Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (Hindi: कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री) is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and a key member of the union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and previously by a further junior minister of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री
Krishi evan Kisaan Kalyan Mantrī
Emblem of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Incumbent
Narendra Singh Tomar
since 31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Member ofCabinet of India
Reports toPrime Minister of India
Parliament of India
AppointerPresident of India
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India
Formation1947 (1947)
First holderRajendra Prasad
(as Minister of Food and Agriculture)

The current Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is Narendra Singh Tomar who has been serving in office since 31 May 2019 and is assisted by two ministers of state - Kailash Choudhary since 31 May 2019 and Shobha Karandlaje since 7 July 2021.

History

The ministry was established on 15 August 1947 as the "Ministry of Food and Agriculture". Rajendra Prasad, who later became the President of India served as the inaugural minister of the ministry and served until his resignation on 14 January 1948. The ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation" on 24 January 1966 under prime minister Indira Gandhi and further renamed in 1971 as the "Ministry of Agriculture".

In 1974, the Ministry of Irrigation was merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and renamed as the "Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation". In 1980, the Department of Irrigation was separated and the "Ministry of Agriculture" was reformed. On 27 August 2015, the ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare".[1]

Trivia

Titles

  • 19471966: Minister of Food and Agriculture
  • 19661971: Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
  • 19711974: Minister of Agriculture
  • 19741980: Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
  • 19802015: Minister of Agriculture
  • 2015present: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

Cabinet Ministers

  • Key: Died in office
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Food and Agriculture
Rajendra Prasad
(1884–1963)
MP for Bihar (Constituency Assembly)
15 August
1947
14 January
1948
152 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Jairamdas Daulatram
(1891–1979)
MP for East Punjab (Constituent Assembly)
19 January
1948
13 May
1950
2 years, 114 days
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
(1887–1971)
MP for Bombay (Constituent Assembly)
13 May
1950
13 May
1952
2 years, 0 days
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(1894–1954)
MP for Bahraich District (East)
13 May
1952
24 October
1954[†]
2 years, 164 days Nehru II
Panjabrao Deshmukh
(1898–1965)
MP for Amravati

(Minister without cabinet rank)
29 October
1954
25 November
1954
27 days
Ajit Prasad Jain
(1902–1977)
MP for Saharanpur
25 November
1954
17 April
1957
1 year, 272 days
17 April
1957
24 August
1959
Nehru III
S. K. Patil
(1898–1981)
MP for Mumbai South
24 August
1959
10 April
1962
4 years, 8 days
10 April
1962
1 September
1963
Nehru IV
Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur
1 September
1963
27 May
1964
282 days
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
9 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 216 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 48 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram
13 March
1967
27 June
1970
3 years, 106 days
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
MP for Barpeta
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
309 days
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
Indira II
Minister of Agriculture
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
MP for Barpeta
2 May
1971
3 July
1974
3 years, 62 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
3 July
1974
10 October
1974
99 days
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram
10 October
1974
2 February
1977
2 years, 115 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Parkash Singh Badal
(1927–2023)
MP for Faridkot
28 March
1977
17 June
1977
81 days Shiromani Akali Dal Desai Morarji Desai
Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017)
MP for Sangrur
18 June
1977
28 July
1979
2 years, 40 days
Brahm Prakash
(1918–1993)
MP for Outer Delhi
28 July
1979
14 January
1980
170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh
Minister of Agriculture
Rao Birender Singh
(1921–2000)
MP for Mahendragarh
14 January
1980
31 October
1984
4 years, 352 days Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Jalore
31 December
1984
12 May
1986
1 year, 132 days Rajiv II
Gurdial Singh Dhillon
(1915–1992)
MP for Firozpur
12 May
1986
14 February
1988
1 year, 278 days
Bhajan Lal
(1930–2011)
MP for Haryana (Rajya Sabha)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Chaudhary Devi Lal
(1915–2001)
MP for Sikar

(Deputy Prime Minister)
2 December
1989
1 August
1990
242 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur

(Prime Minister)
1 August
1990
10 November
1990
101 days
Chaudhary Devi Lal
(1915–2001)
MP for Sikar

(Deputy Prime Minister)
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Balram Jakhar
(1923–2016)
MP for Sikar
21 June
1991
17 January
1996
4 years, 210 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal

(Prime Minister)
17 January
1996
7 February
1996
21 days
Jagannath Mishra
(1937–2019)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
7 February
1996
16 May
1996
99 days
Suraj Bhan
(1928–2006)
MP for Ambala
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected

