Minister of Finance (India)
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political post The minister of finance (Vitta Mantrī ) (or simply, the finance minister, short form FM) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India. One of the senior most offices of the Union Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for the fiscal policy of the government. A key duty of the finance minister is to present the annual Union Budget in Parliament, detailing the government's plan for taxation and spending in the coming financial year. Through the budget, the finance minister also outlines allocations to all the ministries and departments. The minister is assisted by the minister of state for finance and the junior deputy minister of finance.
There have been a number of ministers of finance that went on to become the prime minister; Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Manmohan Singh and also to serve as the president; R.Venkataraman and Pranab Mukherjee. Several prime ministers have also gone on to hold the position of minister of finance.
The current finance minister of India is Nirmala Sitharaman. Of all finance ministers, Pranab Mukherjee and Nirmala Sitharaman had served as both cabinet ministers and ministers of state for finance
Cabinet ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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| 1 | style="width:0.01em" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:R. K. Shanmukham Chetty.jpg | R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892Template:Ndash1953) UnelectedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 August 1947 |
17 August 1948 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | rowspan="11" style="width:0.01em" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Kshitish Chandra Neogy.jpg | Kshitish Chandra Neogy (1888Template:Ndash1970) MCA for West BengalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 August 1948 |
22 September 1948 |
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| 3 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:John Mathai.jpg | John Matthai (1886Template:Ndash1959) MP for United ProvincesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 September 1948 |
1 June 1950 |
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| 4 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh (cropped).jpg | C. D. Deshmukh (1896Template:Ndash1982) MP for KolabaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 June 1950 |
15 April 1952 |
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| 15 April 1952 |
24 July 1956 |
Nehru II | ||||||||
| 5 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg | Jawaharlal Nehru (1889Template:Ndash1964) MP for PhulpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
24 July 1956 |
30 August 1956 |
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| 6 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:T. T. Krishnamachari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | T. T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974) MP for Madras SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 August 1956 |
4 April 1957 |
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| 4 April 1957 |
13 February 1958 |
Nehru III | ||||||||
| 7 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for SuratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 February 1958 |
2 April 1962 |
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| 2 April 1962 |
31 August 1963 |
Nehru IV | ||||||||
| (6) | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:T. T. Krishnamachari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | T. T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974) MP for TiruchendurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 August 1963 |
27 May 1964 |
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| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 9 June 1964 |
31 December 1965 |
Shastri | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||
| 8 | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Sachindra Chaudhari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Sachindra Chaudhuri (1903Template:Ndash1992) MP for GhatalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 January 1966 |
11 January 1966 |
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| 11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
Nanda II | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 24 January 1966 |
12 March 1967 |
Indira I | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi | ||||||
| (7) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for SuratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Deputy Prime Minister) |
13 March 1967 |
16 July 1969 |
Template:Ayd | Indira II | |||
| 9 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg | Indira Gandhi (1917Template:Ndash1984) MP for Rae BareliScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
16 July 1969 |
27 June 1970 |
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| 10 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg | Yashwantrao Chavan (1913Template:Ndash1984) MP for SataraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 June 1970 |
13 March 1971 |
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| 13 March 1971 |
10 October 1974 |
Indira III | ||||||||
| 11 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910Template:Ndash2000) MP for PalaniScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 October 1974 |
24 March 1977 |
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| (7) | style="background:Template:Party color"| | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for SuratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
24 March 1977 |
26 March 1977 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party | Desai | rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color"| | Morarji Desai |
| 12 | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Hirubhai M. Patel Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Hirubhai M. Patel (1904Template:Ndash1993) MP for SabarkanthaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 March 1977 |
24 January 1979 |
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| 13 | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg | Charan Singh (1902Template:Ndash1987) MP for BaghpatScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Deputy Prime Minister) |
24 January 1979 |
16 July 1979 |
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| (7) | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for SuratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
16 July 1979 |
28 July 1979 |
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| 14 | style="background:Template:Party color"| | File:Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (1919Template:Ndash1989) MP for LucknowScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 July 1979 |
19 October 1979 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| | Charan Singh |
| (13) | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg | Charan Singh (1902Template:Ndash1987) MP for BaghpatScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
19 October 1979 |
14 January 1980 |
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| 15 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:R Venkataraman.jpg | Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910Template:Ndash2009) MP for Madras SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 January 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi |
| 16 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg | Pranab Mukherjee (1935Template:Ndash2020) Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 January 1982 |
31 October 1984 |
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| 31 October 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
Rajiv I | rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 17 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931Template:Ndash2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1984 |
24 January 1987 |
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| 18 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:RajivGandhi.jpg | Rajiv Gandhi (1944Template:Ndash1991) MP for AmethiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
24 January 1987 |
25 July 1987 |
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| 19 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg | N. D. Tiwari (1925Template:Ndash2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 July 1987 |
25 June 1988 |
