Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

The Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.[1]

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Emblem of India
Incumbent
Narendra Singh Tomar
since 30 May 2019
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofCabinet of India
AppointerPresident
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderRajendra Prasad
Formation02 September 1946

List of Ministers of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministers of Agriculture (India)
Name Portrait Term of office Political Party Prime Minister Reference
Rajendra Prasad 02 September 1946 14 January 1948 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
Jairamdas Daulatram 19 January 1948 13 May 1950 [2]
K M Munshi 13 May 1950 13 May 1952 [3]
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 13 May 1952 24 October 1954 [4]
Ajit Prasad Jain 25 November 1954 24 August 1959 [5]
SK Patil 24 August 1959 01 September 1963 [6]
Swaran Singh 01 September 1963 09 June 1964 [7]
Chidambaram Subramaniam 09 June 1964 12 March 1967 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jagjivan Ram 13 March 1967 27 June 1970 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi [8]
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 27 June 1970 03 July 1974 [9]
Jagjivan Ram 10 October 1974 02 February 1977 [9]
Parkash Singh Badal 28 March 1977 17 June 1977 Shiromani Akali Dal Morarji Desai
Surjit Singh Barnala 18 June 1977 28 July 1979 [9]
Brahm Prakash 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Indian National Congress Charan Singh
Rao Birendra Singh 14 January 1980 31 December 1984 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi [10]
Buta Singh 31 December 1984 12 May 1986 Rajiv Gandhi [11]
Gurdial Singh Dhillon 12 May 1986 13 February 1988
Bhajan Lal 14 February 1988 02 December 1989 [12]
Chaudhary Devi Lal 06 December 1989 02 August 1990 Janata Dal V. P. Singh [13]
Chaudhary Devi Lal 21 November 1989 20 June 1991 Janata Dal Chandrasekhar [14]
Balram Jakhar 21 June 1991 17 January 1996 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao [15]
Jagannath Mishra 08 February 1996 16 May 1996 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao [15]
Suraj Bhan 16 May 1996 01 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee [16]
H. D. Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 10 July 1996 Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda [17]
Chaturanan Mishra 10 July 1996 19 March 1998 Communist Party of India H. D. Deve Gowda
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 November 1998 22 November 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee [18]
Nitish Kumar 22 November 1999 03 March 2000 Janata Dal (United) [18]
Sunder Lal Patwa 06 March 2000 26 May 2000 Bharatiya Janata Party [18]
Nitish Kumar 27 May 2000 22 July 2001 Jana (United) [18]
Ajit Singh 2 July 2001 23 May 2003 Rashtriya Lok Dal [19]
Rajnath Singh 24 May 2003 21 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party [20]
Sharad Pawar 22 May 2004 26 May 2014 Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan Singh [21]
Radha Mohan Singh 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi [22]
Narendra Singh Tomar 30 May 2019 Incumbent
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