(Prime Minister)
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Chaturanan Mishra
(1925–2011)
MP for Madhubani
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
1 year, 263 days Communist Party of India
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
Gujral I. K. Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
5 years, 66 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999
22 November
1999
Vajpayee III
Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MP for Barh
22 November
1999
3 March
2000
102 days Samata Party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
3 March
2000
6 March
2000
3 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sundar Lal Patwa
(1924–2016)
MP for Narmadapuram
6 March
2000
27 May
2000
82 days
Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MP for Barh
27 May
2000
22 July
2001
1 year, 56 days Samata Party
Ajit Singh
(1939–2021)
MP for Baghpat
22 July
2001
24 May
2003
1 year, 306 days Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rajnath Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
24 May
2003
22 May
2004
364 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sharad Pawar
(born 1940)
MP for Baramati, until 2009
MP for Madha, 2009–2014
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha), from 2014
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
10 years, 3 days Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
23 May
2009[2]
26 May
2014
Manmohan II
Radha Mohan Singh
(born 1949)
MP for Purvi Champaran
27 May
2014[3]
27 August
2015
1 year, 92 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Radha Mohan Singh
(born 1949)
MP for Purvi Champaran
27 August
2015
30 May
2019
3 years, 276 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Morena
31 May
2019[4]
Incumbent 4 years, 149 days Modi II

Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency

(Department)
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Food and Agriculture
Panjabrao Deshmukh
(1898–1965)
MP for Amravati
17 April
1957
25 April
1957
8 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Bikramganj
8 May
1962
27 May
1964
2 years, 19 days Nehru IV
Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
21 November
1963
27 May
1964
10 years, 188 days
Ram Subhag Singh
(1917–1980)
MP for Bikramganj
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
13 days Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
17 days
9 June
1964
13 June
1964
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State for Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
Panampilly Govinda Menon
(1906–1970)
MP for Mukundapuram
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 48 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
13 March
1967
18 March
1971
4 years, 5 days
M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
5 June
1967
17 October
1969
2 years, 134 days
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
45 days Indira II
Minister of State for Agriculture
Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak
2 May
1971
12 January
1974
2 years, 255 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
2 May
1971
10 October
1974
3 years, 161 days
Buddha Priya Maurya
(1926–2004)
MP for Hapur
11 January
1974
10 October
1974
272 days
Minister of State for Agriculture and Irrigation
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
Bhanu Pratap Singh
(born 1935)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
14 August
1977
15 July
1979
1 year, 335 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Nathuram Mirdha
(1921–1996)
MP for Nagaur
4 August
1979
25 October
1979
82 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
M. V. Krishnappa
(1918–1980)
MP for Chikballapur
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days
Minister of State for Agriculture
R. V. Swaminathan
MP for Sivaganga
14 January
1980
29 January
1983
3 years, 15 days Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
Baleshwar Ram
(1928–2015)
MP for Rosera

(Rural Development)
16 January
1982
29 January
1983
1 year, 13 days
Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951)
MP for Bahraich
29 January
1983
7 February
1984
1 year, 9 days
Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
29 January
1983
31 October
1984
1 year, 276 days
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Chandulal Chandrakar
(1920–1995)
MP for Durg
1 January
1985
27 January
1986
1 year, 26 days Rajiv II
K. Natwar Singh
(born 1929)
MP for Bharatpur

(Fertilizers)
25 September
1985
22 October
1986
1 year, 27 days
Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)

(Agriculture and Cooperation)
25 September
1985
14 February
1988
2 years, 142 days
Ramanand Yadav
(born 1927)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)

(Rural Development)
12 May
1986
14 February
1988
1 year, 278 days
R. Prabhu
(born 1947)
MP for Nilgiris
22 October
1986
2 December
1989
3 years, 41 days
Hari Krishna Shastri
(1988–1989)
MP for Fatehpur

(Agriculture Research and Education)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Shyamlal Yadav
(1927–2005)
MP for Varanasi

(Agriculture and Cooperation)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Janardhana Poojary
(born 1937)
MP for Mangalore

(Rural Development)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MP for Barh

(Agriculture and Cooperation)
23 April
1990
10 November
1990
201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Upendra Nath Verma
MP for Chatra
(Rural Development)
23 April
1990
10 November
1990
201 days
Jayantilal Shah
(born 1928)
MP for Banaskantha

(Agriculture and Cooperation)
21 November
1990
25 April
1991
155 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Ram Bahadur Singh
(1934–2006)
MP for Maharajganj

(Rural Development)
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 days
Mullappally Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP for Kannur
21 June
1991
17 January
1993
1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Kahnu Charan Lenka
(born 1939)
MP for Odisha (Rajya Sabha)
21 June
1991
18 January
1993
1 year, 211 days
Arvind Netam
(born 1942)
MP for Kanker
18 January
1993
20 February
1996
3 years, 33 days
S. Krishna Kumar
(born 1993)
MP for Kollam
19 February
1993
13 May
1995
2 years, 83 days
Risaldar-major (Honorary Captain)
Mohd. Ayub Khan

