First Manmohan Singh ministry

The First Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Premiership of Manmohan Singh. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election were held in four phases during 20 April  – 10 May 2004, to elect the 14th Lok Sabha, and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009.^[3] After the election Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004, and continued to hold the post till full term, the next Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009, when Singh started his second term in office as PM.^[4]

First Manmohan Singh ministry
22nd ministry of Republic of India
Manmohan Singh, 2004
Date formed	22 May 2004
Date dissolved	22 May 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam[1] (until 25 July 2007) Pratibha Patil[2] (from 25 July 2007)
Head of government	Manmohan Singh
Member parties	Indian National Congress   Nationalist Congress Party   Lok Janshakti Party   Dravida Munnetra Kazagham   Rashtriya Janata Dal   Pattali Makkal Katchi   Indian Union Muslim League
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Opposition leader	L. K. Advani (in Lok Sabha) Jaswant Singh (in Rajya Sabha)
History
Election	2004
Outgoing election	2009
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Third Vajpayee ministry
Successor	Second Manmohan Singh ministry

With three female Cabinet ministers, the Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Indian government to appoint more than one female Cabinet minister.^[5]

Overview

This is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India, 2004 to May 2009.^[6]

All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of either house of the Parliament of India. In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha, and has remained so for the duration of his entire term (2004–2009).

There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

• Union Cabinet Minister - Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A Cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
• Minister of State (Independent Charge)- with no overseeing Union Cabinet Minister for that portfolio
• Minister of State (MoS) - junior minister with an overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle Taxation

Council of ministers

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

1. Indian National Congress (70.5%)
2. Nationalist Congress Party (3.85%)
3. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (8.97%)
4. Rashtriya Janata Dal (11.5%)
5. Lok Janshakti Party (1.28%)
6. Pattali Makkal Katchi (2.56%)
7. Indian Union Muslim League (1.28%)

