No. |
Portrait |
Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office |
Political party |
Ministry |
Prime Minister |
From |
To |
Period |
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel |
1 |
|
 |
Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur |
17 April 1957 |
10 April 1962 |
4 years, 358 days |
Indian National Congress |
Nehru III |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries |
2 |
|
 |
Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani |
10 April 1962 |
21 November 1963 |
1 year, 225 days |
Indian National Congress |
Nehru IV |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Industries |
(2) |
|
 |
Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani |
21 November 1963 |
27 May 1964 |
201 days |
Indian National Congress |
Nehru IV |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I |
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
Minister of Steel and Mines |
3 |
|
 |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh |
9 June 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
1 year, 229 days |
Indian National Congress |
Shastri |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
Nanda II |
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
Minister of Iron and Steel |
4 |
|
 |
Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (MoS) |
29 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
1 year, 43 days |
Indian National Congress |
Indira I |
Indira Gandhi |
Minister of Steel |
5 |
|
 |
Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh |
13 March 1967 |
24 April 1968 |
1 year, 42 days |
Indian National Congress |
Indira II |
Indira Gandhi |
6 |
|
 |
Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore (MoS) |
24 April 1968 |
14 February 1969 |
296 days |
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering |
7 |
|
 |
C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) MP for Mangalore |
14 February 1969 |
15 November 1969 |
274 days |
Indian National Congress |
Indira II |
Indira Gandhi |
(1) |
|
 |
Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur |
15 November 1969 |
27 June 1970 |
224 days |
Indian National Congress (R) |
8 |
|
 |
Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP for Arrah |
27 June 1970 |
18 March 1971 |
264 days |
9 |
|
 |
Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP for Pondicherry |
18 March 1971 |
2 May 1971 |
45 days |
Indira III |
Minister of Steel and Mines |
(9) |
|
 |
Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP for Pondicherry |
2 May 1971 |
31 May 1973[†] |
2 years, 29 days |
Indian National Congress (R) |
Indira III |
Indira Gandhi |
– |
|
 |
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Raebareli (Prime Minister) |
31 May 1973 |
23 July 1973 |
53 days |
10 |
|
 |
T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka |
23 July 1973 |
11 January 1974 |
172 days |
11 |
|
 |
Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj |
11 January 1974 |
10 October 1974 |
272 days |
12 |
|
|
Chandrajit Yadav (1930–2007) MP for Azamgarh (MoS) |
10 October 1974 |
24 March 1977 |
2 years, 165 days |
13 |
|
 |
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MP for Aska |
26 March 1977 |
15 July 1979 |
2 years, 111 days |
Janata Party |
Desai |
Morarji Desai |
|
30 July 1979 |
14 January 1980 |
168 days |
Janata Party (Secular) |
Charan |
Charan Singh |
14 |
|
 |
Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal, till 1981 Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, from 1981 |
16 January 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
1 year, 364 days |
Indian National Congress (I) |
Indira IV |
Indira Gandhi |
15 |
|
 |
N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP for Nainital |
15 January 1982 |
14 February 1983 |
1 year, 30 days |
16 |
|
|
N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra (MoS, I/C) |
14 February 1983 |
31 October 1984 |
1 year, 260 days |
31 October 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
Rajiv I |
Rajiv Gandhi |
17 |
|
 |
Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha |
31 December 1984 |
25 September 1985 |
268 days |
Rajiv II |
18 |
|
 |
K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for New Delhi |
25 September 1985 |
12 April 1987 |
1 year, 199 days |
(17) |
|
 |
Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha |
12 April 1987 |
25 July 1987 |
104 days |
19 |
|
 |
Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
25 July 1987 |
2 December 1989 |
2 years, 130 days |
20 |
|
|
Dinesh Goswami (1935–1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam |
6 December 1989 |
10 November 1990 |
339 days |
Asom Gana Parishad |
Vishwanath |
V. P. Singh |
21 |
|
 |
Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
212 days |
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) |
Chandra Shekhar |
Chandra Shekhar |
Minister of Steel |
22 |
|
 |
Santosh Mohan Dev (1934–2017) MP for Silchar (MoS, I/C) |
21 June 1991 |
16 May 1996 |
4 years, 330 days |
Indian National Congress (I) |
Rao |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
– |
|
 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) |
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 |
23 |
|
 |
Birendra Prasad Baishya (born 1956) MP for Mangaldoi |
29 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
1 year, 263 days |
Asom Gana Parishad |
21 April 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
Gujral |
Inder Kumar Gujral |
24 |
|
 |
Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MP for Aska |
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
1 year, 208 days |
Biju Janata Dal |
Vajpayee II |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
25 |
|
 |
Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha (MoS, I/C) |
13 October 1999 |
27 May 2000 |
227 days |
Vajpayee III |
26 |
|
 |
Braja Kishore Tripathy (born 1947) MP for Puri (MoS, I/C) |
27 May 2000 |
22 May 2004 |
4 years, 0 days |
27 |
|
 |
Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP for Hajipur |
23 May 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
4 years, 364 days |
Lok Janshakti Party |
Manmohan I |
Manmohan Singh |
28 |
|
 |
Virbhadra Singh (1934–2021) MP for Mandi |
28 May 2009 |
19 January 2011 |
1 year, 236 days |
Indian National Congress |
Manmohan II |
29 |
|
 |
Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP for Gonda (MoS, I/C until 12 July 2011) |
19 January 2011 |
26 May 2014 |
3 years, 127 days |
30 |
|
 |
Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP for Gwalior |
26 May 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
2 years, 40 days |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Modi I |
Narendra Modi |
31 |
|
 |
Chaudhary Birender Singh (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana |
5 July 2016 |
30 May 2019 |
2 years, 329 days |
32 |
|
 |
Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
2 years, 37 days |
Modi II |
33 |
|
 |
Ramchandra Prasad Singh (born 1958) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
7 July 2021 |
6 July 2022 |
364 days |
Janata Dal (United) |
34 |
|
 |
Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
6 July 2022 |
10 June 2024 |
1 year, 340 days |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
35 |
|
 |
H.D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959) MP for Mandya |
10 June 2024 |
incumbent |
1 year, 60 days |
Janata Dal (Secular) |
Modi III |