The complete list of the 70-member Union Council of ministers that was sworn-in by the President, K R Narayanan, on the morning of October 13, 1999, at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
| Name |
Party |
Parliamentary
Constituency |
State |
Portfolio |
| Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
BJP |
Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
| Cabinet Ministers |
| L K Advani |
BJP |
Gandhinagar |
Gujarat |
Home |
| Ananth Kumar |
BJP |
Bangalore South |
Karnataka |
Culture, youth
affairs & sports |
| T R Balu |
DMK |
Madras South |
Tamil Nadu |
Environment
and forests |
| Mamta Banerjee |
TC |
Calcutta South |
West Bengal |
Railways |
| George Fernandes |
JD-U |
Nalanda |
Bihar |
Defence |
| Jagmohan |
BJP |
New Delhi |
Delhi |
Urban
development |
| Dr Satyanarain Jatia |
BJP |
Ujjain |
Madhya Pradesh |
Urban
employment
and poverty
alleviation |
| Ram Jethmalani |
IND |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Law, justice
& co affairs |
| Manohar Gajanan Joshi |
Shiv
Sena |
Bombay North Central |
Maharashtra |
Heavy industries
and public
enterprises |
| Dr Murli Manohar Joshi |
BJP |
Allahabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
HRD, science
& technology |
| P R Kumaramangalam |
BJP |
Tiruchirappalli |
Tamil Nadu |
Power |
| Pramod Mahajan |
BJP |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Parliamentary
affairs |
| Murasoli Maran |
DMK |
Madras Central |
Tamil Nadu |
Commerce &
industry |
| Ram Naik |
BJP |
Bombay North |
Maharashtra |
Petroleum &
natural gas |
| Nitish Kumar |
JD-U |
Barh |
Bihar |
Surface
transport |
| Juel Oram |
BJP |
Sundargarh |
Orissa |
Tribal affairs |
| Ram Vilas Paswan |
JD-U |
Hajipur |
Bihar |
Communications |
| Naveen Patnaik |
BJD |
Aska |
Orissa |
Mines and
minerals |
| Sunderlal Patwa |
BJP |
Hoshangabad |
Madhya Pradesh |
Rural develop-
ment |
| Suresh Prabhu |
Shiv
Sena |
Rajapur |
Maharashtra |
Chemicals and
fertilisers |
| Kashiram Rana |
BJP |
Surat |
Gujarat |
Textiles |
| Shanta Kumar |
BJP |
Kangra |
Himachal Pradesh |
Consumer affairs
and public
distribution |
| Jaswant Singh |
BJP |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
External affairs |
| Yashwant Sinha |
BJP |
Hazaribagh |
Bihar |
Finance |
| Sharad Yadav |
JD-U |
Madhepura |
Bihar |
Civil aviation |
| Ministers of State (Independent Charge) |
| Maneka Gandhi |
IND |
Pilibhit |
Uttar Pradesh |
Social justice
& empowerment |
| Arun Jaitley |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
I&B |
| M Kannappan |
MDMK |
Tiruchengode |
Tamil Nadu |
Non-conven-
tional energy |
| Dilip Ray |
BJD |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Steel |
| Vasundhararaje Scindia |
BJP |
Jhalawar |
Rajasthan |
Small-scale
industries |
| N T Shanmugham |
PMK |
Vellore |
Tamil Nadu |
Health &
family welfare |
| Uma Bharti |
BJP |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
Tourism |
| Ministers of State |
| Ramesh Bais |
BJP |
Raipur |
Madhya Pradesh |
Chemicals and
fertilisers |
| Bijoya Chakravarty |
BJP |
Guwahati |
Assam |
Water resources |
| Shriram Chauhan |
BJP |
Basti |
Uttar Pradesh |
Parliamentary
affairs |
| Bandaru Dattatreya |
BJP |
Secunderabad |
Andhra Pradesh |
Urban
development |
| Jaisinghrao Gaekwad Patil |
BJP |
Beed |
Maharashtra |
HRD |
| Santosh Gangwar |
BJP |
Bareilly |
Uttar Pradesh |
Science and
technology |
| Chaman Lal Gupta |
BJP |
Udhampur |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Civil aviation |
| Dr Vallabhbhai Kathiriya |
BJP |
Rajkot |
Gujarat |
Heavy industries
& public
enterprises |
| Faggan Singh Kulaste |
BJP |
Mandla |
Madhya Pradesh |
Parliamentary
affairs |
| V Dhananjay Kumar |
BJP |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
Finance |
| Bangaru Lakshman |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
Planning and
programme
implementation |
| Sumitra Mahajan |
BJP |
Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
HRD |
| Subhash Maharia |
BJP |
Sikar |
Rajasthan |
Rural
development |
| Babulal Marandi |
BJP |
Dumka |
Bihar |
Environment
and forests |
| Jaywanti Mehta |
BJP |
Bombay South |
Maharashtra |
Power |
| Munni Lall |
BJP |
Sasaram |
Bihar |
Labour and
employment |
| Omar Farooq Abdullah |
JKNC |
Srinagar |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Commerce &
industries |
| Ajit Kumar Panja |
TC |
Calcutta North East |
West Bengal |
External affairs |
| Harin Pathak |
BJP |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
Defence |
| Devendra Pradhan |
BJP |
Deogarh |
Orissa |
Surface transport |
| E Ponnuswami |
PMK |
Chidambaram |
Tamil Nadu |
Petroleum |
| A Raja |
DMK |
Perambalur |
Tamil Nadu |
Rural
development |
| O Rajagopal |
BJP |
Not a member of either house |
Law, justice &
company affairs |
| Dr Raman |
BJP |
Rajnandgaon |
Madhya Pradesh |
Commerce and
industries |
| N Ginjee Ramachandran |
MDMK |
Tindivanam |
Tamil Nadu |
Textiles |
| Ch Vidyasagar Rao |
BJP |
Karimnagar |
Andhra Pradesh |
Home |
| S B P P K Satyanarayana Rao |
BJP |
Rajahmundry |
Andhra Pradesh |
Agriculture |
| Bachi Singh Rawat |
BJP |
Almora |
Uttar Pradesh |
Defence |
| Syed Shahnawaz Hussain |
BJP |
Kishanganj |
Bihar |
Food processing |
| Tapan Sikdar |
BJP |
Dum Dum |
West Bengal |
Communications |
| Digvijay Singh |
Janata Dal
(United) |
Banka |
Bihar |
Railways |
| T H Chaoba Singh |
MSCP |
Inner Manipur |
Manipur |
Culture, youth
affairs & sports |
| V Sreenivasa Prasad |
JD-U |
Chamarajanagar |
Karnataka |
Consumer affairs
and public
distribution |
| I D Swami |
BJP |
Karnal |
Haryana |
Home |
| Dr Rita Verma |
BJP |
Dhanbad |
Bihar |
Mines and
minerals |
| Eknath Vikhe Patil |
Shiv
Sena |
Kopargaon |
Maharashtra |
Finance |
| Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav |
BJP |
Madhubani |
Bihar |
Agriculture |
