Minister of Road Transport and Highways

The ministry has been subjected to various changes since its inception. The ministers have been known by the following titles from time to time:

• 1947{{ndash}}1948: Minister of Transport
• 1948{{ndash}}1957: Minister of Transport and Railways
• 1957{{ndash}}1963: Minister of Transport and Communications
• 1963{{ndash}}1966: Minister of Transport
• 1966{{ndash}}1967: Minister of Transport and Aviation
• 1967{{ndash}}1985: Minister of Shipping and Transport
• 1985{{ndash}}1986: Minister of Transport
• 1986{{ndash}}2000: Minister of Surface Transport
• 2000{{ndash}}2004: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
• 2004{{ndash}}2009: Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
• 2009{{ndash}}present: Minister of Road Transport and Highways

The "Ministry of Transport" was created upon the nation's independence on 15 August 1947 with John Mathai being appointed as the inaugural minister. On 22 September 1948, the ministry was renamed as "Ministry of Transport and Railways" and N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar was appointed as the minister on the same day. With the formation of the Third Nehru ministry on 17 April 1957, the Ministry of Transport and Railways was bifurcated into the "Ministry of Railways" and the "Ministry of Transport and Communications" with the merger of the Ministry of Communications with the transport ministry.

On 1 September 1963, the Department of Communications was separated from the ministry and the ministry was renamed as "Ministry of Transport". Upon Indira Gandhi's appointment as the Prime Minister on 24 January 1966,{{cite web|url=https://shipmin.gov.in/about-us/organization-history|title=Organization History of Ministry of Shipping|access-date=27 August 2023}} the Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged with the Ministry of Transport to form the "Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation" which was short-lived and the Department of Civil Aviation was separated and merged to form the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. Meanwhile, the Department of Transport was renamed as "Ministry of Shipping and Transport".

On 25 September 1985, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Shipping and Transport and the Department of Civil Aviation were merged to form the "Ministry of Transport" with constituent departments of Railways, Surface Transport and Civil Aviation. Bansi Lal was appointed as the minister of the bulk-ministry and was assisted by three ministers of state, Madhavrao Scindia for Railways, Rajesh Pilot for Surface Transport and Jagdish Tytler for Civil Aviation. Lal resigned on 4 June 1986 and was succeeded by Mohsina Kidwai. In a reshuffle of the union cabinet on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Transport was bifurcated into the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Surface Transport and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Three ministers of state of the constituent departments of the erstwhile transport ministry - Madhavrao Scindia, Rajesh Pilot, and Jagdish Tytler were appointed as the ministers of state with independent charge of the newly created three independent ministries.

The Ministry of Surface Transport existed from 1986 until 7 November 2000 when the ministry bifurcated into two separate ministries, viz. the "Ministry of Road Transport and Highways" and the "Ministry of Shipping". On 2 October 2004, the two ministries were re-united as the "Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways" and were re-bifurcated in May 2009 and has since then existed as two independent ministries. Nitin Gadkari served as the minister of both ministries between 2014 till 2019 and since 2019 has been heading the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The Ministry of Shipping was renamed as the "Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways" on 10 November 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2020/11/10/Ministry-of-Shipping-renamed.amp.html|title=Ministry of Shipping renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|date=10 November 2020|website=NewsBharati.com}}

• Note: MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister
{{small|(Birth-Death)
Constituency}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Political party

! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Ministry

|-

! style="width:7em"| From

! style="width:7em"| To

! style="width:6em"| Period

|-

! colspan="8" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| John Mathai
{{small|(1886{{ndash}}1959)}}

| {{small|15 August}}
1947

| {{small|22 September}}
1948

| {{ayd|1947|8|15|1948|9|22}}

| Indian National Congress

| Nehru I

|-

! colspan="8"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
{{small|(1882{{ndash}}1953)
MP for Madras (Interim)}}

| {{small|22 September}}
1948

| {{small|13 May}}
1952

| {{ayd|1948|9|22|1952|5|13}}

| rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress

| Nehru I

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Lal Bahadur Shastri
{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}}

| {{small|13 May}}
1952

| {{small|7 December}}
1956

| {{ayd|1952|5|13|1956|12|7}}

| rowspan="2"| Nehru II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Jagjivan Ram
{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986)
MP for Shahabad South}}

| {{small|7 December}}
1956

| {{small|17 April}}
1957

| {{ayd|1956|12|7|1957|4|17}}

|-

! colspan="8"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Lal Bahadur Shastri
{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966)
MP for Allahabad}}

