Cabinet Vajpayee III
The Vajpayee III cabinet was the third government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was formed after India's general election in 1999 . On October 13, 1999, the Prime Minister and his cabinet were sworn in by President KR Narayanan . Apart from individual personnel changes, the government held office for a full legislative period of five years until the 2004 parliamentary elections .
The 1999 elections were won by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a multi-party coalition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Also because many personnel claims of the coalition partners had to be taken into account, the coalition cabinet had a record number of 70 members (the prime minister, 25 cabinet ministers, 7 ministers of state with their own independent area of responsibility and 37 ministers of state without an independent area of responsibility).
Cabinet reshuffles
In the course of the legislative period, there were numerous cabinet reshuffles and restructuring:
- November 22, 1999: Cabinet reshuffle
- November 26, 1999: reorganization of responsibilities
- December 10, 1999: reorganization of responsibilities
- February 1, 2000: Minister of State Uma Bharti resigns
- February 2, 2000: reorganization of responsibilities
- March 3, 2000: Minister Nitish Kumar resigns
- March 4, 2000: Minister Naveen Patnaik resigns
- March 6, 2000: reorganization of responsibilities
- May 27, 2000: Cabinet reshuffle
- 23/24 July 2000: Resignation of Justice Minister Ram Jethmalani, reorganization of the departments
- 23 August 2000: Minister for Energy PR Kumaramangalam has passed away, Prime Minister takes over his position
- September 29, 2000: Resignation of the State Minister for Agriculture SBPBKS Rao
- September 30, 2000: Cabinet reshuffle
- November 7, 2000: Cabinet reshuffle
- March 15, 2001: Resignation of ministers Mamata Banerjee, George Fernandez and Ajit Kumar Panja as a result of the Tehelka affair
- July 22, 2001: Cabinet reshuffle
- September 1, 2001: Cabinet reshuffle
- October 15, 2001: small cabinet changes
- April 29, 2002: Ram Vilas Paswan resigns
- July 2, 2002: Cabinet reshuffle
- August 26, 2002: Cabinet reshuffle
- January 29, 2003. Major reshuffle of cabinet
Cabinet Minister
| Department | Surname | State | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister Assigned to the Prime Minister:
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Defense ( Defense ) |
George Fernandes resignation March 15, 2001 |
Bihar | JD (U) | |
|
Jaswant Singh from March 18, 2000 |
Rajasthan | BJP | ||
|
George Fernandes as of November 15, 2001 |
Bihar | JD (U) | ||
| Human resources, science and technology ( human resource development, science & technology ) |
Murli Manohar Joshi | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Minister of Railways ( Railways ) |
Mamata Banerjee resigned March 15, 2001 |
West Bengal | AITC | |
|
Nitish Kumar from March 16, 2001 |
Bihar |
SAP JD (U) |
||
| Interior ( Home Affairs ) Deputy Prime Minister ( Deputy Prime Minister ) on June 29, 2002 staff, pensions and public complaint beings ( Personnel, Pensions and Public Grievance ) January 30, 2003, prior to the Prime Minister |
Lal Krishna Advani | Gujarat | BJP | |
| Chemicals and fertilizers ( Chemicals and Fertilizers ) |
Suresh Prabhu from September 30, 2000 |
Maharashtra | SHS | |
|
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa from November 7, 2000 |
Punjab | SAD | ||
| Chhatrapal Singh Lodha | Orissa | BJP | ||
| Urban Development ( Urban development ) | Jagmohan | Delhi | BJP | |
|
Ananth Kumar from September 1, 2001 |
Karnataka | BJP | ||
| Consumer Affairs and distribution of public goods ( consumer affairs and public distribution ) |
