Minister of Railways (India)

Minister of Railways ( रेलमंत्री )
Emblem of India
Incumbent Suresh Prabhu since 10 Nov 2014
Ministry of Railways
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of India
Appointer	President on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	John Mathai
Formation	15 August 1947

The Minister of Railways is the head of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. The railway minister is usually accorded a cabinet rank, and is responsible for Indian Railways, the largest employer in the world. An important responsibility of the railway minister is to present in Parliament the Railway Budget, the Annual Financial Statement of Indian Railways. Suresh Prabhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current Minister of Railways, serving since 10 Nov 2014.

List of railway ministers

John Mathai, the first railway minister of independent India

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar served two terms as railway minister under Prime Minister Vajpayee, as a member for two different parties—Samata Party and Janata Dal (United).

First woman Railway Minister of India.Among the few woman railway ministers, Mamata Banerjee's two stints in Rail Bhavan came as a member of opposing ruling alliances.

Name	Term of office		Political party (Alliance)	Prime Minister
Asaf Ali	2 September 1946	14 August 1947	Indian National Congress	None (Interim govt)
John Mathai	15 August 1947	22 September 1948		Jawaharlal Nehru
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	22 September 1948	13 May 1952
Lal Bahadur Shastri	13 May 1952	7 December 1956
Jagjivan Ram	7 December 1956	10 April 1962
Swaran Singh	10 April 1962	21 September 1963
H. C. Dasappa	21 September 1963	8 June 1964
S. K. Patil	9 June 1964	12 March 1967		Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi
C. M. Poonacha	13 March 1967	14 February 1969		Indira Gandhi
Ram Subhag Singh	14 February 1969	4 November 1969
Panampilli Govinda Menon	4 November 1969	18 February 1970
Gulzarilal Nanda	18 February 1970	17 March 1971
K. Hanumanthaiya	18 March 1971	22 July 1972
T. A. Pai	23 July 1972	4 February 1973
Lalit Narayan Mishra	5 February 1973	2 January 1975
Kamalapati Tripathi	11 February 1975	23 March 1977
Madhu Dandavate	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
T. A. Pai	30 July 1979	13 January 1980	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
Kamalapati Tripathi	14 January 1980	12 November 1980	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
Kedar Pandey	12 November 1980	14 January 1982
Prakash Chandra Sethi	15 January 1982	2 September 1982
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	2 September 1982	31 December 1984		Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
Bansi Lal	31 December 1984	4 June 1986		Rajiv Gandhi
Mohsina Kidwai	24 June 1986	21 October 1986
Madhavrao Scindia	22 October 1986	1 December 1989
George Fernandes	5 December 1989	10 November 1990	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh
Janeshwar Mishra	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party	Chandra Shekhar
C. K. Jaffer Sharief	21 June 1991	16 October 1995	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	Janata Dal (United Front)	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
Nitish Kumar	19 March 1998	5 August 1999	Samata Party (NDA)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Naik	6 August 1999	12 October 1999	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Mamata Banerjee	13 October 1999	15 March 2001	All India Trinamool Congress (NDA)
Nitish Kumar	20 March 2001	22 May 2004	Janata Dal (United) (NDA)
Lalu Prasad Yadav	23 May 2004	25 May 2009	Rashtriya Janata Dal (UPA)	Manmohan Singh
Mamata Banerjee	26 May 2009	19 May 2011	All India Trinamool Congress (UPA)
Dinesh Trivedi	12 July 2011	14 March 2012
Mukul Roy	20 March 2012	21 September 2012
C. P. Joshi	22 September 2012	28 October 2012	Indian National Congress (UPA)
Pawan Kumar Bansal	28 October 2012	10 May 2013
C. P. Joshi	11 May 2013	16 June 2013
Mallikarjun Kharge	17 June 2013	25 May 2014
D. V. Sadananda Gowda	26 May 2014	9 Nov 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	Narendra Modi
Suresh Prabhu	10 Nov 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	Narendra Modi
If the office of Minister of Railways is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes under the charge of the prime minister.

References

Railway Ministers of Independent India at the Indian Railways Fan Club

Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India

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Railway Minister of India

John Mathai N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar Lal Bahadur Shastri Jagjivan Ram Sardar Swaran Singh Kengal Hanumanthaiah C. M. Poonacha Panampilly Govinda Menon Gulzari Lal Nanda T. A. Pai Lalit Narayan Mishra Kamalpati Tripathi Madhu Dandavate Kedar Pandey A. B. A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury Madhav Rao Scindia Janeshwar Mishra C. K. Jaffer Sheriff Suresh Kalmadi Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ram Vilas Paswan Nitish Kumar Mamata Banerjee Nitish Kumar Lalu Prasad Yadav Mamata Banerjee Mukul Roy Manmohan Singh Dinesh Trivedi Mukul Roy C. P. Joshi Pawan Kumar Bansal Mallikarjun Kharge D. V. Sadananda Gowda Suresh Prabhu

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