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Minister of Communications (India) - Wikipedia
The minister of communications (Hindi: संचार मंत्री) is the head of the Ministry of Communications and a senior member of the union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the ministers of state.
The current minister is Jyotiraditya Scindia who has been serving in office since 10 June 2024 and is currently assisted by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani as the minister of state for communications.
One former president - Shankar Dayal Sharma served as minister in the ministry. Sharma was Cabinet minister for communications from 1974 until 1977. Two former prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Inder Kumar Gujral also served as ministers in the ministry. Shastri was Cabinet minister for transport and communications from 1957 until 1958, while Gujral was minister of state for communications from 1967 until 1971.
The Ministry of Communications came into existence soon after India's independence in the First Nehru ministry formed on 15 August 1947. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was appointed as the first minister of communications and served until 1951. The ministry was merged with the Ministry of Transport to form the "Ministry of Transport and Communications" on 17 April 1957 in the Third Nehru ministry. Lal Bahadur Shastri was appointed as the minister in the newly-formed ministry. The ministry was bifurcated on 31 August 1963 into the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The "Department of Posts and Telegraphs" became the Ministry of Communications on 13 May 1964.
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of Communications (1947–1957)[edit] Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(1894–1954) 15 August
1947 2 August
1951 3 years, 352 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru Amrit Kaur
(1887–1964) 2 August
1951 13 May
1952 285 days Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Shahabad South 13 May
1952 7 December
1956 4 years, 208 days Nehru II Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur
(Minister of State) 7 December
1956 17 April
1957 131 days Ministry disestablished during this interval[a] Minister of Posts and Telegraph (1963–1964)[edit] Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913–1996)
MP for Calcutta North West 1 September
1963 13 May
1964 255 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru Minister of Communications (1964–2001)[edit] Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913–1996)
MP for Calcutta North West 13 May
1964 27 May
1964 31 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru 27 May
1964 9 June
1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda 9 June
1964 13 June
1964 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Samastipur 13 June
1964 11 January
1966 2 years, 273 days 11 January
1966 24 January
1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda 24 January
1966 13 March
1967 Indira I Indira Gandhi Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Buxar 13 March
1967 14 February
1969 1 year, 338 days Indira II Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga 14 February
1969 8 March
1971 2 years, 22 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli
(Prime Minister) 8 March
1971 18 March
1971 10 days Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak
(Minister of State) 18 March
1971 2 May
1971 45 days Indira III Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP for Allahabad
(Minister of State) 2 May
1971 8 November
1973 2 years, 190 days Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur 8 November
1973 11 January
1974 64 days Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
(1909–1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 11 January
1974 10 October
1974 272 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999)
MP for Bhopal 10 October
1974 24 March
1977 2 years, 165 days Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 24 March
1977 26 March
1977 2 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Parkash Singh Badal
(1927–2023)
MP for Faridkot 26 March
1977 27 March
1977 1 day Shiromani Akali Dal George Fernandes
(1930–2019)
MP for Muzaffarpur 27 March
1977 6 July
1977 101 days Janata Party Brij Lal Varma
(1916–1987)
MP for Mahasamund 6 July
1977 28 July
1979 2 years, 22 days Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat
(Prime Minister) 28 July
1979 30 July
1979 2 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh Zulfiquarullah
MP for Sultanpur
(Minister of State) 30 July
1979 27 November
1979 120 days Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat
(Prime Minister) 27 November
1979 7 December
1979 10 days Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
(1920–2004)
MP for Begusarai 7 December
1979 14 January
1980 38 days Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak
(Prime Minister) 14 January
1980 16 January
1980 2 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 16 January
1980 3 March
1980 47 days C. M. Stephen
(1918–1984)
MP for Gulbarga 3 March
1980 2 September
1982 2 years, 183 days Anant Sharma
(1919–1988)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 2 September
1982 14 February
1983 165 days Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak
(Prime Minister) 14 February
1983 31 October
1984
(died in office) 1 year, 260 days Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 31 October
1984 4 November
1984 4 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Barmer 31 December
1984 22 October
1986 1 year, 295 days Rajiv II Arjun Singh
(1930–2011)
MP for South Delhi 22 October
1986 14 February
1988 1 year, 115 days Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha 14 February
1988 25 June
1988 132 days Bir Bahadur Singh
(1935–1989)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 25 June
1988 30 May
1989
(died in office) 339 days Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 31 May
1989 4 July
1989 34 days Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MP for Koraput
(Minister of State, I/C) 4 July
1989 2 December
1989 151 days Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 2 December
1989 6 December
1989 4 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh K. P. Unnikrishnan
(born 1936)
MP for Vatakara 6 December
1989 23 April
1990 138 days Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Allahabad
(Minister of State, I/C) 23 April
1990 5 November
1990 196 days Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 6 November
1990 10 November
1990 4 days Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 10 November
1990 21 November
1990 11 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Sanjaya Sinh
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Minister of State, I/C) 21 November
1990 21 June
1991 212 days Rajesh Pilot
(1945–2000)
