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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Ministry of Tourism
| agency_name = Ministry of Tourism
| seal_width = 70px
| seal = Government of India logo.svg
| seal_width = 100px
| formed = 1967
| formed = 1967
| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]
| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters = Ministry of Tourism<br>Transport Bhawan<br>Sansad Marg<br>New Delhi,110011 <br> [[New Delhi]]
| headquarters = Ministry of Tourism<br>Transport Bhawan<br>Sansad Marg<br>New Delhi,110011 <br> [[New Delhi]]
| region_code = IN
| region_code = IN
| minister1_name = [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| minister1_name = [[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]]
| minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister
| minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister
| minister2_name = [[Shripad Naik]]
| minister2_name = [[Suresh Gopi]]
| minister2_pfo = Minister of State
| minister2_pfo = Minister of State
| minister3_name = [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
| minister3_pfo = Minister of State
| website = {{URL|http://tourism.gov.in}}
| website = {{URL|http://tourism.gov.in}}
| seal_caption = Branch of Government of India
| logo = Ministry of Tourism India.svg
| logo = Ministry of Tourism India.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = Ministry of Tourism
| employees =
| employees =
| budget = {{INRConvert|2150|c}} <small>(2018–19 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>
| budget = {{INRConvert|2150|c}} <small>(2018–19 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>
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The '''Ministry of Tourism''', a branch of the [[Government of India]], is the apex body for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to the development and promotion of [[tourism in India]]. It facilitates the Indian department of tourism. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Tourism (India) held by [[G. Kishan Reddy]].
The '''Ministry of Tourism''', a branch of the [[Government of India]], is the apex body for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to the development and promotion of [[tourism in India]]. It facilitates the Indian department of tourism. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Tourism (India) held by [[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]].


[[India]] stole the limelight at the World Tourism Mart 2011 in [[London]] by winning two global awards - World's Leading Destination and World's Leading Tourist Board, [[Incredible India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/incredible-india-wins-world-tourism-awards/200468-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111004450/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/incredible-india-wins-world-tourism-awards/200468-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-11|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref>
[[India]] stole the limelight at the World Tourism Mart 2011 in [[London]] by winning two global awards - World's Leading Destination and World's Leading Tourist Board, [[Incredible India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/incredible-india-wins-world-tourism-awards/200468-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111004450/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/incredible-india-wins-world-tourism-awards/200468-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-11|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref>
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Despite his skills as an orator and scholarly knowledge in the [[Sanskrit language]], Singh failed to take tourism on a growing path during the initial years, owing mostly to failure in getting funds for the promotion and infrastructure of tourism. He subsequently persuaded [[Air India]] to get their officers involved in promotion of tourism to India. Region-wise targets for arrivals were given and Air India chiefs were given powers to oversee the working of overseas tourist offices of India; 'Operation Europe' for the said region was later extended to other areas. Air India's failure to take this forward owing to losses in revenue "collision" of "egos of tourist officers" led to slump in the growth of tourism. Prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] later took charge of the ministry before quitting in favour of other ministers who, Pran Nath Seth in ''Successful Tourism'' wrote, "felt that the tourism portfolio was a demotion", as Civil Aviation was separated from the ministry. During this time, the Tourism was tied with Commerce Ministry, and later under [[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh's ministry]], in 1991 with Agriculture,<ref name="SethBhat">{{cite book|last1=Seth|first1=Pran Nath|last2=Bhat|first2=Sushma Seth|title=An Introduction To Travel And Tourism|date=2003|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788120724822|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcGn-Fmc43sC|page=64|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> when it was headed by [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhary Devi Lal]]. It was again tied with Civil Aviation that year, headed by [[Madhavrao Scindia]], before the [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda government]] in 1996 attached it with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.<ref name="SethBhat"/> Tourism was then combined with culture portfolio when it was headed by [[Jagmohan]]. The latter was separated in 2002 and an independent ministry for tourism has been active since.<ref name="Seth"/>
Despite his skills as an orator and scholarly knowledge in the [[Sanskrit language]], Singh failed to take tourism on a growing path during the initial years, owing mostly to failure in getting funds for the promotion and infrastructure of tourism. He subsequently persuaded [[Air India]] to get their officers involved in promotion of tourism to India. Region-wise targets for arrivals were given and Air India chiefs were given powers to oversee the working of overseas tourist offices of India; 'Operation Europe' for the said region was later extended to other areas. Air India's failure to take this forward owing to losses in revenue "collision" of "egos of tourist officers" led to slump in the growth of tourism. Prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] later took charge of the ministry before quitting in favour of other ministers who, Pran Nath Seth in ''Successful Tourism'' wrote, "felt that the tourism portfolio was a demotion", as Civil Aviation was separated from the ministry. During this time, the Tourism was tied with Commerce Ministry, and later under [[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh's ministry]], in 1991 with Agriculture,<ref name="SethBhat">{{cite book|last1=Seth|first1=Pran Nath|last2=Bhat|first2=Sushma Seth|title=An Introduction To Travel And Tourism|date=2003|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788120724822|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcGn-Fmc43sC|page=64|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> when it was headed by [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhary Devi Lal]]. It was again tied with Civil Aviation that year, headed by [[Madhavrao Scindia]], before the [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda government]] in 1996 attached it with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.<ref name="SethBhat"/> Tourism was then combined with culture portfolio when it was headed by [[Jagmohan]]. The latter was separated in 2002 and an independent ministry for tourism has been active since.<ref name="Seth"/>


==Organisation==
==List of ministers of tourism==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
'''Statutory Professional Bodies'''
|-

!#
*National Council For Hotel Management and Catering Technology
!Portrait
*[[Institute of Hotel Management|'''Institutes of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition''']]
!Name
*[[Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management]]