| {{small|17 April}}
1957

| {{small|28 March}}
1958

| {{ayd|1957|4|17|1958|3|28}}

| rowspan="6"| Indian National Congress

| rowspan="4"| Nehru III

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| S. K. Patil
{{small|(1898{{ndash}}1981)
MP for Mumbai South}}

| {{small|29 March}}
1958

| {{small|24 August}}
1959

| {{ayd|1958|3|29|1959|8|24}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Jawaharlal Nehru
{{small|(1889{{ndash}}1964)
MP for Phulpur}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|24 August}}
1959

| {{small|2 September}}
1959

| {{ayd|24 Aug 1959|2 Sep 1959}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| P. Subbarayan
{{small|(1889{{ndash}}1962)
MP for Tiruchengode}}

| {{small|2 September}}
1959

| {{small|10 April}}
1962

| {{ayd|1959|9|2|1962|4|10}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Jagjivan Ram
{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986)
MP for Sasaram}}

| {{small|10 April}}
1962

| {{small|31 August}}
1963

| {{ayd|1962|4|10|1963|8|31}}

| rowspan="2"| Nehru IV

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Raj Bahadur
{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1990)
MP for Bharatpur}}
{{small|Minister of Shipping}}

| {{small|10 April}}
1962

| {{small|1 September}}
1963

| {{ayd|1962|4|10|1963|9|1}}

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| rowspan="4"| 70px

| rowspan="4"| Raj Bahadur
{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1990)
MP for Bharatpur}}
(MoS until 1 September 1963)

| {{small|1 September}}
1963

| {{small|10 April}}
1964

| rowspan="4"| {{ayd|1963|9|1|1966|1|24}}

| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress

| Nehru IV

|-

| {{small|27 May}}
1964

| {{small|9 June}}
1964

| Nanda I

|-

| {{small|9 June}}
1964

| {{small|11 January}}
1966

| Shastri

|-

| {{small|11 January}}
1966

| {{small|24 January}}
1966

| Nanda II

|-

! colspan="8"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh}}

| {{small|24 January}}
1966

| {{small|13 March}}
1967

| {{ayd|1966|1|24|1967|3|13}}

| Indian National Congress

| Indira I

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

|

| V. K. R. V. Rao
{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1991)
/MP for Bellary}}

| {{small|13 March}}
1967

| {{small|14 February}}
1969

| {{ayd|1967|3|13|1969|2|14}}

| Indian National Congress

| rowspan="2"| Indira II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

| 70px

| Kotha Raghuramaiah
{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1979)
MP for Guntur}}

| {{small|14 February}}
1969

| {{small|18 March}}
1971

| {{ayd|1969|2|14|1971|3|18}}

| rowspan="5"| Indian National Congress (R)

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

| 70px

| Raj Bahadur
{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1990)
MP for Bharatpur}}

| {{small|18 March}}
1971

| {{small|8 November}}
1973

| {{ayd|1971|3|18|1973|11|8}}

| rowspan="4"| Indira III

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

| 70px

| Kamalapati Tripathi
{{small|(1905{{ndash}}1990)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}}

| {{small|8 November}}
1973

| {{small|10 February}}
1975

| {{ayd|1973|11|8|1975|2|10}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

| 70px

| Uma Shankar Dikshit
{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}}

| {{small|10 February}}
1975

| {{small|1 December}}
1975

| {{ayd|1975|2|10|1975|12|1}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

| 70px

| Gurdial Singh Dhillon
{{small|(1915{{ndash}}1992)
MP for Tarn Taran}}

| {{small|1 December}}
1975

| {{small|24 March}}
1977

| {{ayd|1975|12|1|1977|3|24}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Morarji Desai
{{small|(1896–1995)
MP for Surat}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|24 March}}
1977

| {{small|7 June}}
1977

| {{ayd|1977|3|24|1977|6|7}}

| rowspan="4"| Janata Party

| rowspan="4"| Desai

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Jagjivan Ram
{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986)
MP for Sasaram}}
(Deputy Prime Minister)

| {{small|7 June}}
1977

| {{small|17 June}}
1977

| {{ayd|1977|6|7|1977|6|17}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Morarji Desai
{{small|(1896–1995)
MP for Surat}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|17 June}}
1977

| {{small|14 August}}
1977

| {{ayd|1977|6|17|1977|8|14}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|