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| 20 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg | Shankarrao Chavan (1920Template:Ndash2004) MP for NandedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 June 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
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| (17) | style="background:Template:Party color"| | File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931Template:Ndash2008) MP for FatehpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
2 December 1989 |
5 December 1989 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| 21 | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Madhu Dandavate Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Madhu Dandavate (1924Template:Ndash2005) MP for RajapurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 December 1989 |
10 November 1990 |
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| 22 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg | Chandra Shekhar (1927Template:Ndash2007) MP for BalliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
10 November 1990 |
21 November 1990 |
Template:Ayd | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Chandra Shekhar |
| 23 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg | Yashwant Sinha (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
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| 24 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | Manmohan Singh (1932Template:Ndash2024) Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1991 |
16 May 1996 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 25 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Former Union minister Jaswant singh.jpg | Jaswant Singh (1938Template:Ndash2020) MP for ChittorgarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 26 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg | P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for SivagangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
Template:Ayd | Tamil Maanila Congress | Deve Gowda | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 27 | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| | File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg | Inder Kumar Gujral (1919Template:Ndash2012) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
21 April 1997 |
1 May 1997 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Gujral | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| (26) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg | P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for SivagangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 May 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
Template:Ayd | Tamil Maanila Congress | |||
| (23) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg | Yashwant Sinha (born 1937) MP for HazaribaghScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 13 October 1999 |
1 July 2002 |
Vajpayee III | ||||||||
| (25) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Former Union minister Jaswant singh.jpg | Jaswant Singh (1938Template:Ndash2020) Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 July 2002 |
22 May 2004 |
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| (26) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg | P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for SivagangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 May 2004 |
30 November 2008 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Manmohan Singh |
| (24) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | Manmohan Singh (1932Template:Ndash2024) Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
30 November 2008 |
24 January 2009 |
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| (16) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg | Pranab Mukherjee (1935Template:Ndash2020) MP for JangipurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 January 2009 |
22 May 2009 |
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| 23 May 2009 |
26 June 2012 |
Manmohan II | ||||||||
| (24) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | Manmohan Singh (1932Template:Ndash2024) Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
26 June 2012 |
31 July 2012 |
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| (26) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg | P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for SivagangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 July 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
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| 28 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg | Arun Jaitley (1952Template:Ndash2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, till 2018 Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, from 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 May 2014 |
14 May 2018 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Narendra Modi |
| 29 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Piyush Goyal crop.jpg | Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 May 2018 |
23 August 2018 |
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| (28) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg | Arun Jaitley (1952Template:Ndash2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 August 2018 |
23 January 2019 |
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| (29) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Piyush Goyal crop.jpg | Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 January 2019 |
15 February 2019 |
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| (28) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg | Arun Jaitley (1952Template:Ndash2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 February 2019 |
30 May 2019 |
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| 30 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Am 11. April 2025 empfing Außenministerin Beate Meinl-Reisinger die indische Finanzministerin Nirmala Sitharaman in Wien (54445397025) (cropped).jpg | Nirmala Sitharaman (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for KarnatakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 May 2019 |
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Ministers of state
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| 1 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Mahavir Tyagi Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Mahavir Tyagi (1899Template:Ndash1980) MP for United Provinces (Interim) MP for DehradunScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Expenditure, from 21 August 1952 |
16 February 1951 |
13 May 1952 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | rowspan="9" style="width:0.01em" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 13 May 1952 |
16 March 1953 |
Nehru II | ||||||||
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Arun Chandra Guha Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Arun Chandra Guha MP for BarasatScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure |
7 December 1954 |
17 April 1957 |
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| 3 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha photo.jpg | Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha MP for Bombay StateScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure | |||||||
| 4 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bezawada Gopala Reddy.jpg | Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907Template:Ndash1997) MP for KavaliScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure |
10 May 1958 |
7 April 1961 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | ||
| 5 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Coordination) |
1 November 1963 |
27 May 1964 |
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| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| (5) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Coordination) |
13 June 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Shastri | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 6 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:C M Poonacha.gif | C. M. Poonacha (1910Template:Ndash1990) Rajya Sabha MP for MysoreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Expenditure |
2 January 1966 |
11 January 1966 |
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| 6 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:C M Poonacha.gif | C. M. Poonacha (1910Template:Ndash1990) Rajya Sabha MP for MysoreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister of Revenue and Expenditure |
11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
