Introduction
The article Indian Railway Ministers present the list of appointed Railway Ministers of India from 1946 - present. This is an important topic for General Awareness section of different competitive exams.
Ministers
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. Railways Minister (India)
Below table contains the list of Railway Ministers of India year wise:
| Minister | Term of Office | Party | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||
| Asaf Ali | 2 September 1946 | 14 August 1947 | Indian National Congress | None (Interim govt) |
| John Mathai | 15 August 1947 | 22 September 1948 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 22 September 1948 | 13 May 1952 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Jagjivan Ram | 7 December 1956 | 10 April 1962 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Swaran Singh | 10 April 1962 | 21 September 1963 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| H. C. Dasappa | 21 September 1963 | 8 June 1964 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| S. K. Patil | 9 June 1964 | 12 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Indira Gandhi | ||||
| C. M. Poonacha | 13 March 1967 and | 14 February 1969 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Ram Subhag Singh | 14 February 1969 | 4 November 1969 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Panampilly Govinda Menon | 4 November 1969 | 18 February 1970 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Gulzarilal Nanda | 18 February 1970 | 17 March 1971 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| K. Hanumanthaiah | 18 March 1971 | 22 July 1972 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| T. A. Pai | 23 July 1972 | 4 February 1973 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Lalit Narayan Mishra | 5 February 1973 | 2 January 1975 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Kamalapati Tripathi | 11 February 1975 | 23 March 1977 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Madhu Dandavate | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai |
| T. A. Pai | 30 July 1979 | 13 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh |
| Kamalapati Tripathi | 14 January 1980 | 12 November 1980 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Kedar Pandey | 12 November 1980 | 14 January 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Prakash Chandra Sethi | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 2 September 1982 | 31 December 1984 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi |
| Rajiv Gandhi | ||||
| Bansi Lal | 31 December 1984 | 4 June 1986 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Mohsina Kidwai | 24 June 1986 | 21 October 1986 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Madhavrao Scindia | 22 October 1986 | 1 December 1989 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv Gandhi |
| George Fernandes | 5 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal | V. P. Singh |
| Janeshwar Mishra | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party | Chandra Shekhar |
| C. K. Jaffer Sharief | 21 June 1991 | 16 October 1995 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Janata Dal (United Front) | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| I. K. Gujral | ||||
| Nitish Kumar | 19 March 1998 | 5 August 1999 | Samata Party (NDA) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Ram Naik | 6 August 1999 | 12 October 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Mamata Banerjee | 13 October 1999 | 15 March 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress (NDA) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Nitish Kumar | 20 March 2001 | 22 May 2004 | Janata Dal (United) (NDA) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Lalu Prasad Yadav | 23 May 2004 | 25 May 2009 | Rashtriya Janata Dal (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| Mamata Banerjee | 26 May 2009 | 19 May 2011 | All India Trinamool Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| Dinesh Trivedi | 12 July 2011 | 14 March 2012 | All India Trinamool Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| Mukul Roy | 20 March 2012 | 21 September 2012 | All India Trinamool Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| C. P. Joshi | 22 September 2012 | 28 October 2012 | Indian National Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| Pawan Kumar Bansal | 28 October 2012 | 10 May 2013 | Indian National Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| C. P. Joshi | 11 May 2013 | 16 June 2013 | Indian National Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| Mallikarjun Kharge | 17 June 2013 | 25 May 2014 | Indian National Congress (UPA) | Manmohan Singh |
| D. V. Sadananda Gowda | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | Narendra Modi |
| Suresh Prabhu | 10 November 2014 | 3 September 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | Narendra Modi |
| Piyush Goyal | 3 September 2017 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | Narendra Modi |