Minister of Finance (India)

The Minister of Finance (Vitt Mantrī ) (or simply, the Finance Minister, short form FM) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the Union Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for the fiscal policy of the government. As part of this, a key duty of the Finance Minister is to present the annual Union Budget in Parliament, which details the government's plan for taxation and spending in the coming financial year. Through the Budget, the finance minister also outlines the allocations to different ministries and departments. Occasionally, s/he is assisted by the Minister of State for Finance and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Finance.

Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Nirmala Sitharaman
since 31 May 2019
Ministry of Finance
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationFM
Member ofCabinet
Cabinet Committee on Security
AppointerPresident on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderR. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Formation15 August 1947

There have been a number of Finance Ministers who went on to become the Prime Minister like Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Manmohan Singh and also to serve as the President like R.Venkataraman and Pranab Mukherjee. Several other Prime Ministers have since held the additional charge of finance ministry.

The current Finance Minister of India is Nirmala Sitharaman.

Lists of finance ministers
№ Name Picture Term of office Political party
(Alliance)		 Prime Minister
1 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 15 August 1947[1] 17 August 1948 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 John Mathai 22 September 1948 01 June 1950
3 C. D. Deshmukh 29 May 1950[2] 01 August 1956
4 Jawaharlal Nehru 01 August 1956 30 August 1956
5 T. T. Krishnamachari 30 August 1956 13 February 1958
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru 14 February 1958 22 March 1958
6 Morarji Desai 23 March 1958 31 August 1963
(5) T. T. Krishnamachari 31 August 1963 31 December 1965
7 Sachindra Chaudhuri 01 January 1966 13 March 1967 Indira Gandhi
(6) Morarji Desai 13 March 1967 16 July 1969
8 Indira Gandhi 16 July 1969 27 June 1970
9 Yashwantrao Chavan 27 June 1970 10 October 1974
10 Chidambaram Subramaniam 10 October 1974 24 March 1977
11 Hirubhai M. Patel 24 March 1977 24 January 1979
12 Charan Singh 24 January 1979 28 July 1979 Janata Party
13 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 28 July 1979 25 October 1979
(12) Charan Singh 25 October 1979 14 January 1980
14 R. Venkataraman 14 January 1980 15 January 1982 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
15 Pranab Mukherjee 15 January 1982 31 December 1984
16 V. P. Singh 31 December 1984 24 January 1987 Rajiv Gandhi
17 Rajiv Gandhi 24 January 1987 25 July 1987
18 N. D. Tiwari 25 July 1987 25 June 1988
19 Shankarrao Chavan 25 June 1988 2 December 1989
20 Madhu Dandavate 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal
(National Front)
21 Yashwant Sinha 10 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party
(National Front)
22 Manmohan Singh 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 Indian National Congress Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
23 Jaswant Singh 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party
24 P. Chidambaram 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 Tamil Maanila Congress
(United Front)
25 I. K. Gujral 21 April 1997 1 May 1997 Janata Dal
(United Front)
(24) P. Chidambaram 1 May 1997 19 March 1998 Tamil Maanila Congress
(United Front)
(21) Yashwant Sinha 19 March 1998 1 July 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(23) Jaswant Singh 1 July 2002 22 May 2004
(24) P. Chidambaram 22 May 2004 30 November 2008 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)		 Manmohan Singh
(22) Manmohan Singh 30 November 2008 24 January 2009
(15) Pranab Mukherjee 24 January 2009 26 June 2012
(22) Manmohan Singh 26 June 2012 31 July 2012
(24) P. Chidambaram 31 July 2012 26 May 2014
26 Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 14 May 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		 Narendra Damodardas Modi
27 Piyush Goyal
 14 May 2018 22 August 2018
(26) Arun Jaitley 23 August 2018 23 January 2019
(27) Piyush Goyal
 23 January 2019 15 February 2019
(26) Arun Jaitley 16 February 2019 30 May 2019
28 Nirmala Sitharaman 31 May 2019 Present

References
  1. "COUNCIL OF MINISTERS" (PDF).
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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