Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is an Indian government ministry. It is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Agency overview
Formed	1949
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi
Annual budget	₹18.86 crore (US$2.3 million) (2018-19 est.)
Agency executives	Kiren Rijiju, Union Cabinet Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State L. Murugan, Minister of State Umang Narula, IAS, Secretary
Website	mpa.nic.in

It handles affairs relating to the Parliament of India, and works as a link between the two chambers, the Lok Sabha ("House of the People," the lower house) and the Rajya Sabha ("Council of States," the upper house). It was created in 1949 as a department but later became a full ministry.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Kiren Rijuju. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

The subject of ‘Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by the Government’ has been allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under article 77(3) of the Constitution.

Functions assigned to the Ministry under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 made by the President under Article 77(3) of the Constitution of India:-

Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament, Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President's Address to Parliament. Planning and Coordination of legislative and other official business in both Houses. Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of motions given notice of by Members. Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament. Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills. Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government. Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries. Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament. Governments stand on Private Members Bills and Resolutions. Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. Advice to Ministries on procedural and other Parliamentary matters. Coordination of action by Ministries on recommendations of general application made by Parliamentary Committees. Officially sponsored visits of Members of Parliament to places of interest. Matters connected with powers, privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament. Parliamentary Secretaries - functions. Organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Schools/Colleges throughout the country. Organisation of All India Whips Conference. Exchange of Government Sponsored Delegations of Members of Parliament with other countries. Determination of Policy and follow up action in regard to matters raised under rule 377 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and by way of Special Mentions in Rajya Sabha. Manual for Handling Parliamentary work in Ministries/Departments. The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953 (20 of 1953). The Salary, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954). The Salary, and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977). The Leader and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 (5 of 1999).

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar (until 1952) MP for Samastipur (from 1952) (MoS until 10 April 1962)	26 February 1949	13 March 1967	18 years, 76 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	Jawaharlal Nehru
								Nehru II
								Nehru III
								Nehru IV
								Nanda I	Gulzarilal Nanda
								Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
								Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda
								Indira I	Indira Gandhi
2			Ram Subhag Singh (1917–1980) MP for Buxar	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days		Indira II
3			Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur (MoS until 27 June 1970)	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days	Indian National Congress (R)
4			Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur	18 March 1971	5 February 1973	1 year, 324 days		Indira III
(3)			Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur	5 February 1973	24 March 1977	4 years, 47 days
5			Ravindra Varma (1925–2006) MP for Ranchi	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
6			K. Gopal MP for Karur (MoS)	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh	Charan Singh
7			Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	14 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 15 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira IV	Indira Gandhi
8			Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP for Ropar	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 337 days
				31 October 1984	31 December 1984			Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
9			H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi	31 December 1984	2 December 1989	4 years, 336 days		Rajiv II
10			P. Upendra (1936–2009) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Telugu Desam Party	Vishwanath	V. P. Singh
11			Satya Prakash Malaviya (1934–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	223 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	Chandra Shekhar
12			Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
13			Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP for Raipur	18 January 1993	17 January 1996	2 years, 364 days
(12)			Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	18 January 1996	16 May 1996	119 days
14			Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) MP for Mumbai North East	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
15			Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP for Hajipur	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
16			Srikant Kumar Jena (born 1950) MP for Kendrapara	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	296 days
				21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
17			Madan Lal Khurana (1936–2018) MP for Delhi Sadar	19 March 1998	30 January 1999	317 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
18			Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Tiruchirappalli	30 January 1999	13 October 1999	256 days
(14)			Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	3 years, 108 days		Vajpayee III
19			Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
(12)			Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir	23 May 2004	1 November 2005	1 year, 162 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
20			Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017) MP for Raiganj	1 November 2005	6 April 2008	2 years, 157 days
21			Vayalar Ravi (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days
22			Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for Chandigarh	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days		Manmohan II
23			Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for Chhindwara	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days
24			M. Venkaiah Naidu (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka, till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan, from 2016	27 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 39 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
25			Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South	5 July 2016	12 November 2018[†]	2 years, 130 days
26			Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP for Gwalior	12 November 2018	30 May 2019	199 days
27			Pralhad Joshi (born 1962) MP for Dharwad	31 May 2019	10 June 2024	5 years, 10 days		Modi II
28			Kiren Rijuju (born 1971) MP for Arunachal West	10 June 2024	Incumbent	164 days		Modi III

