Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Summary

The Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (IAST: Kārmika, Loka Śikāyata Aura Peṃśana Maṃtrī) is the cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The position is generally held by the prime minister, but sometimes it has been held by other senior members of the cabinet, such as the Minister of Home Affairs. The minister is generally assisted by a minister of state.

Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Official Portrait, 15 March 2022
Incumbent
Narendra Modi
since 26 May 2014
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofUnion Council of Ministers of India
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
Residence7, Lok Kalyan Marg (as Prime minister)
SeatSouth Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
NominatorPrime minister
AppointerPresident
Formation1 August 1970; 53 years ago (1970-08-01)
First holderIndira Gandhi
Unofficial namesPersonnel Minister, Minister of Personnel
DeputyMinister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Powers edit

As the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the prime minister exercises control over the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),[1] the country's premier civil service,[2][3] which staffs most of the senior civil service positions;[2][3] the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB);[4][5] and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),[4][5] except for the selection of its director, who is chosen by a committee of: (a) the prime minister, as chairperson; (b) the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha; (c) and the chief justice.[6]

List of ministers edit

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1   Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli

(Prime Minister)
1 August
1970
24 March
1977
6 years, 235 days Indian National Congress Indira I Self
Indira III
2   Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat
24 March
1977
1 July
1978
1 year, 99 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
3   Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat

(Prime Minister)
1 July
1978
24 January
1979
207 days
4 Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904–1993)
MP for Sabarkantha
24 January
1979
28 July
1979
185 days
5   Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Satara

(Deputy Prime Minister)
28 July
1979
14 January
1980
170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
6   Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
MP for Hoshiarpur
14 January
1980
22 June
1982
2 years, 159 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7   Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP for Chennai South
22 June
1982
2 September
1982
72 days
8 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
2 September
1982
19 July
1984
1 year, 321 days
9   P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda
19 July
1984
31 October
1984
165 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
10   Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi

(Prime Minister)
31 December
1984
2 December
1989
4 years, 336 days Rajiv II
11   V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur

(Prime Minister)
2 December
1989
10 November
1990
340 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh Self
12   Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia

(Prime Minister)
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Self
13   P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal

(Prime Minister)
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao Self
14   Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
15   H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka

(Prime Minister)
1 June
1996
21 April
1997
324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self
16   Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar

(Prime Minister)
21 April
1997
18 March
1998
331 days Gujral Self
(14)   Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
19 March
1998
30 January
2003
4 years, 317 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee III
17   L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar

(Deputy Prime Minister)
30 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 113 days
18   Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam

(Prime Minister)
22 May
2004
26 May
2014
10 years, 4 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self
Manmohan II
19   Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi

(Prime Minister)
26 May
2014
Incumbent 9 years, 308 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Self
Modi II

List of ministers of state edit

No. Portrait Minister[9][10]
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1   Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
23 August
1970
10 October
1974
4 years, 48 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Indira III
2 Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
3 Brigadier (Retd.)
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo

AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv Rajiv Gandhi
4   P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga
25 September
1985
2 December
1989
4 years, 68 days
5 Biren Sing Engti
(born 1945)
MP for Autonomous District
14 July
1986
14 February
1988
1 year, 215 days
6   Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
7 S. R. Balasubramoniyan
(born 1938)
MP for Nilgiris
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
296 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
3 May
1997
19 March
1998
320 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
8 Kadambur R. Janarthanan
(1929–2020)
MP for Tirunelveli
19 March
1998
8 April
1999
1 year, 20 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
9   Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for Jhalawar
9 April
1999
13 October
1999
4 years, 296 days Bharatiya Janata Party
13 October
1999
30 January
2003
Vajpayee III
10   Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
22 November
1999
1 September
2001
1 year, 283 days
11   Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East
30 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 113 days
12   Suresh Pachouri
(born 1952)
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
23 May
2004
6 April
2008
3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
13   Prithviraj Chavan
(born 1946)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
2 years, 218 days
28 May
2009
10 November
2010
Manmohan II
14   V. Narayanasamy
(born 1947)
MP for Puducherry
10 November
2010
26 May
2014
3 years, 197 days
15   Jitendra Singh
(born 1956)
MP for Udhampur
26 May
2014
30 May
2019
9 years, 308 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 May
2019
Incumbent Modi II

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw-Hill Education (published 25 August 2014). p. 7.6. ISBN 978-9339204785.
  2. ^ a b "Service Profile for the Indian Administrative Service" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Tummala, Krishna Kumar (1996). Public Administration in India. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. pp. 154–159. ISBN 978-8170235903. OCLC 313439426.
  4. ^ a b Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw-Hill Education (published 25 August 2014). p. 7.37. ISBN 978-9339204785.
  5. ^ a b "Organisation Under DOPT". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. ^ "All about CBI director's appointment as PM Modi, CJI Kehar, Kharge meet to vet names". India Today. New Delhi: Aroon Purie. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "Name of Cabinet Ministers who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Name of Minister of States who have held the charge of this department/ministry since its inception in 1970" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. Retrieved March 6, 2018.