Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

Coordinates: 22°37′20″N 77°12′50″E / 22.62222°N 77.21389°E / 22.62222; 77.21389

Ministry overview
Emblem of India
Superseding agencies	Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi 22°37′20″N 77°12′50″E / 22.62222°N 77.21389°E / 22.62222; 77.21389
Website	meity.gov.in

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology was an Indian government ministry. It was bifurcated into Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in July 2016. It contained three departments viz. Department of Telecommunications, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) and Department of Posts.

The following cadre controlling authority of the Civil Services (including Indian Telecommunication Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Radio Regulatory Service, Telegraph Traffic Service and Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service) are under the administration and supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Former Ministers

Following is the list of Ministers of Communication.^[1]

Name	Term of office		Political party (Alliance)	Prime Minister
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai	15 August 1947	2 August 1951	Congress	Nehru
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur	2 August 1951	13 May 1952
Jagjivan Ram	13 May 1952	7 December 1956
Raj Bahadur	7 December 1956	17 April 1957
Lal Bahadur Shastri	17 April 1957	28 March 1958
S. K. Patil	29 March 1958	24 August 1959
Jawaharlal Nehru	25 August 1959	2 September 1959
P. Subbarayan	2 September 1959	9 April 1962
Jagjivan Ram	10 April 1963	31 August 1963
Ashoke Kumar Sen	1 September 1963	13 June 1964
Ashoke Kumar Sen	1 September 1963	13 June 1964		Shastri
Satya Narayan Sinha	13 June 1964	12 March 1967		Shastri
Satya Narayan Sinha	13 June 1964	12 March 1967		I. Gandhi
Ram Subhag Singh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969
Satya Narayan Sinha	14 February 1969	8 March 1971
Indira Gandhi	9 March 1971	17 March 1971
Sher Singh	18 March 1971	2 May 1971
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna	2 May 1971	8 November 1973
Raj Bahadur	8 November 1973	11 January 1974
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	11 January 1974	10 October 1974
Shankar Dayal Sharma	10 October 1974	24 March 1977
Morarji Desai	24 March 1977	26 March 1977	JP	Desai
Parkash Singh Badal	26 March 1977	27 March 1977	SAD
George Fernandes	28 March 1977	6 July 1977	JP
Brij Lal Varma	6 July 1977	28 July 1979	JP
Charan Singh	28 July 1979	30 July 1979	JNP (S)	C. Singh
Zulfiquarullah (Independent Charge)	30 July 1979	27 November 1979
Charan Singh	27 November 1979	7 December 1979
Shyam Nandan Mishra	7 December 1979	14 January 1980
Indira Gandhi	15 January 1980	16 January 1980	Congress	I. Gandhi
Bhishma Narain Singh	16 January 1980	3 March 1980
C. M. Stephen	3 March 1980	2 September 1982
Anant Prasad Sharma	2 September 1982	14 February 1983
Indira Gandhi	14 February 1983	31 October 1984
Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	4 November 1984		R. Gandhi
V. N. Gadgil	4 November 1984	31 December 1984
Ram Niwas Mirdha (Independent Charge)	31 December 1984	22 October 1986
Arjun Singh	22 October 1986	14 February 1988
Vasant Sathe	14 February 1988	25 June 1988
Bir Bahadur Singh	25 June 1988	30 June 1989
Giridhar Gamang (Independent Charge)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989
V. P. Singh	2 December 1989	6 December 1989	JD	V. P. Singh
K.P. Unnikrishnan	6 December 1989	23 April 1990	Congress (S)
Janeshwar Mishra	30 April 1990	5 November 1990	JD
V. P. Singh	6 November 1990	10 November 1990	JD
Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	21 November 1990	SJP	Chandra Shekhar
Sanjay Singh	22 November 1990	21 June 1991	SJP	Chandra Shekhar
Rajesh Pilot (Independent Charge)	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	Congress	Rao
Sukh Ram (Independent Charge)	17 January 1993	16 May 1996	Congress	Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP	Vajpayee
Beni Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	SP	Dewe Gowda Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	21 March 1998	BJP	Vajpayee
Buta Singh	21 March 1998	19 April 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 April 1998	20 April 1998
Sushma Swaraj	20 April 1998	11 October 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	11 October 1998	6 December 1998
Jagmohan	6 December 1998	8 June 1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	8 June 1999	13 October 1999
Ram Vilas Paswan	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	JD (U)
Pramod Mahajan	2 September 2001	28 January 2003	BJP
Arun Shourie	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	BJP
Dayanidhi Maran	23 May 2004	15 May 2007	DMK	M. Singh
A. Raja	16 May 2007	14 November 2010	DMK
Manmohan Singh	15 November 2010		Congress
Kapil Sibal	19 January 2011	26 May 2014	Congress
Ravi Shankar Prasad	26 May 2014	Incumbent	BJP	Modi

References

↑ "List of Ministers of Communications". Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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