Template:Ayd | Nanda II | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | |
| (5) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Coordination) | |||||||
| (5) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
Template:Ayd | Indira I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi | |
| 7 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919Template:Ndash1996) MP for IndoreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 February 1969 |
27 June 1970 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | |
| 8 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:R.K. Khadilkar.jpg | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905Template:Ndash1979) MP for BaramatiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 November 1969 |
27 June 1970 |
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| 9 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg | Vidya Charan Shukla (1929Template:Ndash2013) MP for Mahasamund, until 1971 MP for Raipur, from 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 June 1970 |
18 March 1971 |
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| 18 March 1971 |
2 May 1971 |
Indira III | ||||||||
| 10 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | K. R. Ganesh (1922Template:Ndash2004) MP for Andaman and Nicobar IslandsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 May 1971 |
10 October 1974 |
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| 11 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg | Pranab Mukherjee (1935Template:Ndash2020) Rajya Sabha MP for West BengalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue and Banking, from 21 December 1975) |
10 October 1974 |
24 March 1977 |
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| 12 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Zulfiquarullah MP for SultanpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 August 1977 |
15 July 1979 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party | Desai | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Morarji Desai | |
| 13 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Satish Chandra Agarwal (1928Template:Ndash1997) MP for JaipurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 August 1977 |
28 July 1979 |
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| 14 | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Nathuram Mirdha (1921Template:Ndash1996) MP for NagaurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 October 1979 |
14 January 1980 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Charan Singh | |
| 15 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jagannath Pahadia.jpg | Jagannath Pahadia (1932Template:Ndash1991) MP for BayanaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 January 1980 |
6 June 1980 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi |
| 16 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Sawai Singh Sisodiya (1919Template:Ndash2007) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue and Expenditure) |
19 October 1980 |
2 September 1982 |
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| 17 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao (1911Template:Ndash1998) MP for RajahmundryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 September 1982 |
7 February 1984 |
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| 18 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna (4667878654) (cropped).jpg | S. M. Krishna (1932Template:Ndash2024) MP for MandyaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 February 1984 |
7 September 1984 |
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| 19 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP for MangaloreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1984 |
14 February 1988 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rajiv Gandhi | |
| 20 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | B. K. Gadhvi (1937Template:Ndash2005) MP for BanaskanthaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 May 1986 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 21 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Brahm Dutt (1926Template:Ndash2014) MP for Tehri GarhwalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 January 1987 |
25 July 1987 |
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| 22 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Ajit Kumar Panja (1936Template:Ndash2008) MP for Calcutta North EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue) |
14 February 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 23 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg | Eduardo Faleiro (born 1940) MP for MormugaoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Economic Affairs) |
14 February 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 24 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Dalbir Singh MP for ShahdolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1991 |
17 January 1993 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
| 25 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Shantaram Potdukhe (1933Template:Ndash2018) MP for ChandrapurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1991 |
17 January 1993 |
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| 26 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg | Rameshwar Thakur (1925Template:Ndash2015) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 June 1991 |
18 January 1993 |
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| 27 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy (1939Template:Ndash2001) MP for KanakapuraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue and Expenditure) |
18 January 1993 |
16 May 1996 |
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| 28 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Abrar Ahmed (1956Template:Ndash2004) Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 January 1993 |
2 April 1994 |
Template:Ayd | |||||
| 29 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Debi Prasad Pal.jpg | Debi Prasad Pal (1927Template:Ndash2021) MP for Calcutta North WestScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 30 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:M. P. Veerendra Kumar DS.jpg | M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1936Template:Ndash2020) MP for KozhikodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 February 1997 |
21 April 1997 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 21 April 1997 |
9 June 1997 |
Gujral | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
| 31 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shri Satpal Maharaj.jpg | Satpal Maharaj (born 1951) MP for GarhwalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 June 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
Template:Ayd | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | |||
| 32 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | R. K. Kumar (1942Template:Ndash1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil NaduScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue, Banking and Insurance) |
19 March 1998 |
22 May 1998 |
Template:Ayd | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee II | rowspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 33 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Kadambur R. Janarthanan (1929Template:Ndash2020) MP for TirunelveliScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 May 1998 |
8 April 1999 |
Template:Ayd | |||||
| 34 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Balasaheb Vikhe Patil accepting Padma Bhushan (cropped).jpg | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (1932Template:Ndash2016) MP for KopargaonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 October 1999 |
1 July 2002 |
Template:Ayd | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee III | ||
| 35 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Danajaya kumar001.png | V. Dhananjay Kumar (1951Template:Ndash2019) MP for MangaloreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 October 1999 |
30 September 2000 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 36 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for TindivanamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 September 2000 |
24 May 2003 |
Template:Ayd | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||
| 37 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Anant Geete in April 2017.jpg | Anant Geete (born 1951) MP for RatnagiriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Banking and Expenditure) |
1 July 2002 |
26 August 2002 |
Template:Ayd | Shiv Sena | |||
