Second Manmohan Singh ministry

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Second Manmohan Singh Ministry
23rd ministry of the Republic of India
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh Official Portrait, 2009 (3x4).jpg
Manmohan Singh, 2009
Date formed22 May 2009
Date dissolved26 May 2014
People and organisations
Head of state Pratibha Patil (until 25 July 2012) Pranab Mukherjee (from 25 July 2012)
Head of government Manmohan Singh
Member parties  Indian National Congress
  All India Trinamool Congress
  Nationalist Congress Party
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Indian Union Muslim League
  Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Status in legislature Coalition
322 / 545(59%)
Opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj (in Lok Sabha)
Arun Jaitley (in Rajya Sabha)
History
Election 2009
Outgoing election 2014
Legislature terms5 years and 4 days
Predecessor First Manmohan Singh ministry
Successor First Modi ministry

The Second Manmohan Singh ministry came into existence after the general election in 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh took the oath as the 13th Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the Council of Ministers in two phases. They remained in office until next election.

Contents

List of Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficePartyRemarks
Prime Minister
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
Planning Commission
And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issues
not allocated to any Minister.
22 May 200926 May 2014  INC  
Minister of Finance 23 May 200927 June 2012  INC
27 June 201231 July 2012  INC Additional charge.
31 July 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Agriculture 23 May 200926 May 2014  NCP  
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 23 May 200919 January 2011  NCP
19 January 201126 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Defence 23 May 200926 May 2014  INC
Minister of Home Affairs 23 May 200931 July 2012  INC
31 July 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Railways 23 May 200919 May 2011  AITC
19 May 201112 July 2011  INC Prime Minister was responsible.
12 July 201120 March 2012  AITC
20 March 201222 September 2012  AITC
22 September 201228 October 2012  INC Additional charge.
28 October 201211 May 2013  INC
11 May 201316 June 2013  INC Additional charge.
17 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of External Affairs 23 May 200927 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Culture 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Additional charge.
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Steel 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  NCP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
Minister of Power 28 May 200931 July 2012  INC
31 July 201228 October 2012  INC Additional charge.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Law and Justice 28 May 200912 July 2011  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201211 May 2013  INC
11 May 201326 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of New and Renewable Energy 28 May 200926 May 2014  JKNC
Minister of Urban Development 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Road Transport and Highways 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201116 June 2013  INC
16 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
Minister of Water Resources 28 May 200931 May 2009  INC
31 May 200914 June 2009  INC Additional charge.
14 June 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 20122 February 2014  INC
2 February 201426 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of Textiles 28 May 200912 July 2011  DMK
12 July 201117 June 2013  INC
17 June 20133 April 2014  INC
3 April 201426 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology 28 May 200915 November 2010  DMK
15 November 201026 May 2014  INC
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting 28 May 200927 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Labour and Employment 28 May 200917 June 2013  INC
17 June 201315 December 2013  INC
16 December 201326 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of Human Resource Development 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Mines 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region 28 May 200912 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Commerce and Industry 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
Minister of Rural Development 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Panchayati Raj 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
28 October 201216 June 2013  INC
16 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of Tourism 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201127 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Food Processing Industries 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  NCP
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Shipping 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 28 May 200927 October 2012  INC
28 October 201229 January 2014  INC
29 January 201426 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of Tribal Affairs 28 May 200912 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 28 May 200921 March 2013  DMK
21 March 201326 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Civil Aviation 28 May 200919 January 2011  NCP Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201118 December 2011  INC
18 December 201126 May 2014  RLD
Minister of Science and Technology
Minister of Earth Sciences
28 May 200910 November 2010  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
10 November 201019 January 2011  INC Additional charge.
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201114 August 2012  INC
14 August 201228 October 2012  INC Additional charge.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Coal 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Corporate Affairs 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 202226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Minority Affairs 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
19 January 201127 June 2012  INC
27 June 201214 August 2012  INC Additional charge.
14 August 201228 October 2012  INC Additional charge.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Environment and Forests 28 May 200912 July 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
12 July 201121 December 2013  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
21 December 201326 May 2014  INC Additional charge.
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation 12 July 201113 July 2011  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
13 July 201128 October 2012  INC Additional charge.
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following ministers are from the Indian National Congress.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Women and Child Development 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC

Source: Council of Ministers [1]

