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
Dissolved	5 July 2016 (2016-07-05)
Superseding agencies	Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex,Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
Website	meity.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

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		Arjun Singh	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	Deve GowdaI. 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. . 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.

External links

• Official website