No.
|
Portrait
|
Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
|
Term of office
|
Political party
|
Ministry
|
Prime Minister
|
From
|
To
|
Period
|
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
|
1
|
|
|
Swaran Singh
(1907?1994)
MP for
Jullundur
|
17 April
1957
|
10 April
1962
|
4 years, 358 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Nehru III
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
|
2
|
|
|
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910?2000)
MP for
Palani
|
10 April
1962
|
21 November
1963
|
1 year, 225 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Nehru IV
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Industries
|
(2)
|
|
|
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910?2000)
MP for
Palani
|
21 November
1963
|
27 May
1964
|
201 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Nehru IV
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
27 May
1964
|
9 June
1964
|
Nanda I
|
Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
|
Minister of Steel and Mines
|
3
|
|
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913?1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Andhra Pradesh
|
9 June
1964
|
11 January
1966
|
1 year, 229 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Shastri
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
11 January
1966
|
24 January
1966
|
Nanda II
|
Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
|
Minister of Iron and Steel
|
4
|
|
|
Tribhuvan Narain Singh
(1904?1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
(MoS)
|
29 January
1966
|
13 March
1967
|
1 year, 43 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Indira I
|
Indira Gandhi
|
Minister of Steel
|
5
|
|
|
Marri Chenna Reddy
(1919?1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Andhra Pradesh
|
13 March
1967
|
24 April
1968
|
1 year, 42 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Indira II
|
Indira Gandhi
|
6
|
|
|
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919?1996)
MP for
Indore
(MoS)
|
24 April
1968
|
14 February
1969
|
296 days
|
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
|
7
|
|
|
C. M. Poonacha
(1910?1990)
MP for
Mangalore
|
14 February
1969
|
15 November
1969
|
274 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Indira II
|
Indira Gandhi
|
(1)
|
|
|
Swaran Singh
(1907?1994)
MP for
Jullundur
|
15 November
1969
|
27 June
1970
|
224 days
|
Indian National Congress (R)
|
8
|
|
|
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922?2011)
MP for
Arrah
|
27 June
1970
|
18 March
1971
|
264 days
|
9
|
|
|
Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916?1973)
MP for
Pondicherry
|
18 March
1971
|
2 May
1971
|
45 days
|
Indira III
|
Minister of Steel and Mines
|
(9)
|
|
|
Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916?1973)
MP for
Pondicherry
|
2 May
1971
|
31 May
1973
[†]
|
2 years, 29 days
|
Indian National Congress (R)
|
Indira III
|
Indira Gandhi
|
?
|
|
|
Indira Gandhi
(1917?1984)
MP for
Raebareli
(Prime Minister)
|
31 May
1973
|
23 July
1973
|
53 days
|
10
|
|
|
T. A. Pai
(1922?1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Karnataka
|
23 July
1973
|
11 January
1974
|
172 days
|
11
|
|
|
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904?1981)
MP for
Domariyaganj
|
11 January
1974
|
10 October
1974
|
272 days
|
12
|
|
|
Chandrajit Yadav
(1930?2007)
MP for
Azamgarh
(MoS)
|
10 October
1974
|
24 March
1977
|
2 years, 165 days
|
13
|
|
|
Biju Patnaik
(1916?1997)
MP for
Aska
|
26 March
1977
|
15 July
1979
|
2 years, 111 days
|
Janata Party
|
Desai
|
Morarji Desai
|
|
30 July
1979
|
14 January
1980
|
168 days
|
Janata Party (Secular)
|
Charan
|
Charan Singh
|
14
|
|
|
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935?2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for
West Bengal
, till 1981
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
