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In the Central Government, the Minister of Railways, holds Cabinet rank. The first Indian Minister of Railways was Asaf Ali. He served in the position from 2 September 1946 to 14 August 1947 September 1946 to 14 August 1947; he served in the position. Even though India was still under British rule at the time, the position of railways minister had not been adequately delineated.
The Railway Ministry was led by the Minister of Rail before. Ashwini Vaishnav is now India’s minister of railways.Before then, the minister was Piyush Goyal. The transportation minister’s yearly presentation of the railway budget has changed since 2017 when it was combined with the Union budget. Read the list of Indian railway ministers.
List of Railway Ministers of India
Below is a list of every railway minister, listed in decreasing order:
S.No. | Name | Terms of Office | Political group or coalition | Prime Minister |
41 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | July 2021 to present | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Narendra Modi |
40 | Piyush Goyal | 4 September 2017 to 7 July 2021 | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Narendra Modi |
39 | Suresh Prabhu | 10 November 2014 (Incumbent) | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Narendra Modi |
38 | D.V. Sadananda Gowda | 26 May 2014 to 9 November 2014 | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Narendra Modi |
37 | Mallikarjun Kharge | 17 June 2013 to 25 May 2014 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
36 | CP Joshi | 22 September 2012 to 28 October 2012 and 11 May 2013 to 16 June 2013 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
35 | Pawan Kumar Bansal | 28 October 2012 to 10 May 2013 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
34 | Mukul Roy | 20 March 2012 to 21 September 2012 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
33 | Dinesh Trivedi | 12 July 2011 to 14 March 2012 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
32 | Mamata Banerjee | 13 October 1999 to 15 March 2001 and 26 May 2009 to 19 May 2011 | United Progressive Alliance (Congress) and National Democratic Alliance | Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr. Manmohan Singh |
31 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 23 May 2004 to 25 May 2009 | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
30 | Nitish Kumar | 19 March 1998 to 5 August 1999 and 20 March 2001 to 22 May 2004 | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
29 | Ram Naik | 6 August 1999 to 12 October 1999 | National Democratic Alliance (BJP) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
28 | Ram Vilas Paswan | 1 June 1996 to 19 March 1998 | United Front (Janta Dal) | HD Deve Gowda and IK Gujral |
27 | CK Jaffer Sharief | 21 June 1991 to 16 October 1995 | Congress | PV Narsimha Rao |
26 | Janeshwar Mishra | 21 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janta Party | Chandra Shekhar |
25 | George Fernandez | 5 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 | Janta Dal | V. P. Singh |
24 | Madhavrao Scindia | 22 October 1986 – 1 December 1989 | Congress | Rajeev Gandhi |
23 | Mohsina Kidwai | 24 June 1986 – 21 October 1986 | Congress | Rajeev Gandhi |
22 | Bansi Lal | 31 December 1984- 4 June 1986 | Congress | Rajeev Gandhi |
21 | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 2 September 1982 – 31 December 1984 | Congress | Indira Gandhi & Rajeev Gandhi |
20 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 15 January 1982 – 2 September 1982 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
19 | Kedar Pandey | 12 November 1980 – 14 January 1982 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
18 | Kamalapati Tripathi | 14 January 1980 – 12 November 1980 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
17 | T. A. Pai | 30 July 1979 – 13 January 1980 & 23 July 1972 – 4 February 1973 | Janta Party (Secular) & Congress | Ch. Charan Singh & Indira Gandhi |
16 | Madhu Dandavate | 26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 | Janta Party | Morarji Desai |
15 | Kamalapati Tripathi | 11 February 1975 – 23 March 1977 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
14 | Lalit Narayan Mishra | 5 February 1973 – 2 January 1975 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
13 | K. Hanumanthaiya | 18 March 1971 – 22 July 1972 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
12 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 18 February 1970 – 17 March 1971 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
11 | Panampilli Govinda Menon | 4 November 1969 – 18 February 1970 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
10 | Ram Subhag Singh | 14 February 1969 – 4 November 1969 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
9 | C. M. Poonacha | 13 March 1967 – 14 February 1969 | Congress | Indira Gandhi |
8 | S. K. Patil | 9 June 1964- 12 March 1967 | Congress | Lal Bahadur Shastri & Indira Gandhi |
7 | H. C. Dasappa | 21 September 1963 – 8 June 1964 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
6 | Swaran Singh | 10 April 1962 – 21 September 1963 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
5 | Jagjivan Ram | 7 December 1956 – 10 April 1962 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
4 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 13 May 1952 – 7 December 1956 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
3 | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 22 September 1948 – 13 May 1952 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
2 | John Mathai | 15 August 1947- 22 September 1948 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
1 | Ashraf Ali | Sep 2, 1946, to Aug 14, 1947 | Congress | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
