List of Finance Ministers of India
Ministry of Finance deals with taxation, financial legislation, financial institutions, capital markets, centre and state finances, and the Union Budget. The first Finance Minister of independent India was R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, who also presented the first Budget.
The Budget or annual financial statement is presented every year by the Finance Minister of the country. Article 112 of the Indian Constitution envisages laying down the annual budget in the Parliament.
Now the NDA government has changed the tradition of presenting the Union Budget on the last working day of February. Since 2016 onwards the Union Budget is presented on the first day of February so that it could be materialised before the beginning of the new financial year in April.
List of all the Finance Ministers of India:-
| S.N. |
Name |
Term of office |
Political Party |
Prime Minister |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Liaquat Ali Khan |
29 October 1946 |
14 August 1947 |
All-India Muslim League |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2. |
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty |
15 August 1947 |
17 August 1948 |
Indian National Congress |
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
| 3. |
John Mathai
|
22 September 1948 |
26 January 1950 |
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| 26 January 1950 |
6 May 1950 |
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| 6 May 1950 |
1 June 1950 |
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| 4. |
C. D. Deshmukh |
1 June 1950 |
13 May 1952 |
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| 13 May 1952 |
1 August 1956 |
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| 5. |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1 August 1956 |
30 August 1956 |
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| 6.
|
T. T. Krishnamachari
|
30 August 1956 |
17 April 1957 |
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| 17 April 1957 |
14 February 1958 |
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| 7. |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
14 February 1958 |
22 March 1958 |
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| 8.
|
Morarji Desai
|
22 March 1958 |
10 April 1962 |
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| 10 April 1962 |
31 August 1963 |
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| 9. |
T. T. Krishnamachari |
31 August 1963 |
31 December 1965 |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
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| 10.
|
Sachindra Chaudhuri
|
1 January 1966 |
11 January 1966 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
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| 11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
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| 24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
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| 11. |
Morarji Desai |
13 March 1967 |
16 July 1969 |
Indira Gandhi |
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| 12. |
Indira Gandhi |
16 July 1969 |
27 June 1970 |
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| 13.
|
Yashwantrao B. Chavan
|
27 June 1970 |
18 March 1971 |
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| 18 March 1971 |
10 October 1974 |
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| 14. |
10 October 1974 |
24 March 1977 |
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| 15. |
Haribhai M. Patel |
26 March 1977 |
24 January 1979 |
Janata Party |
Morarji Desai |
| 16. |
Charan Singh |
24 January 1979 |
16 July 1979 |
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| 17. |
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna |
28 July 1979 |
19 October 1979 |
Janata Party (Secular) |
Charan Singh |
| 18. |
R. Venkataraman |
14 January 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
Indian National Congress |
Indira Gandhi
|
| 19.
|
15 January 1982 |
31 October 1984 |
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| 31 October 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
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| 20.
|
V. P. Singh
|
31 December 1984 |
14 January 1985 |
Rajiv Gandhi |
|
| 14 January 1985 |
30 March 1985 |
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| 30 March 1985 |
25 September 1985 |
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| 25 September 1985 |
24 January 1987 |
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| 21. |
24 January 1987 |
25 July 1987 |
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| 22. |
N. D. Tiwari |
25 July 1987 |
25 June 1988 |
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| 23. |
Shankarrao B. Chavan |
25 June 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 24. |
Madhu Dandavate |
5 December 1989 |
10 November 1990 |
Janata Dal (National Front) |
V. P. Singh |
| 25. |
Yashwant Sinha |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
Samajwadi Janata Party |
Chandra Shekhar |
| 26. |
Manmohan Singh |
21 June 1991 |
16 May 1996 |
Indian National Congress |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 27. |
Jaswant Singh |
16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 28. |
P. Chidambaram |
1 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
Tamil Maanila Congress |
H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 29. |
I.K. Gujral |
21 April 1997 |
1 May 1997 |
Janata Dal |
I. K. Gujral |
| 30. |
P. Chidambaram |
1 May 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
Tamil Maanila Congress (United Front) |
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| 31.
|
Yashwant Sinha
|
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 13 October 1999 |
1 July 2002 |
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| 32. |
Jaswant Singh |
1 July 2002 |
22 May 2004 |
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| 33. |
P. Chidambaram |
23 May 2004 |
30 November 2008 |
Indian National Congress |
Manmohan Singh |
| 34. |
30 November 2008 |
24 January 2009 |
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| 35.
|
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24 January 2009 |
22 May 2009 |
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| 23 May 2009 |
26 June 2012 |
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| 36. |
Manmohan Singh |
26 June 2012 |
31 July 2012 |
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| 37. |
P. Chidambaram |
31 July 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
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| 38. |
26 May 2014 |
30 May 2019 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
| 39. |
31 May 2019 |
Incumbent |
Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
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