'''Autonomous Bodies'''
*[[National Institute of Water Sports]]

'''Central Public Sector Undertakings'''

*[[India Tourism Development Corporation]]
* Hotel Corporation of India

==Campaigns==

===Incredible India===
{{Main|Incredible India}}
In 2022, [[Ogilvy & Mather]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Incredible India Campaign|url=http://www.incredibleindiacampaign.com/|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>

Incredible India 2.0 was launched on September 27, 2017, by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]], on the occasion of [[World Tourism Day]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President launches Incredible India 2.0 Campaign; 'Adopt a Heritage' Project|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/president-launches-incredible-india-20-campaign-adopt-a-heritage-project/article9876374.ece|work=The Hindu: Business Line|date=27 Sep 2017}}</ref>

===Cleanliness Index===
Union Tourism Ministry is planning to introduce "Cleanliness Index" for all cities in [[India]]. This index will declare the best performers which will motivate other cities to work on this aspect of their appeal. The methodology has been already formulated and will be implemented in 6 cities on a pilot basis.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/cleanliness-index-soon-to-rank-cities/article6428178.ece. Retrieved from 'The Hindu' on 20 September 2014]</ref>

=== Tourism campaign at ITB Berlin ===
In 2011, Indian tourism department had launched a major tourism campaign at the ITB Berlin (the world's largest travel trade show) under the guidance of Mr Sanjay Kothari and [[Aanand Kumar ( IAS)|Mr Anand Kumar]] and Mr M.N. Javed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/India-launches-tourism-campaign-at-ITB-Berlin/article20107965.ece|title=India launches tourism campaign at ITB Berlin|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref>

