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The Minister of Railways (Hindi:Rail Mantrī) is the head of the Ministry of Railways and a member of the union council of ministers of India. The position of the Minister of Railways is usually held by a minister of cabinet rank and is often assisted by one or two junior Ministers of State.[1]

India
Minister of Railways
Rail Mantrī
Emblem of India
Flag of India
since 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Ministry of Railways
Member ofCabinet of India
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
AppointerPresident of India
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India
Formation1947 (1947)
First holderJohn Matthai
(as Minister of Transport)
DeputyMinister of State for Railways

John Mathai was the first Minister of Railways.[2] Lal Bahadur Shastri who served as the Minister of Railways and Transport from 1952 until 1956 became the second Prime Minister of India in 1964.[3] Four prime ministers, namely Rajiv Gandhi, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee (twice) and Manmohan Singh (twice) have briefly held the portfolio of the Minister of Railways during their premiership.[4] Mohsina Kidwai was the first female to hold the charge of the ministry (as Minister of Surface Transport) while Mamata Banerjee is the first female to have served as the Minister of Railways.[4] Madhavrao Scindia and Ram Naik are the only people to have served as Ministers of State for Railways with an Independent charge. Lalit Narayan Mishra is the only cabinet minister to die in office after being assassinated in a bomb blast in 1975,[5] while Suresh Angadi is the only minister of state to die in office.[6]

The current Minister of Railways is Ashwini Vaishnaw of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been in office since 7 July 2021 while V. Somanna and Ravneet Singh are the ministers of state for railways.[7]

History

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The ministry of railways was part of the Ministry of Transport after the independence in 1947 and John Mathai served as its first minister from 1947 till 1948.[8][2] On 22 September 1948, N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar was appointed as the minister of the newly renamed Ministry of Railways and Transport.[9] On 17 April 1957, Jagjivan Ram became the first to head the standalone Minister of Railways.[4]

The Ministry of Railways was merged with the Ministry of Shipping and Transport and the Department of Civil Aviation on 25 September 1985 to form the Ministry of Transport and Bansi Lal, who served as the Railways Minister prior to the merger became the first holder of the new office.[10] However, on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Railways was again separated into an independent ministry and has been the same since then.[4][11] C k Jaffer sheriff was the Railway minister from 1991 to 1995 made numerous progress in laying More railway lines he is from Indian national Congress karnataka

Railway Budget

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Main article: Railway budget of India

The first railway budget was presented in 1924.[12] Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the union budget by the Railway Minister till 2016.[13] The last Railway Budget was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.[14] The railway budget was estimated to be ₹264,600 crore (US$32 billion) for the financial year 2023–24.[15]

