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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Agency overview
Formed1949[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Annual budget18.86 crore (US$2.4 million) (2018-19 est.)[2]
Agency executives
Websitempa.nic.in

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is an Indian government ministry. It is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

It handles affairs relating to the Parliament of India, and works as a link between the two chambers, the Lok Sabha ("House of the People," the lower house) and the Rajya Sabha ("Council of States," the upper house). It was created in 1949 as a department but later became a full ministry.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Pralhad Joshi. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

The subject of ‘Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by the Government’ has been allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under article 77(3) of the Constitution.

Functions assigned to the Ministry under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under Article 77(3) of the Constitution of India:-

Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament, Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President's Address to Parliament. Planning and Coordination of legislative and other official business in both Houses. Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of motions given notice of by Members. Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament. Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills. Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government. Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries. Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament. Governments stand on Private Members Bills and Resolutions. Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. Advice to Ministries on procedural and other Parliamentary matters. Coordination of action by Ministries on recommendations of general application made by Parliamentary Committees. Officially sponsored visits of Members of Parliament to places of interest. Matters connected with powers, privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament. Parliamentary Secretaries - functions. Organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Schools/Colleges throughout the country. Organisation of All India Whips Conference. Exchange of Government Sponsored Delegations of Members of Parliament with other countries. Determination of Policy and follow up action in regard to matters raised under rule 377 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and by way of Special Mentions in Rajya Sabha. Manual for Handling Parliamentary work in Ministries/Departments. The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953 (20 of 1953). The Salary, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954). The Salary, and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977). The Leader and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 (5 of 1999).

Cabinet Ministers[edit]

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar (until 1952)
MP for Samastipur (from 1952)

(MoS until 10 April 1962)
26 February
1949
13 March
1967
18 years, 76 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru II
Nehru III
Nehru IV
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Indira I Indira Gandhi
2 Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Buxar
13 March
1967
14 February
1969
1 year, 338 days Indira II
3 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur

(MoS until 27 June 1970)
14 February
1969
18 March
1971
2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R)
4 Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur
18 March
1971
5 February
1973
1 year, 324 days Indira III
(3) Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
5 February
1973
24 March
1977
4 years, 47 days
5 Ravindra Varma
(1925–2006)
MP for Ranchi
26 March
1977
28 July
1979
2 years, 124 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
6 K. Gopal
MP for Karur
(MoS)
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
7 Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
14 January
1980
29 January
1983
3 years, 15 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
8 Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Ropar
29 January
1983
31 October
1984
1 year, 337 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
9 H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi
31 December
1984
2 December
1989
4 years, 336 days Rajiv II
10 P. Upendra
(1936–2009)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
6 December
1989
10 November
1990
339 days Telugu Desam Party Vishwanath V. P. Singh
11 Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
12 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
21 June
1991
18 January
1993
1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
13 Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Raipur
18 January
1993
17 January
1996
2 years, 364 days
(12) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
18 January
1996
16 May
1996
119 days
14 Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
MP for Mumbai North East
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
15 Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
16 Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Kendrapara
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
296 days
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
17 Madan Lal Khurana
(1936–2018)
MP for Delhi Sadar
19 March
1998
30 January
1999
317 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
18 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
MP for Tiruchirappalli
30 January
1999
13 October
1999
256 days
(14) Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
13 October
1999
29 January
2003
3 years, 108 days Vajpayee III
19 Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand
29 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 114 days
(12) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir
23 May
2004
1 November
2005
1 year, 162 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
20 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
(1945–2017)
MP for Raiganj
1 November
2005
6 April
2008
2 years, 157 days
21 Vayalar Ravi
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
22 Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh
28 May
2009
28 October
2012
3 years, 153 days Manmohan II
23 Kamal Nath
(born 1946)
MP for Chhindwara
28 October
2012
26 May
2014
1 year, 210 days
24 M. Venkaiah Naidu
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka, till 2016
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan, from 2016
27 May
2014
5 July
2016
2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
25 Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South
5 July
2016
12 November
2018[†]
2 years, 130 days
26 Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior
12 November
2018
30 May
2019
199 days
27 Pralhad Joshi
(born 1962)
MP for Dharwad
31 May
2019
Incumbent 4 years, 322 days Modi II

Ministers of State[edit]

