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Government ministry of India

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Agency overview
Branch of Government of India
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shastri Bhawan, C-Wing, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi
Annual budget	₹6,908 crore (US$820 million)(2017–18 est.)^[1]
Ministers responsible	Virendra Kumar Khatik, Cabinet Minister Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State B. L. Verma, Minister of State
Website	socialjustice.gov.in सामाजिकन्यायऔरअधिकारितामंत्रालय.सरकार.भारत

TheMinistry of Social Justice and Empowermentis aGovernment of India ministry. It is responsible forwelfare,social justice andempowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, includingscheduled castes (SC),Other Backward Classes (OBC),LGBT people, thedisabled, theelderly, and the victims ofdrug abuse. It also helps in the enforcement of legislation with regards to these marginalized groups to better enforce anti-discrimination policies.^[2]

The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment holdscabinet rank as a member of theCouncil of Ministers. The current minister isVirendra Kumar, who is assisted by two ministers of state,Ramdas Athawale andB. L. Verma.

History

In 1985–1986, the former Ministry of Welfare was divided into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. At the same time, the Departments of Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare of theMinistry of Home Affairs and the Department ofWakf of theMinistry of Law were separated from those ministry to form the new Ministry of Welfare.

The Ministry of Welfare was renamed as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in May 1998. In October 1999, the Department of Tribal Development was separated to form the new and independentMinistry of Tribal Affairs. In May 2004 following the formation of theFirst Manmohan Singh ministry, the Department of Women and Child Development was separated to form an independent ministry to be known as theMinistry of Women and Child Development, while in January 2006, the Departments of Minorities Welfare and the Wakf were separated to form theMinistry of Minority Affairs. To propagate the ideologies and philosophy ofBabu Jagjivan Ram, the Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation has been set up by the Ministry.^[3]

In 2012, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched Oblindia, an online library for visually impaired college students. At launch, the library included 12,000 books in 10 languages.^[4]

Organisation

The ministry has fivebureaus, each headed by a Joint Secretary: Scheduled Castes Development Bureau; Backward Classes Bureau Coordination, Media, Administration; Disability Bureau; Social Defense (SD) Bureau; and Project, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring Bureau.

Statutory Bodies
- Office of theChief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi
- National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities
- Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
- Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC)
Commissions
Adjunct Body
- National Board of Examination in Rehabilitation
National Institutes
- Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped,Mumbai (AYJNIHH)
- Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped,New Delhi (formerlyInstitute for the Physically Handicapped (IPH))
- National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities,Kolkata
- National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities,Secunderabad
- National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIVH), Dehradun
- Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research,Cuttack (NIRTAR)
- National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai
- Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC)
- National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)
- Atal Bihari Training centre for Disability Sports, Gwalior, Madhaya Pradesh
Public sector undertakings
Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities (CRCs)
Public Private Partnership
- Indian Spinal Injury Centre

Think Tank

Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi

Legislation

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007

Cabinet Ministers

Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)

