Chandra Shekhar

Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991

Not to be confused with Chandra Shekhar (Uttarakhand politician).

Chandra Shekhar

Shekhar on a 2010 postage stamp of India

Prime Minister of India
In office
10 November 1990 – 1 June 1991
President| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Vice President| Shankar Dayal Sharma
Deputy| Devi Lal
Preceded by| V. P. Singh
Succeeded by| P. V. Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1962 – 22 March 1977
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989 (1989) – 2007 (2007)
Preceded by| Jagannath Chowdhary
Succeeded by| Neeraj Shekhar
Constituency| Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1977 (1977) – 1984 (1984)
Preceded by| Chandrika Prasad
Succeeded by| Jagannath Chowdhary
Constituency| Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
President of the Janata Party
In office
1977 (1977) – 1988 (1988)
Preceded by| Position established
Succeeded by| Ajit Singh
Personal details
Born| (1927-04-17)17 April 1927
Ibrahimpatti, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died| 8 July 2007(2007-07-08) (aged 80)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Monuments| Jannayak Sthal
Political party| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
(1990–2007)
Other political
affiliations|

*     * Congress Socialist Party
(before 1964)
* Indian National Congress
* (1964–1975)
* Independent

(1975–1977)
* Janata Party
(1977–1988)
* Janata Dal
(1988–1990)

Spouse| Duja Devi
Children| 2 (including Neeraj Shekhar)
Alma mater| Allahabad University
Signature|

Chandra Shekhar (17 April 1927 – 8 July 2007), also known as Jananayak, was an Indian politician and the prime minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with outside support from the Indian National Congress.[1] He was the first Indian Prime Minister who had never held any prior government office.[2][3][4]

His government was formed with the fewest party MPs in the Lok Sabha.[5][6] His government could not pass the budget[7] at a crucial time when Moody's had downgraded India, after Shekhar's government was unable to pass the budget, global credit-rating agencies further downgraded India from investment grade, making it impossible to even get short-term loans, and in no position to give any commitment to reform, the World Bank and IMF stopped their assistance. Shekhar had to authorise mortgaging of gold to avoid default of payment, and this action came in for particular criticism, as it was done secretly in the midst of the election.[8][9][10] The 1991 Indian economic crisis and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi plunged his government into crisis.[11][12] Granting the permission for US military planes to refuel in Indian airports during the Gulf War improved the Prime Minister's image with the West.[13][14]

## Personal life

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### Early years and education

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Chandra Shekhar was born on 17 April 1927 in a Solanki Rajput zamindar family at Ibrahimpatti, a village in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. He came from a farming background.[15][16][17] He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (graduate) degree at Satish Chandra P.G. College. He attended Allahabad University, obtaining his master's degree in political science in 1950.[18] He was known as a firebrand in student politics and started his political career with Ram Manohar Lohia. After completing his graduation, he became active in socialist politics.[19][20]

### Family

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Chandra Shekhar married Duja Devi.[21] Duja Devi Degree College, a college founded in 1999 in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh is named after her.[22]

He had two sons with her, Pankaj Shekhar Singh and Neeraj Shekhar.

## Political life

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### Start of career

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He joined the socialist movement and was elected secretary of the district Praja Socialist Party (PSP), Ballia. Within a year, he was elected joint secretary of the PSP's State unit in Uttar Pradesh. In 1955–56, he took over as general secretary of the party in the State. His career as a parliamentarian began with his election to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in 1962. He came under the spell of Acharya Narendra Dev, a fiery Socialist leader at the beginning of his political career. From 1962 to 1977, Shekhar was a member of Rajya Sabha, the Upper house of the Parliament of India. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh on 3 April 1962 as an independent candidate and completed his tenure on 2 April 1968. After this, he was re-elected twice to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh as an INC candidate from 3 April 1968 to 2 April 1974 and from 3 April 1974 to 2 April 1980. He resigned from Rajya Sabha on 2 March 1977 after he had been elected to Lok Sabha from Ballia. When the emergency was declared, even though he was a Congress party politician, he was arrested and sent to Patiala jail.[23]

