Minister of

Railways (India)

The Minister of Railways is the head of

the Ministry of Railways of the
Government of India. The railway
minister is usually accorded a cabinet
rank, and is responsible for Indian
Railways, one of the largest employers in
the world. An important responsibility of
the railway minister is to present in
Parliament the Railway Budget, the
Annual Financial Statement of Indian
Railways. Piyush Goyal of the Bharatiya
Janata Party is the current Minister of
Railways, serving since 3 September
2017.
 Minister of Railways

Emblem of India

Incumbent
Piyush Goyal
since 3 September 2017

Ministry of Railways

Member of Cabinet of India

Appointer President
on the advice of the
Prime Minister
Inaugural holder John Mathai
Formation 15 August 1947

List of railway ministers

 Political party Prime
№ Name Portrait Term of office
(Alliance) Minister

2 Indian National None

14 August
- Asaf Ali September Congress (Interim
1947
1946 govt)

22
15 August
1 John Mathai September
1947
1948

22
N. Gopalaswami 13 May
2 September
Ayyangar 1952
1948

7
Lal Bahadur 13 May
3 December
Shastri 1952
1956
Jawaharlal
7 Nehru
10 April
4 Jagjivan Ram December
1962
1956

21
10 April
5 Swaran Singh September
1962
1963

21
8 June
6 H. C. Dasappa September
1964
1963

Lal Bahadur
9 June 12 March Shastri
7 S. K. Patil
1964 1967 Indira
Gandhi

14 Indira
13 March
8 C. M. Poonacha February Gandhi
1967 and
1969

14 4
Ram Subhag
9 February November
Singh
1969 1969
10 Panampilli 4 18
Govinda Menon November February
1969 1970

18
17 March
11 Gulzarilal Nanda February
1971
1970

18 March 22 July
12 K. Hanumanthaiya
1971 1972

23 July 4 February
13 T. A. Pai
1972 1973

Lalit Narayan 5 February 2 January

14
Mishra 1973 1975

11
Kamalapati 23 March
15 February
Tripathi 1977
1975

26 March 28 July Morarji

16 Madhu Dandavate Janata Party
1977 1979 Desai

30 July 13 January Janata Party Charan

(13) T. A. Pai
1979 1980 (Secular) Singh

12 Indian National
Kamalapati 14 January
17 November Congress
Tripathi 1980
1980

12
14 January Indira
18 Kedar Pandey November
1982 Gandhi
1980

2
Prakash Chandra 15 January
19 September
Sethi 1982
1982

Indira
2 31
A. B. A. Ghani Gandhi
20 September December
Khan Choudhury Rajiv
1982 1984
Gandhi

31 Rajiv
4 June
21 Bansi Lal December Gandhi
1986
1984
22 Mohsina Kidwai 24 June 21 October
1986 1986

1
Madhavrao 22 October
23 December
Scindia 1986
1989

5 10
24 George Fernandes December November Janata Dal V. P. Singh
1989 1990

21
21 June Samajwadi Chandra
25 Janeshwar Mishra November
1991 Janata Party Shekhar
1990

P. V.
C. K. Jaffer 21 June 16 October Indian National
26 Narasimha
Sharief 1991 1995 Congress
Rao

H. D. Deve
Ram Vilas 1 June 19 March Janata Dal
27 Gowda
Paswan 1996 1998 (United Front)
I. K. Gujral

19 March 5 August Samata Party

28 Nitish Kumar
1998 1999 (NDA)

Bharatiya Janata
6 August 12 October
29 Ram Naik Party
1999 1999
(NDA)
Atal Bihari
All India
Vajpayee
13 October 15 March Trinamool
30 Mamata Banerjee
1999 2001 Congress
(NDA)

Janata Dal
20 March 22 May
(28) Nitish Kumar (United)
2001 2004
(NDA)

Rashtriya Janata Manmohan

23 May 25 May
31 Lalu Prasad Yadav Dal Singh
2004 2009
(UPA)

All India
26 May 19 May
(30) Mamata Banerjee Trinamool
2009 2011
32 Dinesh Trivedi 12 July 14 March Congress
2011 2012 (UPA)

21
20 March
33 Mukul Roy September
2012
2012

22
28 October
34 C. P. Joshi September
2012
2012

Pawan Kumar 28 October 10 May

35
Bansal 2012 2013 Indian National
Congress
(UPA)
11 May 16 June
(34) C. P. Joshi
2013 2013

Mallikarjun 17 June 25 May

36
Kharge 2013 2014

9
D. V. Sadananda 26 May
37 November
Gowda 2014
2014

10 3 Bharatiya Janata
Narendra
38 Suresh Prabhu November September Party
Modi
2014 2017 (NDA)

3
39 Piyush Goyal September Incumbent
2017

If the office of Minister of Railways is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes
under the charge of the Prime Minister.

References
 Railway Ministers of Independent
India at the Indian Railways Fan Club

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