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP for Chatrapur	14 February 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 27 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I	Indira Gandhi
2			Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	18 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 333 days		Indira II
3			Om Mehta (1927–1995) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir	30 June 1970	18 March 1971	6 years, 267 days
				18 March 1971	24 March 1977		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
4			Larang Sai (1935–2004) MP for Sarguja	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
5			Ram Kripal Sinha (1934–2023) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
6			Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (1921–1993) MP for Nandyal	16 January 1980	2 September 1982	2 years, 229 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV	Indira Gandhi
7			Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	3 March 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 318 days
8			H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi	2 September 1982	31 October 1984	2 years, 59 days
9			Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 276 days
10			H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
11			N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
12			Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) MP for Washim	31 December 1984	12 May 1986	1 year, 132 days		Rajiv II
13			Margaret Alva (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days
(7)			Sitaram Kesri (1919–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 27 days
14			Sheila Dikshit (1938–2019) MP for Kannauj	12 May 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 204 days
15			M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 61 days
16			Radhakishan Malviya (1943–2013) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
17			P. Namgyal (1937–2010) MP for Ladakh
18			Satya Pal Malik (born 1946) MP for Aligarh	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath	V. P. Singh
(15)			M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
19			Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Salem	21 June 1991	2 December 1993	2 years, 164 days
20			Abrar Ahmed (1956–2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	18 January 1993	2 April 1994	1 year, 74 days
(13)			Margaret Alva (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	19 January 1993	16 May 1996	3 years, 118 days
21			Mukul Wasnik (born 1959) MP for Buldhana
22			Eduardo Faleiro (born 1940) MP for Mormugao	18 December 1993	19 September 1995	1 year, 275 days
23			Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	17 April 1994	22 December 1994	249 days
24			Mallikarjun Goud (1941–2002) MP for Mahabubnagar	17 April 1994	16 May 1996	2 years, 29 days
25			Matang Sinh (1953–2021) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	1 year, 96 days
26			Vilas Muttemwar (born 1949) MP for Nagpur	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
27			S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	19 September 1995	16 May 1996	240 days
28			Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP for Kaiserganj	1 June 1996	29 July 1996	58 days	Samajwadi Party	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
29			Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP for Bapatla	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	324 days	Telugu Desam Party
30			S. R. Balasubramoniyan (born 1938) MP for Nilgiris	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	296 days	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
(29)			Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935) MP for Bapatla	21 April 1997	9 June 1997	49 days	Telugu Desam Party	Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
(30)			S. R. Balasubramoniyan (born 1938) MP for Nilgiris	1 May 1997	19 March 1998	322 days	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
31			M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1936–2020) MP for Kozhikode	26 May 1997	2 July 1997	37 days	Janata Dal
32			Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
33			R. K. Kumar (1942–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu	19 March 1998	22 May 1998	64 days	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
34			Ram Naik (born 1934) MP for Mumbai North	20 March 1998	5 May 1999	1 year, 46 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
35			Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha	22 May 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 144 days	Biju Janata Dal
36			Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly	16 February 1999	13 October 1999	239 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
37			Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) MP for Rampur
(35)			Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days	Biju Janata Dal	Vajpayee III
38			Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP for Mandla				Bharatiya Janata Party
39			Sriram Chauhan (born 1953) MP for Basti
40			O. Rajagopal (born 1929) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	22 November 1999	22 May 2004	4 years, 182 days
41			Bhavna Chikhalia (1955–2013) MP for Junagadh	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
42			Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	115 days
(36)			Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly	24 May 2003	8 September 2003	107 days
43			Suresh Pachouri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	23 May 2004	6 April 2008	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
44			Bijoy Krishna Handique (1934–2015) MP for Jorhat
45			Suryakanta Patil (born 1948) MP for Hingoli	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Nationalist Congress Party
46			Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for Chandigarh	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days	Indian National Congress
47			V. Narayanasamy (born 1947) MP for Puducherry	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days
				28 May 2009	12 July 2011	2 years, 45 days		Manmohan II
48			Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	28 May 2009	10 October 2011	2 years, 135 days
49			Ashwani Kumar (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
50			Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP for Haridwar	12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days
51			Rajeev Shukla (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	12 July 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 318 days
52			Paban Singh Ghatowar (born 1950) MP for Dibrugarh	20 July 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 310 days
(36)			Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
53			Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
54			Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962) MP for Saran	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
(37)			Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand, from 2016	9 November 2014	3 September 2017	2 years, 298 days
(27)			S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) MP for Darjeeling	5 July 2017	3 September 2017	60 days
(42)			Vijay Goel (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
55			Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP for Bikaner	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	6 years, 281 days
				31 May 2019	10 June 2024			Modi II
56			V. Muraleedharan (born 1958) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	31 May 2019	10 June 2024	5 years, 10 days
57			Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP for Bikaner	10 June 2024	Incumbent	164 days		Modi III
58			L. Murugan (born 1977) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	10 June 2024	Incumbent	164 days

Deputy Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) Constituent Assembly Member for Bihar	1 October 1948	26 February 1949	148 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	Jawaharlal Nehru
2			Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP for Mahasamund	24 January 1966	14 February 1966	21 days		Indira I	Indira Gandhi
3			Rohanlal Chaturvedi (1919–?) MP for Etah	18 March 1967	14 November 1967	241 days		Indira II
4			J. B. Muthyal Rao MP for Nagarkurnool
5			Iqbal Singh (1923–1988) MP for Fazilka	14 February 1969	8 July 1970	1 year, 144 days	Indian National Congress (R)
6			Raghbir Singh Panjhazari (1914–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	30 June 1970	18 March 1971	261 days
7			Pothuraju Parthasarthy MP for Rajampet
8			Kedar Nath Singh MP for Sultanpur	2 May 1971	10 October 1974	3 years, 161 days		Indira III
9			B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi	2 May 1971	24 March 1977	5 years, 326 days
10			Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	15 January 1982	6 September 1982	234 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV
11			Mallikarjun Goud (1941–2002) MP for Mahabubnagar	15 January 1982	31 October 1984	2 years, 351 days
				31 October 1984	31 December 1984			Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
12			Radhakishan Malviya (1943–2013) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days		Rajiv II
13			P. Namgyal (1937–2010) MP for Ladakh
14			Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 1951) MP for Jhunjhunu	23 May 1990	5 November 1990	166 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath	V. P. Singh

External links

• Official website