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Finance Ministers of India
Finance Ministers of India: The Finance Minister of India is in charge of the Ministry of Finance under the Government of India. The Ministry of Finance is one the senior-most offices in the Union Cabinet and the Finance Minister of India is the head of the ministry.
The Finance Ministers of India have the responsibility for the budgetary policy of the government, and it is their responsibility of the Finance Ministers of India to prepare and present the annual Union Budget in the Parliament. The first finance minister of India was R. K. Shanmukham and delivered the first budget of India.
5 Things expected in Budget 2023 related to Income Tax Rule
Finance Ministers of India 2023
The current Finance Minister of India is Nirmala Sitharaman. She was appointed as the Finance Minister of India on 31st May 2019 under the Governance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nirmala Sitaraman presented her first Union Budget on 5th July 2019.
The Ministry of Finance led by Nirmala Sitharaman includes the Department of Public Enterprises which is a step taken by the government towards privatization and more financial control over state-run businesses.
Complete List Of Prime Ministers Of India (1947-2022)
List of Finance Ministers of India
| Finance Minister | Term of Office (Start) | Term of Office (End) | Prime Minister |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | 29 Oct 1946 | 14 Aug 1947 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| R. K. Shanmukham Chetty | 15 Aug 1947 | 17 Aug 1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| John Mathai | 22 Sep 1948 | 26 Jan 1950 | |
| 26 Jan 1950 | 06 May 1950 | ||
| 06 May 1950 | 01-Jun 1950 | ||
| C. D. Deshmukh | 01 Jun 1950 | 13 May 1952 | |
| 13 May 1952 | 01 Aug 1956 | ||
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 01 Aug 56 | 30 Aug 1956 | |
| T. T. Krishnamachari | 30 Aug 1956 | 17 Apr 1957 | |
| 17 Apr 1957 | 14 Feb 1958 | ||
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 Feb 1958 | 22 Mar 1958 | |
| Morarji Desai | 22 Mar 1958 | 10 Apr 1962 | |
| 10 Apr 1962 | 31 Aug 1963 | ||
| T. T. Krishnamachari | 31 Aug 1963 | 31 Dec 1965 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||
| Sachindra Chaudhuri | 01 Jan 1966 | 11 Jan 1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 11 Jan 1966 | 24 Jan 1966 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 24 Jan 1966 | 13 Mar 1967 | ||
| Morarji Desai | 13 Mar 1967 | 16 Jul 1969 | Indira Gandhi |
| Indira Gandhi | 16 Jul 1969 | 27 Jun 1970 | |
| Yashwantrao B. Chavan | 27 Jun 1970 | 18 Mar 1971 | |
| 18 Mar 1971 | 10 Oct 1974 | ||
| Chidambaram Subramaniam | 10 Oct 1974 | 24 Mar 1977 | |
| Haribhai M. Patel | 26 Mar 1977 | 24 Jan 1979 | Morarji Desai |
| Charan Singh | 24 Jan 1979 | 16 Jul 1979 | |
| Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna | 28 Jul 1979 | 19 Oct 1979 | Charan Singh |
| R. Venkataraman | 14 Jan 1980 | 15 Jan 1982 | Indira Gandhi |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 15 Jan 1982 | 31 Oct 1984 | |
| 31 Oct 1984 | 31 Dec 1984 | ||
| V. P. Singh | 31 Dec 1984 | 14 Jan 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 14 Jan 1985 | 30 Mar 1985 | ||
| 30 Mar 1985 | 25 Sep 1985 | ||
| 25 Sep 1985 | 24 Jan 1987 | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi | 24 Jan 1987 | 25 Jul 1987 | |
| N. D. Tiwari | 25 Jul 1987 | 25 Jun 1988 | |
| Shankarrao B. Chavan | 25 Jun 1988 | 02 Dec 1989 | |
| Madhu Dandavate | 05 Dec 1989 | 10 Nov 1990 | V. P. Singh |
| Yashwant Sinha | 21 Nov 1990 | 21 Jun 1991 | Chandra Shekhar |
| Manmohan Singh | 21 Jun 1991 | 16 May 1996 | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Jaswant Singh | 16 May 1996 | 01 Jun 1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| P. Chidambaram | 01 Jun 1996 | 21 Apr 1997 | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| I.K. Gujral | 21 Apr 1997 | 01 May 1997 | I. K. Gujral |
| P. Chidambaram | 01 May 1997 | 19 Mar 1998 | |
| Yashwant Sinha | 19 Mar 1998 | 13 Oct 1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 13 Oct 1999 | 01 Jul 2002 | ||
| Jaswant Singh | 01 Jul 2002 | 22 May 2004 | |
| P. Chidambaram | 23 May 2004 | 30 Nov 2008 | Manmohan Singh |
| Manmohan Singh | 30 Nov 2008 | 24 Jan 2009 | |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 24 Jan 2009 | 22 May 2009 | |
| 23 May 2009 | 26 Jun 2012 | ||
| Manmohan Singh | 26 Jun 2012 | 31 Jul 2012 | |
| P. Chidambaram | 31 Jul 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |
| Arun Jaitley | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Narendra Modi |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | 31 May 2019 | Incumbent | Narendra Modi |
