Finance Ministers of India 2023, List, Names, Achivements

Finance Ministers of India: Check complete List of Finance Ministers of India since Independence till date. Nirmala Sitharaman is the current Finance Minister of India. Finance Ministers List for UPSC

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Finance Ministers of India

The Finance Minister of India is in charge of the Ministry of Finance, one of the top positions in the Union Cabinet. The annual Union Budget is something that the Finance Minister of India is tasked with preparing and presenting to Parliament each year. The Finance Minister of India is in charge of the government’s fiscal strategy.

The Ministry of Finance oversees the Union Budget, state and federal budgets, financial institutions, capital markets, taxation, and financial legislation. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty served as the nation of independent India’s first finance minister and delivered the nation’s first budget.

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Finance Minister of India 2023 at Present

The first full-time female finance minister of India is Nirmala Sitharaman. Her first Union Budget and second under the NDA government were presented on July 5, 2019.

The Ministry of Finance now includes the department of public enterprises, which will continue to be led by Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister. In the most recent cabinet turnover, it was decided. The decision to include Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in the FM is thought to be a step toward privatisation and more financial control over state-run businesses.

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List of Finance Ministers of India

Here’s complete Finance Ministers of India List:

Name	Term of office from start till service end		Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan	29 October 1946	14 August 1947	Jawaharlal Nehru
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty	15 August 1947	17 August 1948	Jawaharlal Nehru
John Mathai	22 September 1948	26 January 1950
	26 January 1950	6 May 1950
	6 May 1950	1 June 1950
C. D. Deshmukh	1 June 1950	13 May 1952
C. D. Deshmukh	13 May 1952	1 August 1956
Jawaharlal Nehru	1 August 1956	30 August 1956
T. T. Krishnamachari	30 August 1956	17 April 1957
T. T. Krishnamachari	17 April 1957	14 February 1958
Jawaharlal Nehru	14 February 1958	22 March 1958
Morarji Desai	22 March 1958	10 April 1962
Morarji Desai	10 April 1962	31 August 1963
T. T. Krishnamachari	31 August 1963	31 December 1965	Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri
Sachindra Chaudhuri	1 January 1966	11 January 1966	Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi
	11 January 1966	24 January 1966
	24 January 1966	13 March 1967
Morarji Desai	13 March 1967	16 July 1969	Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi	16 July 1969	27 June 1970
Yashwantrao B. Chavan	27 June 1970	18 March 1971
Yashwantrao B. Chavan	18 March 1971	10 October 1974
Chidambaram Subramaniam	10 October 1974	24 March 1977
Haribhai M. Patel	26 March 1977	24 January 1979	Morarji Desai
Charan Singh	24 January 1979	16 July 1979	Morarji Desai
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna	28 July 1979	19 October 1979	Charan Singh
R. Venkataraman	14 January 1980	15 January 1982	Indira Gandhi
Pranab Mukherjee	15 January 1982	31 October 1984
Pranab Mukherjee	31 October 1984	31 December 1984
V. P. Singh	31 December 1984	14 January 1985	Rajiv Gandhi
	14 January 1985	30 March 1985
	30 March 1985	25 September 1985
	25 September 1985	24 January 1987
Rajiv Gandhi	24 January 1987	25 July 1987
N. D. Tiwari	25 July 1987	25 June 1988
Shankarrao B. Chavan	25 June 1988	2 December 1989
Madhu Dandavate	5 December 1989	10 November 1990	V. P. Singh
Yashwant Sinha	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	Chandra Shekhar
Manmohan Singh	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Jaswant Singh	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	H. D. Deve Gowda
I.K. Gujral	21 April 1997	1 May 1997	I. K. Gujral
P. Chidambaram	1 May 1997	19 March 1998	I. K. Gujral
Yashwant Sinha	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Yashwant Sinha	13 October 1999	1 July 2002
Jaswant Singh	1 July 2002	22 May 2004
P. Chidambaram	23 May 2004	30 November 2008	Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh	30 November 2008	24 January 2009
Pranab Mukherjee	24 January 2009	22 May 2009
Pranab Mukherjee	23 May 2009	26 June 2012
Manmohan Singh	26 June 2012	31 July 2012
P. Chidambaram	31 July 2012	26 May 2014
Arun Jaitley	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	Narendra Modi
Nirmala Sitharaman	31 May 2019	Incumbent	Narendra Modi

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Finance Minister of India FAQs

Q) Who is Current Finance Minister of India?

Ans. Nirmala Sitharaman is the current Finance Minister of India.

Q) What is the name of Finance Minister of India 2022?

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Q) Who is the finance minister of India Quiz?

Ans. Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She currently serves as the current (2021) Finance Minister of India.

Q) How many Ministry in India 2022?

Ans. There are 58 Union ministries and 93 departments in India.

Q) Who is education minister of India?

Ans. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan is education minister of India

Q) Who is the current education minister of India?

Ans. The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of Ministers. India had the Ministry of Education since 1947.

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Who is Current Finance Minister of India?

Nirmala Sitharaman is the current Finance Minister of India.

What is the name of Finance Minister of India 2022?

Nirmala Sitharaman is the name of Finance Minister of India 2022.

Who is the finance minister of India Quiz?

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She currently serves as the current (2021) Finance Minister of India.