### Join Congress

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Chandra Shekhar was a prominent leader of the socialists. He joined Congress in 1964. From 1962 to 1967, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977. He came to be known as a 'young Turk' for his conviction and courage in the fight against the vested interests. The other 'young Turks', who formed the 'ginger group' in the Congress in the fight for egalitarian policies, included[24] leaders like Feroze Gandhi, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Mohan Dharia and Ram Dhan. As a member of the Congress Party, he vehemently criticised Indira Gandhi for her declaration of emergency in 1975. Chandrashekhar was arrested during the emergency and sent to prison along with other "young turks".[25]

### Bharat Yatra (1983)

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Chandra Shekhar went on a nationwide padayatra in 1983 from Kanyakumari to New Delhi,[26] to know the country better, which he claimed gave jitters to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[27] He was called a "Young Turk".[28] He travelled nearly 4,260 km and nearly six months.[29][30] Chandra Shekhar started his Bharat Yatra from Kanyakumari on 6, the same day that his party, Janata Party was swept to power in Karnataka.[31] He finished his march at Rajghat in New Delhi on 25 June, the eighth anniversary of the declaration of the Emergency and also the day India won the Cricket World Cup.[32]

Chandra Shekhar established Bharat Yatra Centres in various parts of the country and set up a Bharat Yatra Trust in Bhondsi village in Haryana's Gurgaon to focus on rural development.[33][34] "Bharat Yatra Kendra" "Bhondsi ashram" was set up by the Chandra Shekhar in 1983 on 600 acre of panchayat land,[35] where godman Chandraswami and godman's associate Adnan Khashoggi (a Saudi Arabian billionaire international arms dealer embroiled in various scandals) use to visit him.[36][37][38] Before 2002, some of the government land of the ashram was taken back by the Government of Haryana on the instructions of then Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala (in office 1989–91 and 1999–2004).[39] In 2002, Supreme Court of India returned most of the land, barring some land, to the Bhondsi gram panchayat.[40]

### In Janata Party

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Chandrasekhar was jailed during the emergency and after, he became the President of Janata Party. In the parliamentary elections, Janata Party formed the government after the 1977 Indian general election headed by Morarji Desai. However the party lost the 1980 elections and were routed in 1984 Indian general election winning just 10 seats and Chandrasekhar losing his own Ballia seat to Jagannath Chowdhary.[41]

In May 1988, he resigned from Janata Party's President post when Lok Dal (A) was merged with Janata Party. Ajit Singh was made president of Janata Party.[42][43] George Fernandes, Biju Patnaik, Madhu Dandavate and Ramakrishna Hegde opposed this merger with Lok Dal (A) but Subramanian Swamy, Yashwant Sinha and Suryadeo Singh supported this move.[44]

In 1988, his party merged with other parties and formed the government under the leadership of V.P. Singh. Again his relationship with the coalition deteriorated and he formed another party, Janata Dal (Socialist) faction. With the support of Congress (I) headed by Rajiv Gandhi, he replaced V.P. Singh as the Prime Minister of India in November 1990. After 1977, he was elected to Lok Sabha in all the elections, except in 1984 when the Congress swept the polls after Indira Gandhi's assassination. The post of Prime Minister, which he thought he genuinely deserved, eluded him in 1989 when V. P. Singh pipped him at the post and was chosen to head the first coalition government at the centre.