|

| Chand Ram
{{small|(1923{{ndash}}2015)
MP for Sirsa}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|14 August}}
1977

| {{small|28 July}}
1979

| {{ayd|1977|8|14|1979|7|28}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|

|

| Janeshwar Mishra
{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2010)
MP for Allahabad}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|30 July}}
1979

| {{small|14 January}}
1980

| {{ayd|1979|7|30|1980|1|14}}

| Janata Party (Secular)

| Charan

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Anant Sharma
{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1988)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar}}

| {{small|14 January}}
1980

| {{small|19 October}}
1980

| {{ayd|1980|1|14|1980|10|19}}

| rowspan="7"| Indian National Congress (I)

| rowspan="5"| Indira IV

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

|

| Veerendra Patil
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}1997)
MP for Bagalkot}}

| {{small|19 October}}
1980

| {{small|2 September}}
1982

| {{ayd|1980|10|19|1982|9|2}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| C. M. Stephen
{{small|(1918{{ndash}}1984)
MP for Gulbarga}}

| {{small|2 September}}
1982

| {{small|2 February}}
1983

| {{ayd|1982|9|2|1983|2|2}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2001)
MP for Kurnool}}

| {{small|2 February}}
1983

| {{small|7 September}}
1984

| {{ayd|1983|2|2|1984|9|7}}

|-

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"| Veerendra Patil
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}1997)
MP for Bagalkot}}

| {{small|7 September}}
1984

| {{small|31 October}}
1984

| {{ayd|1984|9|7|1984|10|31}}

|-

| {{small|4 November}}
1984

| {{small|31 December}}
1984

| {{ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31}}

| Rajiv I

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Ziaur Rahman Ansari
{{small|(1925{{ndash}}1992)
MP for Unnao}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|31 December}}
1984

| {{small|25 September}}
1985

| {{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}

| Rajiv II

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

|

| Bansi Lal
{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006)
MP for Bhiwani}}

| {{small|25 September}}
1985

| {{small|4 June}}
1986

| {{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|6|4}}

| rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress (I)

| rowspan="3"| Rajiv II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Rajiv Gandhi
{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)
MP for Amethi}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|4 June}}
1986

| {{small|24 June}}
1986

| {{ayd|1986|6|4|1986|6|24}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Mohsina Kidwai
{{small|(born 1932)
MP for Meerut}}

| {{small|24 June}}
1986

| {{small|22 October}}
1986

| {{ayd|1986|6|24|1986|10|22}}

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Rajesh Pilot
{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2000)
MP for Dausa}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|22 October}}
1986

| {{small|2 December}}
1989

| {{ayd|1986|10|22|1989|12|2}}

| Indian National Congress (I)

| Rajiv II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|

|

| K. P. Unnikrishnan
{{small|(born 1936)
MP for Vatakara}}

| {{small|6 December}}
1989

| {{small|10 November}}
1990

| {{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|11|10}}

| Janata Dal
{{small|(NF)}}

| Vishwanath

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|

| 70px

| Manubhai Kotadia
{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2003)
MP for Amreli}}

| {{small|21 November}}
1990

| {{small|26 April}}
1991

| {{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|4|26}}

| rowspan="2"| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
{{small|(NF)}}

| rowspan="2"| Chandra Shekhar

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|

| 70px

| Chandra Shekhar
{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)
MP for Ballia}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|26 April}}
1991

| {{small|21 June}}
1991

| {{ayd|1991|4|26|1991|6|21}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

| 70px

| Jagdish Tytler
{{small|(born 1944)
MP for Delhi Sadar}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|21 June}}
1991

| {{small|15 September}}
1995

| {{ayd|1991|6|21|1995|9|15}}

| rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress (I)

| rowspan="2"| Rao

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

|

| M. Rajasekara Murthy
{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2010)
MP for Mysore}}
(MoS, I/C)

| {{small|15 September}}
1995

| {{small|16 May}}
1996

| {{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)
MP for Lucknow}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|16 May}}
1996

| {{small|1 June}}
1996

| {{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}

| Bharatiya Janata Party

| Vajpayee I

|-

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"| T. G. Venkatraman
{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2013)
MP for Tindivanam}}

| {{small|1 June}}
1996

| {{small|21 April}}
1997

| rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}}

| rowspan="2"| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
{{small|(UF)}}

