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)

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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]

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
				From	To	Period
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
				17 April 1957	24 August 1959			Nehru III
7			S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South	24 August 1959	10 April 1962	4 years, 8 days
				10 April 1962	1 September 1963			Nehru IV
8			Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	1 September 1963	27 May 1964	282 days
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			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
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			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
				18 March 1971	2 May 1971		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
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
–			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
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) Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Minister_of_Agriculture_(India) >Text je dostupný pod licencí Creative Commons Uveďte autora – Zachovejte licenci, případně za dalších podmínek. Podrobnosti naleznete na stránce Podmínky užití.  čítajte viac o Minister_of_Agriculture_(India) Navigace: Módní doplňky > Šperkařství Šperky Chytré hodinky Galanterie Hodinářské firmy Hodinky Hodiny Módní doplňky Minerály Pokrývky hlavy Sklářství Zlatníci Zlatnictví Příbuzné výrazy : Řetízek (ozdoba) Šátek Beadweaving Bižuterie Bolo Dřevěný motýlek Deštník Digitálky Fiží Galanterie Hodinky Kšandy Kapesník Korálek Kravata Lanyard Modista Motýlek (oděvní doplněk) Odznak Pléd Placka (odznak) Rukávník Spona na kravatu Sponka do vlasů Tabulky (kolárek) Vějíř Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Copyright.sk © 2024