Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री Kr̥ṣi Evaṁ Kisān Kalyāṇ Mantrī
Emblem of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Incumbent Shivraj Singh Chauhan since 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Member of	Cabinet of India
Reports to	President of India Prime Minister of India Parliament of India
Appointer	President of India on the recommendation of thePrime Minister of India
Formation	2015 (2015)
First holder	Rajendra Prasad (as Minister of Food and Agriculture)

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Theminister of agriculture and farmers' welfare (Hindi:कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री) is the head of theMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and a key member of theunion council of ministers of theGovernment of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the ministers of state for agriculture and farmers' welfare and previously by a further junior minister of the deputy minister of agriculture.

The current minister of agriculture and farmers' welfare isShivraj Singh Chouhan who is holding the charge of the ministry since 10 June 2024 and is assisted by two ministers of state -Ram Nath Thakur andBhagirath Choudhary since 10 June 2024.

The ministry was established on 15 August 1947 as the "Ministry of Food and Agriculture".Rajendra Prasad, who later became thePresident of India served as the inaugural minister of the ministry and served until his resignation on 14 January 1948. The ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation" on 24 January 1966 under prime ministerIndira Gandhi and further renamed in 1971 as the "Ministry of Agriculture".

In 1974, the Ministry of Irrigation was merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and renamed as the "Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation". In 1980, the Department of Irrigation was separated and the "Ministry of Agriculture" was reformed. On 27 August 2015, the ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare".^[1] In 2021, prime ministerNarendra Modi announced that theMinistry of Co-operation has been carved out of from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfar.^[2]

• Two future presidents had served as the ministers of agriculture, namelyRajendra Prasad (1947–1948) andFakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1970–1974).
• Four prime ministers held the portfolio of Agriculture during their premiership, namelyV. P. Singh (in 1990),P. V. Narasimha Rao (in 1996),H. D. Deve Gowda (in 1996) andAtal Bihari Vajpayee (twice, in 1998–1999 and in 2000).
• Sharad Pawar holds the record of being the longest-serving minister of agriculture with a tenure of10 years, 3 days in office.

• 1947–1951: Minister of Agriculture
• 1951–1966: Minister of Food and Agriculture
• 1966–1971: Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
• 1971–1974: Minister of Agriculture
• 1974–1980: Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
• 1980–2015: Minister of Agriculture
• 2015–present: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Re-appointed after a previous non-consecutive term

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of Food and Agriculture
		Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) MP forBihar (Constituency Assembly)	15 August 1947	14 January 1948	152 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Jairamdas Daulatram (1891–1979) MP forEast Punjab (Constituent Assembly)	19 January 1948	13 May 1950	2 years, 114 days
		Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971) MP forBombay (Constituent Assembly)	13 May 1950	13 May 1952	2 years, 0 days
		Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894–1954) MP for Bahraich District (East)	13 May 1952	24 October 1954[†]	2 years, 164 days		Nehru II
		Panjabrao Deshmukh (1898–1965) MP forAmravati (Minister without cabinet rank)	29 October 1954	25 November 1954	27 days
		Ajit Prasad Jain (1902–1977) MP forSaharanpur	25 November 1954	17 April 1957	1 year, 272 days
			17 April 1957	24 August 1959			Nehru III
		S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP forMumbai South	24 August 1959	10 April 1962	4 years, 8 days
			10 April 1962	1 September 1963			Nehru IV
		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP forJullundur	1 September 1963	27 May 1964	282 days
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP forPalani	9 June 1964	24 January 1966	1 year, 229 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
							Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP forPalani	24 January 1966[§]	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
		Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP forSasaram	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	3 years, 106 days		Indira II
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP forBarpeta	27 June 1970	2 May 1971	309 days
						Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
Minister of Agriculture
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP forBarpeta	2 May 1971	3 July 1974	3 years, 62 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP forPalani	3 July 1974[§]	10 October 1974	99 days
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
		Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP forSasaram	10 October 1974[§]	2 February 1977	2 years, 115 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forRae Bareli (Prime Minister)	3 February 1977	24 March 1977	49 days
		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat (Prime Minister)	24 March 1977	28 March 1977	4 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Parkash Singh Badal (1927–2023) MP forFaridkot	28 March 1977	17 June 1977	81 days	Shiromani Akali Dal
		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) MP forSangrur	18 June 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 40 days
		Brahm Prakash (1918–1993) MP forOuter Delhi	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan		Charan Singh
Minister of Agriculture
		Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP forMahendragarh	14 January 1980	31 December 1984	4 years, 352 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
							Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP forJalore	31 December 1984	12 May 1986	1 year, 132 days		Rajiv II
		Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) MP forFirozpur	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 278 days
		Bhajan Lal (1930–2011) Rajya Sabha MP forHaryana	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
		Chaudhary Devi Lal (1915–2001) MP forSikar (Deputy Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	1 August 1990	242 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
		Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP forFatehpur (Prime Minister)	1 August 1990	10 November 1990	101 days
		Chaudhary Devi Lal (1915–2001) MP forSikar (Deputy Prime Minister)	21 November 1990[§]	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
		Balram Jakhar (1923–2016) MP forSikar	21 June 1991	17 January 1996	4 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP forNandyal (Prime Minister)	17 January 1996	7 February 1996	21 days
		Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	7 February 1996	16 May 1996	99 days
		Suraj Bhan (1928–2006) MP forAmbala	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
		Chaturanan Mishra (1925–2011) MP forMadhubani	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 263 days	Communist Party of India
			21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	5 years, 66 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
			13 October 1999	22 November 1999			Vajpayee III
		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP forBarh	22 November 1999	3 March 2000	102 days	Samata Party
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	3 March 2000	6 March 2000	3 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Sundar Lal Patwa (1924–2016) MP forNarmadapuram	6 March 2000	27 May 2000	82 days
		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP forBarh	27 May 2000[§]	22 July 2001	1 year, 56 days	Samata Party
		Ajit Singh (1939–2021) MP forBaghpat	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	1 year, 306 days	Rashtriya Lok Dal
		Rajnath Singh (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Sharad Pawar (born 1940) MP forBaramati, until 2009 MP forMadha, 2009–2014 Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra, from 2014	23 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
							Manmohan II
		Radha Mohan Singh (born 1949) MP forPurvi Champaran	27 May 2014[3]	27 August 2015	1 year, 92 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
		Radha Mohan Singh (born 1949) MP forPurvi Champaran	27 August 2015	30 May 2019	3 years, 276 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP forMorena	31 May 2019[4]	7 December 2023	4 years, 190 days		Modi II
		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MP forKhunti	7 December 2023	9 June 2024	185 days
		Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 1959) MP forVidisha	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 170 days		Modi III

