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Minister of Communications
Sañcār Mantrī
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Incumbent Jyotiraditya Scindia since 10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Ministry of Communications
Member of	Cabinet of India
Reports to	Prime Minister of India Parliament of India
Appointer	President of India on the recommendation of thePrime Minister of India
Formation	1947 (1947) (as Ministry of Communications) 5 July 2016 (2016-07-05) (current form)
First holder	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

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Theminister of communications (Hindi:संचार मंत्री) is the head of theMinistry of Communications and a senior 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.

The current minister isJyotiraditya Scindia who has been serving in office since 10 June 2024 and is currently assisted byDr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani as the minister of state for communications.

One former president -Shankar Dayal Sharma served as minister in the ministry. Sharma was Cabinet minister for communications from 1974 until 1977. Two former prime ministers,Lal Bahadur Shastri andInder Kumar Gujral also served as ministers in the ministry. Shastri was Cabinet minister for transport and communications from 1957 until 1958, while Gujral was minister of state for communications from 1967 until 1971.

History

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TheMinistry of Communications came into existence soon after India's independence in theFirst Nehru ministry formed on 15 August 1947.Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was appointed as the first minister of communications and served until 1951. The ministry was merged with theMinistry of Transport to form the"Ministry of Transport and Communications" on 17 April 1957 in theThird Nehru ministry.Lal Bahadur Shastri was appointed as the minister in the newly-formed ministry. The ministry was bifurcated on 31 August 1963 into the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The"Department of Posts and Telegraphs" became the Ministry of Communications on 13 May 1964.

On 22 December 2001, the Ministry of Communications and theMinistry of Information Technology were merged to form theMinistry of Communications and Information Technology.^[1] The ministry was further bifurcated on 5 July 2016 into the Ministry of Communications and theMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology. The two ministries have since then existed independently.

