Ministry of Surface Transport
The Ministry of Surface Transport was a branch of the Government of India. It was the apex body for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to surface transport in India.
History[]
The Department of Surface Transport, within the , was renamed as the Ministry of Surface Transport with effect from 22 October 1986.[1] The next development was that this ministry was reorganised into the Department of Shipping and the Department of Road Transport and Highways. This took place on the 15 October 1999.[1]
The ministry was bifurcated, into the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, with effect from 17 November 2000.[1][2]
List of Ministers of Surface Transport[]
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Rajesh Pilot (MoS, Independent Charge) |
22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | Indian National Congress | V. P. Singh | |
K. P. Unnikrishnan | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | |
Manubhai Kotadia | 10 November 1990 | 26 April 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
Chandra Shekhar | 26 April 1991 | 21 June 1991 | |||
Jagdish Tytler (MoS, Independent Charge) |
21 June 1991 | 15 September 1995 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
M. Rajasekara Murthy (MoS, Independent Charge) |
15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
T. G. Venkatraman | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
R. Muthiah | 19 March 1998 | 8 April 1998 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
M. Thambidurai | 8 April 1998 | 8 April 1999 | |||
Nitish Kumar | 9 April 1999 | 5 August 1999 | Samata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Jaswant Singh | 5 August 1999 | 13 October 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Nitish Kumar | 13 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 | Samata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Rajnath Singh[3] | 22 November 1999 | 7 November 2000 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Profile". International Association of Ports and Harbors. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ N. K. Kurup (13 November 2000). "Bifurcation of Surface Transport Ministry -- For better or worse?". Business Line. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Council of Ministers" (PDF).
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