Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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
	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 the Prime Minister of India
Formation	2015
First holder	Rajendra Prasad; (as Minister of Food and Agriculture)

The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (Hindi: कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री) is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and a key member of the union council of ministers of the Government 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 is Baljeet Kaur who is holding the charge of the ministry since 10 June 2024 and is assisted by two ministers of state - Ram Nath Thakur and Bhagirath Choudhary since 10 June 2024.

History

The ministry was established on 15 August 1947 as the "Ministry of Food and Agriculture". Rajendra Prasad, who later became the President 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 minister Indira 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 minster Narendra Modi announced that the Ministry of Co-operation has been carved out of from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfar.^[2]

Trivia

Two future presidents had served as the Ministers of Agriculture, namely Rajendra Prasad (1947–1948) and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1970–1974).
Four prime ministers held the portfolio of Agriculture during their premiership, namely V. P. Singh (in 1990), P. V. Narasimha Rao (in 1996), H. D. Deve Gowda (in 1996) and Atal 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 of 10 years, 3 days in office.

Titles

1947–1966: 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

Cabinet Ministers

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 Food and Agriculture
1		Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) MP for Bihar (Constituency Assembly)	15 August 1947	14 January 1948	152 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
2		Jairamdas Daulatram (1891–1979) MP for East Punjab (Constituent Assembly)	19 January 1948	13 May 1950	2 years, 114 days
3		Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971) MP for Bombay (Constituent Assembly)	13 May 1950	13 May 1952	2 years, 0 days
4		Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894–1954) MP for Bahraich District (East)	13 May 1952	24 October 1954 (died in office)	2 years, 164 days		Nehru II
5		Panjabrao Deshmukh (1898–1965) MP for Amravati (Minister without cabinet rank)	29 October 1954	25 November 1954	27 days
6		Ajit Prasad Jain (1902–1977) MP for Saharanpur	25 November 1954	17 April 1957	1 year, 272 days
6		Ajit Prasad Jain (1902–1977) MP for Saharanpur	17 April 1957	24 August 1959	1 year, 272 days		Nehru III
7		S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South	24 August 1959	10 April 1962	4 years, 8 days		Nehru III
7		S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South	10 April 1962	1 September 1963	4 years, 8 days		Nehru IV
8		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	1 September 1963	27 May 1964	282 days		Nehru IV
8		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	282 days		Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
9		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	9 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 216 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
9		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	1 year, 216 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
(9)		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
10		Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Sasaram	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	3 years, 106 days		Indira II
11		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	309 days		Indira II
11		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	309 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
Minister of Agriculture
(11)		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	2 May 1971	3 July 1974	3 years, 62 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
(9)		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	3 July 1974	10 October 1974	99 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
(10)		Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Sasaram	10 October 1974	2 February 1977	2 years, 115 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
–		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Rae Bareli (Prime Minister)	3 February 1977	24 March 1977	49 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
–		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister)	24 March 1977	28 March 1977	4 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
12		Parkash Singh Badal (1927–2023) MP for Faridkot	28 March 1977	17 June 1977	81 days	Shiromani Akali Dal
13		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) MP for Sangrur	18 June 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 40 days	Shiromani Akali Dal
14		Brahm Prakash (1918–1993) MP for Outer Delhi	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan		Charan Singh
Minister of Agriculture
15		Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh	14 January 1980	31 October 1984	4 years, 352 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
15		Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	4 years, 352 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
16		Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP for Jalore	31 December 1984	12 May 1986	1 year, 132 days		Rajiv II
17		Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) MP for Firozpur	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 278 days
18		Bhajan Lal (1930–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
19		Chaudhary Devi Lal (1915–2001) MP for Sikar (Deputy Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	1 August 1990	242 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
–		Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur (Prime Minister)	1 August 1990	10 November 1990	101 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(19)		Chaudhary Devi Lal (1915–2001) MP for Sikar (Deputy Prime Minister)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
20		Balram Jakhar (1923–2016) MP for Sikar	21 June 1991	17 January 1996	4 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
–		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	17 January 1996	7 February 1996	21 days
21		Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	7 February 1996	16 May 1996	99 days
22		Suraj Bhan (1928–2006) MP for Ambala	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
23		Chaturanan Mishra (1925–2011) MP for Madhubani	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 263 days	Communist Party of India	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
23		Chaturanan Mishra (1925–2011) MP for Madhubani	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 263 days	Communist Party of India	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
–		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (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	5 years, 66 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III
24		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP for Barh	22 November 1999	3 March 2000	102 days	Samata Party
–		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	3 March 2000	6 March 2000	3 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
25		Sundar Lal Patwa (1924–2016) MP for Narmadapuram	6 March 2000	27 May 2000	82 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
(24)		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP for Barh	27 May 2000	22 July 2001	1 year, 56 days	Samata Party
26		Ajit Singh (1939–2021) MP for Baghpat	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	1 year, 306 days	Rashtriya Lok Dal
27		Rajnath Singh (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
28		Sharad Pawar (born 1940) MP for Baramati, until 2009 MP for Madha, 2009–2014 Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, from 2014	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	10 years, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
28			23 May 2009^[3]	26 May 2014	10 years, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Manmohan II		Manmohan Singh
29		Radha Mohan Singh (born 1949) MP for Purvi Champaran	27 May 2014^[4]	27 August 2015	1 year, 92 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
(29)		Radha Mohan Singh (born 1949) MP for Purvi Champaran	27 August 2015	30 May 2019	3 years, 276 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
30		Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP for Morena	31 May 2019^[5]	7 December 2023	4 years, 190 days		Modi II
31		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MP for Khunti	7 December 2023	9 June 2024	185 days		Modi II
32		Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 1959) MP for Vidisha	10 June 2024	Incumbent	163 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 for Food and Agriculture
1		Panjabrao Deshmukh (1898–1965) MP for Amravati Minister of Cooperation from 25 April 1957	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 358 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru III		Jawaharlal Nehru