No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Social Security
1		Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP forBikramganj (MoS)	9 June 1964	13 June 1964	4 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
2		Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West	13 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 212 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
2		Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	1 year, 212 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Social Welfare
3		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP forGuntur (MoS)	24 January 1966	25 March 1966	60 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
4		Asoka Mehta (1911–1984) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra, until 1967 MP forBhandara	25 March 1966	13 March 1967	2 years, 150 days		Indira I
4			13 March 1967	22 August 1968	2 years, 150 days		Indira II
5		Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970) MP forMukundapuram	22 August 1968	23 May 1970	1 year, 274 days
6		Kengal Hanumanthaiah (1908–1980) MP forBangalore City	26 May 1970	18 March 1971	296 days	Indian National Congress (R)
7		Siddhartha Shankar Ray (1920–2010) MP forRaiganj	18 March 1971	20 March 1972	1 year, 2 days		Indira III
8		Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh (MoS, I/C)	24 March 1972	24 March 1977	5 years, 0 days		Indira III
9		Pratap Chandra Chunder (1919–2008) MP forCalcutta North East	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 126 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
10		Karan Singh (born 1931) MP forUdhampur	28 July 1979	19 August 1979	22 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan		Charan Singh
11		Sathiavani Muthu (1923–1999) Rajya Sabha MP forTamil Nadu	19 August 1979	23 December 1979	126 days	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Charan		Charan Singh
12		Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MP forNanded	19 October 1980	8 August 1981	293 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
13		Sheila Kaul (1915–2015) MP forLucknow (MoS, I/C)	8 August 1981	31 October 1984	3 years, 140 days		Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
13		Sheila Kaul (1915–2015) MP forLucknow (MoS, I/C)	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	3 years, 140 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Women and Social Welfare
14		Maragatham Chandrasekar (1917–2001) MP forSriperumbudur (MoS, I/C)	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
15		Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925–1999) MP forSitapur (MoS, I/C)	25 September 1985	2 December 1989	4 years, 68 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Welfare
16		Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP forHajipur	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	1 year, 4 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
–		Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP forBallia (Prime Minister)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
17		Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 330 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
18		Kariya Munda (born 1936) MP forKhunti	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
19		Balwant Singh Ramoowalia (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 291 days	Independent	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
19			21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 291 days		Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
20		Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP forPilibhit (MoS, I/C)	19 March 1998	23 May 1998	65 days		Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
21		Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP forPilibhit (MoS, I/C)	23 May 1998	13 October 1999	3 years, 101 days	Independent	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
21		Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP forPilibhit (MoS, I/C)	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	3 years, 101 days	Independent	Vajpayee III
22		Satyanarayan Jatiya (born 1946) MP forUjjain	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	2 years, 264 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III
23		Meira Kumar (born 1945) MP forSasaram	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
24		Mukul Wasnik (born 1959) MP forRamtek	28 May 2009	27 October 2012	3 years, 152 days		Manmohan II
26		Selja Kumari (born 1962) MP forAmbala	28 October 2012	28 January 2014	1 year, 92 days
27		Mallikarjun Kharge (born 1941) MP forGulbarga	28 January 2014	26 May 2014	118 days
28		Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	27 May 2014	30 May 2019	7 years, 41 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
28			31 May 2019	7 July 2021	7 years, 41 days		Modi II
29		Virendra Kumar Khatik (born 1954) MP forTikamgarh	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	4 years, 142 days		Modi II
29		Virendra Kumar Khatik (born 1954) MP forTikamgarh	10 June 2024	Incumbent	4 years, 142 days		Modi III

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State of Social Security
1		Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis (1908–1976) MP forBhandara	29 October 1965	11 January 1966	74 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State of Social Welfare
2		Phulrenu Guha (1912–2006) Rajya Sabha MP forWest Bengal	13 March 1967	26 June 1970	3 years, 105 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
3		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP forGuntur	18 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 333 days	Indian National Congress
4		Jagannath Rao MP forChatrapur	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days	Indian National Congress (R)

5		Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	4 October 1971	24 March 1972	172 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III

6		Dhanna Singh Gulshan MP forBathinda	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
7		Renuka Devi Barkataki (1932–2017) MP forGauhati	16 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 346 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
8		Rashida Haque Choudhury MP forSilchar	30 July 1979	24 August 1979	25 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan		Charan Singh

9		Sheila Kaul (1915–2015) MP forLucknow	19 October 1980	8 August 1981	293 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Welfare
10		Aslam Sher Khan (born 1953) MP forBetul	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
11		Satyabrata Mookherjee (1932–2023) MP forKrishnanagar	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12		Sanjay Paswan (born 1962) MP forNawada	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	115 days
13		Kailash Chandra Meghwal (born 1934) MP forTonk	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
14		Nagmani (born 1953) MP forChatra	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
15		Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan (born 1947) MP forTiruchengode	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
16		Napoleon (born 1963) MP forPerambalur	28 May 2009	20 March 2013	3 years, 296 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan II
17		Porika Balram Naik (born 1964) MP forMahabubabad	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress
18		Manikrao Hodlya Gavit (1934–2022) MP forNandurbar	17 June 2013	26 May 2014	343 days	Indian National Congress
19		Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP forLohardaga	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
20		Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP forFaridabad	9 November 2014	30 May 2019	4 years, 202 days
21		Vijay Sampla (born 1961) MP forHoshiarpur	9 November 2014	30 May 2019	4 years, 202 days
22		Ramdas Athawale (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days	Republican Party of India (Athawale)
(20)		Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP forFaridabad	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II
(22)		Ramdas Athawale (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	31 May 2019	9 June 2024	5 years, 9 days	Republican Party of India (Athawale)
23		Rattan Lal Kataria (1951–2023) MP forAmbala	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
24		A. Narayanaswamy (born 1957) MP forChitradurga	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
25		Pratima Bhoumik (born 1969) MP forTripura West	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
(22)		Ramdas Athawale (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	11 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 168 days	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	Modi III
26		B. L. Verma (born 1961) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	11 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 168 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi III

References

^"Budget data"(PDF).www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved15 September 2018.
^"Subjects Allocated : Department of Social Justice and Empowerment - Government of India".socialjustice.nic.in. Retrieved25 October 2021.
^"A brief on Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 19 June 2009.
^"India's First Online Braille Library Launched". 5 January 2012. Retrieved23 March 2019.

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