Cabinet Ministers

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  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Indian Railway Ministers[4][11][16][17]
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Transport
1   John Mathai
(1886–1959) 		15 August
1947 		22 September
1948 		1 year, 38 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Transport and Railways
2   N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(1882–1953)
MP for Madras (Interim) 		22 September
1948 		13 May
1952 		3 years, 234 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
3   Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		13 May
1952 		7 December
1956 		4 years, 208 days Nehru II
4   Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Shahabad South 		7 December
1956 		17 April
1957 		131 days
Minister of Railways
(4)   Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram 		17 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		4 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
5   Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur 		10 April
1962 		1 September
1963 		1 year, 144 days Nehru IV
6   H. C. Dasappa
(1894–1964)
MP for Bangalore 		1 September
1963 		27 May
1964 		282 days
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
7   S. K. Patil
(1898–1981)
MP for Mumbai South 		9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		2 years, 277 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
8   C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
MP for Mangalore 		13 March
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 338 days Indira II
9   Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Buxar 		14 February
1969 		4 November
1969 		263 days
10   Panampilly Govinda Menon
(1906–1970)
MP for Mukundapuram 		4 November
1969 		18 February
1970 		106 days Indian National Congress (R)
11   Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Kurukshetra 		18 February
1970 		18 March
1971 		1 year, 28 days
12   Kengal Hanumanthaiah
(1908–1980)
MP for Bangalore City 		18 March
1971 		22 July
1972 		1 year, 126 days Indira III
13   T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		22 July
1972 		5 February
1973 		198 days
14   Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Darbhanga 		5 February
1973 		3 January
1975[†] 		1 year, 332 days
15   Kamalapati Tripathi
(1905–1990)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		10 February
1975 		23 March
1977 		2 years, 41 days
16   Madhu Dandavate
(1924–2005)
MP for Rajapur 		26 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 124 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
(13)   T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi 		28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
(15)   Kamalapati Tripathi
(1905–1990)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		14 January
1980 		12 November
1980 		303 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
17   Kedar Pandey
(1920–1982)
MP for Bettiah 		12 November
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 64 days
18   Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
19   A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
(1927–2006)
MP for Malda 		2 September
1982 		31 October
1984 		2 years, 59 days
4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
20 Bansi Lal
(1927–2006)
MP for Bhiwani 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Minister of Transport
(20) Bansi Lal
(1927–2006)
MP for Bhiwani 		25 September
1985 		4 June
1986 		252 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
–   Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		4 June
1986 		24 June
1986 		20 days
21   Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		24 June
1986 		22 October
1986 		120 days
Minister of Railways
22   Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior
(MoS, I/C) 		22 October
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 41 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
23   George Fernandes
(1930–2019)
MP for Muzaffarpur 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
24 Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Allahabad 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
25   C. K. Jaffer Sharief
(1933–2018)
MP for Bangalore North 		21 June
1991 		17 August
1995 		4 years, 57 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
–   P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		18 August
1995 		16 May
1996 		272 days
–   Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
26   Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		1 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		1 year, 291 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
27   Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MP for Barh 		19 March
1998 		5 August
1999 		1 year, 139 days Samata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
28   Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North
(MoS, I/C) 		6 August
1999 		13 October
1999 		161 days Bharatiya Janata Party
29   Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955)
MP for Calcutta South 		13 October
1999 		16 March
2001 		1 year, 154 days All India Trinamool Congress Vajpayee III
–   Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 March
2001 		20 March
2001 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(27)   Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MP for Barh 		20 March
2001 		22 May
2004 		3 years, 63 days Janata Dal (United)
30   Lalu Prasad Yadav
(born 1948)
MP for Chapra 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
(29)   Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955)
MP for Kolkata Dakshin 		23 May
2009 		19 May
2011 		1 year, 361 days All India Trinamool Congress Manmohan II
–   Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		19 May
2011 		12 July
2011 		54 days Indian National Congress
31   Dinesh Trivedi
(born 1950)
MP for Barrackpore 		12 July
2011 		19 March
2012 		251 days All India Trinamool Congress
32   Mukul Roy
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal 		20 March
2012 		22 September
2012 		186 days
33   C. P. Joshi
(born 1950)
MP for Bhilwara 		22 September
2012 		28 October
2012 		36 days Indian National Congress
34   Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh 		28 October
2012 		11 May
2013 		195 days
(33)   C. P. Joshi
(born 1950)
MP for Bhilwara 		11 May
2013 		15 June
2013 		35 days
–   Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		15 June
2013 		17 June
2013 		2 days
35   Mallikarjun Kharge
(born 1942)
MP for Gulbarga 		17 June
2013 		26 May
2014 		343 days
36   D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(born 1953)
MP for Bangalore North 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
37   Suresh Prabhu
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana, till 2016
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh, from 2016 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 359 days
38   Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		3 years, 307 days
31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		Modi II
39   Ashwini Vaishnaw
(born 1970)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		3 years, 125 days
10 June
2024 		Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of State