==Cabinet Ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
![[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
! colspan="2"|Party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
|-
!style="width:7em"| From
|1
!style="width:7em"| To
| rowspan="1" | [[File:Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg|100x100px]]
!style="width:6em"| Period
| rowspan="1" | [[Raj Bahadur]]
| rowspan=1| 31 July 1965
| rowspan=1| 24 January 1966
|{{Ayd|31 july 1965|24 january 1966}}
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=5|
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
|2
| [[File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]]
| 24 January 1966
| 13 March 1967
|{{Ayd|24 january 1966|13 march 1967}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 1
|3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Pranab Mukherjee receiving the first copy of the book entitled "VB-Raju-The Visionary Leader" from the President of ICCR, Dr. Karan Singh, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.jpg|83x83px]]
|[[Karan Singh]]
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Karan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]}}
|13 March 1967
|16 March<br>1967
|9 November 1973
|18 March<br>1971
|{{Ayd|13 march 1967|9 november 1973}}
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|16 Mar 1967|18 Mar 1971}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|(1)
|18 March<br>1971
|[[File:Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg|100x100px]]
|9 November<br>1973
|[[Raj Bahadur]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]
|9 November 1973
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|22 December 1976
|{{Ayd|9 november 1973|22 december 1976}}
|-
|-
!2
|4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|
|[[File:Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]
|'''[[Raj Bahadur]]'''<br>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1990)<br>MP for [[Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bharatpur]]}}
|23 December 1976
|9 November<br>1973
|24 March 1977
|22 December<br>1976
|{{Ayd|23 december 1976|24 march 1977}}
|'''{{ayd|9 Nov 1973|22 Dec 1976}}'''
|-
|-
!3
|5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|
|[[File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.png|70px]]
|[[Purushottam Kaushik]]
|'''[[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}1979)<br>MP for [[Guntur Lok Sabha constituency|Guntur]]}}
|26 March 1977
|23 December<br>1976
|15 July 1979
|24 March<br>1977
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|15 july 1979}}
|'''{{ayd|23 Dec 1976|24 Mar 1977}}'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|{{center|[[Janata Party]]}}
|width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|-
|-
!4
|6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|[[File:Purushottam Kaushik Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]
|'''[[Purushottam Kaushik]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Raipur Lok Sabha constituency|Raipur]]}}
|30 July 1979
|26 March<br>1977
|14 January 1980
|15 July<br>1979
|{{Ayd|30 july 1979|14 january 1980}}
|'''{{ayd|26 Mar 1977|15 Jul 1979}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Morarji Desai]]'''<br>{{small|(1896–1995)<br>MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|15 July<br>1979
|28 July<br>1979
|'''{{ayd|15 Jul 1979|28 Jul 1979}}'''
|-
!5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]'''<br>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016)<br>MP for [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
|30 July<br>1979
|14 January<br>1980
|'''{{ayd|30 Jul 1979|14 Jan 1980}}'''
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|[[Charan Singh]]
|{{center|[[Indian National Congress (U)]]}}
|width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"|
|-
|-
!6
|7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
|[[File:Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik at Platinum Jubilee of Assam Legislative Assembly (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency|Cuttack]]}}
|14 January 1980
|7 June 1980
|14 January<br>1980
|7 June<br>1980
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|7 june 1980}}
|'''{{ayd|14 Jan 1980|7 Jun 1980}}'''
| rowspan="3" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=10|
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!7
|8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|[[Anant Sharma]]
|[[File:Anant Sharma Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Anant Sharma]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1988)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|19 October 1980
|8 June<br>1980
|2 September 1982
|2 September<br>1982
|{{Ayd|19 october 1980|2 september 1982}}
|'''{{ayd|8 Jun 1980|2 Sep 1982}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|9
|-
!8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|
|[[Khurshed Alam Khan]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|'''[[Khurshed Alam Khan]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency|Farrukhabad]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|2 September 1982
|2 September<br>1982
|14 February<br>1983
|31 December 1984
|{{Ayd|2 september 1982|31 december 1984}}
|'''{{ayd|2 Sep 1982|14 Feb 1983}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
|10
|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|31 December 1984
|14 January 1985
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|14 january 1985}}
| rowspan="7" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| (8)
|11
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|rowspan="2"|
|[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Khurshed Alam Khan]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency|Farrukhabad]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|25 September 1985
|14 February<br>1983
|12 May 1986
|31 October<br>1984
|{{Ayd|25 september 1985|12 may 1986}}
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|14 Feb 1983|26 Dec 1984}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
|4 November<br>1984
|12
|31 December<br>1984
|[[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|94x94px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|12 May 1986
|15 July 1987
|{{Ayd|12 may 1986|15 july 1987}}
|-
|-
!{{ndash}}
|(10)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|31 December<br>1984
|25 September<br>1985
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1984|25 Sep 1985}}'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|-
!9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|[[File:H. K. L. Bhagat Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]}}
|25 September<br>1985
|12 May<br>1986
|'''{{ayd|25 Sep 1985|12 May 1986}}'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|[[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2016)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
|12 May<br>1986
|15 July<br>1987
|'''{{ayd|12 May 1986|15 Jul 1987}}'''
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|15 July<br>1987
|28 July<br>1987
|'''{{ayd|15 Jul 1987|28 Jul 1987}}'''
|-
!11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Jagdish Tytler in Mumbai on January 6, 2005.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagdish Tytler]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1944)<br>MP for [[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|28 July<br>1987
|14 February<br>1988
|'''{{ayd|28 Jul 1987|14 Feb 1988}}'''
|-
!12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohsina Kidwai]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1932)<br>MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|14 February<br>1988
|25 June<br>1988
|'''{{ayd|14 Feb 1988|25 Jun 1988}}'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
|-
!13
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on “The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People”.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shivraj Patil]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1935)<br>MP for [[Latur Lok Sabha constituency|Latur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|25 June<br>1988
|2 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|25 Jun 1988|2 Dec 1989}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|15 July 1987
|25 July 1987
|{{Ayd|15 july 1987|25 july 1987}}
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|13
|-
|[[File:Jagdish Tytler in Mumbai on January 6, 2005.jpg|97x97px]]
!{{ndash}}
|[[Jagdish Tytler]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|25 July 1987
|[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|14 February 1988
|'''[[V. P. Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|{{Ayd|25 july 1987|14 february 1988}}
|2 December<br>1989
|5 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|1989|12|2|1989|12|5}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|-
|14
!14
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Arun Nehru]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Bilhaur Lok Sabha constituency|Bilhaur]]}}
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]]
|6 December<br>1989
|14 February 1988
|10 November<br>1990
|25 June 1988
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|25 june 1988}}
|'''{{ayd|6 Dec 1989|10 Nov 1990}}'''
|-
|-
!{{ndash}}
|15
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|70px]]
|[[Shivraj Patil]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|'''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)<br>MP for [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|25 June 1988
|10 November<br>1990
|2 December 1989
|21 November<br>1990
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|2 december 1989}}
|'''{{ayd|1990|11|10|1990|11|21}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|-
!15
|16
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|
|[[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|[[Arun Nehru]]
|'''[[Devi Lal|Chaudhary Devi Lal]]'''{{small|<br>(1915{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Sikar Lok Sabha constituency|Sikar]]}}<br>(Deputy Prime Minister)
|6 December 1989
|10 November 1990
|21 November<br>1990
|21 June<br>1991
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
|'''{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|{{center|[[Janata Dal]]}}
| width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
|17
|[[File:Devi Lal.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Devi Lal]]
|21 November 1990
|21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|{{center|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]}}
| width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
|-
|-
!16
|18
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Madhavrao Scindia]]
