First ministry of Manmohan Singh
| First Manmohan Singh ministry | |
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| 19th ministry of the Republic of India | |
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| Date formed | 22 May 2004 |
| Date dissolved | 22 May 2009 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| Head of state |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (until 25 July 2007) Pratibha Patil (from 25 July 2007) |
| Member party |
Indian National Congress (UPA and others) |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition party | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
| Opposition leader |
L. K. Advani (in Lok Sabha) Jaswant Singh (in Rajya Sabha) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2004 |
| Outgoing election | 2009 |
| Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Third Council of Ministers of Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Successor | Second Council of Ministers of Manmohan Singh |
The First Ministry of Manmohan Singh was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh. It was formed after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April - 10 May 2004, to elect the 14th Lok Sabha, and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009. After which Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004, and continued to hold the post till full term, the next Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009, when Singh started his second term in office as PM.
With 3 female Cabinet ministers, the Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Indian government to appoint more than 1 female Cabinet minister.[1]
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This is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India, 2004 to May 2009.
All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either house of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha, and has remained so for the duration of his entire term (2004–2009).
There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:
- Union Cabinet Minister - Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
- Minister of State (Independent Charge)- with no overseeing Union Cabinet Minister for that portfolio
- Minister of State (MoS) - junior minister with an overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle Taxation
Cabinet ministers
- Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister, viz.,
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
- Ministry of Planning
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
- Ministry of Coal
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
- Ministry of Finance
- Pranab Mukherjee - Minister of External Affairs
- Arjun Singh - Minister of Human Resource Development
- Sharad Pawar - Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- T.R.Baalu - Highways and Shipping
- Dayanidhi Maran - Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Lalu Prasad Yadav - Minister of Railways
- A K Antony - Minister of Defence
- Shivraj Patil - Minister of Home Affairs
- Abdul Rehman Antulay - Minister of Minority Affairs
- Sushilkumar Shinde - Minister of Power
- Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Steel
- S. Jaipal Reddy - Minister of Urban Development
- Sis Ram Ola - Minister of Mines
- Mahavir Prasad - Minister of Small Scale Industries and Minister of Agro and Rural Industries
- P.R. Kyndiah - Minister of Tribal Affairs
- Shankersinh Vaghela - Minister of Textiles
- Vayalar Ravi - Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- Kamal Nath - Minister of Commerce and Industry
- Hansraj Bhardwaj - Minister of Law and Justice
- Sontosh Mohan Dev - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- Saif-ud-din Soz - Minister of Water Resources
- Raghuvansh Prasad Singh - Minister of Rural Development
- Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi - Minister of Information and Broadcasting
- Mani Shankar Aiyar - Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
- Meira Kumar - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Murli Deora - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Ambika Soni - Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture
- Panabaka Lakshmi - Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- Kapil Sibal - Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences
- Prem Chand Gupta - Minister of Company Affairs
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
- Oscar Fernandes - Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Renuka Chowdhury - Minister of State of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Subodh Kant Sahay - Minister of State of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Vilas Muttemwar - Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Kumari Selja - Minister of State of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Praful Patel - Minister of State of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
- G.K.Vasan - Minister of State of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- M. S. Gill - Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
Ministers of State
- E. Ahammed - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
- B.K. Handique - Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
- Lakshmi Panabaka - Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Shakeel Ahmad - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Rao Inderjit Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Naranbhai Rathwa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
- K.H. Muniappa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
- Kantilal Bhuria - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Shriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Prithviraj Chavan - Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- Taslimuddin - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Suryakanta Patil - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
- R. Velu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
- S.S. Palanimanickam - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- S. Regupathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests
- K. Venkatapathy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
- Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- E.V.K.S. Elangovan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
- Kanti Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
- Namo Narain Meena - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests
- Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav - Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources
- Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Pawan Kumar Bansal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Anand Sharma - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
- Ajay Maken - Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development
- Dinsha J. Patel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- M.M. Pallam Raju - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Ashwani Kumar - Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Jairam Ramesh - Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
- Chandra Sekhar Sahu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
- D. Purandeswari - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
- M. H. Ambareesh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- V. Radhika Selvi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- V. Narayanasamy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning
- Santosh Bagrodia - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
- Raghunath Jha - Minister of State in the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- Rameshwar Oraon - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Jyotiraditya Scindia - Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Jitin Prasada - Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
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