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Ministers of State[4][16]
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Transport and Railways
1 K. Santhanam
(1895–1980)
MP for Madras (Constituent Assembly) 		1 October
1948 		29 May
1952 		3 years, 241 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of State for Railways
2   Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Bikramganj 		13 May
1964 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 304 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
3 Parimal Ghosh
(1917–1985)
MP for Ghatal 		13 March
1967 		17 October
1969 		2 years, 218 days Indira II
4   Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
MP for Anantnag 		10 October
1974 		23 March
1977 		2 years, 164 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
5   Surendra Pal Singh
(1917–2009)
MP for Bulandshahr 		23 December
1976 		24 March
1977 		91 days
6 Sheo Narain
(1913–1987)
MP for Basti 		14 August
1977 		28 July
1979 		1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
7   C. K. Jaffer Sharief
(1933–2018)
MP for Bangalore North 		14 January
1980 		31 October
1984 		4 years, 291 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
8   Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Transport – Department of Railways
(8)   Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior 		25 September
1985 		22 October
1986 		1 year, 27 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Railways
9   Bhakta Charan Das
(born 1958)
MP for Kalahandi 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
10 Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar 		21 June
1991 		18 January
1993 		1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
11   Kahnu Charan Lenka
(born 1939)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		18 January
1993 		2 April
1994 		1 year, 74 days
(10) Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar 		21 August
1995 		19 September
1995 		29 days
12   Suresh Kalmadi
(born 1944)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
13   Satpal Maharaj
(born 1951)
MP for Garhwal 		6 July
1996 		21 April
1997 		338 days All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
14   Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North 		19 March
1998 		6 August
1999 		1 year, 140 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
15   Digvijay Singh
(1955–2010)
MP for Banka 		13 October
1999 		22 July
2001 		1 year, 282 days Samata Party Vajpayee III
16 Bangaru Laxman
(1939–2014)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		22 November
1999 		31 August
2000 		283 days Bharatiya Janata Party
17   O. Rajagopal
(born 1929)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		31 August
2000 		1 July
2002 		1 year, 304 days
(15)   Digvijay Singh
(1955–2010)
MP for Banka 		1 August
2001 		1 July
2002 		334 days Samata Party
18   A. K. Moorthy
(born 1964)
MP for Chengalpattu 		1 July
2002 		15 January
2004 		1 year, 198 days Pattali Makkal Katchi
19   Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
MP for Secunderabad 		1 July
2002 		8 September
2003 		1 year, 69 days Bharatiya Janata Party
20   Basangouda Patil Yatnal
(born 1963)
MP for Bijapur 		8 September
2003 		22 May
2004 		257 days
21   Naranbhai Rathwa
(born 1953)
MP for Chhota Udaipur 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
22   R. Velu
(born 1940)
MP for Arakkonam 		23 May
2004 		29 March
2009 		4 years, 310 days Pattali Makkal Katchi
23   E. Ahamed
(1938–2017)
MP for Malappuram 		28 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 236 days Indian Union Muslim League Manmohan II
24   K. H. Muniyappa
(born 1948)
MP for Kolar 		28 May
2009 		28 October
2012 		3 years, 153 days Indian National Congress
25   Bharatsinh Solanki
(born 1953)
MP for Anand 		19 January
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 283 days
26   Mukul Roy
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal 		19 May
2011 		12 July
2011 		54 days All India Trinamool Congress
27   Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy
(born 1951)
MP for Kurnool 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress
28   Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
(born 1956)
MP for Baharampur
29   Manoj Sinha
(born 1959)
MP for Ghazipur 		27 May
2014 		30 May
2019 		5 years, 3 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
30   Rajen Gohain
(born 1950)
MP for Nowgong 		5 July
2016 		30 May
2019 		2 years, 329 days
31   Suresh Angadi
(1955–2020)
MP for Belgaum 		31 May
2019 		23 September
2020[†] 		1 year, 115 days Modi II
32   Raosaheb Danve
(born 1955)
MP for Jalna 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
33   Darshana Jardosh
(born 1961)
MP for Surat
34 V. Somanna
(born 1950)
MP for Tumkur 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 152 days Modi III
35   Ravneet Singh Bittu
(born 1975)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan

Deputy Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister for Transport and Railways
1   B. V. Keskar
(1903–1984)
MP for Madras (Constituent Assembly) 		10 March
1952 		13 May
1952 		64 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2   O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu 		12 August
1952 		16 April
1957 		4 years, 247 days Nehru II
3   Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		20 September
1956 		17 April
1957 		209 days
Deputy Minister for Railways
(3)   Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		17 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		4 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
4 S. V. Ramaswamy
MP for Salem 		2 April
1958 		4 years, 8 days
(3)   Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		16 April
1962 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 41 days Nehru III
(4) S. V. Ramaswamy
MP for Salem
(3)   Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		13 days Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
(4) S. V. Ramaswamy
MP for Salem
5 Sham Nath
MP for Chandni Chowk 		15 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		2 years, 271 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
6   S. C. Jamir
(born 1931)
MP for Nagaland 		13 March
1967 		14 November
1967 		246 days Indira II
7 Rohanlal Chaturvedi
(1919–?)
MP for Etah 		14 November
1967 		18 March
1971 		3 years, 124 days
8   Mohammad Yunus Saleem
(1912–2004)
MP for Nalgonda 		27 June
1970 		18 March
1971 		264 days Indian National Congress (R)
9   Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
Anantnag 		2 May
1971 		10 October
1974 		3 years, 161 days Indira III
10   Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Ropar 		10 October
1974 		23 December
1976 		2 years, 74 days
Deputy Minister for Railways
11   Mahaveer Prasad
(1939–2010)
MP for Bansgaon 		14 February
1988 		4 July
1989 		1 year, 140 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
12 Ajay Singh
(1950–2020)
MP for Agra 		23 April
1990 		10 November
1990 		201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Position not in use since 10 November 1990

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