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|21 June 1991
|21 June<br>1991
|9 January 1993
|9 January<br>1993
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|9 january 1993}}
|'''{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|9 Jan 1993}}'''
| rowspan="2" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|-
!17
|19
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|75px]]
|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|9 January 1993
|9 January<br>1993
|16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|9 january 1993|16 may 1996}}
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|9 Jan 1993|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|-
!18
|20
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Danajaya kumar001.png|97x97px]]
|[[File:Danajaya kumar001.png|70px]]
|[[V. Dhananjay Kumar]]
|'''[[V. Dhananjay Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1951{{ndash}}2019)<br>MP for [[Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency|Mangalore]]}}
|16 May 1996
|1 June 1996
|1 May<br>1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|16 May 1996|1 Jun 1996}}'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|{{center|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|21
|[[File:C. M. Ibrahim (2).jpg|75x75px]]
|[[C. M. Ibrahim]]
|1 June 1996
|29 June 1996
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| rowspan="2" |{{center|[[Janata Dal]]}}
| rowspan="2" width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|-
!19
|22
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"|
|[[File:Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
|[[File:C. M. Ibrahim (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Srikant Kumar Jena]]
|'''[[C. M. Ibrahim]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}
|29 June 1996
|1 June<br>1996
|19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|29 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
|29 June<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|1 Jun 1996|29 Jun 1996}}'''
|[[I. K. Gujral]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 20
|23
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Srikant Kumar Jena]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency|Kendrapara]]}}
|19 March 1998
|29 June<br>1996
|30 January 1999
|21 April<br>1997
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|30 january 1999}}
| rowspan="5" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|29 Jun 1996|21 Apr 1997}}'''
| rowspan="5" |{{center|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| rowspan="5" width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|24
|19 March<br>1998
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|30 January 1999
|13 October 1999
|{{Ayd|30 january 1999|13 october 1999}}
|-
|-
!21
|25
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|70px]]
|[[Uma Bharti]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|'''[[Madan Lal Khurana]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]}}
|13 October 1999
|19 March<br>1998
|2 February 2000
|30 January<br>1999
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|2 february 2000}}
|'''{{ayd|19 Mar 1998|30 Jan 1999}}'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!22
|(24)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
|2 February 2000
|30 January<br>1999
|1 September 2001
|13 October<br>1999
|{{Ayd|2 february 2000|1 september 2001}}
|'''{{ayd|30 Jan 1999|13 Oct 1999}}'''
|-
|-
!23
|26
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Jagmohan.jpg|89x89px]]
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|70px]]
|[[Jagmohan]]
|'''[[Uma Bharti]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency|Bhopal]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|1 September 2001
|13 October<br>1999
|22 May 2004
|2 February<br>2000
|{{Ayd|1 september 2001|22 may 2004}}
|'''{{ayd|13 Oct 1999|2 Feb 2000}}'''
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|-
!(22)
|27
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women & Child Development, Smt. Renuka Chowdhury briefing the media persons about forthcoming East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meet, in New Delhi on December 04, 2007.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Renuka Chowdhury]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
|23 May 2004
|2 February<br>2000
|29 January 2006
|27 May<br>2000
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|29 january 2006}}
|'''{{ayd|2 Feb 2000|27 May 2000}}'''
| rowspan="5" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan="5" |
|-
|-
|28
|[[File:Ambika Soni.jpg|75px]]
|[[Ambika Soni]]
|29 January 2006
|22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|29 january 2006|22 may 2009}}
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism and Culture
|29
|[[File:Selja - Kolkata 2011-11-05 6516 Cropped.JPG|75px]]
|[[Selja Kumari]]
|28 May 2009
|19 January 2011
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|19 january 2011}}
|-
|-
!(22)
|30
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai addressing at the Annual Economic Editor Conference-2007, in New Delhi on November 14, 2007 (2).jpg|75x75px]]
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
|19 January 2011
|27 May<br>2000
|28 October 2012
|1 September<br>2001
|{{Ayd|19 january 2011|28 october 2012}}
|'''{{ayd|27 May 2000|1 Sep 2001}}'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|31
|[[File:Chiranjeevi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday celebration (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Chiranjeevi]]<br>''<small>(Independent Charge)</small>''
|28 October 2012
|26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|26 may 2014}}
|-
|-
!24
|32
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|75px]]
|[[File:Jagmohan.jpg|70px]]
|[[Shripad Naik]]<br><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|'''[[Jagmohan]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
|26 May 2014
|1 September<br>2001
|9 November 2014
|18 November<br>2001
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|9 november 2014}}
|'''{{ayd|1 Sep 2001|18 Nov 2001}}'''
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="5" |{{center|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
| rowspan="5" width="2px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism and Culture
|33
|[[File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[Mahesh Sharma]]<br><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|9 November 2014
|3 September 2017
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|3 september 2017}}
|-
|-
!(24)
|34
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Alphons Kannanthanam (2019).jpg|75x75px]]
|[[File:Jagmohan.jpg|70px]]
|[[Alphons Kannanthanam]]<br><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|'''[[Jagmohan]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
|3 September 2017
|18 November<br>2001
|30 May 2019
|22 May<br>2004
|{{Ayd|3 september 2017|30 may 2019}}
|'''{{ayd|18 Nov 2001|22 May 2004}}'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Tourism
|35
|-
|[[File:Prahlad Singh Patel.jpg|113x113px]]
!25
|[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]<br><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|30 May 2019
|[[File:Renuka Chowdhury in 2008 (cropped).png|70px]]
|7 July 2021
|'''[[Renuka Chowdhury]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Khammam Lok Sabha constituency|Khammam]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019|7 july 2021}}
|23 May<br>2004
|29 January<br>2006
|'''{{ayd|23 May 2004|29 Jan 2006}}'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="5"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!26
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ambika Soni PIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ambika Soni]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]}}
|29 January<br>2006
|22 May<br>2009
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 2006|22 May 2009}}'''
|-
!27
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Kumari Selja.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Selja Kumari]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Ambala Lok Sabha constituency|Ambala]]}}
|28 May<br>2009
|19 January<br>2011
|'''{{ayd|28 May 2009|19 Jan 2011}}'''
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
!28
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The Union Tourism Minister, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai addressing at the National Tourism Awards 2010-2011 presentation ceremony, in New Delhi on February 29, 2012.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]}}
|19 January<br>2011
|27 October<br>2012
|'''{{ayd|19 Jan 2011|27 Oct 2012}}'''
|-
!29
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the National Tourism Awards 2011-12, at a function, in New Delhi on March 18, 2013. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, Shri K. Chiranjeevi is also seen (1) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Chiranjeevi|K. Chiranjeevi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1955)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|28 October<br>2012
|26 May<br>2014
|'''{{ayd|28 Oct 2012|26 May 2014}}'''
|-
!30
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Shripad Naik]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1952)<br />MP for [[North Goa Lok Sabha constituency|North Goa]]}}<br />(MoS, I/C)
|27 May<br>2014
|9 November<br>2014
|'''{{ayd|27 May 2014|9 Nov 2014}}'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!31
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mahesh Sharma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gautam Buddh Nagar]]}}<br />(MoS, I/C)
|9 November<br>2014
|3 September<br>2017
|'''{{ayd|9 Nov 2014|3 Sep 2017}}'''
|-
!32
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Alphons Kannanthanam (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Alphons Kannanthanam]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
|3 September<br>2017
|30 May<br>2019
|'''{{ayd|3 Sep 2017|30 May 2019}}'''
|-
!33
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Prahlad Singh Patel.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>MP for [[Damoh Lok Sabha constituency|Damoh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|31 May<br>2019
|7 July<br>2021
|'''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
!34
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:G.Kishan Reddy.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[G. Kishan Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
|7 July<br>2021
|Incumbent
|'''{{ayd|2021|7|7}}'''
|-
|-
|36
|[[File:G.Kishan Reddy.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|-
|}
|}


