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Minister of Finance (India)

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Head of the Ministry of Finance in India

Minister of Finance
Vitta Mantrī
since 31 May 2019
Ministry of Finance
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationFM
Member ofCabinet
Cabinet Committee on Security
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
AppointerPresident on the advice of thePrime Minister
Inaugural holderR. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Formation15 August 1947

Theminister of finance (Vitta Mantrī ) (or simply, thefinance minister, short formFM) is the head of theMinistry of Finance of theGovernment of India. One of the senior most offices of theUnion Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for thefiscal policy of the government. A key duty of the finance minister is to present the annualUnion Budget inParliament, detailing the government's plan for taxation and spending in the comingfinancial year. Through the budget, the finance minister also outlines allocations to all the ministries and departments. The minister is assisted by theminister of state for finance and the juniordeputy minister of finance.[1][2]

There have been a number of ministers of finance that went on to become theprime minister;Morarji Desai,Charan Singh,Vishwanath Pratap Singh andManmohan Singh and also to serve as thepresident;R.Venkataraman andPranab Mukherjee. Several prime ministers have also gone on to hold the position of minister of finance.

The current finance minister of India isNirmala Sitharaman. Of all finance ministers,Pranab Mukherjee andNirmala Sitharaman had served as both cabinet ministers and ministers of state for finance.

Cabinet ministers

[edit]
PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Finance (1946–1947)
Liaquat Ali Khan
(1895–1951)
29 October
1946
14 August
1947
289 daysAll-India Muslim LeagueInterimJawaharlal Nehru
(Vice President of Executive Council)
Minister of Finance (1947–present)
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
(1892–1953)
Unelected
15 August
1947
17 August
1948
1 year, 2 daysIndian National CongressNehru IJawaharlal Nehru
Kshitish Chandra Neogy
(1888–1970)
MCA forWest Bengal
18 August
1948
22 September
1948
36 days
John Matthai
(1886–1959)
MP forUnited Provinces
22 September
1948
1 June
1950
1 year, 252 days
C. D. Deshmukh
(1896–1982)
MP forKolaba
1 June
1950
15 April
1952
6 years, 53 days
15 April
1952
24 July
1956
Nehru II
Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP forPhulpur

(Prime Minister)
24 July
1956
30 August
1956
37 days
T. T. Krishnamachari
(1899–1974)
MP forMadras South
30 August
1956
4 April
1957
217 days
4 April
1957
13 February
1958
Nehru III
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP forSurat
13 February
1958
2 April
1962
5 years, 199 days
2 April
1962
31 August
1963
Nehru IV
T. T. Krishnamachari
(1899–1974)
MP forTiruchendur
31 August
1963
27 May
1964
2 years, 122 days
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda IGulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964
31 December
1965
ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri
Sachindra Chaudhuri
(1903–1992)
MP forGhatal
1 January
1966
11 January
1966
1 year, 70 days
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda IIGulzarilal Nanda
24 January
1966
12 March
1967
Indira IIndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP forSurat

(Deputy Prime Minister)
13 March
1967
16 July
1969
2 years, 125 daysIndira II
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP forRae Bareli

(Prime Minister)
16 July
1969
27 June
1970
346 daysIndian National Congress (R)
Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP forSatara
27 June
1970
13 March
1971
4 years, 105 days
13 March
1971
10 October
1974
Indira III
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP forPalani
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP forSurat

(Prime Minister)
24 March
1977
26 March
1977
2 daysJanata PartyDesaiMorarji Desai
Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904–1993)
MP forSabarkantha
26 March
1977
24 January
1979
1 year, 304 days
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP forBaghpat

(Deputy Prime Minister)
24 January
1979
16 July
1979
173 days
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP forSurat

(Prime Minister)
16 July
1979
28 July
1979
12 days
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP forLucknow
28 July
1979
19 October
1979
83 daysJanata Party (Secular)CharanCharan Singh
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP forBaghpat

(Prime Minister)
19 October
1979
14 January
1980
87 days
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP forMadras South
14 January
1980
15 January
1982
2 years, 1 dayIndian National Congress (I)Indira IVIndira Gandhi
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat
15 January
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 351 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv IRajiv Gandhi
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh
31 December
1984
24 January
1987
2 years, 24 daysRajiv II
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP forAmethi