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of State for Food and Agriculture
		Panjabrao Deshmukh (1898–1965) MP forAmravati Minister of Cooperation from 25 Apr 1957	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 358 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru III		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP forBikramganj	8 May 1962	27 May 1964	2 years, 19 days		Nehru IV
		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP forErnakulam	21 November 1963	27 May 1964	10 years, 188 days
		Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP forBikramganj	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	13 days		Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP forErnakulam			17 days
			9 June 1964	13 June 1964			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State for Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
		Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970) MP forMukundapuram	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	13 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 5 days		Indira II
		M. S. Gurupadaswamy (1924–2011) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	5 June 1967	17 October 1969	2 years, 134 days
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	45 days		Indira III
Minister of State for Agriculture
		Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP forRohtak	2 May 1971	12 January 1974	2 years, 255 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	2 May 1971	10 October 1974	3 years, 161 days
		Buddha Priya Maurya (1926–2004) MP forHapur	11 January 1974	10 October 1974	272 days
Minister of State for Agriculture and Irrigation
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP forMeerut	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days
		Bhanu Pratap Singh (born 1935) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	14 August 1977	15 July 1979	1 year, 335 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Nathuram Mirdha (1921–1996) MP forNagaur	4 August 1979	25 October 1979	82 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
		M. V. Krishnappa (1918–1980) MP forChikballapur	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days
Minister of State for Agriculture
		R. V. Swaminathan MP forSivaganga	14 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 15 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP forRosera Minister of State, Rural Development	16 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 13 days
		Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP forBahraich	29 January 1983	7 February 1984	1 year, 9 days
		Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 276 days
			4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		Chandulal Chandrakar (1920–1995) MP forDurg	1 January 1985	27 January 1986	1 year, 26 days		Rajiv II
		K. Natwar Singh (born 1929) MP forBharatpur (Fertilizers)	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 27 days
		Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation	25 September 1985	14 February 1988	2 years, 142 days
		Ramanand Yadav (born 1927) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar Minister of State, Rural Development	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 278 days
		R. Prabhu (born 1947) MP forNilgiris	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 41 days
		Hari Krishna Shastri (1988–1989) MP forFatehpur Minister of State, Agriculture Research and Education	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
		Shyamlal Yadav (1927–2005) MP forVaranasi Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
		Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP forMangalore Minister of State, Rural Development	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP forBarh Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
		Upendra Nath Verma MP forChatra Minister of State, Rural Development	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days
		Jayantilal Shah (born 1928) MP forBanaskantha Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation	21 November 1990	25 April 1991	155 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
		Ram Bahadur Singh (1934–2006) MP forMaharajganj Minister of State, Rural Development	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days
		Mullappally Ramachandran (born 1944) MP forKannur	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		Kahnu Charan Lenka (born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP forOdisha	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days
		Arvind Netam (born 1942) MP forKanker	18 January 1993	20 February 1996	3 years, 33 days
		S. Krishna Kumar (born 1993) MP forKollam	19 February 1993	13 May 1995	2 years, 83 days
		Risaldar-major (Honorary Captain) Mohd. Ayub KhanVrC (1932–2016) MP forJhunjhunu	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
		Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP forBapatla	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Telugu Desam Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
		Samudrala Venugopal Chary (born 1959) MP forAdilabad	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Telugu Desam Party	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
		Sompal Shastri (born 1942) MP forBaghpat	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP forMadhubani	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days		Vajpayee III