| Deve Gowda

|-

| {{small|21 April}}
1997

| {{small|19 March}}
1998

| Gujral

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| 70px

| Sedapatti Muthiah
{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2022)
MP for Periyakulam}}

| {{small|19 March}}
1998

| {{small|8 April}}
1998

| {{ayd|1998|3|19|1998|4|8}}

| rowspan="2"| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
{{small|(NDA)}}

| rowspan="4"| Vajpayee II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| 70px

| M. Thambidurai
{{small|(born 1947)
MP for Karur}}

| {{small|8 April}}
1998

| {{small|8 April}}
1999

| {{ayd|1998|4|8|1999|4|8}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Nitish Kumar
{{small|(born 1951)
MP for Barh}}

| {{small|8 April}}
1999

| {{small|5 August}}
1999

| {{ayd|1999|4|8|1999|8|5}}

| Samata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Jaswant Singh
{{small|(1938{{ndash}}2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan}}

| {{small|5 August}}
1999

| {{small|13 October}}
1999

| {{ayd|1999|8|5|1999|10|13}}

| Bharatiya Janata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Nitish Kumar
{{small|(born 1951)
MP for Barh}}

| {{small|13 October}}
1999

| {{small|22 November}}
1999

| {{ayd|1999|10|13|1999|11|22}}

| Samata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

| rowspan="3"| Vajpayee III

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Rajnath Singh
{{small|(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}}

| {{small|22 November}}
1999

| {{small|25 October}}
2000

| {{ayd|1999|11|22|2000|10|25}}

| rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)
MP for Lucknow}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|25 October}}
2000

| {{small|7 November}}
2000

| {{ayd|2000|10|25|2000|11|7}}

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| 70px

| B. C. Khanduri
{{small|(born 1934)
MP for Garhwal}}
(MoS, I/C until 24 May 2003)

| {{small|7 November}}
2000

| {{small|22 May}}
2004

| {{ayd|2000|11|7|2004|5|22}}

| Bharatiya Janata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

| Vajpayee III

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| 70px

| T. R. Baalu
{{small|(born 1941)
MP for Chennai South}}

| {{small|23 May}}
2004

| {{small|2 October}}
2004

| {{ayd|2004|5|23|2004|10|2}}

| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
{{small|(UPA)}}

| Manmohan I

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| 70px

| T. R. Baalu
{{small|(born 1941)
MP for Chennai South}}

| {{small|2 October}}
2004

| {{small|22 May}}
2009

| {{ayd|2004|10|2|2009|5|22}}

| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
{{small|(UPA)}}

| Manmohan I

|-

! colspan="11"|

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Kamal Nath
{{small|(born 1946)
MP for Chhindwara}}

| {{small|28 May}}
2009{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2009/may/28/portfolios-of-manmohan-singh-cabinet-announced-52972.html|title=Portfolios of Manmohan Singh Cabinet announced|date=28 May 2009|access-date=27 August 2023|website=The New Indian Express}}

| {{small|19 January}}
2011

| {{ayd|2009|5|29|2011|1|19}}

| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress
{{small|(UPA)}}

| rowspan="4"| Manmohan II

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| C. P. Joshi
{{small|(born 1950)
MP for Bhilwara}}

| {{small|19 January}}
2011

| {{small|15 June}}
2013

| {{ayd|2011|1|19|2013|6|15}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Manmohan Singh
{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam}}
(Prime Minister)

| {{small|15 June}}
2013

| {{small|17 June}}
2013

| {{ayd|2013|6|15|2013|6|17}}

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| 70px

| Oscar Fernandes
{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka}}

| {{small|17 June}}
2013{{cite web|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.in/business/oscar-fernandes-appointed-new-morth-minister|title=Oscar Fernandes appointed new MoRTH Minister|date=18 June 2023|website=Construction Week}}

| {{small|26 May}}
2014

| {{ayd|2013|6|17|2014|5|26}}

|-

| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| rowspan="3"| 70px

| rowspan="3"| Nitin Gadkari
{{small|(born 1957)
MP for Nagpur}}

| rowspan="3"| {{small|27 May}}
2014{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105264|title=Shri Nitin Gadkari Has Taken Charge as the Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping|date=29 May 2014|access-date=27 August 2023|website=Press Information Bureau}}

| rowspan="3"| Incumbent

| rowspan="3"| {{ayd|2014|5|27}}

| rowspan="3"| Bharatiya Janata Party
{{small|(NDA)}}

| Modi I

|-

| Modi II

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| Modi III

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