Shanta Kumar | Himachal Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Sharad Yadav from July 1, 2002 |
Bihar | JD (U) | ||
| Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation ( Urban employment and poverty alleviation ) Youth and Sports ( Youth Affairs and Sports ) (from March 4, 2000) |
Satyanarain Jatia | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa from November 26, 1999 |
Punjab | SAD | ||
|
Uma Bharti from November 7, 2000 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
|
Vikram Verma from August 26, 2002 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Finances | Yashwant Sinha | Bihar | BJP | |
|
Jaswant Singh from July 3, 2002 |
Rajasthan | BJP | ||
| Tribal Affairs ( tribal affairs ) | Juel Oram | Orissa | BJP | |
| Road transport ( surface transport ) | Nitish Kumar | Bihar |
SAP JD (U) |
|
| Textile industry | Kashiram Rana | Gujarat | BJP | |
| Foreign minister | Jaswant Singh | Rajasthan | BJP | |
|
Yashwant Sinha from July 3, 2002 |
Bihar | BJP | ||
| Trade and Industry ( commerce & industry ) | Murasoli Maran | Tamil Nadu | DMK | |
| Justice and Corporate Affairs ( Law, Justice and Company Affairs ) |
Ram Jethmalani resigned on July 23, 2000 |
Maharashtra | independent | |
|
Arun Jaitley Cabinet Minister from 7 November 2000, previously Minister of State |
Delhi | BJP | ||
|
Jana Krishnamurthy from July 3, 2002 |
Tamil Nadu | BJP | ||
|
Arun Jaitley from January 29, 2003 |
Delhi | BJP | ||
| Energy ( Ministry of Power ) |
PR Kumaramangalam died on August 23, 2000, department afterwards assigned to the Prime Minister |
Tamil Nadu | BJP | |
|
Anant Gangaram Geete from August 26, 2002 |
Maharashtra | SHS | ||
| Rural Development ( Rural Development ) | Sunder Lal Patwa | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
|
M. Venkaiah Naidu from September 30, 2000 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | ||
|
Shanta Kumar from July 2, 2002 |
Himachal Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Oil and gas industry | Ram Naik | Maharashtra | BJP | |
| Culture, youth and sport (from February 2, 2000 also tourism; youth and sport outsourced) | Ananth Kumar | Karnataka | BJP | |
|
Bhavna Chikhalia from January 29, 2003 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| Mining (coal) and mineral resources ( Mines (Coal) and minerals ) |
Naveen Patnaik March 4, 2000 Resignation |
Orissa | BJD | |
|
PR Kumaramangalam from March 6, 2000, died on August 23, 2000 |
Tamil Nadu | BJP | ||
|
Sunder Lal Patwa from September 30, 2000 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
|
Ram Vilas Paswan from September 1, 2001 Resignation April 29, 2002 |
Bihar | LJP | ||
|
Lal Krishna Advani from July 1, 2002 to August 25, 2002 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
|
Uma Bharti from August 26, 2002 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
|
Karia Munda from January 29, 2003 |
Jharkhand | BJP | ||
| Parliament Affairs ( Parliamentary affairs ) |
Pramod Mahajan | Maharashtra | BJP | |
| Heavy industry and public enterprises ( heavy industries and public enterprises ) |
Manohar Gajanan Joshi | Maharashtra | SHS | |
|
Balasahib Vikhe Patil from July 2nd, 2002 |
Maharashtra | SHS | ||
| Environment and Forestry ( Environment and forests ) |
TR Baalu | Tamil Nadu | DMK | |
|
Dilip Singh Judeo from January 29, 2003 |
Chhattisgarh | BJP | ||
| Communication and information technology |
Ram Vilas Paswan | Bihar | JD (U) | |
|
Pramod Mahajan from September 1, 2001 |
Maharashtra | BJP | ||
|
Arun Shourie from January 29, 2003 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Civil aviation | Sharad Yadav | Bihar | JD (U) | |
|
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain from September 1, 2001 |