== List of ministers of state ==
==Ministers of State==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
|+Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! [[Minister of state]]
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! Years
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-align=center
|[[Ashok Gehlot]]
|[[File:Ashok_Gehlot.jpg|100px]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|31 December 1984
|26 September 1985
|{{Age in years and days|1984|12|31|1985|9|26}}
|-align=center
|[[Shripad Naik]]
|[[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|100px]]
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF9933|
|Rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|-align=center
|[[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
|
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|}

==Department of Tourism (state ministers)==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!style="width:7em"| From
!S.No
!style="width:7em"| To
!State
!style="width:6em"| Period
!Name
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
|1.
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|[[Roja Selvamani|R.K Roja]]
||[[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|YSR Congress Party}}"|
|-
|-
!1
|2.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[File:Sarojini Mahishi portrait.gif|70px]]
|[[Nakap Nalo]]
|'''[[Sarojini Mahishi]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad North]]}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|2 May<br>1971
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|9 November<br>1973
|'''{{ayd|2 May 1971|9 Nov 1973}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!2
|3.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[Assam]]
|
|[[Bimal Bora]]
|'''[[Surendra Pal Singh (politician)|Surendra Pal Singh]]'''<br />{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2009)<br />MP for [[Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency|Bulandshahr]]}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|10 October<br>1974
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|23 December<br>1976
|'''{{ayd|10 Oct 1974|23 Dec 1976}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
|4.
|[[Bihar]]
|Kumar Sarvjeet
|[[Rastriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|bgcolor=#003366|
|-
|-
!3
|5.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}"|
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|
|[[Brijmohan Agrawal]]
|'''[[P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}1997)<br>MP for [[Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency|Bapatla]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|4 August<br>1979
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|14 January<br>1980
|'''{{ayd|4 Aug 1979|14 Jan 1980}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
|-
!4
|6.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Delhi]]
|[[File:Karthik Oraon (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Athish Marlena]]
|'''[[Kartik Oraon]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}1981)<br>MP for [[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|14 January<br>1980
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}"|
|8 June<br>1980
|'''{{ayd|14 Jan 1980|8 Jun 1980}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!5
|7.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Goa]]
|
|[[Rohan Khaunte]]
|'''[[Chandulal Chandrakar]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}1995)<br>MP for [[Durg Lok Sabha constituency|Durg]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|8 June<br>1980
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|15 January<br>1982
|'''{{ayd|8 Jun 1980|15 Jan 1982}}'''
|-
|-
!6
|8.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Gujarat]]
|
|[[Mulu Ayar Bera]]
|'''[[Khurshed Alam Khan]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency|Farrukhabad]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|15 January<br>1982
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|2 September<br>1982
|'''{{ayd|15 Jan 1982|2 Sep 1982}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
|9.
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Kanwar Pal Gujjar]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
|-
!7
|10.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[File:Ashok Gehlot.jpg|70px]]
|incumbent
|'''[[Ashok Gehlot]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur]]}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|31 December<br>1984
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|25 August<br>1985
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1984|25 Aug 1985}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism
|11.
|[[Jharkhand]]
|[[Hafizul Hasan]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|bgcolor=#8A0000|
|-
|-
!8
|12.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Karnataka]]
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Anand Singh (Karnataka politician)|Anand Singh]]
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Washim]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|25 September<br>1985
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|12 May<br>1986
|'''{{ayd|25 Sep 1985|12 May 1986}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|-
!9
|13.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Kerala]]
|[[File:Santosh Mohan Dev addressing the press conference in New Delhi on November 20, 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[P. A. Mohammed Riyas]]
|'''[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Silchar Lok Sabha constituency|Silchar]]}}
||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|12 May<br>1986
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|28 July<br>1987
|'''{{ayd|12 May 1986|14 Feb 1988}}'''
|-
|-
!10
|14.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[File:Giridhar-Gamang.jpg|70px]]
|Dharmendra Singh Lodhi
|'''[[Giridhar Gamang]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1943)<br>MP for [[Koraput Lok Sabha constituency|Koraput]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|14 February<br>1988
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|25 June<br>1988
|'''{{ayd|14 Feb 1988|25 Jun 1988}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism
|15.
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Mangal Lodha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
|-
!11
|16.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[Manipur]]
|[[File:Usha Sinha Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|incumbent
|'''[[Usha Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)<br>MP for [[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|21 November<br>1990
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|10 April<br>1991
|'''{{ayd|21 Nov 1990|10 Apr 1991}}'''
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism
|17.
|[[Meghalaya]]
|incumbent
|[[National People's Party (India)|NPP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}"|
|-
|-
!12
|18.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Mizoram]]
|[[File:The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M.O.H Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi on August 06, 2010 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Lalrinpuii]]
|'''[[M. O. H. Farook]]'''<br>{{small|(1937{{ndash}}2012)<br>MP for [[Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency|Pondicherry]]}}<br>(Civil Aviation, from 2 July 1992)
|[[Zoram People's Movement|ZPM]]
|21 June<br>1991
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Zoram People's Movement}}"|
|17 January<br>1993
|'''{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|17 Jan 1993}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="3"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|-
!13
|19.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Nagaland]]
|[[File:Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|incumbent
|'''[[Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder]]'''<br>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2006)<br>MP for [[Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency|Gurdaspur]]}}<br>(Tourism)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|2 July<br>1992
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|2 Jul 1992|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|-
!14
|20.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[Odisha]]
|
|Aswini Kumar Patra
|'''[[G. Y. Krishnan]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2001)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}<br>(Civil Aviation)
|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|15 September<br>1995
|bgcolor=#006400|
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|15 Sep 1995|16 May 1996}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism
|21.
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|[[K. Lakshminarayanan]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress|NRC]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
|-
!15
|22.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Arunachal Congress}}"|
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|[[File:Omak Apang Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|[[Anmol Gagan Maan]]
|'''[[Omak Apang]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|20 March<br>1998
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}"|
|13 October<br>1999
|'''{{ayd|20 Mar 1998|13 Oct 1999}}'''
|[[Arunachal Congress]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism and Culture
|23.
|[[Rajasthan]]
|[[Diya Kumari]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
|-
!16
|24.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[File:Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 11 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Bedu Singh Panth]]
|'''[[Vinod Khanna]]'''<br>{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency|Gurdaspur]]}}
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
|1 July<br>2002
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|29 January<br>2003
|'''{{ayd|1 Jul 2002|29 Jan 2003}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!17
|25.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[File:Bhavna Chikhalia with Sushma Swaraj (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[K. Ramachandran]]
|'''[[Bhavna Chikhalia]]'''<br>{{small|(1955{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency|Junagadh]]}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|29 January<br>2003
| bgcolor=#DD1100|
|22 May<br>2004
|'''{{ayd|29 Jan 2003|22 May 2004}}'''
|-
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Tourism
|26.
|[[Telangana]]
|[[Jupally Krishna Rao]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor=#00BBF|
|-
|-
!18
|27.
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|[[Tripura]]
|[[File:Kanti Singh in 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Pranjit Singha Roy]]
|'''[[Kanti Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|6 April<br>2008
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|22 May<br>2009
|'''{{ayd|6 Apr 2008|22 May 2009}}'''
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
!19
|28.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[File:Sultan Ahmed Minister (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Jaiveer Singh]]
|'''[[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)|Sultan Ahmed]]'''<br>{{small|(1953{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency|Uluberia]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|28 May<br>2009
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|22 September<br>2012
|'''{{ayd|28 May 2009|22 Sep 2012}}'''
|[[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|-
!20
|29.
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|[[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|70px]]
|[[Satpal Maharaj]]
|'''[[Shripad Naik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br>MP for [[North Goa Lok Sabha constituency|North Goa]]}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|rowspan="2"| 7 July<br>2021
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|rowspan="2"| 5 June 2024
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!21
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Ajay Bhatt Minister (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1961)<br>MP for [[Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar]]}}
|-
!22
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Suresh_Gopi_addressing_the_media_after_assuming_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Tourism.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Gopi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1958)<br>MP for [[Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency|Thrissur]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 11 June<br>2024
|rowspan="2"| Incumbent
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2024|6|11}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|30.
|[[West Bengal]]
|[[Babul Supriyo]]
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
|}
|}