### Deposing V. P. Singh

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Chandra Shekhar seized the moment and left the Janata Dal with several of his own supporters to form the Samajwadi Janata Party/Janata Dal (Socialist).[45] He won a confidence motion with the support of his 64 MPs and Rajiv Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition, and was sworn in as Prime Minister.[46] Eight Janata Dal MPs who voted for this motion were disqualified by the speaker Rabi Ray.[47][48]

### In Parliament

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Chandra Shekhar was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1962 to 1977, 1962 to 1968 as an independent supported by Socialist Party and later as member of Congress. He was jailed during the Emergency. After his release from jail in 1977, he joined Janata Party. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Ballia as a member of various incarnations of Janata Party in 1977, 1980, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2004. He lost that seat only once in that span, in 1984 election. After his death, his son Neeraj Shekhar won the ensuing by-poll in 2008.

## Other Ministries

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### Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1990–1991)

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Chandra Shekhar remained the Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 21 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 from Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) and at that time he was himself the Prime Minister of India.[49] He was preceded by V. P. Singh and succeeded by P. V. Narasimha Rao to the position after he resigned from the position of Prime Minister due to loss of support of the alliances.[50]

### Minister of Home Affairs (1990–1991)

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Like the Minister of I and B, he remained Minister of Home Affairs for the time period of 7 months. He was himself the Prime Minister at that time and was preceded by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and succeeded by Shankarrao Chavan of Indian National Congress.[51]

### Minister of Defence (1990–1991)

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Along with Ministry of Home Affairs and Information and Broadcasting, he also handled Ministry of Defence under him as the Prime Minister of India. He was Minister of Defence for a very short time of 7 months and didn't present the Defence budget.[52] He was preceded by V. P. Singh and succeeded by P. V. Narasimha Rao as the Minister of Defence.[53]

Swearing-in ceremony of Shri Chandra Sekhar as the Prime Minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt

## Prime minister

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Main article: Chandra Shekhar ministry

Mohammad Mosaddak Ali met with Prime Minister of India Chandra Shekhar Singh at Zia International Airport in Dhaka

Chandra Shekhar was prime minister for seven months, the second shortest period after that of Charan Singh. Subramanian Swamy was instrumental in forming this government with the support of Congress.[13] He also handled the portfolios of Defence and Home Affairs during this period. However, his government could not introduce a full budget because on 6 March 1991 Congress withdrew support during its formulation.[52] As a result, Chandra Shekhar resigned the office of the prime minister after 15 days on 21 March.[54]

Manmohan Singh was his Economic Advisor.[55] Subramanian Swamy along with Manmohan Singh and Montek Singh Ahluwalia prepared a series of documents on economic liberalization but could not pass in parliament because Congress withdrew support.[56] Jairam Ramesh in his book To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story has written that "Chandrashekhar's Cabinet Committee on Trade and Investment (CCTI) itself had on 11 March 1991 approved the new export strategy which contained the main elements of the 4 July package".[57]

### Post-premiership

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After handing the premiership to P. V. Narasimha Rao, Chandra Shekar's political importance was reduced, although he was able to retain his seat in the Lok Sabha for many years afterward.

## Death

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Priyaranjan Dasmunsi laying wreath at the mortal remains of the former Prime Minister, Shri Chandra Shekhar at the funeral pyre, in Delhi on 9 July 2007 Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh paying tribute to the mortal remains of the former Prime Minister Shri Chandra Shekhar, in New Delhi on 8 July 2007 The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh paying homage to the mortal remains of the former Prime Minister, Shri Chandra Shekhar at the funeral pyre, in Delhi on 9 July 2007 The former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee paying tribute to the mortal remains of the former Prime Minister Shri Chandra Shekhar, in New Delhi on 8 July 2007 The carriage carrying the mortal remains of the former Prime Minister, Shri Chandra Shekhar making its way to Ekta Sthal for the state funeral, in Delhi on 9 July 2007

Chandra Shekhar died on 8 July 2007. He had been suffering with multiple myeloma for some time and had been in the Apollo Hospital at New Delhi since May. He was survived by two sons.[58]

