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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Government ministry of India


Summary

Government ministry of India

FieldValue
sealGovernment of India logo.svg
seal_width100px
seal_captionBranch of Government of India
jurisdictionGovernment of India
headquartersMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shastri Bhawan,
C-Wing,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
logo_captionMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment
minister1_nameVirendra Kumar Khatik
minister1_pfoCabinet Minister
minister2_nameRamdas Athawale
minister2_pfoMinister of State
minister3_nameB. L. Verma
minister3_pfoMinister of State
website
nameMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment
logo_size350px
budget(2017–18 est.)

Shastri Bhawan, C-Wing, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi

The **Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment **is a Government of India ministry. It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC), LGBT people, the disabled, the elderly, and the victims of drug abuse. It also helps in the enforcement of legislation with regards to these marginalized groups to better enforce anti-discrimination policies.

The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Virendra Kumar, who is assisted by two ministers of state, Ramdas Athawale and B. L. Verma.

History

In 1985–1986, the former Ministry of Welfare was divided into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. At the same time, the Departments of Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Wakf of the Ministry of Law were separated from those ministry to form the new Ministry of Welfare.

The Ministry of Welfare was renamed as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in May 1998. In October 1999, the Department of Tribal Development was separated to form the new and independent Ministry of Tribal Affairs. In May 2004 following the formation of the First Manmohan Singh ministry, the Department of Women and Child Development was separated to form an independent ministry to be known as the Ministry of Women and Child Development, while in January 2006, the Departments of Minorities Welfare and the Wakf were separated to form the Ministry of Minority Affairs. To propagate the ideologies and philosophy of Babu Jagjivan Ram, the Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation has been set up by the Ministry.

In 2012, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched Oblindia, an online library for visually impaired college students. At launch, the library included 12,000 books in 10 languages.

Organisation

The ministry has five bureaus, each headed by a Joint Secretary: Scheduled Castes Development Bureau; Backward Classes Bureau Coordination, Media, Administration; Disability Bureau; Social Defense (SD) Bureau; and Project, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring Bureau.

  • Statutory Bodies
    • Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi
    • National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities
    • Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
    • Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC)
  • Commissions
    • National Commission for Backward Classes
    • National Commission for Scheduled Castes
    • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
    • National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes
    • National Commission for Safai Karamcharis
  • Adjunct Body
    • National Board of Examination in Rehabilitation
  • National Institutes
    • Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai (AYJNIHH)
    • Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi (formerly Institute for the Physically Handicapped (IPH))
    • National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities, Kolkata
    • National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Secunderabad
    • National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIVH), Dehradun
    • Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Cuttack (NIRTAR)
    • National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai
    • Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC)
    • National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)
    • Atal Bihari Training centre for Disability Sports, Gwalior, Madhaya Pradesh
  • Public sector undertakings
    • National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC)
    • National Divyangjan Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC)
    • Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur
    • National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation
    • National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation
  • Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities (CRCs)
  • Public Private Partnership
    • Indian Spinal Injury Centre