Delhi | BJP | ||
| Real estate and property management ( Works and Estates ) |
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa from November 22, 1999 |
Punjab | SAD | |
| Road transport ( surface transport ) |
Rajnath Singh as of November 22, 1999 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Water resources |
CP Thakur from November 22, 1999 |
Bihar | BJP | |
|
Arjun Charan Sethi from May 27, 2000 |
Orissa | BJD | ||
| Agriculture ( Agriculture ) |
Nitish Kumar Resigned March 3, 2000, returned to office on May 27, 2000 |
Bihar |
SAP JD (U) |
|
|
Sunder Lal Patwa from March 6, 2000 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
|
Ajit Singh from July 22, 2001 |
Uttar Pradesh | RLD | ||
| Information and Broadcasting ( Information and Broadcasting ) |
Sushma Swaraj from September 30, 2000 |
Haryana | BJP | |
| Navigation ( Shipping ) |
Arun Jaitley from November 7, 2000 |
Delhi | BJP | |
|
Ved Prakash Goyal from September 1, 2001 |
Haryana (?) | BJP | ||
|
Shatrughan Sinha from January 29, 2003 |
Bihar | BJP | ||
| Work and Social Justice ( Labor and Social Justice ) |
Satyanarayan Jatiya from September 1, 2001 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Sharad Yadav from September 1, 2001 |
Bihar | JD (U) | ||
|
Sahib Singh Verma from July 2, 2002 |
Delhi | BJP | ||
| Health, Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs ( Health, Family Welfare & Parliamentary Affairs ) |
Sushma Swaraj from January 29, 2003 |
Haryana | BJP | |
Minister of State with his own independent area of responsibility
| Office | Surname | State | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social justice and empowerment ( social justice and empowerment ) |
Maneka Gandhi sacked July 2, 2002 |
Uttar Pradesh | independent | |
| Non-conventional energies | M. Kannappan | Delhi | MDMK | |
| Information and Broadcasting ( Information and Broadcasting ) |
Arun Jaitley | Delhi | BJP | |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Bihar | BJP | ||
| tourism |
Uma Bharti resigned February 1, 2000, then merged |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Vinod Khanna from July 2, 2002 |
Punjab | BJP | ||
| Small industries ( Small-scale industries ) | Vasundhara Raje Scindia | Rajasthan | BJP | |
| Sanga Priya Gautam from January 29, 2003 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Health and Family Welfare ( Health and family welfare ) |
NT Shanmugam | Delhi | PMK | |
|
CP Thakur from May 27, 2000 |
Bihar | BJP | ||
|
Vallabhbhai Kathiria from January 29, 2003 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| Steel industry | Dilip Ray | Orissa | BJD | |
|
Braj Kishore Tripathi from May 27, 2000 |
Orissa | BJD | ||
| Department of disinvestment (privatization) ( Department of Disinvestment ) |
Arun Jaitley December 10, 1999 |
Delhi | BJP | |
|
Arun Shourie from July 24, 2000 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Coal and mines |
NT Shanmugam as of May 27, 2000 |
Delhi | PMK | |
|
Uma Bharti from August 26, 2002 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Law, Justice and Company Affairs ( Law, Justice and Company Affairs ) |
Arun Jaitley from July 24, 2000 to November 7, 2000, then cabinet minister |
Delhi | BJP | |
| Road Transport and Highways ( Road Transport and Highways ) |
BC Khanduri from November 7, 2000 |
Uttarakhand | BJP | |
| Department of the Northeast Region ( Department of North Eastern Region ) |
Arun Shourie from September 1, 2001 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
|
CP Thakur from January 29, 2003 |
Bihar | BJP | ||
Minister of State without his own independent area of responsibility
These state secretaries corresponded to the area of responsibility.