(Prime Minister)
24 January
1987
25 July
1987
182 days
N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh
25 July
1987
25 June
1988
336 days
Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP forNanded
25 June
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 160 days
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP forFatehpur

(Prime Minister)
2 December
1989
5 December
1989
3 daysJanata DalVishwanathVishwanath Pratap Singh
Madhu Dandavate
(1924–2005)
MP forRajapur
6 December
1989
10 November
1990
339 days
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP forBallia

(Prime Minister)
10 November
1990
21 November
1990
11 daysSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Chandra ShekharChandra Shekhar
Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP forBihar
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 days
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
Rajya Sabha MP forAssam
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 daysIndian National Congress (I)RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao
Jaswant Singh
(1938–2020)
MP forChittorgarh
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 daysBharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IAtal Bihari Vajpayee
P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP forSivaganga
1 June
1996
21 April
1997
324 daysTamil Maanila CongressDeve GowdaH. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP forBihar

(Prime Minister)
21 April
1997
1 May
1997
10 daysJanata DalGujralInder Kumar Gujral
P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP forSivaganga
1 May
1997
19 March
1998
322 daysTamil Maanila Congress
Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
MP forHazaribagh
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
4 years, 104 daysBharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIAtal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999
1 July
2002
Vajpayee III
Jaswant Singh
(1938–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan
1 July
2002
22 May
2004
1 year, 326 days
P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP forSivaganga
23 May
2004
30 November
2008
4 years, 191 daysIndian National CongressManmohan IManmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
Rajya Sabha MP forAssam

(Prime Minister)
30 November
2008
24 January
2009
55 days
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
MP forJangipur
24 January
2009
22 May
2009
3 years, 154 days
23 May
2009
26 June
2012
Manmohan II
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
Rajya Sabha MP forAssam

(Prime Minister)
26 June
2012
31 July
2012
35 days
P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP forSivaganga
31 July
2012
26 May
2014
1 year, 299 days
Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat, till 2018
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh, from 2018
27 May
2014
14 May
2018
3 years, 352 daysBharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra Modi
Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra
14 May
2018
23 August
2018
101 days
Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh
23 August
2018
23 January
2019
153 days
Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra
23 January
2019
15 February
2019
23 days
Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh
15 February
2019
30 May
2019
104 days
Nirmala Sitharaman
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP forKarnataka
31 May
2019
Incumbent6 years, 175 daysModi II
Modi III

Ministers of state

[edit]
PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Mahavir Tyagi
(1899–1980)
MP forUnited Provinces (Interim)
MP forDehradun

Minister of Revenue and Expenditure,
from 21 August 1952
16 February
1951
13 May
1952
2 years, 28 daysIndian National CongressNehru IJawaharlal Nehru
13 May
1952
16 March
1953
Nehru II
Arun Chandra Guha
MP forBarasat
Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure
7 December
1954
17 April
1957
2 years, 131 days
Manilal Chaturbhai Shah
Rajya Sabha MP forBombay State
Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure
Bezawada Gopala Reddy
(1907–1997)
MP for Kavali

Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure
10 May
1958
7 April
1961
2 years, 332 daysNehru III
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP forArrah

(Coordination)
1 November
1963
27 May
1964
221 daysNehru IV
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda IGulzarilal Nanda
13 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 212 daysShastriLal Bahadur Shastri
C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
Rajya Sabha MP forMysore

Minister of Revenue and Expenditure
2 January
1966
11 January
1966
22 days
C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
Rajya Sabha MP forMysore

Minister of Revenue and Expenditure
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
13 daysNanda IIGulzarilal Nanda
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP forArrah

(Coordination)
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP forArrah
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 48 daysIndira IIndira Gandhi
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP forIndore
14 February
1969
27 June
1970
1 year, 133 daysIndian National Congress (R)Indira II
Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP forBaramati
7 November
1969
27 June
1970
232 days
Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP forMahasamund, until 1971
MP forRaipur, from 1971
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
309 days
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
Indira III
K. R. Ganesh
(1922–2004)
MP forAndaman and Nicobar Islands
2 May
1971
10 October
1974
3 years, 161 days
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP forWest Bengal