| 38 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Anandrao Vithoba Adsul (in yellow jacket).jpeg | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul (born 1947) MP for BuldhanaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 August 2002 |
22 May 2004 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 39 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG | Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP for PanajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 September 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 40 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:S. S. Palanimanickam (cropped).jpg | S. S. Palanimanickam (born 1950) MP for ThanjavurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue, from 29 January 2006) |
25 May 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
Template:Ayd | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan I | rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Manmohan Singh |
| 41 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg | Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for ChandigarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Expenditure, Banking and Insurance) |
29 January 2006 |
22 May 2009 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | |||
| (40) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:S. S. Palanimanickam (cropped).jpg | S. S. Palanimanickam (born 1950) MP for ThanjavurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue) |
28 May 2009 |
21 March 2013 |
Template:Ayd | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan II | ||
| 42 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Namo Narain Meena (cropped).jpg | Namo Narain Meena (born 1943) MP for Tonk–Sawai MadhopurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Expenditure, Banking and Insurance) |
28 May 2009 |
26 May 2014 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | |||
| 43 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jesudasu Seelam in June 2013 (cropped).jpg | Jesudasu Seelam (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Revenue) |
17 June 2013 |
26 May 2014 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 44 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Hon'ble Finance Minister of India.jpg | Nirmala Sitharaman (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | rowspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Narendra Modi |
| 45 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:JayantSinha.JPG | Jayant Sinha (born 1963) MP for HazaribaghScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 November 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 46 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for BareillyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 July 2016 |
3 September 2017 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 47 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Arjun Ram Meghwal 2017 (cropped).jpg | Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP for BikanerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 48 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg | Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP for KanniyakumariScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 49 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shivpratap Shukla.jpg | Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 50 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg | Anurag Singh Thakur (born 1974) MP for HamirpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
Template:Ayd | Modi II | |||
| 52 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pankaj Chaudhury assuming charge as Minister of State for Finance in 2024 (cropped).jpg | Pankaj Chaudhary (born 1964) MP for MaharajganjScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 53 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bhagwat Karad with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | Bhagwat Karad (born 1956) Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| (52) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Pankaj Chaudhury assuming charge as Minister of State for Finance in 2024 (cropped).jpg | Pankaj Chaudhary (born 1964) MP for MaharajganjScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | Template:Ayd | Modi III | |||
Deputy ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| 1 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha photo.jpg | Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha MP for Bombay StateScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 August 1952 |
7 December 1954 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | rowspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Arun Chandra Guha Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Arun Chandra Guha MP for BarasatScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 March 1953 |
7 December 1954 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 3 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 January 1956 |
17 April 1957 |
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| 17 April 1957 |
10 April 1962 |
Nehru III | ||||||||
| 4 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Tarkeshwari Sinha portrait.gif | Tarkeshwari Sinha (1926Template:Ndash2007) MP for BarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 May 1958 |
10 April 1962 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| (3) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922Template:Ndash2011) MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 April 1962 |
21 September 1963 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | ||
| (4) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Tarkeshwari Sinha portrait.gif | Tarkeshwari Sinha (1926Template:Ndash2007) MP for BarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 April 1962 |
27 May 1964 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 5 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Rameshwar Sahu Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Rameshwar Sahu MP for RoseraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 October 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Shastri | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
Nanda II | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 6 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg | Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923Template:Ndash1975) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
Template:Ayd | Indira I | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi | |
| 7 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jagannath Pahadia.jpg | Jagannath Pahadia (1932Template:Ndash1991) MP for BayanaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 November 1967 |
17 October 1969 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Indira II | ||
| 8 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:K. R. Ganesh Lok Sabha photo.jpg | K. R. Ganesh (1922Template:Ndash2004) MP for Andaman and Nicobar IslandsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 June 1970 |
18 March 1971 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | |
| 18 March 1971 |
2 May 1971 |
Indira III | ||||||||
| 9 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Sushila Rohatgi Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Sushila Rohatgi (1921Template:Ndash1911) MP for BilhaurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 May 1971 |
24 March 1977 |
Template:Ayd | ||||
| 10 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shri Maganbhai.gif | Maganbhai Barot (1927Template:Ndash2011) MP for AhmedabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 June 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Indira Gandhi |
| 11 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP for MangaloreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Banking and Insurance) |
15 January 1982 |
31 October 1984 |
Template:Ayd | |||||
| 31 October 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
Rajiv I | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 12 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Anil Shastri MP for VaranasiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 April 1990 |
10 November 1990 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | |
| 13 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg | Digvijay Singh (1955Template:Ndash2010) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
Template:Ayd | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Chandra Shekhar |
References
External links
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