The minister of personnel, public grievances and pensions (IAST: ) is the cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The position is generally held by the prime minister, but sometimes it has been held by other senior members of the cabinet, such as the minister of home affairs. The minister is generally assisted by a minister of state.
Powers As the minister of personnel, public grievances and pensions, the prime minister exercises control over the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the country's premier civil service, which staffs most of the senior civil service positions; the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB); and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), except for the selection of its director, who is chosen by a committee of: (a) the prime minister, as chairperson; (b) the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha; (c) and the chief justice.
List of ministers
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From ToPeriod Indira Gandhi(Prime Minister) 1970 1977 Indian National Congress Indira II Self Indira IIICharan Singh19771978 Janata Party Desai Morarji DesaiMorarji Desai(Prime Minister)19781979 Hirubhai M. Patel19791979Yashwantrao Chavan(Deputy Prime Minister)19791980Janata Party (Secular) Charan SinghCharan SinghZail Singh19801982 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira GandhiRamaswamy Venkataraman19821982 Prakash Chandra Sethi19821984 P. V. Narasimha Rao19841984 19841984 Rajiv I Rajiv GandhiRajiv Gandhi(Prime Minister)19841989 Rajiv IIV. P. Singh(Prime Minister)19891990Janata Dal V. P. SinghSelfChandra Shekhar(Prime Minister)19901991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra ShekharSelfP. V. Narasimha Rao(Prime Minister)19911996Indian National Congress (I) RaoSelfAtal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister)19961996Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee ISelfH. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister)19961997 Janata Dal Deve GowdaSelfInder Kumar Gujral(Prime Minister)19971998 GujralSelf Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 1998 2003 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vajpayee IIIL. K. Advani(Deputy Prime Minister)20032004 Manmohan Singh(1932- 2024) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam(Prime Minister) 2004 2014 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self Manmohan II Narendra Modi(Prime Minister) 2014 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Self Modi II Modi III
List of ministers of state PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From ToPeriod Ram Niwas Mirdha 1970 1974 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi Indira IIIOm Mehta19741977Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo19841985 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv Rajiv GandhiP. Chidambaram19851989Biren Sing Engti19861988Margaret Alva19911996 RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao S. R. Balasubramoniyan19961997 Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Deve GowdaH. D. Deve Gowda19971998 GujralInder Kumar GujralKadambur R. Janarthanan19981999All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vasundhara Raje19992003 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee IIIArun Shourie19992001Harin Pathak20032004Suresh Pachouri20042008 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Prithviraj Chavan20082009 20092010 Manmohan IIV. Narayanasamy20102014 Jitendra Singh2014Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Modi II Modi III
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