2		Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP for Bikramganj	8 May 1962	27 May 1964	2 years, 19 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV
3		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP for Ernakulam	21 November 1963	27 May 1964	10 years, 188 days		Nehru IV
(2)		Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP for Bikramganj	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	13 days		Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
(3)		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP for Ernakulam	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	17 days		Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
(3)		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP for Ernakulam	9 June 1964	13 June 1964	17 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State for Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
4		Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970) MP for Mukundapuram	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
5		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	13 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 5 days		Indira II
6		M. S. Gurupadaswamy (1924–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	5 June 1967	17 October 1969	2 years, 134 days		Indira II
(5)		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	45 days		Indira III
Minister of State for Agriculture
7		Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP for Rohtak	2 May 1971	12 January 1974	2 years, 255 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
(5)		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	2 May 1971	10 October 1974	3 years, 161 days
8		Buddha Priya Maurya (1926–2004) MP for Hapur	11 January 1974	10 October 1974	272 days
Minister of State for Agriculture and Irrigation
(5)		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
9		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi

10		Bhanu Pratap Singh (born 1935) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	14 August 1977	15 July 1979	1 year, 335 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai

11		Nathuram Mirdha (1921–1996) MP for Nagaur	4 August 1979	25 October 1979	82 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
12		M. V. Krishnappa (1918–1980) MP for Chikballapur	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
Minister of State for Agriculture
13		R. V. Swaminathan MP for Sivaganga	14 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 15 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
14		Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP for Rosera (Rural Development)	16 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 13 days
15		Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich	29 January 1983	7 February 1984	1 year, 9 days
16		Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 276 days
16		Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
17		Chandulal Chandrakar (1920–1995) MP for Durg	1 January 1985	27 January 1986	1 year, 26 days		Rajiv II
18		K. Natwar Singh (born 1929) MP for Bharatpur (Fertilizers)	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 27 days
(16)		Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (Agriculture and Cooperation)	25 September 1985	14 February 1988	2 years, 142 days
19		Ramanand Yadav (born 1927) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Rural Development)	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 278 days
20		R. Prabhu (born 1947) MP for Nilgiris	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 41 days
21		Hari Krishna Shastri (1988–1989) MP for Fatehpur (Agriculture Research and Education)	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
22		Shyamlal Yadav (1927–2005) MP for Varanasi (Agriculture and Cooperation)	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
23		Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP for Mangalore (Rural Development)	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days

24		Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MP for Barh (Agriculture and Cooperation)	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
25		Upendra Nath Verma MP for Chatra (Rural Development)	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh

26		Jayantilal Shah (born 1928) MP for Banaskantha (Agriculture and Cooperation)	21 November 1990	25 April 1991	155 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
27		Ram Bahadur Singh (1934–2006) MP for Maharajganj (Rural Development)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
28		Mullappally Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for Kannur	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
29		Kahnu Charan Lenka (born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days
30		Arvind Netam (born 1942) MP for Kanker	18 January 1993	20 February 1996	3 years, 33 days
31		S. Krishna Kumar (born 1993) MP for Kollam	19 February 1993	13 May 1995	2 years, 83 days

32		Risaldar-major (Honorary Captain) Mohd. Ayub Khan VrC (1932–2016) MP for Jhunjhunu	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days

33		Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP for Bapatla	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Telugu Desam Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda

