The complete list of the 70-member Union Council of ministers that was sworn-in by the President, K R Narayanan, on the morning of October 13, 1999, at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Name |
Party |
Parliamentary Constituency |
State |
Portfolio |
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
BJP |
Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Cabinet Ministers |
L K Advani |
BJP |
Gandhinagar |
Gujarat |
Home |
Ananth Kumar |
BJP |
Bangalore South |
Karnataka |
Culture, youth affairs & sports |
T R Balu |
DMK |
Madras South |
Tamil Nadu |
Environment and forests |
Mamta Banerjee |
TC |
Calcutta South |
West Bengal |
Railways |
George Fernandes |
JD-U |
Nalanda |
Bihar |
Defence |
Jagmohan |
BJP |
New Delhi |
Delhi |
Urban development |
Dr Satyanarain Jatia |
BJP |
Ujjain |
Madhya Pradesh |
Urban employment and poverty alleviation |
Ram Jethmalani |
IND |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Law, justice & co affairs |
Manohar Gajanan Joshi |
Shiv Sena |
Bombay North Central |
Maharashtra |
Heavy industries and public enterprises |
Dr Murli Manohar Joshi |
BJP |
Allahabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
HRD, science & technology |
P R Kumaramangalam |
BJP |
Tiruchirappalli |
Tamil Nadu |
Power |
Pramod Mahajan |
BJP |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Parliamentary affairs |
Murasoli Maran |
DMK |
Madras Central |
Tamil Nadu |
Commerce & industry |
Ram Naik |
BJP |
Bombay North |
Maharashtra |
Petroleum & natural gas |
Nitish Kumar |
JD-U |
Barh |
Bihar |
Surface transport |
Juel Oram |
BJP |
Sundargarh |
Orissa |
Tribal affairs |
Ram Vilas Paswan |
JD-U |
Hajipur |
Bihar |
Communications |
Naveen Patnaik |
BJD |
Aska |
Orissa |
Mines and minerals |
Sunderlal Patwa |
BJP |
Hoshangabad |
Madhya Pradesh |
Rural develop- ment |
Suresh Prabhu |
Shiv Sena |
Rajapur |
Maharashtra |
Chemicals and fertilisers |
Kashiram Rana |
BJP |
Surat |
Gujarat |
Textiles |
Shanta Kumar |
BJP |
Kangra |
Himachal Pradesh |
Consumer affairs and public distribution |
Jaswant Singh |
BJP |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
External affairs |
Yashwant Sinha |
BJP |
Hazaribagh |
Bihar |
Finance |
Sharad Yadav |
JD-U |
Madhepura |
Bihar |
Civil aviation |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) |
Maneka Gandhi |
IND |
Pilibhit |
Uttar Pradesh |
Social justice & empowerment |
Arun Jaitley |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
I&B |
M Kannappan |
MDMK |
Tiruchengode |
Tamil Nadu |
Non-conven- tional energy |
Dilip Ray |
BJD |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Steel |
Vasundhararaje Scindia |
BJP |
Jhalawar |
Rajasthan |
Small-scale industries |
N T Shanmugham |
PMK |
Vellore |
Tamil Nadu |
Health & family welfare |
Uma Bharti |
BJP |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
Tourism |
Ministers of State |
Ramesh Bais |
BJP |
Raipur |
Madhya Pradesh |
Chemicals and fertilisers |
Bijoya Chakravarty |
BJP |
Guwahati |
Assam |
Water resources |
Shriram Chauhan |
BJP |
Basti |
Uttar Pradesh |
Parliamentary affairs |
Bandaru Dattatreya |
BJP |
Secunderabad |
Andhra Pradesh |
Urban development |
Jaisinghrao Gaekwad Patil |
BJP |
Beed |
Maharashtra |
HRD |
Santosh Gangwar |
BJP |
Bareilly |
Uttar Pradesh |
Science and technology |
Chaman Lal Gupta |
BJP |
Udhampur |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Civil aviation |
Dr Vallabhbhai Kathiriya |
BJP |
Rajkot |
Gujarat |
Heavy industries & public enterprises |
Faggan Singh Kulaste |
BJP |
Mandla |
Madhya Pradesh |
Parliamentary affairs |
V Dhananjay Kumar |
BJP |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
Finance |
Bangaru Lakshman |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
Planning and programme implementation |
Sumitra Mahajan |
BJP |
Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
HRD |
Subhash Maharia |
BJP |
Sikar |
Rajasthan |
Rural development |
Babulal Marandi |
BJP |
Dumka |
Bihar |
Environment and forests |
Jaywanti Mehta |
BJP |
Bombay South |
Maharashtra |
Power |
Munni Lall |
BJP |
Sasaram |
Bihar |
Labour and employment |
Omar Farooq Abdullah |
JKNC |
Srinagar |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Commerce & industries |
Ajit Kumar Panja |
TC |
Calcutta North East |
West Bengal |
External affairs |
Harin Pathak |
BJP |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
Defence |
Devendra Pradhan |
BJP |
Deogarh |
Orissa |
Surface transport |
E Ponnuswami |
PMK |
Chidambaram |
Tamil Nadu |
Petroleum |
A Raja |
DMK |
Perambalur |
Tamil Nadu |
Rural development |
O Rajagopal |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
Law, justice & company affairs |
Dr Raman |
BJP |
Rajnandgaon |
Madhya Pradesh |
Commerce and industries |
N Ginjee Ramachandran |
MDMK |
Tindivanam |
Tamil Nadu |
Textiles |
Ch Vidyasagar Rao |
BJP |
Karimnagar |
Andhra Pradesh |
Home |
S B P P K Satyanarayana Rao |
BJP |
Rajahmundry |
Andhra Pradesh |
Agriculture |
Bachi Singh Rawat |
BJP |
Almora |
Uttar Pradesh |
Defence |
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain |
BJP |
Kishanganj |
Bihar |
Food processing |
Tapan Sikdar |
BJP |
Dum Dum |
West Bengal |
Communications |
Digvijay Singh |
Janata Dal (United) |
Banka |
Bihar |
Railways |
T H Chaoba Singh |
MSCP |
Inner Manipur |
Manipur |
Culture, youth affairs & sports |
V Sreenivasa Prasad |
JD-U |
Chamarajanagar |
Karnataka |
Consumer affairs and public distribution |
I D Swami |
BJP |
Karnal |
Haryana |
Home |
Dr Rita Verma |
BJP |
Dhanbad |
Bihar |
Mines and minerals |
Eknath Vikhe Patil |
Shiv Sena |
Kopargaon |
Maharashtra |
Finance |
Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav |
BJP |
Madhubani |
Bihar |
Agriculture |