(Revenue and Banking,
from 21 December 1975)
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
Zulfiquarullah
MP forSultanpur
14 August
1977
15 July
1979
1 year, 335 daysJanata PartyDesaiMorarji Desai
Satish Chandra Agarwal
(1928–1997)
MP forJaipur
14 August
1977
28 July
1979
1 year, 348 days
Nathuram Mirdha
(1921–1996)
MP forNagaur
25 October
1979
14 January
1980
81 daysJanata Party (Secular)CharanCharan Singh
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–1991)
MP forBayana
14 January
1980
6 June
1980
144 daysIndian National Congress (I)Indira IVIndira Gandhi
Sawai Singh Sisodiya
(1919–2007)
Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh

(Revenue and Expenditure)
19 October
1980
2 September
1982
1 year, 318 days
S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao
(1911–1998)
MP forRajahmundry
2 September
1982
7 February
1984
1 year, 158 days
S. M. Krishna
(1932–2024)
MP forMandya
7 February
1984
7 September
1984
213 days
Janardhana Poojary
(born 1937)
MP forMangalore
31 December
1984
14 February
1988
3 years, 45 daysIndian National Congress (I)Rajiv IIRajiv Gandhi
B. K. Gadhvi
(1937–2005)
MP forBanaskantha
12 May
1986
2 December
1989
3 years, 204 days
Brahm Dutt
(1926–2014)
MP forTehri Garhwal
24 January
1987
25 July
1987
182 days
Ajit Kumar Panja
(1936–2008)
MP forCalcutta North East

(Revenue)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP forMormugao

(Economic Affairs)
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
Dalbir Singh
MP forShahdol
21 June
1991
17 January
1993
1 year, 210 daysIndian National Congress (I)RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao
Shantaram Potdukhe
(1933–2018)
MP forChandrapur
21 June
1991
17 January
1993
1 year, 210 days
Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
Rajya Sabha MP forBihar
26 June
1991
18 January
1993
1 year, 206 days
M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
(1939–2001)
MP forKanakapura

(Revenue and Expenditure)
18 January
1993
16 May
1996
3 years, 119 days
Abrar Ahmed
(1956–2004)
Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan
18 January
1993
2 April
1994
1 year, 74 days
Debi Prasad Pal
(1927–2021)
MP forCalcutta North West
15 September
1995
16 May
1996
244 days
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
(1936–2020)
MP forKozhikode
21 February
1997
21 April
1997
108 daysJanata DalDeve GowdaH. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997
9 June
1997
GujralInder Kumar Gujral
Satpal Maharaj
(born 1951)
MP forGarhwal
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 daysAll India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
R. K. Kumar
(1942–1999)
Rajya Sabha MP forTamil Nadu

(Revenue, Banking and Insurance)
19 March
1998
22 May
1998
64 daysAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamVajpayee IIAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Kadambur R. Janarthanan
(1929–2020)
MP forTirunelveli
22 May
1998
8 April
1999
321 days
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
(1932–2016)
MP forKopargaon
13 October
1999
1 July
2002
2 years, 261 daysShiv SenaVajpayee III
V. Dhananjay Kumar
(1951–2019)
MP forMangalore
13 October
1999
30 September
2000
353 daysBharatiya Janata Party
Gingee N. Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP forTindivanam
30 September
2000
24 May
2003
2 years, 236 daysMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Anant Geete
(born 1951)
MP forRatnagiri

(Banking and Expenditure)
1 July
2002
26 August
2002
56 daysShiv Sena
Anandrao Vithoba Adsul
(born 1947)
MP forBuldhana
26 August
2002
22 May
2004
1 year, 270 days
Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP forPanaji
8 September
2003
22 May
2004
257 daysBharatiya Janata Party
S. S. Palanimanickam
(born 1950)
MP forThanjavur

(Revenue, from 29 January 2006)
25 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 362 daysDravida Munnetra KazhagamManmohan IManmohan Singh
Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP forChandigarh

(Expenditure, Banking and Insurance)
29 January
2006
22 May
2009
3 years, 113 daysIndian National Congress
S. S. Palanimanickam
(born 1950)
MP forThanjavur