| Office | Surname | State | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemicals and fertilizers ( Chemicals and Fertilizers ) |
Ramesh Bais | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
| Satyabrata Mukherjee from September 30, 2000 |
West Bengal | BJP | ||
| Water resources ( Water resources ) | Bijoya Chakravarty | Assam | BJP | |
| Parliament Affairs ( Parliamentary affairs ) |
Shriram Chauhan | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Bhavna Chikhalia from January 29, 2003 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| Urban Development ( Urban development ) | Bandaru Dattatreya | Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
| Human resource development ( human resource development ) |
Jaisinghrao Gaekwad Patil | Maharashtra | BJP | |
|
Jaskaur Meena from January 29, 2003 |
Rajasthan | BJP | ||
| Science and Technology ( Science and technology ) |
Santosh gangwar | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Civil aviation | Chaman Lal Gupta | Jammu and Kashmir | BJP | |
| Heavy industry and public enterprises ( Heavy industries & public enterprises ) |
Vallabhbhai Kathiriya | Gujarat | BJP | |
| Parliament Affairs ( Parliamentary affairs ) | Faggan Singh Kulaste | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
| Vijay Goel from January 29, 2003 |
Delhi | BJP | ||
| Finances | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Karnataka | BJP | |
|
Anant Gangaram Geete from July 2nd, 2002 |
Maharashtra | SHS | ||
|
Anand V. Adsul from August 26, 2002 |
Maharashtra | SHS | ||
| Planning and program implementation ( Planning and program implementation ) |
Bangaru Laxman moved to the Ministry of Railways in November 1999 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
| Railways ( Railways ) |
Bangaru Laxman resigned August 2000 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
| Human resource development ( human resource development ) |
Sumitra Mahajan | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
| Ashok Kumar Pradhan from January 29, 2003 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Rural Development ( Rural development ) | Subhash Maharia | Rajasthan | BJP | |
| Environment and forests | Babulal Marandi resigned November 7, 2000 |
Bihar | BJP | |
| energy | Jaywanti Mehta | Maharashtra | BJP | |
|
Suresh Prabhu from September 30, 2000, resigned August 24, 2002 |
Maharashtra | SHS | ||
| Work and employment | Munni Lal sacked July 2, 2002 |
Bihar | BJP | |
| Trade and Industry ( Commerce & Industries ) | Omar Abdullah | Jammu and Kashmir | JKNC | |
| Digvijay Singh from July 22, 2001 |
Bihar | JD (U) | ||
| Foreign | Ajit Kumar Panja resigned March 15, 2001 |
West Bengal | AITC | |
| Digvijay Singh from July 2, 2002 |
Bihar | JD (U) | ||
|
Vinod Khanna from January 29, 2003 |
Punjab | BJP | ||
| Defense ( Defense ) | Harin Pathak | Gujarat | BJP | |
| U. Venkata Krishnam Raju from July 22, 2001 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Harin Pathak from November 15, 2001 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| O. Rajagopal |
Madhya Pradesh from January 29, 2003 |
BJP | ||
| Road transport ( surface transport ) | Devendra Pradhan | Orissa | BJP | |
| oil | E. Ponnuswami | Tamil Nadu | PMK | |
| Santosh Gangwar from January 29, 2003 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Rural Development ( Rural development ) | A. Raja | Tamil Nadu | DMK | |
| Justice, Corporate Affairs ( Law, Justice & company affairs ) |
O. Rajagopal | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
| Trade and Industry ( Commerce and Industries ) | Raman Singh | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
|
C. Vidyasagar Rao from January 29, 2003 |
Maharashtra | BJP | ||
| Textile industry | N. Ginjee Ramachandran | Tamil Nadu | MDMK | |
| Interior | C. Vidyasagar Rao | Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
| Agriculture | SBPPK Satyanarayana Rao's resignation September 29, 2000 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Shripad Yesso Naik from September 30, 2000 |
Goa | BJP | ||
| defense | Bachi Singh Rawat | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Food processing ( food processing ) | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | Bihar | BJP | |
| communication | Tapan Sikdar | West Bengal | BJP | |
| Railway system | Digvijay Singh | Bihar | JD (U) | |
| AK Moorthy from July 2nd, 2002 |
Tamil Nadu | PMK | ||
| Culture, youth and sport | TH Chaoba Singh | Manipur | MSCP | |
| Pon Radhakrishnan from September 30, 2000 |
Tamil Nadu | BJP | ||
| Consumer Affairs and distribution of public goods ( consumer affairs and public distribution ) |
V. Sreenivasa Prasad | Karnataka | JD (U) | |
| Interior | ID Swami | Haryana | BJP | |
| Harin Pathak from January 29, 2003 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| Mining and mineral resources ( Mines and minerals ) |
Rita Verma | Bihar | BJP | |
| Ramesh Bais Shipping, as of January 29, 2003 |
Chhattisgarh | BJP | ||
| Finances | Eknath Vikhe Patil | Maharashtra | SHS | |
| Agriculture Shipping from November 7th, 2000 |
Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav | Bihar | BJP | |
|
Dilipkumar Gandhi Shipping, as of January 29, 2003 |
Gujarat | BJP | ||
| Planning, statistics, program implementation ( Planning, Statistics, Program Implementation ), and Department of Administrative Reforms, public complaint system and Pensions ( Department of Administrative Reforms, Public Grievances and Pensions ) |
Arun Shourie from November 22, 1999 |
Uttar Pradesh | BJP | |
| Foreign | U. Venkata Krishnam Raju from September 30, 2000 |
Andhra Pradesh | BJP | |
|
Omar Abdullah from July 22, 2001 |
Jammu and Kashmir | JKNC | ||
| Information technology and communication ( IT and communication ) |
Sumitra Mahajan from July 2, 2002 |
Madhya Pradesh | BJP | |
Web links
Commons : Union Council of Ministers of India - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
- Horst Mund and Klaus Voll: India 1999: the prospects after the elections , Bonn, 1999. Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- The Union Council of Ministers. rediff.com, October 13, 1999, accessed on August 24, 2014 (composition of the cabinet at first presentation).
