List Of Civil Aviation Ministers Of India (2023 Updated)

Civil Aviation Ministers Of India

Last Updated: 13 March 2023

Before we get into the list of Civil Aviation Ministers of India, let’s have a quick intro about the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India is the nodal Ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programs for the development and regulation of Civil Aviation In India.

The Ministry also devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of Civil Air Transport (CAT). Its functions also extend to overseeing Airport Facilities, Air Traffic Services, and the Carriage of Passengers and Goods by Air.

Ministry of Civil Aviation also administers the implementation of the Aircraft Act 1934 and Aircraft Rules 1937. It is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety.

The Headquarters of the Ministry of Civil Aviation is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi. It has an annual budget of ₹6,602.86 crores (US$880 million) (2018–19 est.)

Facts About Ministry Of Civil Aviation

  • The ministry is under the charge of Hon’ble Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia and Hon’ble Minister of State Gn. V. K. Singh.
  • The Secretary (an IAS officer) is the administrative head of the Ministry and is assisted by one Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, three Joint Secretaries, seven officers of the level of Director / Deputy Secretary / Financial Controller, and ten officers of the level of Under Secretary.
  • The Ministry has under its purview the following organizations:
    1. Directorates
      • Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
    2. Attached Offices
      • Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA)
      • Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
      • Commission of Railway Safety (The commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by the 1989 Railways Act. The agency investigates rail accidents.)
      • Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)
    3. Autonomous Bodies
      • Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA)
    4. Statutory Bodies
      • Airports Authority of India
    5. Central Public Sector Units
      • Air India Asset Holdings Limited
      • Air India Limited (Privatised by Narendra Modi-Bharatiya Janta Party-National Democratic Alliance)
  • The Ministry is also involved in Aircraft projects like:
    • Civil Air Department RG-1 Rohini
    • Civil Aviation Department MG-1
    • Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
    • Civil Aviation Department Revathi
    • Hindustan Ardhra

List Of Civil Aviation Minister Of India

No.MinisterTerm InTerm OutTotal TermParty
1John Mathai
(Minister of Transport)		15 Aug 194722 Sep 19481Y
38D		INC
2N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(Minister of Transport and Railways)		17 Aug 194813 May 19523Y
270D		INC
3Lal Bahadur Shastri[1]
(Minister of Railways and Transport)		13 May 195207 Dec 19564Y
208D		INC
4Hari Vinayak Pataskar07 Dec 195616 Apr 1957130DINC
Lal Bahadur Shastri[2]
(Minister of Transport and Communications)		16 Apr 195728 Mar 1958346DINC
5S. K. Patil
(Minister of Transport and Communications)		29 Mar 195824 Aug 19591Y
148D		INC
6P. Subbarayan
(Minister of Transport and Communications)		02 Sep 195910 Apr 19622Y
220D		INC
7Jagjivan Ram
(Minister of Transport and Communications)		10 Apr 196231 Aug 19631Y
143D		INC
8Satya Narayan Sinha09 Jun 196413 Jun 19644DINC
9Nityanand Kanungo
(As MoS)		13 Jun 196431 Jul
1965		1Y
48D		INC
10Raj Bahadur31 Jul 196524 Jan 1966177DINC
11Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism)		24 Jan 196616 Mar 19671Y
51D		INC
12Karan Singh16 Mar 196709 Nov 19736Y
238D		INC
10Raj Bahadur09 Nov 197322 Dec 19763Y
43D		INC
13Kotha Raghuramaiah23 Dec 197624 Mar 197791DINC
14Purushottam Kaushik24 Mar 197715 Jul
1979		2Y
113D		JP
15Mohammad Shafi Qureshi30 Jul 197914 Jan 1980168DINC (U)
16Janaki Ballabh Patnaik14 Jan 198007 Jun 1980145DINC
17Anant Prasad Sharma19 Oct 198002 Sep 19821Y
318D		INC
18Bhagwat Jha Azad
(Independent Charge)		02 Sep 198214 Feb 1983134DINC
19Khurshed Alam Khan14 Feb 198331 Dec 19841Y
352D		INC
20Jagdish Tytler22 Oct 198614 Feb 19881Y
115D		INC
21Motilal Vora14 Feb 198825 Jun 1988132DINC
22Shivraj Patil
(Independent Charge)		25 Jun 198802 Dec 19891Y
160D		INC
23Arif Mohammed Khan06 Dec 198910 Nov 1990339DJD
24Harmohan Dhawan
(Independent Charge)		21 Nov 199021 Jun 1991212DSJP(R)
25Madhavrao Scindia21 Jun 199109 Jan 19931Y
202D		INC
26Ghulam Nabi Azad09 Jan 199316 May 19963Y
128D		INC
27V. Dhananjaya Kumar16 May 199601 Jun 199616DBJP
28C. M. Ibrahim01 Jun 199619 Mar 19981Y
291D		JD
29Ananth Kumar19 Mar 199813 Oct 19991Y
208D		BJP
30Sharad Yadav13 Oct 199931 Aug 20011Y
322D		JD(U)
31Syed Shahnawaz Hussain01 Sep 200123 May 20031Y
264D		BJP
32Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(Independent Charge)		24 May 200322 May 2004364DBJP
33Praful Patel
(Independent Charge)		23 May 200418 Jan 20116Y
240D		NCP
34Vayalar Ravi19 Jan 201118 Dec 2011333DINC
35Ajit Singh18 Dec 201126 May 20142Y
159D		RLD
36Ashok Gajapathi Raju26 May 201409 Mar 20183Y
287D		TDP
37Suresh Prabhu10 Mar 201830 May 20191Y
81D		BJP
38Hardeep Singh Puri
(Independent Charge)		30 May 201907 July 20212Y
38D		BJP
39Jyotiraditya Scindia07 Jul 2021Incumbent~BJP
Acronyms
1) INC: Indian National Congress
2) JP: Janata Party
3) INC(U): Indian National Congress (U)
4) JD: Janata Dal
5) SJP(R): Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
6) BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
7) JD(U): Janata Dal (United)
8) NCP: Nationalist Congress Party
9) RLD: Rashtriya Lok Dal
10) TDP: Telugu Desam Party

Ministers Of State In The Ministry Of Civil Aviation

No.Minister Of StateTerm InTerm OutTotal TermParty
1G. M. Siddeshwara26 May 201409 Nov 2014167 DaysBJP
2Mahesh Sharma09 Nov 201405 Jul 20161 Year 239 DaysBJP
3Jayant Sinha05 Jul 201630 May 20192 Years 329 DaysBJP
4V. K. Singh07 Jul 2021Incumbent144 DaysBJP
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