(Revenue)
28 May
2009
21 March
2013
3 years, 297 daysDravida Munnetra KazhagamManmohan II
Namo Narain Meena
(born 1943)
MP forTonk–Sawai Madhopur

(Expenditure, Banking and Insurance)
28 May
2009
26 May
2014
4 years, 363 daysIndian National Congress
Jesudasu Seelam
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh

(Revenue)
17 June
2013
26 May
2014
343 days
Nirmala Sitharaman
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh
27 May
2014
9 November
2014
166 daysBharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra Modi
Jayant Sinha
(born 1963)
MP forHazaribagh
9 November
2014
5 July
2016
1 year, 239 days
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP forBareilly
5 July
2016
3 September
2017
1 year, 60 days
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP forBikaner
Pon Radhakrishnan
(born 1952)
MP forKanniyakumari
3 September
2017
30 May
2019
1 year, 269 days
Shiv Pratap Shukla
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh
Anurag Singh Thakur
(born 1974)
MP forHamirpur
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 daysModi II
Pankaj Chaudhary
(born 1964)
MP forMaharajganj
7 July
2021
9 June
2024
2 years, 338 days
Bhagwat Karad
(born 1956)
Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra
Pankaj Chaudhary
(born 1964)
MP forMaharajganj
10 June
2024
Incumbent1 year, 165 daysModi III

Deputy ministers

[edit]
PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Manilal Chaturbhai Shah
Rajya Sabha MP forBombay State
12 August
1952
7 December
1954
2 years, 117 daysIndian National CongressNehru IIJawaharlal Nehru
Arun Chandra Guha
MP forBarasat
18 March
1953
7 December
1954
1 year, 264 days
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP forArrah
4 January
1956
17 April
1957
6 years, 96 days
17 April
1957
10 April
1962
Nehru III
Tarkeshwari Sinha
(1926–2007)
MP forBarh
10 May
1958
10 April
1962
3 years, 335 days
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP forArrah
16 April
1962
21 September
1963
1 year, 158 daysNehru IV
Tarkeshwari Sinha
(1926–2007)
MP forBarh
16 April
1962
27 May
1964
2 years, 54 days
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda IGulzarilal Nanda
Rameshwar Sahu
MP forRosera
1 October
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 102 daysShastriLal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda IIGulzarilal Nanda
Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
Rajya Sabha MP forBihar
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 48 daysIndira IIndira Gandhi
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–1991)
MP forBayana
13 November
1967
17 October
1969
1 year, 338 daysIndira II
K. R. Ganesh
(1922–2004)
MP forAndaman and Nicobar Islands
26 June
1970
18 March
1971
310 daysIndian National Congress (R)Indira II
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
Indira III
Sushila Rohatgi
(1921–1911)
MP forBilhaur
2 May
1971
24 March
1977
5 years, 326 days
Maganbhai Barot
(1927–2011)
MP forAhmedabad
8 June
1980
15 January
1982
1 year, 221 daysIndian National Congress (I)Indira IVIndira Gandhi
Janardhana Poojary
(born 1937)
MP forMangalore

(Banking and Insurance)
15 January
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 290 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv IRajiv Gandhi
Anil Shastri
MP forVaranasi
23 April
1990
10 November
1990
201 daysJanata DalVishwanathVishwanath Pratap Singh
Digvijay Singh
(1955–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP forBihar
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 daysSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Chandra ShekharChandra Shekhar

Length of Tenure

[edit]

List by length of tenure

[edit]
#Finance MinisterPartyLength of term
Longest continuous termTotal tenure
1P ChidambaramINC(I)4 years, 191 days8 years, 38 days
2Morarji DesaiINC5 years, 199 days7 years, 338 days
3Nirmala SitharamanBJP6 years, 176 days6 years, 176 days
4Pranab MukherjeeINC6 years, 140 days
5C. D. DeshmukhINC6 years, 53 days6 years, 53 days

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Department of Financial Services – Ministry of Finance, Government of India". Government of India. Retrieved28 August 2025.
  2. ^"Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) – Contact Details". Integrated Government Online Directory, Government of India. Retrieved28 August 2025.

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