First Manmohan Singh ministry

First Manmohan Singh ministry
19th ministry of Republic of India
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	Dr.Manmohan Singh
Member parties	Indian National Congress   Nationalist Congress Party  Lok Janshakti Party   Dravida Munnetra Kazagham   Rashtriya Janata Dal     Indian Union Muslim League
Status in legislature	Coalition 335 / 545 (61%)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Opposition leader	L. K. Advani (in Lok Sabha) Jaswant Singh (in Rajya Sabha)
History
Election(s)	2004
Outgoing election	2009
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	Third Vajpayee ministry
Successor	Second Manmohan Singh ministry

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The First Ministry of Manmohan Singh was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election 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]

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

Overview[]

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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[]

Cabinet ministers[]

Ministers of State (Independent charge)[]

SI No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	Oscar Fernandes		Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka	Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour and Employment		Indian National Congress
2.	Renuka Chowdhury		Khammam	Minister of State of the Ministry of Women and Child Development		Indian National Congress
3.	Subodh Kant Sahay		Ranchi	Minister of State of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries		Indian National Congress
4.	Vilas Muttemwar		Nagpur	Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy		Indian National Congress
5.	Kumari Selja		Ambala	Minister of State of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation		Indian National Congress
6.	Praful Patel		Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra	Minister of State of the Ministry of Civil Aviation		Nationalist Congress Party
7.	G.K.Vasan		Rajya Sabha representing Tamil Nadu	Minister of State of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation		Indian National Congress
8.	M. S. Gill		Rajya Sabha representing Punjab	Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports		Indian National Congress

Ministers of State[]

SI No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	E. Ahammed		Malappuram	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs		Indian Union Muslim League
2.	B.K. Handique		Jorhat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines		Indian National Congress
3.	Lakshmi Panabaka		Nellore	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.		Indian National Congress
4.	Shakeel Ahmad		Madhubani	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.		Indian National Congress
5.	Rao Inderjit Singh		Mahendragarh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.		Indian National Congress
6.	Naranbhai Rathwa		Chhota Udaipur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.		Indian National Congress
7.	K.H. Muniappa		Kolar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.		Indian National Congress
8.	Kantilal Bhuria		Jhabua	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.		Indian National Congress
9.	Shriprakash Jaiswal		Kanpur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.		Indian National Congress
10.	Suresh Pachouri		4th times Rajya Sabha member representing Madhya Pradesh	Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions ans Ministry of parliamentary affairs.		Indian National Congress
11.	Taslimuddin		Kishanganj	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.		Rashtriya Janata Dal
12.	Suryakanta Patil		Hingoli	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.		Nationalist Congress Party
13.	Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi		Darbhanga	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.		Rashtriya Janata Dal
14.	R. Velu		Arakkonam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.		Pattali Makkal Katchi
15.	S.S. Palanimanickam		Thanjavur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16.	S. Regupathy		Pudukkottai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17.	K. Venkatapathy		Cuddalore	Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18.	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan		Tiruchengode	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
19.	E.V.K.S. Elangovan		Gobichettipalayam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.		Indian National Congress
20.	Kanti Singh		Arrah	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.
21.	Namo Narain Meena		Tonk-Sawai Madhopur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.		Indian National Congress
22.	Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav		Monghyr	Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources.		Rashtriya Janata Dal
23.	Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh		Motihari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.		Rashtriya Janata Dal
24.	Pawan Kumar Bansal		Chandigarh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.		Indian National Congress
25.	Anand Sharma		Rajya Sabha member representing Himachal Pradesh	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.		Indian National Congress
26.	Ajay Maken		New Delhi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.		Indian National Congress
27.	Dinsha J. Patel		Kheda	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.		Indian National Congress
28.	M.M. Pallam Raju		Kakinada	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.		Indian National Congress
29.	Ashwani Kumar		Rajya Sabha member representing Punjab	Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Ministry of Commerce and Industry.		Indian National Congress
30.	Jairam Ramesh		Rajya Sabha member representing Andhra Pradesh	Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State in the Ministry of Power.		Indian National Congress
31.	Chandra Sekhar Sahu		Berhampur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.		Indian National Congress
32.	D. Purandeswari		Bapatla	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.		Indian National Congress
33.	M. H. Ambareesh		Mandya	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.		Indian National Congress
34.	V. Radhika Selvi		Tiruchendur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
35.	V. Narayanasamy		Rajya Sabha member representing Puducherry	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.		Indian National Congress
36.	Santosh Bagrodia		Rajya Sabha member representing Rajasthan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal		Indian National Congress
37.	Raghunath Jha		Bettiah	Minister of State in the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises		Rashtriya Janata Dal
38.	Rameshwar Oraon		Lohardaga	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs		Indian National Congress
39.	Jyotiraditya Scindia		Guna	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology		Indian National Congress
40.	Jitin Prasada		Shahjahanpur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel		Indian National Congress

Demographics of the Council of Ministers[]

UPA Cabinet by Party

See also[]

• United Progressive Alliance
• 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence

References[]

External links[]

• Council of Ministers--Official link