Politicians from across the spectrum of Indian parties paid tribute to him[59] and the government of India declared seven days of state mourning.[58] He was cremated with full state honours on a traditional funeral pyre at Jannayak Sthal,[60] on the banks of the river Yamuna, on 10 July.[61] In August, his ashes were immersed in the river Siruvani.[62]

## Positions held

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Timeline of political career  Year | Event

|

2004 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (8th term)
2000–2001 | Chairman, Committee on Ethics
1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
1998 | Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1996 | Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1991 | Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1990–91 | Prime Minister and in charge of various Ministries/Departments including Defence, Home Affairs, Atomic Energy, Science and Technology, Ocean Development, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Electronics, Space, Information and Broadcasting, Industry, Labour, Welfare, Planning and Programme Implementation, External Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, Water Resources and Surface Transport
1989 | Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1980 | Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1977–78 | President, Janata Party (J.P.)
1977 | Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
1967 | General Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)
1962 | Member, Rajya Sabha
1959–62 | Member, National Executive, P.S.P.
1955 | General Secretary, P.S.P., Uttar Pradesh
1952 | Joint Secretary, P.S.P., Uttar Pradesh
1951 | Secretary, Praja Socialist Party (P.S.P.), Distt. Ballia

## See also

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* Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya

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## Further reading

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* Khare, Harish (9 July 2007). "The quintessential Congressman". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
* Chand, Attar (1991). The Long March: Profile of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-8-17099-272-1.
* "The State As Charade: V.P. Singh, Chandr Shekhar and the Rest" by Arun Shourie, Publisher: South Asia Books

## External links

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* Works by Chandra Shekhar at Open Library

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* NHPC Limited
* North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
* Power Finance Corporation
* REC Limited
* Power Grid Corporation of India
* THDC India Limited
* Power System Operation Corporation

New and
Renewable Energy|

* Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)

Ministry of Coal|

* Coal India
* Bharat Coking Coal
* Central Mine Planning and Design Institute
* NLC India Limited
* Singareni Collieries Company
* Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation

Petroleum and
Natural Gas|

| Academic|

* Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
* Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
* Pandit Deendayal Energy University

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Other|

* Directorate General of Hydrocarbons
* Oil Industry Safety Directorate
* Petroleum Conservation Research Association

Operational|

* Balmer Lawrie
* Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
* Bharat Petroleum
* Engineers India Limited
* Gas Authority of India Limited
* Indian Oil Corporation
* Numaligarh Refinery Limited
* Oil India Limited
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
* Hindustan Petroleum

Defunct|

* Biecco Lawrie

Other|

* Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Department of
Atomic Energy|

| Apex board|

* Atomic Energy Commission

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Regulatory board|

* Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

R&D|

* Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
* Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research
* Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
* Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology
* Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
* Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership

PSUs|

* Electronics Corporation of India
* Indian Rare Earths Limited
* Uranium Corporation of India
* Nuclear Power Corporation of India
* Bharatiya Nabhkiya Vidyut Nigam Limited

Industrial|

* Heavy Water Board
* Nuclear Fuel Complex
* Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology

Academic|

* National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
* National Board for Higher Mathematics
* Atomic Energy Education Society
* Tata Memorial Centre
* Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
* Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
* Institute of Physics
* Harish-Chandra Research Institute
* Institute of Mathematical Sciences
* Institute for Plasma Research

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)

Department

Commerce|

| Divisions|

* Administrative & General Division
* Finance Division
* Economic Division
* Trade Policy Division
* Foreign Trade
* Territorial Division
* Plantation Division
* Supply Division
* State Trading & Infrastructure Division

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Attached &
Subordinate Offices|

* Directorate General of Foreign Trade
* Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D)
* Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD)
* Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Kolkata
* Special Economic Zones
* Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)

Autonomous Bodies|

* Commodity Boards
* Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
* Export Inspection Council
* Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
* Indian Institute of Packaging
* Marine Products Export Development Authority
* National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA)
* Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA)
* Network for Fish Quality Management & Sustainable Fishing (NETFISH)