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

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
===Incredible India===
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
{{Main|Incredible India}}
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
In 2022, The Ministry of Tourism's joint secretary Chandu Burusu IAS collaborated with [[Ogilvy & Mather]] to create the Incredible India marketing initiative, aiming to promote India's image as a high-end tourist destination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Incredible India Campaign|url=http://www.incredibleindiacampaign.com/|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
Incredible India 2.0 was launched on September 27, 2017 by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]], on the occasion of [[World Tourism Day]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President launches Incredible India 2.0 Campaign; 'Adopt a Heritage' Project|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/president-launches-incredible-india-20-campaign-adopt-a-heritage-project/article9876374.ece|work=The Hindu: Business Line|date=27 Sep 2017}}</ref>
! rowspan="2"| Ministry

! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
===Cleanliness Index===
|-
Union Tourism Ministry is planning to introduce "Cleanliness Index" for all cities in [[India]]. This index will declare the best performers which will motivate other cities to work on this aspect of their appeal. The methodology has been already formulated and will be implemented in 6 cities on a pilot basis.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/cleanliness-index-soon-to-rank-cities/article6428178.ece. Retrieved from 'The Hindu' on 20 September 2014]</ref>
!style="width:7em"| From

!style="width:7em"| To
=== Tourism campaign at ITB Berlin ===
!style="width:6em"| Period
In 2011, Indian tourism department had launched a major tourism campaign at the ITB Berlin (the world's largest travel trade show) under the guidance of Mr Sanjay Kothari and [[Aanand Kumar ( IAS)|Mr Anand Kumar]] and Mr M.N. Javed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/India-launches-tourism-campaign-at-ITB-Berlin/article20107965.ece|title=India launches tourism campaign at ITB Berlin|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref>
|-

!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
==Organisation==
|-

!1
'''Statutory Professional Bodies'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|

|[[File:Sarojini Mahishi portrait.gif|70px]]
*''National Council For Hotel Management and Catering Technology''
|'''[[Sarojini Mahishi]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad North]]}}
*''[[Institute of Hotel Management|Institutes of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition]]''
|18 March<br>1971
*''[[Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management]]''
|2 May<br>1971

|'''{{ayd|18 Mar 1971|2 May 1971}}'''
'''Autonomous Bodies'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]
*''[[National Institute of Water Sports]]''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''

|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
'''Central Public Sector Undertakings'''
|-