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Prime Minister Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Planning Commission And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issues not allocated to any Minister.	Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Defence	Pranab Mukherjee	23 May 2004	24 October 2006		INC
	A. K. Antony	24 October 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Human Resource Development	Arjun Singh	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Agriculture Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution	Sharad Pawar	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
Minister of Railways	Lalu Prasad Yadav	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of Home Affairs	Shivraj Patil	23 May 2004	30 November 2008		INC
	P. Chidambaram	30 November 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister of Steel	Ram Vilas Paswan	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		LJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ghulam Nabi Azad	23 May 2004	1 November 2005		INC
	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	1 November 2005	6 April 2008		INC
	Vayalar Ravi	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Urban Development	Ghulam Nabi Azad	23 May 2004	1 November 2005		INC
	Manmohan Singh	1 November 2005	18 November 2005		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	S. Jaipal Reddy	18 November 2005	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	S. Jaipal Reddy	23 May 2004	18 November 2005		INC
	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	18 November 2005	11 November 2008		INC
	Manmohan Singh	11 November 2008	22 May 2009		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
Minister of Culture	S. Jaipal Reddy	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
	Ambika Soni	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Labour and Employment	Sis Ram Ola	23 May 2004	27 November 2004		INC
	K. Chandrashekhar Rao	27 November 2004	24 August 2006		BRS
	Manmohan Singh	24 August 2006	24 October 2006		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge. Additional charge.
	Oscar Fernandes	24 October 2006	3 March 2009		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	G. K. Vasan	3 March 2009	22 May 2009		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible. Additional charge.
Minister of Finance	P. Chidambaram	23 May 2004	30 November 2008		INC
	Manmohan Singh	30 November 2008	24 January 2009		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Pranab Mukherjee	24 January 2009	22 May 2009		INC	Additional charge.
Minister of Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries	Mahavir Prasad	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC	Merged as Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Mahavir Prasad	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Ministry of Tribal Affairs	P. R. Kyndiah	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region	P. R. Kyndiah	23 May 2004	24 October 2006		INC
	Mani Shankar Aiyar	24 October 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Road Transport and Highways	T. R. Baalu	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		DMK
Minister of Textiles	Shankersinh Vaghela	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of External Affairs	Natwar Singh	23 May 2004	7 November 2005		INC
	Manmohan Singh	7 November 2005	24 October 2006		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Pranab Mukherjee	24 October 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Kamal Nath	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Law and Justice	H. R. Bhardwaj	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Power	P. M. Sayeed	23 May 2004	19 December 2005		INC	Died in office.
	Manmohan Singh	19 November 2005	29 January 2006		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Sushilkumar Shinde	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Rural Development	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of Water Resources	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	23 May 2004	18 November 2005		INC
	Santosh Mohan Dev	18 November 2005	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Saifuddin Soz	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Mani Shankar Aiyar	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
	Murli Deora	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Panchayati Raj	Mani Shankar Aiyar	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Sunil Dutt	23 May 2004	25 May 2005		INC	Died in office.
	Manmohan Singh	25 May 2005	18 November 2005		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Oscar Fernandes	18 November 2005	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Mani Shankar Aiyar	29 January 2006	6 April 2008		INC
	M. S. Gill	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Meira Kumar	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Shipping	K. Chandrashekhar Rao	23 May 2004	25 May 2004		BRS
	T. R. Baalu	25 May 2004	2 September 2004		DMK	Merged with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Minister of Coal	Shibu Soren	23 May 2004	24 July 2004		JMM
	Manmohan Singh	24 July 2004	27 November 2004		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Shibu Soren	27 November 2004	2 March 2005		JMM
	Manmohan Singh	2 March 2005	29 January 2006		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Shibu Soren	29 January 2006	29 November 2006		JMM
	Manmohan Singh	29 November 2006	22 May 2009		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
Minister of Mines and Minerals	Shibu Soren	23 May 2004	24 July 2004		JMM
	Manmohan Singh	24 July 2004	27 November 2004		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge. The Ministry of Mines and Minerals was renamed as Ministry of Mines.
Minister of Mines	Sis Ram Ola	27 November 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Environment and Forests	A. Raja	23 May 2004	15 May 2007		DMK
	Manmohan Singh	15 May 2007	22 May 2009		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Dayanidhi Maran	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		DMK
	A. Raja	15 May 2007	22 May 2009		DMK
Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Anbumani Ramadoss	23 May 2004	29 March 2009		PMK
	Panabaka Lakshmi	29 March 2009	22 May 2009		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Santosh Mohan Dev	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Santosh Mohan Dev	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Non-Resident Indian Affairs	Jagdish Tytler	23 May 2004	9 September 2004		INC	MoS (I/C) was responsible. Renamed as Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs	Jagdish Tytler	9 September 2004	10 August 2005		INC	MoS (I/C) was responsible.
	Manmohan Singh	10 August 2005	18 November 2005		INC	Prime Minister-in-charge; Additional charge.
	Oscar Fernandes	18 November 2005	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Vayalar Ravi	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Tourism	Renuka Chowdhury	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Ambika Soni	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Science and Technology	Kapil Sibal	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Kapil Sibal	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Ocean Development	Kapil Sibal	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Kapil Sibal	29 January 2006	12 July 2006		INC	Renamed as Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Minister of Earth Sciences	Kapil Sibal	12 July 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of Company Affairs	Prem Chand Gupta	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		RJD	Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
	Prem Chand Gupta	29 January 2006	9 May 2007		RJD	Renamed as Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Minister of Corporate Affairs	Prem Chand Gupta	9 May 2007	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of Minority Affairs	A. R. Antulay	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister without portfolio	K. Chandrashekhar Rao	25 May 2004	27 November 2004		BRS
	Natwar Singh	7 November 2005	7 December 2005		INC
	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	11 November 2008	22 May 2009		INC