PSUs|

* State Trading Corporation (STC)
* PEC Limited
* MMTC Ltd
* Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
* India Trade Promotion Organisation
* Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)

Advisory Bodies|

* Board of Trade (BOT)
* Inter State Trade Council
* Council for Trade Development & Promotion

Export
Promotion Councils|

* Engineering Exports Promotion Council
* Project Export Promotion Council of India (PEPC)
* Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (Chemexcil)
* Chemicals & Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL)
* Council for Leather Exports
* Sports Goods Export Promotion Council
* Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council
* Shellac Export Promotion Council
* Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
* Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council
* The Plastics Export Promotion Council
* Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)
* Services Export Promotion Council

Other Organisations|

* Federation of Indian Export Organisations
* Indian Diamond Institute
* Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
* National Centre for Trade Information
* India Brand Equity Foundation
* Price Stabilization Fund Trust

DPIIT|

| Statutory Bodies|

* Intellectual Property Appellate Board
* Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation
* Copyright Office
* Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry

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Autonomous
Institutions|

* National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM)
* Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)
* National Institute of Design
* National Productivity Council (NPC)
* Quality Council of India
* Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)
* Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI)

Attached &
Subordinate offices|

* Grievance Offices
* Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks
* Office of Chief Controller of Accounts (Disclosure of Central Government Accounting Data)
* Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM)
* Principal Account Office
* Office of Technical Adviser (Boilers)
* Tariff Commission
* Office of the Salt Commissioner
* Office of the Economic Adviser
* National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
* Office of Chief Controller of Accounts

Secretaries|

* Guruprasad Mohapatra(incumbent)

Ministers|

| Industry|

* Syama Prasad Mukherjee
* Harekrushna Mahtab
* Nityanand Kanungo
* Ram Subhag Singh
* H. C. Dasappa
* Tribhuvan Narain Singh
* Damodaram Sanjivayya
* F. A. Ahmed(Industrial Development)
* Dinesh Singh (Industrial Development & Internal Trade)
* Moinul Hoque Choudhury(Industrial Development)
* C Subramaniam(Industrial Development)
* T. A. Pai(Industry)
* Brij Lal Verma
* George Fernandes
* Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
* T. A. Pai
* N. D. Tiwari
* Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy
* Veerendra Patil
* N. D. Tiwari
* J. Vengala Rao
* K. Karunakaran
* Suresh Prabhu
* Murasoli Maran
* Sikandar Bakht

|

Commerce|

* I. I. Chundrigar
* Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha (Commerce)
* Kshitish Chandra Neogy (Commerce)
* Jawaharlal Nehru(Commerce & Industry)
* Sri Prakasa (Commerce)
* Harekrushna Mahtab (Commerce & Industry)
* T T Krishnamachari (Commerce & Industry)
* Swaran Singh
* Morarji Desai (Commerce & Industry)
* Lal Bahadur Shastri(Commerce & Industry)
* KC Reddy (Commerce & Industry)
* Manubhai Shah (As MoS till 24 January 1966)(Commerce)'
* Dinesh Singh(Commerce)
* Bali Ram Bhagat(Foreign Trade & Supply)
* Dinesh Singh(Commerce)
* Lalit Narayan Mishra(MoS)
* D. P. Chattopadhyay(Commerce)(as MoS till 23 December 1976)'
* Morarji Desai(Commerce)
* Mohan Dharia(Commerce)
* Charan Singh(Commerce)
* Hitendra Desai(Commerce)
* Indira Gandhi
* Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce)
* Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce)
* Rajiv Gandhi
* Arjun Singh
* P Shiv Shankar (Commerce)
* N. D. Tiwari (Commerce)
* Dinesh Singh(Commerce & Industry)
* Chandra Shekhar (Commerce)
* Subramanian Swamy (Commerce)
* P Chidambaram(MoS, IC) (Commerce)
* P. V. Narasimha Rao
* P Chidambaram (MoS, IC) (Commerce)
* P. V. Narasimha Rao
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Devendra Prasad Yadav(Commerce)
* Bolla Bulli Ramaiah(Commerce)
* Ramakrishna Hegde(Commerce)
* Murasoli Maran(Commerce & Industry)
* Anand Sharma(Commerce & Industry)
* Nirmala Sitharaman(Commerce & Industry)'(MoS, IC)'
* Suresh Prabhu(Commerce & Industry)
* Piyush Goyal(Commerce and Industry)(incumbent)