MP for Dausa
(Minister of State, I/C) 21 June
1991 18 January
1993 1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Sukh Ram
(1927–2022)
MP for Mandi
(Minister of State, I/C) 18 January
1993 16 May
1996 3 years, 119 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 16 May
1996 1 June
1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister) 1 June
1996 29 June
1996 28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020)
MP for Kaiserganj
(Minister of State, I/C until 10 July 1996) 29 June
1996 21 April
1997 1 year, 263 days Samajwadi Party 21 April
1997 19 March
1998 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Jalore 19 March
1998 20 April
1998 32 days Independent Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
MP for South Delhi 20 April
1998 11 October
1998 174 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 11 October
1998 5 December
1998 55 days Jagmohan
(1927–2021)
MP for New Delhi 5 December
1998 8 June
1999 185 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 8 June
1999 13 October
1999 127 days Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 13 October
1999 1 September
2001 1 year, 323 days Janata Dal (United) Vajpayee III Lok Janshakti Party Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 1 September
2001 22 December
2001 112 days Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of Communications and Information Technology (2001–2016)[edit] Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 22 December
2001 29 January
2003 1 year, 38 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 29 January
2003 22 May
2004 1 year, 114 days Dayanidhi Maran
(born 1966)
MP for Chennai Central 23 May
2004 15 May
2007 2 years, 357 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manmohan I Manmohan Singh A. Raja
(born 1963)
MP for Perambalur 15 May
2007 22 May
2009 2 years, 7 days Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 22 May
2009 28 May
2009 6 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II A. Raja
(born 1963)
MP for Nilgiris 28 May
2009 15 November
2010 1 year, 171 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kapil Sibal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandni Chowk 15 November
2010 26 May
2014 3 years, 192 days Indian National Congress Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 27 May
2014 5 July
2016 2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Minister of Communications (2016–present)[edit] Manoj Sinha
(born 1959)
MP for Ghazipur
(Minister of State, I/C) 5 July
2016 30 May
2019 2 years, 329 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
MP for Patna Sahib 31 May
2019 7 July
2021 2 years, 37 days Modi II Ashwini Vaishnaw
(born 1970)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 7 July
2021 9 June
2024 2 years, 338 days Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
MP for Guna 12 June
2024 Incumbent 1 year, 25 days Modi III No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of State of Communications 1 Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur 14 February
1956 7 December
1956 297 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru Ministry disestablished during this interval Minister of State of Communications 2 Jagannath Rao
(1909–?)
MP for Chatrapur 14 February
1966 13 March
1967 1 year, 27 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi 5 Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 18 March
1967 18 March
1971 4 years, 0 days Indira II Indian National Congress (R) 6 Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak 14 February
1969 18 March
1971 2 years, 32 days (6) Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak 12 January
1974 10 October
1974 271 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III 7 Narhari Prasad Sai
(1929–1999)
MP for Raigarh 14 August
1977 28 July
1979 1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai 8 Narsingh Yadav
MP for Chandauli 30 July
1979 14 January
1980 168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh 9 Tukaram Shrangare
(1937–2011)
MP for Osmanabad 31 July
1979 14 January
1980 167 days 10 Kartik Oraon
(1924–1981)
MP for Lohardaga 8 June
1980 8 December
1981
(died in office) 1 year, 183 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 11 Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 15 January
1982 29 January
1983 1 year, 14 days 12 Vitthalrao Gadgil
(1928–2001)
MP for Pune 29 January
1983 31 October
1984 1 year, 332 days 4 November
1984 31 December
1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi 13 Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MP for Koraput 25 June
1988 4 July
1989 1 year, 9 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II 14 Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020)
MP for Kaiserganj 1 June
1996 29 June
1996 28 days Samajwadi Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda 15 Kabindra Purkayastha
(born 1931)
MP for Silchar 20 March
1998 13 October
1999 1 year, 207 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 Tapan Sikdar
(1944–2014)
MP for Dum Dum 13 October
1999 22 December
2001 2 years, 70 days Vajpayee III Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology (16) Tapan Sikdar
(1944–2014)
MP for Dum Dum 22 December
2001 1 July
2002 191 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee 17 Sumitra Mahajan
(born 1943)
MP for Indore 1 July
2002 24 May
2003 327 days 18 Sanjay Paswan
(born 1962)
MP for Nawada 1 July
2002 29 January
2003 212 days 18 Su. Thirunavukkarasar
(born 1949)
MP for Pudukkottai 29 January
2003 22 May
2004 1 year, 114 days 19 Ashok Kumar Pradhan
(born 1953)
MP for Khurja 24 May
2003 22 May
2004 364 days 20 Shakeel Ahmad
(born 1956)
MP for Madhubani 23 May
2004 6 April
2008 3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 21 Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
MP for Guna 6 April
2008 22 May
2009 1 year, 46 days 22 Gurudas Kamat
(1954–2018)
MP for Mumbai North West 28 May
2009 19 January
2011 1 year, 236 days Manmohan II 23 Sachin Pilot
(born 1977)
MP for Dausa 28 May
2009 28 October
2012 3 years, 153 days (22) Gurudas Kamat
(1954–2018)
MP for Mumbai North West 21 January
2011 12 July
2011 172 days 24 Milind Deora
(born 1976)
MP for Mumbai South 12 July
2011 26 May
2014 2 years, 318 days 25 Killi Krupa Rani
(born 1965)
MP for Srikakulam 28 October
2012 26 May
2014 1 year, 210 days Minister of State of Communications 26 Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
(born 1959)
MP for Akola 31 May
2019 7 July
2021 2 years, 37 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi 27 Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan
(born 1964)
MP for Kheda 7 July
2021 9 June
2024 2 years, 338 days 28 Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
(born 1976)
MP for Guntur 10 June
2024 Incumbent 1 year, 27 days Telugu Desam Party Modi III
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