Ministry of Information Technology (India)


Ministry of Information Technology
Ministry overview
Formed13 October 1999
Preceding Ministry
Dissolved22 December 2001
Superseding Ministry
JurisdictionGovernment of India

The Ministry of Information Technology is a former cabinet-level ministry of the Government of India which was responsible for promoting internet, IT policy and strategy along with e-commerce and knowledge-based industries. The ministry also included the Department of Electronics and took over the Internet and e-commerce services from the Ministry of Communications. The ministry was established on 13 October 1999 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[1]

The Ministry of Information Technology was merged with the Ministry of Communications to form the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 22 December 2001. In 2016, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was further bifurcated to form the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Upon the merger, the Department of Information Technology and later the Department of Electronics and IT was created.

Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
– Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		13 October
1999 		22 November
1999 		40 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1 Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		22 November
1999 		22 December
2001 		2 years, 30 days

References

  1. ^ K. S. Jayaraman (28 October 1999). "Indian government faces controversy over new IT ministry". nature.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.