MOS|

* Hardeep Singh Puri(incumbent)

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Ministry of Communications (India)

Department of Telecommunications|

| Statutory Bodies|

* Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)
* Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

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Attached Offices|

* Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA)
* Director General Telecom (DGT)
* Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC)
* Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)

Subordinate Offices|

* National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS)
* Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO)

Field Offices|

* Controller of Communication Accounts (CCA)

Autonomous Bodies|

* Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)

Training Institutes|

* National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research Innovation Training (NTIPRIT)
* National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF)

Others|

* Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management
* Digital Communications Commission
* Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM)
* Telephone Advisory Committees (TAC)
* Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC)

PSUs|

* Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL)
* Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
* Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI)
* Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
* Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)

Civil Service|

* Indian Telecommunication Service
* Indian Radio Regulatory Service

Department of Posts|

* Army Postal Service
* India Post
* India Post Payments Bank

Legislations|

* The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
* The Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1940
* The Indian Post Office Act, 1898
* The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

Ministers|

* Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
* Amrit Kaur
* Jagjivan Ram
* Raj Bahadur
* Lal Bahadur Shastri
* S. K. Patil
* Jawaharlal Nehru
* P. Subbarayan
* Ashoke Kumar Sen
* Satya Narayan Sinha
* Ram Subhag Singh
* Indira Gandhi
* Sher Singh
* Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
* Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
* Shankar Dayal Sharma
* Morarji Desai
* Parkash Singh Badal
* George Fernandes
* Brij Lal Varma
* Charan Singh
* Shyam Nandan Mishra
* Bhishma Narain Singh
* C. M. Stephen
* Anant Prasad Sharma
* Rajiv Gandhi
* V. N. Gadgil
* Arjun Singh
* Vasant Sathe
* Bir Bahadur Singh
* V. P. Singh
* K. P. Unnikrishnan
* Chandra Shekhar
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Beni Prasad Verma
* Buta Singh
* Sushma Swaraj
* Jagmohan
* Ram Vilas Paswan
* Pramod Mahajan
* Arun Shourie
* Dayanidhi Maran
* A. Raja
* Manmohan Singh
* Kapil Sibal
* Ravi Shankar Prasad
* Ashwini Vaishnaw (incumbent)

Ministers of State|

* Manoj Sinha
* Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
* Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan (incumbent)

Preceding Ministry: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

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* Vallabhbhai Patel
* R. R. Diwakar
* B. V. Keskar
* Satya Narayan Sinha
* Indira Gandhi
* Nandini Satpathy
* Inder Kumar Gujral
* Vidya Charan Shukla
* L. K. Advani
* Purushottam Kaushik
* Vasant Sathe
* H. K. L. Bhagat
* V. N. Gadgil
* Ajit Kumar Panja
* P. Upendra
* Chandra Shekhar
* Ajit Kumar Panja
* K. P. Singh Deo
* P. A. Sangma
* Jaipal Reddy
* Arun Jaitley
* Sushma Swaraj
* Ravi Shankar Prasad
* Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
* Ambika Soni
* Manish Tewari
* Prakash Javadekar
* Arun Jaitley
* Venkaiah Naidu
* Smriti Irani
* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
* Prakash Javadekar
* Anurag Thakur(incumbent)

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