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP forKishanganj Minister of State, Food Processing Industries	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days
		S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao (1921–2011) MP forRajahmundry	13 October 1999	29 September 2000	352 days
		Thounaojam Chaoba Singh (born 1937) MP forInner Manipur Minister of State, Food Processing Industries	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	1 year, 97 days
		Debendra Pradhan (born 1941) MP forDeogarh	27 May 2000	29 January 2003	2 years, 247 days
		Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP forPanaji	30 September 2000	2 November 2001	1 year, 33 days
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP forMadhubani	2 November 2001	22 May 2004	2 years, 202 days
		Kantilal Bhuria (born 1950) MP forRatlam	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962) MP forMotihari	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
		Mohammed Taslimuddin (1943–2017) MP forKishanganj	25 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 362 days
		K. V. Thomas (born 1946) MP forErnakulam	29 May 2009	19 January 2011	2 years, 51 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP forHaridwar	19 January 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 283 days
		Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974) MP forKhandwa	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
		Charan Das Mahant (born 1954) MP forKorba	12 July 2011[5]	26 May 2014	2 years, 318 days
		Tariq Anwar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	28 October 2012[6]	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Nationalist Congress Party
		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP forMuzaffarnagar	27 May 2014	27 August 2015	1 year, 92 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Mohan Kundariya (born 1951) MP forRajkot	9 November 2014	27 August 2015	291 days
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP forMuzaffarnagar	27 August 2015	3 September 2017[7]	2 years, 7 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Mohan Kundariya (born 1951) MP forRajkot	27 August 2015	5 July 2016	313 days
		S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) MP forDarjeeling	5 July 2016[8][9]	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP forLohardaga
		Parshottam Rupala (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
		Krishna Raj (born 1967) MP forShahjahanpur	3 September 2017[10]	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
		Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 1967) MP forJodhpur
		Parshottam Rupala (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
		Kailash Choudhary (born 1973) MP forBarmer	31 May 2019[11]	9 June 2024	5 years, 9 days
		Shobha Karandlaje (born 1966) MP forUdupi Chikmagalur	7 July 2021[12]	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
		Bhagirath Choudhary (born 1954) MP forAjmer	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 170 days		Modi III
		Ram Nath Thakur (born 1950) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar				Janata Dal (United)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture
		Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao (1901–1970) MP forMadras (Interim)	21 August 1950	13 May 1952	1 year, 266 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
		M. V. Krishnappa (1918–1980) MP forKolar, till 1957 MP forTumkur, from 1957	12 August 1952	17 April 1957	4 years, 256 days		Nehru II
			17 April 1957	25 April 1957			Nehru III
		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP forErnakulam	25 April 1957	10 April 1962	6 years, 210 days
			16 April 1962	21 November 1963			Nehru IV
		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP forMeerut	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 210 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP forKarad
		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP forMeerut	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
		Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP forKarad
Deputy Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
		Shyam Dhar Mishra (1919–2001) MP forMirzapur	14 February 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 27 days
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP forKopargaon	13 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 5 days		Indira II
		Daying Ering (1929–1970) MP forNEFA	18 March 1967	21 June 1970[†]	3 years, 95 days
		Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP forBayana	26 June 1970	18 March 1971	270 days	Indian National Congress (R)
		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MP forNagaland	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
		Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP forBayana	2 May 1971	22 July 1972	1 year, 81 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
		Kedar Nath Singh MP forSultanpur	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Prabhudas Patel (1914–?) MP forDabhoi	23 October 1974	14 March 1977	2 years, 142 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
		Kamla Kumari (born 1937) MP forPalamu	19 October 1980	29 January 1983	2 years, 102 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995) Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan	15 January 1982	6 September 1982	234 days

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