!2
*''[[India Tourism Development Corporation]]''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
*''Hotel Corporation of India''
|[[File:Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Virbhadra Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[Mandi Lok Sabha constituency|Mandi]]}}
|31 December<br>1976
|24 March<br>1977
|'''{{ayd|31 Dec 1976|24 Mar 1977}}'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Tourism
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ashok Gehlot.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ashok Gehlot]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur]]}}
|2 September<br>1982
|14 February<br>1983
|'''{{ayd|2 Sep 1982|14 Feb 1983}}'''
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
|-
!4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ashok Gehlot.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ashok Gehlot]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur]]}}
|14 February<br>1983
|7 February<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|14 Feb 1983|7 Feb 1984}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 16:30, 21 November 2024

Ministry of Tourism
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Tourism
Agency overview
Formed1967
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Tourism
Transport Bhawan
Sansad Marg
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget₹2,150 crore (US$260 million) (2018–19 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Websitetourism.gov.in

The Ministry of Tourism, a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to the development and promotion of tourism in India. It facilitates the Indian department of tourism. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Tourism (India) held by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

India stole the limelight at the World Tourism Mart 2011 in London by winning two global awards - World's Leading Destination and World's Leading Tourist Board, Incredible India.[2]

History

[edit]

The potential for tourism in India was first recognized with the setting up of a Tourist Traffic Committee, an ad-hoc body, in 1948, to suggest ways and means to promote tourism in India. Based on its recommendations, a tourist traffic branch was set up the following year, with regional offices in Delhi and Mumbai, and in 1951, in Kolkata and Chennai. A separate department of tourism under the government was first created on 1 March 1958, that was put under the ambit of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It was headed by a Director General in the rank of joint secretary. Simultaneously, Tourism Development Council, an advisory body, was constituted and was chaired by the minister in charge of tourism.[3]

After a fall in the number of tourists entering India in 1961 from the preceding year, the government constituted a committee headed by Lakshmi Kant Jha, then secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, under the Ministry of Finance, to find and examine the reasons. The committee attributed it to the Chinese aggression in the backdrop of the Sino-Indian War that year. Subsequently, as per the committee's recommendations, visa norms were liberalized, and the India Tourism Development Corporation was established in 1966 as a functional agency of the Department of Tourism. Further, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi convened a conference in October that year, the deliberations of which resulted in the creation of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. Karan Singh was appointed the first minister.[3]

Despite his skills as an orator and scholarly knowledge in the Sanskrit language, Singh failed to take tourism on a growing path during the initial years, owing mostly to failure in getting funds for the promotion and infrastructure of tourism. He subsequently persuaded Air India to get their officers involved in promotion of tourism to India. Region-wise targets for arrivals were given and Air India chiefs were given powers to oversee the working of overseas tourist offices of India; 'Operation Europe' for the said region was later extended to other areas. Air India's failure to take this forward owing to losses in revenue "collision" of "egos of tourist officers" led to slump in the growth of tourism. Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi later took charge of the ministry before quitting in favour of other ministers who, Pran Nath Seth in Successful Tourism wrote, "felt that the tourism portfolio was a demotion", as Civil Aviation was separated from the ministry. During this time, the Tourism was tied with Commerce Ministry, and later under V. P. Singh's ministry, in 1991 with Agriculture,[4] when it was headed by Chaudhary Devi Lal. It was again tied with Civil Aviation that year, headed by Madhavrao Scindia, before the Deve Gowda government in 1996 attached it with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.[4] Tourism was then combined with culture portfolio when it was headed by Jagmohan. The latter was separated in 2002 and an independent ministry for tourism has been active since.[3]

Organisation

[edit]

Statutory Professional Bodies

Autonomous Bodies

Central Public Sector Undertakings

Campaigns

[edit]

Incredible India

[edit]
Main article: Incredible India

In 2022, Ogilvy & Mather[5]

Incredible India 2.0 was launched on September 27, 2017, by President Ram Nath Kovind, on the occasion of World Tourism Day.[6]

Cleanliness Index

[edit]

Union Tourism Ministry is planning to introduce "Cleanliness Index" for all cities in India. This index will declare the best performers which will motivate other cities to work on this aspect of their appeal. The methodology has been already formulated and will be implemented in 6 cities on a pilot basis.[7]

Tourism campaign at ITB Berlin

[edit]

In 2011, Indian tourism department had launched a major tourism campaign at the ITB Berlin (the world's largest travel trade show) under the guidance of Mr Sanjay Kothari and Mr Anand Kumar and Mr M.N. Javed.[8]