, from 1981
|
16 January
1980
|
15 January
1982
|
1 year, 364 days
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Indira IV
|
Indira Gandhi
|
15
|
|
|
N. D. Tiwari
(1925?2018)
MP for
Nainital
|
15 January
1982
|
14 February
1983
|
1 year, 30 days
|
16
|
|
|
N. K. P. Salve
(1921?2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Maharashtra
(MoS, I/C)
|
14 February
1983
|
31 October
1984
|
1 year, 260 days
|
31 October
1984
|
31 December
1984
|
Rajiv I
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
17
|
|
|
Vasant Sathe
(1925?2011)
MP for
Wardha
|
31 December
1984
|
25 September
1985
|
268 days
|
Rajiv II
|
18
|
|
|
K. C. Pant
(1931?2012)
MP for
New Delhi
|
25 September
1985
|
12 April
1987
|
1 year, 199 days
|
(17)
|
|
|
Vasant Sathe
(1925?2011)
MP for
Wardha
|
12 April
1987
|
25 July
1987
|
104 days
|
19
|
|
|
Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932?2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
|
25 July
1987
|
2 December
1989
|
2 years, 130 days
|
20
|
|
|
Dinesh Goswami
(1935?1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Assam
|
6 December
1989
|
10 November
1990
|
339 days
|
Asom Gana Parishad
|
Vishwanath
|
V. P. Singh
|
21
|
|
|
Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913?1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for
West Bengal
|
21 November
1990
|
21 June
1991
|
212 days
|
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
|
Chandra Shekhar
|
Chandra Shekhar
|
Minister of Steel
|
22
|
|
|
Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934?2017)
MP for
Silchar
(MoS, I/C)
|
21 June
1991
|
16 May
1996
|
4 years, 330 days
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Rao
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
|
?
|
|
|
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
|
23
|
|
|
Birendra Prasad Baishya
(born 1956)
MP for
Mangaldoi
|
29 June
1996
|
21 April
1997
|
1 year, 263 days
|
Asom Gana Parishad
|
21 April
1997
|
19 March
1998
|
Gujral
|
Inder Kumar Gujral
|
24
|
|
|
Naveen Patnaik
(born 1946)
MP for
Aska
|
19 March
1998
|
13 October
1999
|
1 year, 208 days
|
Biju Janata Dal
|
Vajpayee II
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
25
|
|
|
Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Odisha
(MoS, I/C)
|
13 October
1999
|
27 May
2000
|
227 days
|
Vajpayee III
|
26
|
|
|
Braja Kishore Tripathy
(born 1947)
MP for
Puri
(MoS, I/C)
|
27 May
2000
|
22 May
2004
|
4 years, 0 days
|
27
|
|
|
Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946?2020)
MP for
Hajipur
|
23 May
2004
|
22 May
2009
|
4 years, 364 days
|
Lok Janshakti Party
|
Manmohan I
|
Manmohan Singh
|
28
|
|
|
Virbhadra Singh
(1934?2021)
MP for
Mandi
|
28 May
2009
|
19 January
2011
|
1 year, 236 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Manmohan II
|
29
|
|
|
Beni Prasad Verma
(1941?2020)
MP for
Gonda
(MoS, I/C until 12 July 2011)
|
19 January
2011
|
26 May
2014
|
3 years, 127 days
|
30
|
|
|
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for
Gwalior
|
26 May
2014
|
5 July
2016
|
2 years, 40 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Modi I
|
Narendra Modi
|
31
|
|
|
Chaudhary Birender Singh
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Haryana
|
5 July
2016
|
30 May
2019
|
2 years, 329 days
|
32
|
|
|
Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Madhya Pradesh
|
31 May
2019
|
7 July
2021
|
2 years, 37 days
|
Modi II
|
33
|
|
|
Ramchandra Prasad Singh
(born 1958)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Bihar
|
7 July
2021
|
6 July
2022
|
364 days
|
Janata Dal (United)
|
34
|
|
|
Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Madhya Pradesh
|
6 July
2022
|
10 June
2024
|
1 year, 340 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
35
|
|
|
H.D. Kumaraswamy
(born 1959)
MP for
Mandya
|
10 June
2024
|
incumbent
|
5 days
|
Janata Dal (Secular)
|
Modi III
|