34		Samudrala Venugopal Chary (born 1959) MP for Adilabad	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Telugu Desam Party	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
35		Sompal Shastri (born 1942) MP for Baghpat	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
36		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Madhubani	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days		Vajpayee III
37		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP for Kishanganj (Food Processing Industries)	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days
38		S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao (1921–2011) MP for Rajahmundry	13 October 1999	29 September 2000	352 days
40		Thounaojam Chaoba Singh (born 1937) MP for Inner Manipur (Food Processing Industries)	27 May 2000	1 September 2001	1 year, 97 days
41		Debendra Pradhan (born 1941) MP for Deogarh	27 May 2000	29 January 2003	2 years, 247 days
42		Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP for Panaji	30 September 2000	2 November 2001	1 year, 33 days
(36)		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Madhubani	2 November 2001	22 May 2004	2 years, 202 days
43		Kantilal Bhuria (born 1950) MP for Ratlam	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
44		Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962) MP for Motihari	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
45		Mohammed Taslimuddin (1943–2017) MP for Kishanganj	25 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 362 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
46		K. V. Thomas (born 1946) MP for Ernakulam	29 May 2009	19 January 2011	2 years, 51 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
47		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP for Haridwar	19 January 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 283 days
48		Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974) MP for Khandwa	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
49		Charan Das Mahant (born 1954) MP for Korba	12 July 2011^[6]	26 May 2014	2 years, 318 days
50		Tariq Anwar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	28 October 2012^[7]	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Nationalist Congress Party
51		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP for Muzaffarnagar	27 May 2014	27 August 2015	1 year, 92 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
52		Mohan Kundariya (born 1951) MP for Rajkot	9 November 2014	27 August 2015	291 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
(51)		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP for Muzaffarnagar	27 August 2015	3 September 2017^[8]	2 years, 7 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
(52)		Mohan Kundariya (born 1951) MP for Rajkot	27 August 2015	5 July 2016	313 days
53		S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) MP for Darjeeling	5 July 2016^[9]	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
54		Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP for Lohardaga	5 July 2016^[10]	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
55		Parshottam Rupala (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
56		Krishna Raj (born 1967) MP for Shahjahanpur	3 September 2017^[11]	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
57		Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 1967) MP for Jodhpur	3 September 2017^[11]	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
(56)		Parshottam Rupala (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
58		Kailash Choudhary (born 1973) MP for Barmer	31 May 2019^[12]	9 June 2024	5 years, 9 days
59		Shobha Karandlaje (born 1966) MP for Udupi Chikmagalur	7 July 2021^[13]	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
60		Bhagirath Choudhary (born 1954) MP for Ajmer	10 June 2024	Incumbent	163 days		Modi III
61		Ram Nath Thakur (born 1950) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	10 June 2024	Incumbent	163 days	Janata Dal (United)	Modi III

Deputy Ministers

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
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture
1		Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao (1901–1970) MP for Madras (Interim)	21 August 1950	13 May 1952	1 year, 266 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru

2		M. V. Krishnappa (1918–1980) MP for Kolar (until 1957) MP for Tumkur (from 1957)	12 August 1952	17 April 1957	4 years, 256 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II
2			17 April 1957	25 April 1957	4 years, 256 days		Nehru III
3		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP for Ernakulam	25 April 1957	10 April 1962	6 years, 210 days		Nehru III
3		Alungal Mathai Thomas (1912–1981) MP for Ernakulam	16 April 1962	21 November 1963	6 years, 210 days		Nehru IV

4		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
5		Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 210 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
(4)		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
(5)		Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
Deputy Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
6		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
7		Shyam Dhar Mishra (1919–2001) MP for Mirzapur	14 February 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 27 days		Indira I
8		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	13 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years, 5 days		Indira II
9		Daying Ering (1929–1970) MP for NEFA	18 March 1967	21 June 1970 (died in office)	3 years, 95 days
10		Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP for Bayana	26 June 1970	18 March 1971	270 days	Indian National Congress (R)
11		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MP for Nagaland	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days	Indian National Congress (R)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
(10)		Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP for Bayana	2 May 1971	22 July 1972	1 year, 81 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
12		Kedar Nath Singh MP for Sultanpur	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
13		Prabhudas Patel (1914–?) MP for Dabhoi	23 October 1974	14 March 1977	2 years, 142 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
14		Kamla Kumari (born 1937) MP for Palamu	19 October 1980	29 January 1983	2 years, 102 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
15		Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	15 January 1982	6 September 1982	234 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Position not in use since 6 September 1982

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[2] "A New Ministry for Cooperation | Economic and Political Weekly". Economic and Political Weekly. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

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[AgriCharge-11] "Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Krishna Raj take charge as MoS Agriculture". Indian Express. 4 September 2017.

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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 the Prime Minister of India
Formation	2015 (2015)
First holder	Rajendra Prasad (as Minister of Food and Agriculture)