Think Tank

  • Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi

Legislation

  • Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C Minister of State (Independent Charge)
No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyTerm of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime MinisterFromToPeriodMinister of Social Security12Minister of Social Welfare345678910111213Minister of Women and Social Welfare1415Minister of Welfare1617181920Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment2122232426272829
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg70px]]Ram Subhag Singh
(19171980)
MP for Bikramganj
(MoS)9 June
196413 June
1964****Indian National CongressShastriIndian National Congress}}"Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Ashoke Sen official portrait.gif70px]]Ashoke Kumar Sen
(19131996)
MP for Calcutta North West13 June
196411 January
1966****
11 January
196624 January
1966Nanda IIIndian National Congress}}"Gulzarilal Nanda
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.png70px]]Kotha Raghuramaiah
(19121979)
MP for Guntur
(MoS)24 January
196625 March
1966****Indian National CongressIndira IIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Asoka Mehta Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Asoka Mehta
(19111984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, until 1967
MP for Bhandara25 March
196613 March
1967****
13 March
196722 August
1968Indira II
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:P. Govinda Menon official portrait.gif70px]]Panampilly Govinda Menon
(19061970)
MP for Mukundapuram22 August
196823 May
1970****
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif70px]]Kengal Hanumanthaiah
(19081980)
MP for Bangalore City26 May
197018 March
1971****Indian National Congress (R)Indian National Congress (R)}}"
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png70px]]Siddhartha Shankar Ray
(19202010)
MP for Raiganj18 March
197120 March
1972****Indira III
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg70px]]Saiyid Nurul Hasan
(19211993)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C)24 March
197224 March
1977****
Janata Party}}"[[File:Pratap Chandra Chunder - The noted educationalist and former Union Minister inaugurates the exhibition, of award winning and selected photographs from 18th National Photo Contest, jointly organized by Photo Division (cropped).jpg70px]]Pratap Chandra Chunder
(19192008)
MP for Calcutta North East24 March
197728 July
1979****Janata PartyDesaiJanata Party}}"Morarji Desai
Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg70px]]Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur28 July
197919 August
1979****Indian National Congress (Urs)CharanJanata Party (Secular)}}"Charan Singh
AIADMK}}; color:white"[[File:Sathyavani Muthu Rajya Sabha MP.jpg70px]]Sathiavani Muthu
(19231999)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu19 August
197923 December
1979****All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg70px]]Shankarrao Chavan
(19202004)
MP for Nanded19 October
19808 August
1981****Indian National Congress (I)Indira IVIndian National Congress (I)}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Sheila Kaul Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Sheila Kaul
(19152015)
MP for Lucknow
(MoS, I/C)8 August 198131 October 1984****
4 November 198431 December 1984Rajiv IIndian National Congress (I)}}"Rajiv Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Maragatham Chandrasekar Lok Sabha portrait.gif70px]]Maragatham Chandrasekar
(19172001)
MP for Sriperumbudur
(MoS, I/C)31 December 198425 September 1985****Indian National Congress (I)Rajiv IIIndian National Congress (I)}}"Rajiv Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Rajendra Kumari Bajpai Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
(19251999)
MP for Sitapur
(MoS, I/C)25 September
19852 December
1989****
Janata Dal}}; color:white"[[File:Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg70px]]Ram Vilas Paswan
(19462020)
MP for Hajipur6 December
198910 November
1990****Janata DalVishwanathJanata Dal}}; color:white"Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg70px]]Chandra Shekhar
(19272007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)21 November
199021 June
1991****Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Chandra ShekharSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"Chandra Shekhar
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Sitaram Kesri Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Sitaram Kesri
(19192000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar21 June
199116 May
1996****Indian National Congress (I)RaoIndian National Congress (I)}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Kariya Munda.jpg70px]]Kariya Munda
(born 1936)
MP for Khunti16 May
19961 June
1996****Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Independent politician}}"[[File:Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.jpg70px]]Balwant Singh Ramoowalia
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh1 June
199621 April
1997****IndependentDeve GowdaJanata Dal}}"H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
199719 March
1998GujralJanata Dal}}"Inder Kumar Gujral
Independent politician}}"[[File:Maneka Gandhi (cropped).jpg70px]]Maneka Gandhi
(born 1956)
MP for Pilibhit
(MoS, I/C)19 March
199823 May
1998****Vajpayee IIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Independent politician}}"[[File:Maneka Gandhi (cropped).jpg70px]]Maneka Gandhi
(born 1956)
MP for Pilibhit
(MoS, I/C)23 May
199813 October
1999****IndependentVajpayee IIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
19991 September
2001Vajpayee III
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Satyanarayan Jatiya (cropped).jpg70px]]Satyanarayan Jatiya
(born 1946)
MP for Ujjain1 September
200122 May
2004****Bharatiya Janata Party
INC}}"[[File:Meira Kumar in 2013.jpg70px]]Meira Kumar
(born 1945)
MP for Sasaram23 May
200422 May
2009****Indian National CongressManmohan IINC}}"Manmohan Singh
INC}}"[[File:Mukul Wasnik (cropped).jpg70px]]Mukul Wasnik
(born 1959)
MP for Ramtek28 May
200927 October
2012****Manmohan II
INC}}"[[File:Kumari Selja.jpg70px]]Selja Kumari
(born 1962)
MP for Ambala28 October
201228 January
2014****
INC}}"[[File:Shri Mallikarjun Kharge takes over the charge of Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on June 19, 2013 (cropped) 2.jpg70px]]Mallikarjun Kharge
(born 1941)
MP for Gulbarga28 January
201426 May
2014****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Thawar Chand Gehlot appointed as the new governor of karnataka (cropped).JPG70px]]Thawar Chand Gehlot
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh27 May
201430 May
2019****Bharatiya Janata PartyModi IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Narendra Modi
31 May
20197 July
2021Modi II
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Virendra Kumar Khatik with PM Modi (cropped).jpg70px]]Virendra Kumar Khatik
(born 1954)
MP for Tikamgarh7 July
20219 June
2024****
10 June
2024IncumbentModi III

