Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Ministry of Civil Aviation
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Civil Aviation

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
Agency overview
Formed1947; 77 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget₹3,113.50 crore (US$370 million) (2023–24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Shri Vumlunmang Vualnam, IAS
Websitewww.civilaviation.gov.in

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (naagar vimaanan mantraalay) in India is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation. It devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport in the country. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The ministry also administers the implementation of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railway Safety.

Organisation

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The ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments:

Directorates

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Regulatory bodies

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Attached offices

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Training institutions

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Statutory bodies

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Central public sector undertakings

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Aircraft projects

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Cabinet ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Communications
1 Hari Vinayak Pataskar
(1892–1970)
MP for Jalgaon
(MoS) 		7 December
1956 		16 April
1957 		130 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
Ministry disestablished during this interval[a]
Minister of Civil Aviation
2 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Samastipur 		9 June
1964 		13 June
1964 		4 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
3 Nityanand Kanungo
(1900–1988)
MP for Cuttack
(MoS) 		13 June
1964 		31 July
1965 		1 year, 48 days
4 Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur 		31 July
1965 		11 January
1966 		164 days
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Ministry disestablished during this interval[b]
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
5 Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		16 March
1967 		18 March
1971 		4 years, 2 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
18 March
1971 		9 November
1973 		Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
(4) Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur 		9 November
1973 		22 December
1976 		3 years, 43 days
6 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		23 December
1976 		24 March
1977 		91 days
7 Purushottam Kaushik
(1930–2017)
MP for Raipur 		26 March
1977 		15 July
1979 		2 years, 111 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		16 July
1979 		28 July
1979 		12 days
8 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
MP for Anantnag 		30 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
9 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927–2015)
MP for Cuttack 		14 January
1980 		7 June
1980 		145 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
10 Anant Sharma
(1919–1988)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		8 June
1980 		2 September
1982 		2 years, 86 days
Minister of Civil Aviation
11 Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur
(MoS, I/C) 		2 September
1982 		14 February
1983 		165 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
12 Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad
(MoS, I/C) 		14 February
1983 		31 October
1984 		1 year, 316 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
– Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Ministry disestablished during this interval[c]
Minister of Civil Aviation
13 Jagdish Tytler
(born 1944)
MP for Delhi Sadar
(MoS, I/C) 		22 October
1986 		14 February
1988 		1 year, 115 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
14 Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		14 February
1988 		25 June
1988 		132 days
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
15 Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Latur
(MoS, I/C) 		25 June
1988 		2 December
1989 		1 year, 160 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Civil Aviation
– Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 		2 December
1989 		5 December
1989 		3 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
16 Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951)
MP for Bahraich 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days
17 Harmohan Dhawan
(1940–2024)
MP for Chandigarh
(MoS, I/C) 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
18 Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior 		21 June
1991 		9 January
1993 		1 year, 202 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
19 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		9 January
1993 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 128 days
20 V. Dhananjay Kumar
(1951–2019)
MP for Mangalore 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
21 C. M. Ibrahim
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation 29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days
21A C. M. Ibrahim
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
Minister in the Department of Tourism
21B Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Kendrapara
Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation 21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		332 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
(21A) C. M. Ibrahim
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
Minister in the Department of Tourism
(21B) Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Kendrapara
Minister of Civil Aviation
22 Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23 Sharad Yadav
(1947–2023)
MP for Madhepura 		13 October
1999 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 323 days Samata Party Vajpayee III
24 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj 		1 September
2001 		24 May
2003 		1 year, 265 days Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(born 1962)
MP for Chapra
(MoS, I/C) 		24 May
2003 		22 May
2004 		364 days
26 Praful Patel
(born 1957)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
(MoS, I/C) 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		6 years, 235 days Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
28 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		Manmohan II
27 Vayalar Ravi
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala 		19 January
2011 		18 December
2011 		333 days Indian National Congress
28 Ajit Singh
(1939–2021)
MP for Baghpat 		18 December
2011 		26 May
2014 		2 years, 159 days Rashtriya Lok Dal
29 Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
(born 1951)
MP for Vizianagaram 		27 May
2014 		9 March
2018 		3 years, 286 days Telugu Desam Party Modi I Narendra Modi
– Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi
(Prime Minister) 		9 March
2018 		10 March
2018 		1 day Bharatiya Janata Party
30 Suresh Prabhu
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		10 March
2018 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 81 days
31 Hardeep Singh Puri
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
32 Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
33 Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
(born 1987)
MP for Srikakulam 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 146 days Telugu Desam Party Modi III

Ministers of State

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
1 Sarojini Mahishi
(1927–2015)
MP for Dharwad North 		2 May
1971 		10 October
1974 		3 years, 161 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
2 Surendra Pal Singh
(1917–2009)
MP for Bulandshahr 		10 October
1974 		23 December
1976 		2 years, 74 days
3 P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao
(1929–1997)
MP for Bapatla 		4 August
1979 		27 November
1979 		115 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
4 Kartik Oraon
(1924–1981)
MP for Lohardaga 		14 January
1980 		8 June
1980 		146 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
5 Chandulal Chandrakar
(1920–1995)
MP for Durg 		8 June
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 221 days
6 Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
7 Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur 		31 December
1984 		24 August
1985 		236 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism
8 M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)
MP for Pondicherry 		21 June
1991 		2 July
1992 		1 year, 11 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Minister of State in the Department of Civil Aviation
(8) M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)
MP for Pondicherry 		2 July
1992 		17 January
1996 		3 years, 199 days
9B G. Y. Krishnan
(1929–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
Minister of State in the Department of Tourism
9A Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
(1943–2006)
MP for Gurdaspur 		2 July
1992 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 319 days
Minister of State for Civil Aviation
10 Jayanthi Natarajan
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
11 Chaman Lal Gupta
(1934–2021)
MP for Udhampur 		13 October
1999 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 323 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12 Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for Panaji 		1 July
2002 		24 May
2003 		327 days
13 K. C. Venugopal
(born 1963)
MP for Alappuzha 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh
14 G. M. Siddeshwara
(born 1952)
MP for Davanagere 		26 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
15 Mahesh Sharma
(born 1959)
MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar 		9 November
2014 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days
16 Jayant Sinha
(born 1963)
MP for Hazaribagh 		5 July
2016 		30 May
2019 		2 years, 329 days
17 General
V. K. Singh (Retd.)
PVSM AVSM YSM ADC
(born 1950)
MP for Ghaziabad 		7 July
2021 		10 June 2024 3 years, 119 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II
18 Murlidhar Mohol
(born 1974)
MP for Pune 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 147 days Modi III

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The matters pertaining to the Department of Civil Aviation were placed under the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1957 till 1963 and thereupon under the Ministry of Transport from 1963.
  2. ^ The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged with the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.
  3. ^ The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged into the Ministry of Transport as the Department of Civil Aviation.

References

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  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Commission of Railway Safety Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.
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