Ministers of State

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficePartyRemarks
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office 28 May 200910 November 2010  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 28 May 200910 November 2010  INC
15 November 201026 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 28 May 200921 March 2013  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 28 May 200919 January 2011  IUML
28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
19 May 201112 July 2011  AITC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
28 May 200919 April 2010  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  IUML
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 28 May 200910 November 2010  INC
28 May 200912 July 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  INC
20 July 201128 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
28 October 201211 March 2014  INC
2 November 201221 March 2013  DMK
17 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
12 July 201128 October 2012  IUML
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles 28 May 200931 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
28 May 200921 March 2013  DMK
17 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence 28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
28 October 201229 October 2012  INC
28 October 201231 October 2012  INC
29 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development 28 May 200922 September 2012  AITC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
31 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
28 May 200928 October 2012  INC
21 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC The Ministry of Agriculture was merged with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries 19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
12 July 201126 May 2014  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  NCP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 28 May 200927 October 2012  INC
28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
19 January 201126 May 2014  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 28 May 200912 July 2011  AITC
28 May 200921 March 2013  DMK
12 July 201122 September 2012  AITC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
17 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 28 May 200922 September 2012  AITC
28 May 200926 May 2014  INC
28 May 200927 October 2012  NCP
31 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 28 May 200922 September 2012  AITC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping 28 May 200920 March 2012  AITC
31 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 28 May 200922 September 2012  AITC
28 May 200928 October 2012  DMK
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 28 May 200921 March 2013  DMK
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
17 June 201326 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 28 May 200919 January 2011  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 28 May 200914 June 2009  INC
14 June 200919 January 2011  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 28 May 200914 June 2009  INC
14 June 200919 January 2011  INC
19 January 201112 July 2011  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources 28 May 200927 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs 19 January 201127 October 2012  INC
28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs 19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal 19 January 201126 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
19 January 201128 October 2012  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation 28 October 201226 May 2014  INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 28 October 20122 November 2012  DMK

Demographics of the Ministers

Ministers by Party

Source: Various news organisations [2] [3] [4] [5]
The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 77 members, 76 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The non-Congress cabinet ministers, include Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel from Nationalist Congress Party, Farooq Abdullah from National Conference and Ajit Singh from RLD.

Representation of cabinet ministers by party
  1. Indian National Congress (92.2%)
  2. Nationalist Congress Party (3.9%)
  3. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (1.3%)
  4. Rashtriya Lok Dal (1.3%)
  5. Indian Union Muslim League (1.3%)

Ministers by States

Representation of cabinet ministers by state
  1. Meghalaya (2.73%)
  2. Assam (4.11%)
  3. Kerala (10.95%)
  4. Chhattisgarh (1.38%)
  5. Puducherry (1.38%)
  6. Gujarat (4.11%)
  7. Haryana (1.38%)
  8. Himachal Pradesh (1.38%)
  9. Jharkhand (1.38%)
  10. Karnataka (5.47%)
  11. Madhya Pradesh (2.73%)
  12. Maharashtra (6.84%)
  13. Odisha (1.38%)
  14. Punjab (4.11%)
  15. Rajasthan (8.21%)
  16. Andhra Pradesh (15.07%)
  17. Uttar Pradesh (8.21%)
  18. Uttarakhand (1.38%)
  19. West Bengal (4.11%)
  20. Delhi (4.11%)
  21. Jammu Kashmir (2.73%)
  22. Chandigarh (1.38%)
  23. Tamil Nadu (5.47%)

Entities in the Prime Minister's Office

Office of the Prime Minister of India
NameDesignationRank
T. K. A. Nair Advisor to PMMinister of State Rank
Pulok Chatterji Principal Secretary
Shivshankar Menon National Security Adviser Minister of State Rank
Pankaj Pachauri Communications Adviser
R. RamanujamSecretary
Vikram Misri
Shatrughna Singh
Vini Mahajan
L. K. Atheeq
Joint Secretary
Munu Mahawar
Dheeraj Gupta
Sharmila Joseph
Pallavi Jain
Arindam Bagchi
Rajeev Topno
Sanjay Lohiya
Krishan Kumar
Binoy Job
Director
Indu Chaturvedi
Jaideep Sarkar
K Muthukumar
PMO Personal Staff
Gourangalal Das
Sanjukta Ray
Mehar Jhamb
Deputy Secretary
J P AryaJoint Director
P K Bali
K Salil Kumar
R Mythili
Under Secretary
Sources: Office of the PM of India

Approval Ratings

The approval ratings for the government from 2008 to 2013, according to Gallup polling, are given below. [9]

YearApproveDisapprove
200853%33%
200955%35%
201057%33%
201146%47%
201239%47%
201330%48%

References

  1. Council of Ministers | National Portal of India. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
  2. Super Admin (27 May 2009). "Manmohan Singh | Cabinet Expansion | UPA | Congress | NCP | Trinamool Congress | List of Ministers". News.oneindia.in. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. "59 new ministers inducted in Manmohan's cabinet, gone up to 79". GroundReport. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. 59 ministers sworn in to complete India's new government - Monsters and Critics Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Archived 1 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Front Page : Southern States get a big share. The Hindu (2009-05-29). Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
  7. Naveen ups the ante over state's share in PM team. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-05-28). Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
  8. "Council of Ministers – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India". India.gov.in. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  9. "India's New Leadership Faces High Expectations". 13 March 2015.