Ministers of State

No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyTerm of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime MinisterFromToPeriodMinister of State of Social Security1Minister of State of Social Welfare23456789Minister of State for Welfare10Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment111213141516171819202122(20)(22)232425(22)26
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis.jpg70px]]Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
(19081976)
MP for Bhandara29 October
196511 January
1966****Indian National CongressShastriIndian National Congress}}"Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Phulrenu Guha (cropped).jpg70px]]Phulrenu Guha
(19122006)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal13 March
196726 June
1970****Indian National CongressIndira IIIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.png70px]]Kotha Raghuramaiah
(19121979)
MP for Guntur18 March
196714 February
1969****
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Jagannath Rao Lok Sabha portrait.gif70px]]Jagannath Rao
MP for Chatrapur27 June
197018 March
1971****Indian National Congress (R)Indian National Congress (R)}}"
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg70px]]Saiyid Nurul Hasan
(19211993)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh4 October
197124 March
1972****Indira III
Janata Party}}"[[File:Dhanna Singh Gulshan Lok Sabha image.gif70px]]Dhanna Singh Gulshan
MP for Bathinda14 August
197728 July
1979****Janata PartyDesaiJanata Party}}"Morarji Desai
Janata Party}}"[[File:Renuka Devi Barkataki official portrait.gif70px]]Renuka Devi Barkataki
(19322017)
MP for Gauhati16 August
197728 July
1979****
Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"[[File:Rashida Haque Choudhury Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Rashida Haque Choudhury
MP for Silchar30 July
197924 August
1979****Indian National Congress (Urs)CharanIndian National Congress (Urs)}}"Charan Singh
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Sheila Kaul Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Sheila Kaul
(19152015)
MP for Lucknow19 October
19808 August
1981****Indian National Congress (I)Indira IVIndian National Congress (I)}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"Aslam Sher Khan
(born 1953)
MP for Betul15 September
199516 May
1996****Indian National Congress (I)RaoIndian National Congress (I)}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Satyabrata Mookherjee speaking at a three-day Global Symposium on Taming the Future through Project Management in 2003 (cropped).jpg70px]]Satyabrata Mookherjee
(19322023)
MP for Krishnanagar1 July
200229 January
2003****Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Sanjay Paswan
(born 1962)
MP for Nawada29 January
200324 May
2003****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Kailash-Meghwal.jpg70px]]Kailash Chandra Meghwal
(born 1934)
MP for Tonk24 May
200322 May
2004****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Nagmani Kushwaha.jpg70px]]Nagmani
(born 1953)
MP for Chatra24 May
200322 May
2004****
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"[[File:Subbalakshmi Jagadeesan (cropped).jpg70px]]Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
(born 1947)
MP for Tiruchengode23 May
200422 May
2009****Dravida Munnetra KazhagamManmohan IINC}}"Manmohan Singh
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"[[File:Nepoleon Duraisamy.png70px]]Napoleon
(born 1963)
MP for Perambalur28 May
200920 March
2013****Manmohan II
INC}}"[[File:Porika Balram Naik (cropped).jpg70px]]Porika Balram Naik
(born 1964)
MP for Mahabubabad28 October
201226 May
2014****Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Manikrao Gavit taking office in 2013 (cropped).jpg70px]]Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
(19342022)
MP for Nandurbar17 June
201326 May
2014****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sudarshan Bhagat giving awards (cropped).jpg70px]]Sudarshan Bhagat
(born 1969)
MP for Lohardaga27 May
20149 November
2014****Bharatiya Janata PartyModi IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Narendra Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Krishan Pal at the National Workshop on Autism Tools (cropped).jpg70px]]Krishan Pal Gurjar
(born 1957)
MP for Faridabad9 November
201430 May
2019****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Vijay Sampla (cropped).jpg70px]]Vijay Sampla
(born 1961)
MP for Hoshiarpur9 November
201430 May
2019****
Republican Party of India (Athawale)}}"[[File:Ramdas Athawale.jpg70px]]Ramdas Athawale
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra5 July
201630 May
2019****Republican Party of India (Athawale)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Krishan Pal at the National Workshop on Autism Tools (cropped).jpg70px]]Krishan Pal Gurjar
(born 1957)
MP for Faridabad31 May
20197 July
2021****Bharatiya Janata PartyModi II
Republican Party of India (Athawale)}}"[[File:Ramdas Athawale.jpg70px]]Ramdas Athawale
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra31 May
20199 June
2024****Republican Party of India (Athawale)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Shri Rattan Lal Kataria taking charge as the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg70px]]Rattan Lal Kataria
(19512023)
MP for Ambala31 May
20197 July
2021****Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:A. Narayanaswamy (cropped).jpg70px]]A. Narayanaswamy
(born 1957)
MP for Chitradurga7 July
20219 June
2024****
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Pratima Bhoumik with PM Modi (cropped).jpg70px]]Pratima Bhoumik
(born 1969)
MP for Tripura West7 July
20219 June
2024****
Republican Party of India (Athawale)}}"[[File:Ramdas Athawale.jpg70px]]Ramdas Athawale
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra11 June
2024Incumbent****Republican Party of India (Athawale)Modi III
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:B. L. Verma with PM Modi 2021 (cropped).jpg70px]]B. L. Verma
(born 1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh11 June
2024Incumbent****Bharatiya Janata Party

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