- Council of Ministers. September 8, 2003, accessed on August 24, 2014 (Cabinet composition on September 8, 2003).
- Vajpayee Cabinet and Ministry - 1999-2004. guide-india.blogspot.de, May 11, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 (English, terms of office of ministers).
Individual evidence
- ^ The Union Council of Ministers. rediff.com, October 13, 1999, accessed August 24, 2014 .
- ^ Council of Ministers. September 8, 2003, accessed on August 24, 2014 (Cabinet composition on September 8, 2003).
- ^ Vajpayee Cabinet and Ministry - 1999-2004. guide-india.blogspot.de, May 11, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 (English, terms of office of ministers).
- ↑ 3 new Cabinet ministers sworn in: Five Ministers of State also inducted into Vajpayee's ministry. The Tribune Online Edition, May 24, 2003, accessed August 24, 2014 .
- ^ Tara Shankar Sahay: Shourie, Hussain get a promotion in cabinet expansion. rediff.com, September 1, 2001, accessed November 2, 2014 .
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 2000). (No longer available online.) Parliamentofindia.nic.in, archived from the original on November 10, 2014 ; accessed on November 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (1 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2000). (No longer available online.) Parliamentofindia.nic.in, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Harish Khare: Nitish back in Cabinet, BJD gets two berths. The Hindu, May 28, 2000, accessed November 3, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (1 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2000). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on November 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Uma Bharti back; Jaitley elevated. The Hindu, November 8, 2000, accessed November 6, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Girja Shankar Kaura: Resignations of George, Mamata, Panja accepted, Trinamool withdraws support; Jaya Jaitley steps down as Samata chief. The Tribune, March 16, 2001, accessed November 21, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d e Ajit Singh inducted into Union Cabinet - Omar shifted to External Affairs. The Hindu, July 23, 2001, accessed November 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Cabinet reshuffle: NDA allies lose key portfolios. (No longer available online.) Teleradproviders.com, September 3, 2001, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 18, 2014 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c A reshuffle and ruffled feathers. Frontline, September 28, 2001, accessed November 22, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Tara Shankar Sahay: Vajpayee brings George back despite Tehelka scandal. rediff.com, October 15, 2001, accessed November 20, 2014 .
- ↑ a b T. R. Ramachandran: Paswan quits, parts ways with NDA. The Tribune, April 30, 2002, accessed November 22, 2014 .
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- ↑ a b c d e f Vajpayee reshuffles Union Cabinet. rediff.com, August 26, 2002, accessed November 21, 2014 .
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- ↑ Detailed Profile: Shri Sharad Yadav. Retrieved October 18, 2015 (English, information from the Lok Sabha website).
- ↑ a b Coal for Uma Bharti in reshuffle. The Hindu, August 27, 2002, accessed October 24, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Shri Arun Jaitley. (PDF) Institute of Management Affairs, accessed October 24, 2015 .
- ^ Jana assumes office as Law Minister. (PDF) The Hindu Business line, July 4, 2002, accessed October 24, 2015 .
- ^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofiles: Advani, Shri Lal Krishna. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 5, 2016 ; accessed on October 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Former Ministers. (No longer available online.) Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY): Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; accessed on November 18, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Syed Amin Jafri: A mild-mannered, non-controversial dalit leader. rediff.com, August 2, 2000, accessed November 21, 2014 .
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