Deve Gowda ministry

H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.[1]

H. D. Deve Gowda ministry

15th ministry of the Republic of India
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
Date formed1 June 1996
Date dissolved21 April 1997
People and organisations
Head of stateShankar Dayal Sharma
Head of governmentH. D. Deve Gowda
Member partyJanata Dal (United Front)
(supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislatureCoalition
305 / 543 (56%)
Opposition leaderAtal Bihari Vajpayee
History
Legislature term(s)10 months and 20 days
PredecessorFirst Vajpayee ministry
SuccessorI. K. Gujral ministry

Cabinet ministers
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Home AffairsH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Indrajit Gupta29 June 199621 April 1997 CPI
Minister of FinanceP. Chidambaram1 June 199621 April 1997 TMC
Minister of External AffairsI. K. Gujral1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of DefenceMulayam Singh Yadav1 June 199621 April 1997 SP
Minister of AgricultureH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Chaturanan Mishra29 June 199621 April 1997 CPI
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionDevendra Prasad Yadav1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of LabourBalwant Singh Ramoowalia1 June 199629 June 1996 Independent
M. Arunachalam29 June 199621 April 1997 TMC
Minister of IndustryMurasoli Maran1 June 199621 April 1997 DMK
Minister of CommerceDevendra Prasad Yadav1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Bolla Bulli Ramaiah
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 TDP
Minister of TextilesH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
R. L. Jalappa29 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Law and JusticeP. Chidambaram1 June 199629 June 1996 TMC
Ramakant Khalap
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 MGP
Minister of Information & BroadcastingC. M. Ibrahim1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Parliamentary AffairsRam Vilas Paswan1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Srikant Kumar Jena29 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of EducationS. R. Bommai1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Health and Family WelfareH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Minister of Road Transport & HighwaysT. G. Venkatraman1 June 199621 April 1997 DMK
Minister of RailwaysRam Vilas Paswan1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Civil AviationC. M. Ibrahim1 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Rural DevelopmentKinjarapu Yerran Naidu1 June 199621 April 1997 TDP
Minister of Urban DevelopmentM. Arunachalam1 June 199629 June 1996 TMC
H. D. Deve Gowda29 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of CommunicationsBeni Prasad Verma1 June 199621 April 1997 SP
Minister of Water ResourcesI. K. Gujral1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Janeshwar Mishra29 June 199621 April 1997 SP
Minister of CoalS. R. Bommai1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Kanti Singh
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel		H. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Birendra Prasad Baishya29 June 199621 April 1997 AGP
Minister of Environment and ForestsH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 February 1997 JD
Saifuddin Soz21 February 199721 April 1997 JKNC
Minister of Non Conventional Energy SourcesH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199621 February 1997 JD
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad
MOS, (I/C)		21 February 199721 April 1997 JD
Minister of Chemicals and FertilizersH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Sis Ram Ola
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 AIIC(T)
Minister of WelfareBalwant Singh Ramoowalia1 June 199621 April 1997 Independent
Minister of TourismC. M. Ibrahim1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Srikant Kumar Jena
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 JD
Minister of Science & TechnologyH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199629 June 1996 JD
Yoginder K Alagh
MOS, (I/C)		29 June 199621 April 1997 Independent
Minister of Food Processing IndustriesH. D. Deve Gowda1 June 19966 July 1996 JD
Dilip Ray
MOS, (I/C)		6 July 199621 April 1997 JD

Ministers of State
Portfolio Ministry Party
Ministry of Human Resource Development R. Dhanuskodi Athithan TMC(M)
Ministry of Home Affairs Mohammed Maqbool Dar JD
Ministry of Defence N. V. N. Somu DMK
Ministry of Railways Satpal Maharaj JD
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. S. R. Balasubramaniam DMK
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. T. R. Baalu DMK

References
  1. "XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget". parliamentofindia.nic.in.
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