Cabinet Ministers

[edit]
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1 Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		16 March
1967 		18 March
1971 		4 years, 2 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
18 March
1971 		9 November
1973 		Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) Indira III
2 Raj Bahadur
(1912–1990)
MP for Bharatpur 		9 November
1973 		22 December
1976 		3 years, 43 days
3 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		23 December
1976 		24 March
1977 		91 days
4 Purushottam Kaushik
(1930–2017)
MP for Raipur 		26 March
1977 		15 July
1979 		2 years, 111 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		15 July
1979 		28 July
1979 		13 days
5 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
MP for Anantnag 		30 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
6 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927–2015)
MP for Cuttack 		14 January
1980 		7 June
1980 		145 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7 Anant Sharma
(1919–1988)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		8 June
1980 		2 September
1982 		2 years, 86 days
Minister of Tourism
8 Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad
(MoS, I/C) 		2 September
1982 		14 February
1983 		165 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
(8) Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad
(MoS, I/C) 		14 February
1983 		31 October
1984 		1 year, 316 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
– Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Minister of Tourism
9 H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi 		25 September
1985 		12 May
1986 		229 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
10 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
(1936–2016)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		12 May
1986 		15 July
1987 		1 year, 64 days
– Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		15 July
1987 		28 July
1987 		13 days
11 Jagdish Tytler
(born 1944)
MP for Delhi Sadar
(MoS, I/C) 		28 July
1987 		14 February
1988 		201 days
12 Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		14 February
1988 		25 June
1988 		132 days
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
13 Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Latur
(MoS, I/C) 		25 June
1988 		2 December
1989 		1 year, 160 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Tourism
– V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 		2 December
1989 		5 December
1989 		3 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
14 Arun Nehru
(1944–2013)
MP for Bilhaur 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days
– Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		10 November
1990 		21 November
1990 		11 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
15 Chaudhary Devi Lal
(1915–2001)
MP for Sikar
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
16 Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior 		21 June
1991 		9 January
1993 		1 year, 202 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
17 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		9 January
1993 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 128 days
18 V. Dhananjay Kumar
(1951–2019)
MP for Mangalore 		1 May
1996 		16 May
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Tourism
19 C. M. Ibrahim
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
20 Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Kendrapara 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days
21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
21 Madan Lal Khurana
(1936–2018)
MP for Delhi Sadar 		19 March
1998 		30 January
1999 		317 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
22 Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		30 January
1999 		13 October
1999 		256 days
23 Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Bhopal
(MoS, I/C) 		13 October
1999 		2 February
2000 		112 days Vajpayee III
(22) Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		2 February
2000 		27 May
2000 		115 days
Minister of Tourism and Culture
(22) Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		27 May
2000 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 97 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Tourism
24 Jagmohan
(1927–2021)
MP for New Delhi 		1 September
2001 		18 November
2001 		78 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Tourism and Culture
(24) Jagmohan
(1927–2021)
MP for New Delhi 		18 November
2001 		22 May
2004 		2 years, 186 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Tourism
25 Renuka Chowdhury
(born 1954)
MP for Khammam
(MoS, I/C) 		23 May
2004 		29 January
2006 		1 year, 251 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
26 Ambika Soni
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 113 days
27 Selja Kumari
(born 1962)
MP for Ambala 		28 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
28 Subodh Kant Sahay
(born 1951)
MP for Ranchi 		19 January
2011 		27 October
2012 		1 year, 282 days
29 K. Chiranjeevi
(born 1955)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
(MoS, I/C) 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
30 Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa
(MoS, I/C) 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 Mahesh Sharma
(born 1959)
MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 298 days
32 Alphons Kannanthanam
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
33 Prahlad Singh Patel
(born 1960)
MP for Damoh
(MoS, I/C) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
34 G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad 		7 July
2021 		Incumbent 3 years, 137 days

Ministers of State

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
1 Sarojini Mahishi
(1927–2015)
MP for Dharwad North 		2 May
1971 		9 November
1973 		2 years, 191 days Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) Indira III Indira Gandhi
2 Surendra Pal Singh
(1917–2009)
MP for Bulandshahr 		10 October
1974 		23 December
1976 		2 years, 74 days
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
3 P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao
(1929–1997)
MP for Bapatla 		4 August
1979 		14 January
1980 		163 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Singh Charan Singh
4 Kartik Oraon
(1924–1981)
MP for Lohardaga 		14 January
1980 		8 June
1980 		146 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
5 Chandulal Chandrakar
(1920–1995)
MP for Durg 		8 June
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 221 days
6 Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation
7 Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur 		31 December
1984 		25 August
1985 		237 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Tourism
8 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim 		25 September
1985 		12 May
1986 		229 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
9 Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar 		12 May
1986 		28 July
1987 		1 year, 278 days
10 Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MP for Koraput 		14 February
1988 		25 June
1988 		132 days
Minister of State for Tourism
11 Usha Sinha
(born 1946)
MP for Vaishali 		21 November
1990 		10 April
1991 		140 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism
12 M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)
MP for Pondicherry
(Civil Aviation, from 2 July 1992) 		21 June
1991 		17 January
1993 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
13 Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
(1943–2006)
MP for Gurdaspur
(Tourism) 		2 July
1992 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 319 days
14 G. Y. Krishnan
(1929–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(Civil Aviation) 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
Minister of State for Tourism
15 Omak Apang
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West 		20 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		1 year, 207 days Arunachal Congress Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Tourism and Culture
16 Vinod Khanna
(1946–2017)
MP for Gurdaspur 		1 July
2002 		29 January
2003 		212 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
17 Bhavna Chikhalia
(1955–2013)
MP for Junagadh 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
Minister of State for Tourism
18 Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Arrah 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
19 Sultan Ahmed
(1953–2017)
MP for Uluberia 		28 May
2009 		22 September
2012 		3 years, 117 days All India Trinamool Congress Manmohan II
20 Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa 		7 July
2021 		5 June 2024 3 years, 137 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
21 Ajay Bhatt
(born 1961)
MP for Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar
22 Suresh Gopi
(born 1958)
MP for Thrissur 		11 June
2024 		Incumbent 163 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi III Narendra Modi

Deputy Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
1 Sarojini Mahishi
(1927–2015)
MP for Dharwad North 		18 March
1971 		2 May
1971 		45 days Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) Indira III Indira Gandhi
2 Virbhadra Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Mandi 		31 December
1976 		24 March
1977 		83 days
Deputy Minister for Tourism
3 Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur 		2 September
1982 		14 February
1983 		165 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
4 Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur 		14 February
1983 		7 February
1984 		358 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira IV Indira Gandhi

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Seth, Prem Nath (2006). Successful Tourism: Volume I: Fundamentals of Tourism. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 214–217. ISBN 9788120731998. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b Seth, Pran Nath; Bhat, Sushma Seth (2003). An Introduction To Travel And Tourism. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 9788120724822. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Incredible India Campaign". Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. ^ "President launches Incredible India 2.0 Campaign; 'Adopt a Heritage' Project". The Hindu: Business Line. 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ Retrieved from 'The Hindu' on 20 September 2014
  8. ^ PTI. "India launches tourism campaign at ITB Berlin". @businessline. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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