Deve Gowda ministry

This article is about the Union Council of Ministers by Deve Gowda. For the Karnataka Council of Ministers headed by Deve Gowda, see Deve Gowda ministry (Karnataka).

H. D. Deve Gowda ministry
15th ministry of the Republic of India
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
Date formed	1 June 1996
Date dissolved	21 April 1997
People and organisations
Head of state	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Head of government	H. D. Deve Gowda
Member party	Janata Dal (United Front) (supported by Indian National Congress 140/543 MPs)
Status in legislature	Coalition 305 / 543 (56%)
Opposition leader	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
History
Legislature term(s)	10 months and 20 days
Predecessor	First Vajpayee ministry
Successor	I. K. Gujral ministry

H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Home Affairs	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Indrajit Gupta	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		CPI
Minister of Finance	P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of External Affairs	I. K. Gujral	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Defence	Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP
Minister of Agriculture	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Chaturanan Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		CPI
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Labour	Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		Independent
	M. Arunachalam	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TMC(M)
Minister of Industry	Murasoli Maran	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of Commerce	Devendra Prasad Yadav	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP
Minister of Textiles	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	R. L. Jalappa	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Law and Justice	P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TMC(M)
	Ramakant Khalap MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		MGP
Minister of Information & Broadcasting	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Srikant Kumar Jena	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Education	S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Health and Family Welfare	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
Minister of Road Transport & Highways	T. G. Venkatraman	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		DMK
Minister of Railways	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Civil Aviation	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Rural Development	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		TDP
Minister of Urban Development	M. Arunachalam	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		TMC(M)
	H. D. Deve Gowda	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Communications	Beni Prasad Verma	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP
Minister of Water Resources	I. K. Gujral	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Janeshwar Mishra	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		SP
Minister of Coal	S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Kanti Singh MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Mines Minister of Steel	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Birendra Prasad Baishya	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		AGP
Minister of Environment and Forests	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 February 1997		JD
	Saifuddin Soz	21 February 1997	21 April 1997		JKNC
Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 February 1997		JD
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad MOS, (I/C)	21 February 1997	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Sis Ram Ola MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		AIIC(T)
Minister of Welfare	Balwant Singh Ramoowalia	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		Independent
Minister of Tourism	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Srikant Kumar Jena MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		JD
Minister of Science & Technology	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		JD
	Yoginder K Alagh MOS, (I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997		Independent
Minister of Food Processing Industries	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	6 July 1996		JD
	Dilip Ray MOS, (I/C)	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		JD

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Ministry	Party
Ministry of Human Resource Development	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		TMC(M)
Ministry of Home Affairs	Mohammed Maqbool Dar		JD
Ministry of Defence	N. V. N. Somu		DMK
Ministry of Railways	Satpal Maharaj		JD
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.	S. R. Balasubramaniam		DMK
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.	T. R. Baalu		DMK

• R. Dhanuskodi Athithan, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• M. P. Veerendra Kumar Ministry of Finance
• Mohammed Maqbool Dar, Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Muhi Ram Saikia, Department of Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• N. V. N. Somu, Ministry of Defence.
• Satpal Maharaj, Ministry of Railways.
• S. R. Balasubramaniam, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
• T. R. Baalu, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

External links

• Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda: The Gain and the Pain : (a Biographical Study)