Agencies

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Cabinet ministers

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Communications (1947–1957) [edit]
	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894–1954)	15 August 1947	2 August 1951	3 years, 352 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
	Amrit Kaur (1887–1964)	2 August 1951	13 May 1952	285 days		Nehru I
	Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP forShahabad South	13 May 1952	7 December 1956	4 years, 208 days		Nehru II
	Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP forJaipur–Sawai Madhopur (Minister of State)	7 December 1956	17 April 1957	131 days		Nehru II
Ministry disestablished during this interval^[a]
Minister of Posts and Telegraph (1963–1964) [edit]
	Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West	1 September 1963	13 May 1964	255 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Communications (1964–2001) [edit]
	Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West	13 May 1964	27 May 1964	31 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
		27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
		9 June 1964	13 June 1964			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
	Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP forSamastipur	13 June 1964	11 January 1966	2 years, 273 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
		24 January 1966	13 March 1967			Indira I		Indira Gandhi
	Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP forBuxar	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days		Indira II
	Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP forDarbhanga	14 February 1969	8 March 1971	2 years, 22 days	Indian National Congress (R)
	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forRaebareli (Prime Minister)	8 March 1971	18 March 1971	10 days
	Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP forRohtak (Minister of State)	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	45 days		Indira III
	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (1919–1989) MP forAllahabad (Minister of State)	2 May 1971	8 November 1973	2 years, 190 days
	Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP forBharatpur	8 November 1973	11 January 1974	64 days
	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh	11 January 1974	10 October 1974	272 days
	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) MP forBhopal	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 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
	Parkash Singh Badal (1927–2023) MP forFaridkot	26 March 1977	27 March 1977	1 day	Shiromani Akali Dal
	George Fernandes (1930–2019) MP forMuzaffarpur	27 March 1977	6 July 1977	101 days	Janata Party
	Brij Lal Varma (1916–1987) MP forMahasamund	6 July 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 22 days	Janata Party
	Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP forBaghpat (Prime Minister)	28 July 1979	30 July 1979	2 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
	Zulfiquarullah MP forSultanpur (Minister of State)	30 July 1979	27 November 1979	120 days
	Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP forBaghpat (Prime Minister)	27 November 1979	7 December 1979	10 days
	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra (1920–2004) MP forBegusarai	7 December 1979	14 January 1980	38 days
	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forMedak (Prime Minister)	14 January 1980	16 January 1980	2 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	16 January 1980	3 March 1980	47 days
	C. M. Stephen (1918–1984) MP forGulbarga	3 March 1980	2 September 1982	2 years, 183 days
	Anant Sharma (1919–1988) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	2 September 1982	14 February 1983	165 days
	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forMedak (Prime Minister)	14 February 1983	31 October 1984 (died in office)	1 year, 260 days
	Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP forAmethi (Prime Minister)	31 October 1984	4 November 1984	4 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
	Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP forBarmer	31 December 1984	22 October 1986	1 year, 295 days		Rajiv II
	Arjun Singh (1930–2011) MP forSouth Delhi	22 October 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 115 days
	Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP forWardha	14 February 1988	25 June 1988	132 days
	Bir Bahadur Singh (1935–1989) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	25 June 1988	30 May 1989 (died in office)	339 days
	Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP forAmethi (Prime Minister)	31 May 1989	4 July 1989	34 days
	Giridhar Gamang (born 1943) MP forKoraput (Minister of State, I/C)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP forFatehpur (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	6 December 1989	4 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	K. P. Unnikrishnan (born 1936) MP forVatakara	6 December 1989	23 April 1990	138 days
	Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP forAllahabad (Minister of State, I/C)	23 April 1990	5 November 1990	196 days
	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP forFatehpur (Prime Minister)	6 November 1990	10 November 1990	4 days
	Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP forBallia (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 November 1990	11 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	Sanjaya Sinh (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh (Minister of State, I/C)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	Rajesh Pilot (1945–2000) MP forDausa (Minister of State, I/C)	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Sukh Ram (1927–2022) MP forMandi (Minister of State, I/C)	18 January 1993	16 May 1996	3 years, 119 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (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
	Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP forKaiserganj (Minister of State, I/C until 10 July 1996)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 263 days	Samajwadi Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
		21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 263 days	Samajwadi Party	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
	Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP forJalore	19 March 1998	20 April 1998	32 days	Independent	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) MP forSouth Delhi	20 April 1998	11 October 1998	174 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	11 October 1998	5 December 1998	55 days
	Jagmohan (1927–2021) MP forNew Delhi	5 December 1998	8 June 1999	185 days
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	8 June 1999	13 October 1999	127 days
	Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP forHajipur	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	1 year, 323 days	Janata Dal (United)	Vajpayee III
	Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP forHajipur	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	1 year, 323 days	Lok Janshakti Party
	Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	1 September 2001	22 December 2001	112 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Communications and Information Technology (2001–2016) [edit]
	Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	22 December 2001	29 January 2003	1 year, 38 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Arun Shourie (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Dayanidhi Maran (born 1966) MP forChennai Central	23 May 2004	15 May 2007	2 years, 357 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	A. Raja (born 1963) MP forPerambalur	15 May 2007	22 May 2009	2 years, 7 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I
	Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister)	22 May 2009	28 May 2009	6 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
	A. Raja (born 1963) MP forNilgiris	28 May 2009	15 November 2010	1 year, 171 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	Kapil Sibal (born 1948) MP forChandni Chowk	15 November 2010	26 May 2014	3 years, 192 days	Indian National Congress
	Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	27 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 39 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
Minister of Communications (2016–present) [edit]
	Manoj Sinha (born 1959) MP forGhazipur (Minister of State, I/C)	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) MP forPatna Sahib	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
	Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 1970) Rajya Sabha MP forOdisha	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days		Modi II
	Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP forGuna	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 167 days		Modi III

^The ministry's competences were transferred to theMinistry of Transport and Communications.

