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{{short description|Indian cabinets}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{distinguish|List of ministries of India}}{{See also|List of central agencies in India}}{{Politics of India}}
This is a list of the executive [[Ministry (collective executive)|ministries]] of [[India]], from the time of its [[Partition of India|independence]] to the present day.

==List of union ministries==
"[[Ministry (collective executive)|Ministry]]" refers collectively to all members of the [[Union Council of Ministers]] during a given term, including Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State alike. Articles listed by ministry contain information on the term of one prime minister, specifically the composition of their Council of Ministers.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!S. No
! scope="col" | Ministry
! scope="col" | Formation date
! scope="col" | Election
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Governing party
! scope="col" | Prime Minister

|-
!{{Abbr|1|1st ministry of the Dominion of India
and later the Republic of India}}
! scope="row" | [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
| 15 August 1947
| [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="9" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="4" | [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!2
! scope="row" | [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
| 15 April 1952
| [[Indian general election, 1951–52|1951–52]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!3
! scope="row" | [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
| 4 April 1957
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!4
! scope="row" | [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
| 2 April 1962
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!''Acting''
! scope="row" | [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| 27 May 1964
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
!5
! scope="row" | [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| 9 June 1964
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
!''Acting''
! scope="row" | [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| 11 January 1966
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
!6
! scope="row" | [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
| 24 January 1966
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="3" | [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!7
! scope="row" | [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
| 13 March 1967
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!8
! scope="row" | [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
| 18 March 1971
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
!9
! scope="row" | [[Desai ministry|Desai]]
| 24 March 1977
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
!10
! scope="row" | [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
| 28 July 1979
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
|-
!11
! scope="row" | [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
| 14 January 1980
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!12
! scope="row" | [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| 31 October 1984
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!13
! scope="row" | [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| 31 December 1984
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|-
!14
! scope="row" | [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| 2 December 1989
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!15
! scope="row" | [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| 10 November 1990
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
!16
! scope="row" | [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| 21 June 1991
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!17
! scope="row" | [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
| 16 May 1996
|rowspan="2" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!18
! scope="row" | [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| 1 June 1996
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal]]
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
!19
! scope="row" | [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
| 21 April 1997
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
!20
! scope="row" | [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| 19 March 1998
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!21
! scope="row" | [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| 13 October 1999
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|-
!22
! scope="row" | [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| 22 May 2004
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!23
! scope="row" | [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
| 22 May 2009
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!24
! scope="row" | [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| 26 May 2014
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!25
! scope="row" | [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
| 30 May 2019
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|-
!26
! scope="row" | [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
| 9 June 2024
| [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|}

==See also==
*[[List of prime ministers of India]]

==References==
*{{cite web | url=http://infoelection.com/infoelection/index.php/home/10-latest/107-list-of-pm.pdf | title=Indian ministerial lists (1947–present) | publisher=Leadtech | work=Infoelection.com | date=22 July 2014 | accessdate=10 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610025731/http://infoelection.com/infoelection/index.php/home/10-latest/107-list-of-pm.pdf | archivedate=10 June 2014 | df=dmy-all }}
[https://mysaara.org/hindi-current-affairs/indias-first-cabinet-ministers/ India’s First Cabinet Ministers भारत के पहले कैबिनेट मंत्री]

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