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Jagannath Rao
(1909–?)
MP for Chatrapur
14 February
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 27 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
2 Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
18 March
1967
14 February
1969
1 year, 333 days Indira II
3 Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir
30 June
1970
18 March
1971
6 years, 267 days
18 March
1971
24 March
1977
Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
4 Larang Sai
(1935–2004)
MP for Sarguja
14 August
1977
28 July
1979
1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
5 Ram Kripal Sinha
(1934–2023)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
6 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal
16 January
1980
2 September
1982
2 years, 229 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7 Sitaram Kesri
(1919–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
3 March
1980
15 January
1982
1 year, 318 days
8 H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi
2 September
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 59 days
9 Kalpnath Rai
(1941–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
29 January
1983
31 October
1984
1 year, 276 days
10 H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
11 N. K. P. Salve
(1921–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
12 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim
31 December
1984
12 May
1986
1 year, 132 days Rajiv II
13 Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days
(7) Sitaram Kesri
(1919–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
25 September
1985
22 October
1986
1 year, 27 days
14 Sheila Dikshit
(1938–2019)
MP for Kannauj
12 May
1986
2 December
1989
3 years, 204 days
15 M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala
22 October
1986
2 December
1989
3 years, 61 days
16 Radhakishan Malviya
(1943–2013)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
4 July
1989
2 December
1989
151 days
17 P. Namgyal
(1937–2010)
MP for Ladakh
18 Satya Pal Malik
(born 1946)
MP for Aligarh
23 April
1990
10 November
1990
201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
(15) M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala
21 June
1991
17 January
1993
1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
19 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
MP for Salem
21 June
1991
2 December
1993
2 years, 164 days
20 Abrar Ahmed
(1956–2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
18 January
1993
2 April
1994
1 year, 74 days
(13) Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
19 January
1993
16 May
1996
3 years, 118 days
21 Mukul Wasnik
(born 1959)
MP for Buldhana
22 Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for Mormugao
18 December
1993
19 September
1995
1 year, 275 days
23 Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
17 April
1994
22 December
1994
249 days
24 Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar
17 April
1994
16 May
1996
2 years, 29 days
25 Matang Sinh
(1953–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
10 February
1995
16 May
1996
1 year, 96 days
26 Vilas Muttemwar
(born 1949)
MP for Nagpur
15 September
1995
16 May
1996
244 days
27 S. S. Ahluwalia
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
19 September
1995
16 May
1996
240 days
28 Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020)
MP for Kaiserganj
1 June
1996
29 July
1996
58 days Samajwadi Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
29 Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
(born 1935)
MP for Bapatla
1 June
1996
21 April
1997
324 days Telugu Desam Party
30 S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
296 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
(29) Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
(born 1935)
MP for Bapatla
21 April
1997
9 June
1997
49 days Telugu Desam Party Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
(30) S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris
1 May
1997
19 March
1998
322 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
31 M. P. Veerendra Kumar
(1936–2020)
MP for Kozhikode
26 May
1997
2 July
1997
37 days Janata Dal
32 Jayanthi Natarajan
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
33 R. K. Kumar
(1942–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
19 March
1998
22 May
1998
64 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
34 Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North
20 March
1998
5 May
1999
1 year, 46 days Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha
22 May
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 144 days Biju Janata Dal
36 Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
16 February
1999
13 October
1999
239 days Bharatiya Janata Party
37 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
MP for Rampur
(35) Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha
13 October
1999
22 November
1999
40 days Biju Janata Dal Vajpayee III
38 Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla
Bharatiya Janata Party
39 Sriram Chauhan
(born 1953)
MP for Basti
40 O. Rajagopal
(born 1929)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
22 November
1999
22 May
2004
4 years, 182 days
41 Bhavna Chikhalia
(1955–2013)
MP for Junagadh
29 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 114 days
42 Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk
29 January
2003
24 May
2003
115 days
(36) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
24 May
2003
8 September
2003
107 days
43 Suresh Pachouri
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
23 May
2004
6 April
2008
3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
44 Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat
45 Suryakanta Patil
(born 1948)
MP for Hingoli
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 364 days Nationalist Congress Party
46 Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days Indian National Congress
47 V. Narayanasamy
(born 1947)
MP for Puducherry
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
28 May
2009
12 July
2011
2 years, 45 days Manmohan II
48 Prithviraj Chavan
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
28 May
2009
10 October
2011
2 years, 135 days
49 Ashwani Kumar
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
19 January
2011
12 July
2011
174 days
50 Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MP for Haridwar
12 July
2011
28 October
2012
1 year, 108 days
51 Rajeev Shukla
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
12 July
2011
26 May
2014
2 years, 318 days
52 Paban Singh Ghatowar
(born 1950)
MP for Dibrugarh
20 July
2011
26 May
2014
2 years, 310 days
(36) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
27 May
2014
9 November
2014
166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
53 Prakash Javadekar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
54 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(born 1962)
MP for Saran
9 November
2014
5 July
2016
1 year, 239 days
(37) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 2016
Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand, from 2016
9 November
2014
3 September
2017
2 years, 298 days
(27) S. S. Ahluwalia
(born 1951)
MP for Darjeeling
5 July
2017
3 September
2017
60 days
(42) Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
3 September
2017
30 May
2019
1 year, 269 days
55 Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner
3 September
2017
30 May
2019
6 years, 227 days
31 May
2019
Incumbent Modi II
56 V. Muraleedharan
(born 1958)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
31 May
2019
Incumbent 4 years, 322 days

Deputy Ministers[edit]

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar
1 October
1948
26 February
1949
148 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund
24 January
1966
14 February
1966
21 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
3 Rohanlal Chaturvedi
(1919–?)
MP for Etah
18 March
1967
14 November
1967
241 days Indira II
4 J. B. Muthyal Rao
MP for Nagarkurnool
5 Iqbal Singh
(1923–1988)
MP for Fazilka
14 February
1969
8 July
1970
1 year, 144 days Indian National Congress (R)
6 Raghbir Singh Panjhazari
(1914–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
30 June
1970
18 March
1971
261 days
7 Pothuraju Parthasarthy
MP for Rajampet
8 Kedar Nath Singh
MP for Sultanpur
2 May
1971
10 October
1974
3 years, 161 days Indira III
9 B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi
2 May
1971
24 March
1977
5 years, 326 days
10 Kalpnath Rai
(1941–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
15 January
1982
6 September
1982
234 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV
11 Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar
15 January
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 351 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
12 Radhakishan Malviya
(1943–2013)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
25 June
1988
4 July
1989
1 year, 9 days Rajiv II
13 P. Namgyal
(1937–2010)
MP for Ladakh
14 Jagdeep Dhankhar
(born 1951)
MP for Jhunjhunu
23 May
1990
5 November
1990
166 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - About us". Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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