Ministers of state

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State of Communications
	Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP forJaipur–Sawai Madhopur	14 February 1956	7 December 1956	297 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
Ministry disestablished during this interval
Minister of State of Communications
	Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP forChatrapur	14 February 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 27 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
	Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP forPunjab	18 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 0 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II
	Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP forPunjab	18 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 0 days	Indian National Congress (R)
	Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP forRohtak	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days	Indian National Congress (R)

	Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP forRohtak	12 January 1974	10 October 1974	271 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III

	Narhari Prasad Sai (1929–1999) MP forRaigarh	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
	Narsingh Yadav MP forChandauli	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
	Tukaram Shrangare (1937–2011) MP forOsmanabad	31 July 1979	14 January 1980	167 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh

	Kartik Oraon (1924–1981) MP forLohardaga	8 June 1980	8 December 1981 (died in office)	1 year, 183 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi

	Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	15 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 14 days
	Vitthalrao Gadgil (1928–2001) MP forPune	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 332 days
	Vitthalrao Gadgil (1928–2001) MP forPune	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	1 year, 332 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi

	Giridhar Gamang (born 1943) MP forKoraput	25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II

	Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP forKaiserganj	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Samajwadi Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda

	Kabindra Purkayastha (born 1931) MP forSilchar	20 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 207 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Tapan Sikdar (1944–2014) MP forDum Dum	13 October 1999	22 December 2001	2 years, 70 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology
	Tapan Sikdar (1944–2014) MP forDum Dum	22 December 2001	1 July 2002	191 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943) MP forIndore	1 July 2002	24 May 2003	327 days
	Sanjay Paswan (born 1962) MP forNawada	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days
	Su. Thirunavukkarasar (born 1949) MP forPudukkottai	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
	Ashok Kumar Pradhan (born 1953) MP forKhurja	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
	Shakeel Ahmad (born 1956) MP forMadhubani	23 May 2004	6 April 2008	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP forGuna	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days		Manmohan I
	Gurudas Kamat (1954–2018) MP forMumbai North West	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
	Sachin Pilot (born 1977) MP forDausa	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days
	Gurudas Kamat (1954–2018) MP forMumbai North West	21 January 2011	12 July 2011	172 days
	Milind Deora (born 1976) MP forMumbai South	12 July 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 318 days
	Killi Krupa Rani (born 1965) MP forSrikakulam	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days
Minister of State of Communications
	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 1959) MP forAkola	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
	Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan (born 1964) MP forKheda	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II
	Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (born 1976) MP forGuntur	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 169 days	Telugu Desam Party	Modi III

Deputy ministers

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Deputy Minister of Communications
	Khurshed Lal (1903–1951) MCA forUnited Provinces	1 October 1948	29 January 1951	2 years, 120 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
	Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MCA forRajputana MP forJaipur–Sawai Madhopur	29 January 1951	13 May 1952	1 year, 105 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I

	Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MCA forRajputana MP forJaipur–Sawai Madhopur	4 June 1952	14 February 1956	3 years, 255 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II
Deputy Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (1905–1997) MP forTezpur	1 September 1963	13 May 1964	255 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of Communications
	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (1905–1997) MP forTezpur	13 May 1964	27 May 1964	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
		27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
		15 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
	Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP forMahasamund	24 January 1966	14 February 1966	21 days		Indira I		Indira Gandhi

	Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP forBayana	22 July 1972	23 December 1976	4 years, 154 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
	Balgovind Verma (1923–1980) MP forKheri	23 December 1976	24 March 1977	91 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III

	Vijaykumar Naval Patil (born 1942) MP forDhule	19 October 1980	31 October 1984	4 years, 68 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Vijaykumar Naval Patil (born 1942) MP forDhule	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	4 years, 68 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi

	Jai Parkash (born 1954) MP forHisar	7 December 1990	21 June 1991	196 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	P. V. Rangayya Naidu (born 1933) MP forKhammam	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao

References

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^Cabinet Secretariat (21 December 2001)."Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology"(PDF).

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