VrC
(1932–2016)
MP for Jhunjhunu
15 September
1995
16 May
1996
244 days
Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
(born 1935)
MP for Bapatla
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
28 days Telugu Desam Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Samudrala Venugopal Chary
(born 1959)
MP for Adilabad
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 days Gujral I. K. Gujral
Sompal Shastri
(born 1942)
MP for Baghpat
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
(born 1939)
MP for Madhubani
13 October
1999
27 May
2000
227 days Vajpayee III
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj

(Food Processing Industries)
13 October
1999
27 May
2000
227 days
S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao
(1921–2011)
MP for Rajahmundry
13 October
1999
29 September
2000
352 days
Thounaojam Chaoba Singh
(born 1937)
MP for Inner Manipur

(Food Processing Industries)
27 May
2000
1 September
2001
1 year, 97 days
Debendra Pradhan
(born 1941)
MP for Deogarh
27 May
2000
29 January
2003
2 years, 247 days
Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for Panaji
30 September
2000
2 November
2001
1 year, 33 days
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
(born 1939)
MP for Madhubani
2 November
2001
22 May
2004
2 years, 202 days
Kantilal Bhuria
(born 1950)
MP for Ratlam
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Akhilesh Prasad Singh
(born 1962)
MP for Motihari
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 364 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
Mohammed Taslimuddin
(1943–2017)
MP for Kishanganj
25 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 362 days
K. V. Thomas
(born 1946)
MP for Ernakulam
29 May
2009
19 January
2011
2 years, 51 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II
Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MP for Haridwar
19 January
2011
28 October
2012
1 year, 283 days
Arun Subhashchandra Yadav
(born 1974)
MP for Khandwa
19 January
2011
12 July
2011
174 days
Charan Das Mahant
(born 1954)
MP for Korba
12 July
2011[5]
26 May
2014
2 years, 318 days
Tariq Anwar
(born 1951)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
28 October
2012[6]
26 May
2014
1 year, 210 days Nationalist Congress Party
Sanjeev Balyan
(born 1972)
MP for Muzaffarnagar
27 May
2014
27 August
2015
1 year, 92 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Mohan Kundariya
(born 1951)
MP for Rajkot
9 November
2014
27 August
2015
291 days
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Sanjeev Balyan
(born 1972)
MP for Muzaffarnagar
27 August
2015
3 September
2017[7]
2 years, 7 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Mohan Kundariya
(born 1951)
MP for Rajkot
27 August
2015
5 July
2016
313 days
S. S. Ahluwalia
(born 1951)
MP for Darjeeling
5 July
2016[8]
3 September
2017
1 year, 60 days
Sudarshan Bhagat
(born 1969)
MP for Lohardaga
5 July
2016[9]
3 September
2017
1 year, 60 days
Parshottam Rupala
(born 1954)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 329 days
Krishna Raj
(born 1967)
MP for Shahjahanpur
3 September
2017[10]
30 May
2019
1 year, 269 days
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(born 1967)
MP for Jodhpur
3 September
2017[10]
30 May
2019
1 year, 269 days
Parshottam Rupala
(born 1954)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
Kailash Choudhary
(born 1973)
MP for Barmer
31 May
2019[11]
Incumbent 4 years, 149 days
Shobha Karandlaje
(born 1966)
MP for Udupi Chikmagalur
7 July
2021[12]
Incumbent 2 years, 112 days

Deputy Ministers

  • Key: Died in office
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture
Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao
(1901–1970)
MP for Madras (Interim)
21 August
1950
13 May
1952
1 year, 266 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
M. V. Krishnappa
(1918–1980)
MP for Kolar (until 1957)
MP for Tumkur (from 1957)
12 August
1952
17 April
1957
4 years, 256 days Nehru II
17 April
1957
25 April
1957
Nehru III
Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
25 April
1957
10 April
1962
6 years, 210 days
16 April
1962
21 November
1963
Nehru IV
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut
15 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 210 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
15 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 210 days
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
13 days Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
13 days
Deputy Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 48 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Shyam Dhar Mishra
(1919–2001)
MP for Mirzapur
14 February
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 27 days
Annasaheb Shinde
(1922–1993)
MP for Kopargaon
13 March
1967
18 March
1971
4 years, 5 days
Daying Ering
(1929–1970)
MP for NEFA
18 March
1967
21 June
1970[†]
3 years, 95 days
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–1991)
MP for Bayana
26 June
1970
18 March
1971
270 days
S. C. Jamir
(born 1931)
MP for Nagaland
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
264 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–1991)
MP for Bayana
2 May
1971
22 July
1972
1 year, 81 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
Kedar Nath Singh
MP for Sultanpur
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Prabhudas Patel
(1914–?)
MP for Dabhoi
23 October
1974
14 March
1977
2 years, 142 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Kamla Kumari
(born 1937)
MP for Palamu
19 October
1980
29 January
1983
2 years, 102 days Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
Mohammed Usman Arif
(1923–1995)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
15 January
1982
6 September
1982
234 days
Position not in use since 6 September 1982

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