2009 NCP Minister of State Independent Charge of Women and Child DevelopmentRenuka Chowdhury29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Labour and EmploymentOscar Fernandes24 October 20063 March 2009 INC G K Vasan3 March 200922 May 2009 INCAdditional charge Minister of State Independent Charge of Youth Affairs and SportsM S Gill6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge of Health and Family WelfarePanabaka Lakshmi29 March 200922 May 2009 INC Minister of State Independent Charge without portfolioOscar Fernandes29 January 200624 October 2006 INC Ministers of State Edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party RemarksMinister of State in the Ministry of External AffairsE Ahamed23 May 200422 May 2009 IUML Rao Inderjit Singh23 May 200429 January 2006 INC Anand Sharma29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and PensionsSuresh Pachouri23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Prithviraj Chavan6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsSuresh Pachouri23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Bijoy Krishna Handique23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Suryakanta Patil23 May 200422 May 2009 NCP V Narayanasamy6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Pawan Kumar Bansal6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of DefenceBijoy Krishna Handique23 May 200429 January 2006 INC Rao Inderjit Singh29 January 200622 May 2009 INC M M Pallam Raju29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family WelfarePanabaka Lakshmi23 May 200429 March 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of CoalDasari Narayan Rao23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Santosh Bagrodia6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of MinesDasari Narayan Rao23 May 20047 February 2006 INC T Subbarami Reddy7 February 20066 April 2008 INC Bijoy Krishna Handique6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information TechnologyShakeel Ahmad23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Jyotiraditya Scindia6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of RailwaysNaranbhai Rathwa23 May 200422 May 2009 INC R Velu23 May 200429 March 2009 PMK Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersK Rahman Khan23 May 200420 July 2004 INC Bijoy Krishna Handique29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysK H Muniyappa23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of PlanningM V Rajasekharan23 May 20046 April 2008 INC V Narayanasamy6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of AgricultureMinister of State in the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs and Public DistributionKantilal Bhuria23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Akhilesh Prasad Singh23 May 200422 May 2009 RJD Mohammed Taslimuddin25 May 200422 May 2009 RJD Minister of State in the Ministry of Home AffairsManikrao Hodlya Gavit23 May 20046 April 2008 INC Shriprakash Jaiswal23 May 200422 May 2009 INC S Regupathy23 May 200415 May 2007 DMK V Radhika Selvi18 May 200722 May 2009 DMK Shakeel Ahmad6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Prime Minister s OfficePrithviraj Chavan23 May 200422 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesMohammed Taslimuddin23 May 200425 May 2004 RJD Kanti Singh29 January 20066 April 2008 RJD Raghunath Jha6 April 200822 May 2009 RJD Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural DevelopmentSuryakanta Patil23 May 200422 May 2009 NCP Ale Narendra23 May 200424 August 2006 TRS Chandra Sekhar Sahu24 October 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentMohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi23 May 200422 May 2009 RJD Kanti Singh23 May 200429 January 2006 RJD Daggubati Purandeswari29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and IndustryS S Palanimanickam23 May 200425 May 2004 DMK E V K S Elangovan25 May 200429 January 2006 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of TextilesE V K S Elangovan29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and JusticeK Venkatapathy23 May 200422 May 2009 DMK Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and EmpowermentSubbulakshmi Jagadeesan23 May 200422 May 2009 DMK Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasE V K S Elangovan23 May 200425 May 2004 INC Dinsha Patel29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and ForestsNamo Narain Meena23 May 200422 May 2009 INC S Regupathy15 May 200722 May 2009 DMK Minister of State in the Ministry of Water ResourcesJay Prakash Narayan Yadav23 May 20046 November 2005 RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav24 October 200622 May 2009 RJD Minister of State in the Ministry of FinanceS S Palanimanickam25 May 200422 May 2009 DMK Pawan Kumar Bansal29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Department of IndustryAshwani Kumar29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban DevelopmentAjay Maken29 January 200622 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and EmploymentChandra Sekhar Sahu29 January 200624 October 2006 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of SteelAkhilesh Das29 January 20066 April 2008 INC Jitin Prasada6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and BroadcastingM H Ambareesh24 October 200615 February 2007 INC Anand Sharma18 October 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal AffairsRameshwar Oraon6 April 200822 May 2009 INC Minister of State in the Department of Commerce and IndustryJairam Ramesh29 January 200625 February 2009 INC Minister of State in the Ministry of TourismMinister of State in the Ministry of CultureKanti Singh6 April 200822 May 2009 RJD Minister of State in the Ministry of PowerJairam Ramesh6 April 200825 February 2009 INC Demographics of the Council of Ministers EditUPA Cabinet by Party Party Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State Independent Charge Ministers of State Total numbers of ministersIndian National Congress 21 7 26 54Nationalist Congress Party 1 1 1 3Dravida Munnetra Kazagham 2 0 5 7Rashtriya Janata Dal 3 0 6 9Lok Janshakti Party 1 0 0 1Pattali Makkal Katchi 1 0 1 2Indian Union Muslim League 0 0 1 1Total 29 8 40 77See also EditUnited Progressive Alliance 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidenceReferences Edit Former President A P J Abdul Kalam passes away The Hindu The Hindu Group 1 April 2016 Retrieved 26 May 2020 List of achievements of the Raisina Hill occupants Economic Times Bennett Coleman amp Co Ltd The Times Group 21 July 2017 Retrieved 26 May 2020 Bamzai Kaveree 7 June 2004 Manmohan Singh s Cabinet 2004 Top ministers and their portfolios India Today Living Media Pvt Ltd Retrieved 26 May 2020 Manmohan sworn in Hindustan Times HT Media Ltd 22 May 2004 Retrieved 26 May 2020 Shubhojit 1 July 2014 Women Cabinet Ministers in India elections in Retrieved 29 February 2016 Manmohan Singh 67 ministers sworn in PTI Rediff com 22 May 2004 Retrieved 26 May 2020 External links EditCouncil of Ministers Official link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title First Manmohan Singh ministry amp oldid 1173216000, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,