Minister of Railways (India)

The Minister of Railways is the head of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India.

Minister of Railways
Emblem of India
Incumbent
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
since 7 July 2021
Ministry of Railways
Member ofCabinet of India
AppointerPresident
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderJohn Mathai
Formation15 August 1947
Politics of India
Federal government
Legislature
Parliament of India

Executive
Judiciary
Elections
  • General elections
Political parties
National coalitions
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List of Railway Ministers
No. Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Political party
1 John Mathai 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1 year, 38 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
2 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 22 September 1948 13 May 1952 3 years, 234 days
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4 years, 208 days
4 Jagjivan Ram 7 December 1956 10 April 1962 5 years, 124 days
5 Swaran Singh 10 April 1962 21 September 1963 1 year, 164 days
6 H. C. Dasappa 21 September 1963 8 June 1964 261 days
7 S. K. Patil 9 June 1964 12 March 1967 2 years, 276 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
8 C. M. Poonacha 13 March 1967 14 February 1969 1 year, 338 days Indira Gandhi
9 Ram Subhag Singh 14 February 1969 4 November 1969 263 days
10 Panampilly Govinda Menon 4 November 1969 18 February 1970 106 days
11 Gulzarilal Nanda 18 February 1970 17 March 1971 1 year, 27 days
12 K. Hanumanthaiah 18 March 1971 22 July 1972 1 year, 126 days
13 T. A. Pai 23 July 1972 4 February 1973 196 days
14 Lalit Narayan Mishra 5 February 1973 2 January 1975 1 year, 331 days
15 Kamalapati Tripathi 11 February 1975 23 March 1977 2 years, 40 days
16 Madhu Dandavate 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 2 years, 124 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
(13) T. A. Pai 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168 days Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
(15) Kamalapati Tripathi 14 January 1980 12 November 1980 303 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
17 Kedar Pandey 12 November 1980 14 January 1982 1 year, 63 days
18 Prakash Chandra Sethi 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 230 days
19 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 2 September 1982 31 December 1984 2 years, 120 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
20 Bansi Lal

(Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards)

 31 December 1984 24 June 1986 1 year, 175 days Rajiv Gandhi
21 Mohsina Kidwai
(As Minister of Transport)		 24 June 1986 21 October 1986 119 days
22 Madhavrao Scindia
(Independent Charge)		 22 October 1986 2 December 1989 3 years, 41 days
23 George Fernandes 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 343 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
24 Janeshwar Mishra 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
25 C. K. Jaffer Sharief 21 June 1991 17 October 1995 4 years, 118 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
26 Ram Vilas Paswan 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 291 days H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral		 Janata Dal
(United Front)
27 Nitish Kumar 19 March 1998 5 August 1999 1 year, 139 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Samata Party
28
Ram Naik 6 August 1999 13 October 1999 69 days Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Mamata Banerjee 13 October 1999 15 March 2001 1 year, 153 days All India Trinamool Congress
(27) Nitish Kumar 20 March 2001 22 May 2004 3 years, 63 days Janata Dal (United)
30 Lalu Prasad Yadav 22 May 2004 22 May 2009 5 years, 0 days Manmohan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
(29) Mamata Banerjee 22 May 2009 19 May 2011 1 year, 362 days All India Trinamool Congress
31 Dinesh Trivedi 12 July 2011 19 March 2012 251 days
32 Mukul Roy 20 March 2012 22 September 2012 186 days
33 C. P. Joshi 22 September 2012 28 October 2012 36 days Indian National Congress
34 Pawan Kumar Bansal 29 October 2012 10 May 2013 194 days
(33) C. P. Joshi 13 May 2013 14 June 2013 32 days
35 Mallikarjun Kharge 17 June 2013 26 May 2014 343 days
36
D. V. Sadananda Gowda 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
37 Suresh Prabhu 9 November 2014 3 September 2017 2 years, 298 days
38 Piyush Goyal 3 September 2017 7 July 2021 3 years, 307 days
39 Ashwini Vaishnaw 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 316 days
If the office of Minister of Railways is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes under the charge of the Prime Minister.

List of Ministers of State
Ministers of State in the Ministry of Railways
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
Manoj Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 5 years, 4 days
Rajen Gohain 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 4 years, 329 days
Suresh Angadi 30 May 2019 23 September 2020 1 year, 116 days
Raosaheb Danve 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 316 days
Darshana Jardosh 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 316 days

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