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Oscar Fernandes	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
	G. K. Vasan	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Food Processing Industries	Subodh Kant Sahay	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Non-Conventional Energy Sources	Vilas Muttemwar	23 May 2004	20 October 2006		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of New and Renewable Energy	Vilas Muttemwar	20 October 2006	22 May 2009		INC	Renamed as New and Renewable Energy.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Urban Employment and Poverty Allevation	Selja Kumari	23 May 2004	1 June 2006		INC	Renamed as Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Housing and Urban Poverty Allevation	Selja Kumari	1 June 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Civil Aviation	Praful Patel	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Women and Child Development	Renuka Chowdhury	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) without portfolio	Oscar Fernandes	29 January 2006	24 October 2006		INC

Ministers of State

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs	E. Ahamed	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		IUML
	Rao Inderjit Singh	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
	Anand Sharma	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Suresh Pachouri	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Prithviraj Chavan	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Suresh Pachouri	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Bijoy Krishna Handique	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Suryakanta Patil	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
	V. Narayanasamy	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
	Pawan Kumar Bansal	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence	Bijoy Krishna Handique	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
	Rao Inderjit Singh	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
	M. M. Pallam Raju	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Panabaka Lakshmi	23 May 2004	29 March 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal	Dasari Narayan Rao	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Santosh Bagrodia	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines	Dasari Narayan Rao	23 May 2004	7 February 2006		INC
	T. Subbarami Reddy	7 February 2006	6 April 2008		INC
	Bijoy Krishna Handique	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Shakeel Ahmad	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Jyotiraditya Scindia	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways	Naranbhai Rathwa	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
	R. Velu	23 May 2004	29 March 2009		PMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers	K. Rahman Khan	23 May 2004	20 July 2004		INC
	Bijoy Krishna Handique	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	K. H. Muniyappa	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning	M. V. Rajasekharan	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	V. Narayanasamy	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution	Kantilal Bhuria	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
	Akhilesh Prasad Singh	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		RJD
	Mohammed Taslimuddin	25 May 2004	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC
	Shriprakash Jaiswal	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
	S. Regupathy	23 May 2004	15 May 2007		DMK
	V. Radhika Selvi	18 May 2007	22 May 2009		DMK
	Shakeel Ahmad	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office	Prithviraj Chavan	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Mohammed Taslimuddin	23 May 2004	25 May 2004		RJD
	Kanti Singh	29 January 2006	6 April 2008		RJD
	Raghunath Jha	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development	Suryakanta Patil	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
	Ale Narendra	23 May 2004	24 August 2006		BRS
	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	24 October 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		RJD
	Kanti Singh	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		RJD
	Daggubati Purandeswari	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry	S. S. Palanimanickam	23 May 2004	25 May 2004		DMK
	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	25 May 2004	29 January 2006		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice	K. Venkatapathy	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	23 May 2004	25 May 2004		INC
	Dinsha Patel	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests	Namo Narain Meena	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
	S. Regupathy	15 May 2007	22 May 2009		DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	23 May 2004	6 November 2005		RJD
	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	24 October 2006	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	S. S. Palanimanickam	25 May 2004	22 May 2009		DMK
	Pawan Kumar Bansal	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Department of Industry	Ashwani Kumar	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development	Ajay Maken	29 January 2006	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	29 January 2006	24 October 2006		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel	Akhilesh Das	29 January 2006	6 April 2008		INC
	Jitin Prasada	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	M. H. Ambareesh	24 October 2006	15 February 2007		INC
	Anand Sharma	18 October 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Rameshwar Oraon	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Department of Commerce and Industry	Jairam Ramesh	29 January 2006	25 February 2009		INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture	Kanti Singh	6 April 2008	22 May 2009		RJD
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power	Jairam Ramesh	6 April 2008	25 February 2009		INC

Demographics of the Council of Ministers

UPA Cabinet by Party

Party	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State(Independent Charge)	Ministers of State	Total numbers of ministers
Indian National Congress	21	7	26	54
Nationalist Congress Party	1	1	1	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazagham	2	0	5	7
Rashtriya Janata Dal	3	0	6	9
Lok Janshakti Party	1	0	0	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	1	0	1	2
Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	1	1
Total	29	8	40	77

See also

• United Progressive Alliance
• 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence