Finance Minister’s List of India:- Every year, on 1 February, the Union Budget is presented by the Finance Minister of the Government of India. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the financial year 2025-26 on February 1. This time the general public has high expectations from the budget.

According to experts, this time, there may be many major announcements related to health, railways, and farmers in the budget. Apart from this, many big announcements can also be made regarding income tax. It is being said that the government can also make changes in the tax slab. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to present the budget once again. Let us tell you that in India, the Finance Minister is responsible for overseeing the Ministry of Finance within the Central Government.

He plays an important role in presenting the budget and preparing the outline of financial plans. Now a few days are left for the budget to be presented. In such a situation, through this article, we will tell you about all the Finance Ministers of India, who presented the country’s budget.

List of Finance Ministers of India:-

No.Name of Finance MinisterTenure

(Start)

Tenure

(End)

 Prime

Minister

Political Party
1      Liaquat Ali.   Khan                                                                 October 29,  1946   14 August        1947Jawaharlal NehruAll India Muslim League
2    R K Shanmukham Chetty                      15 August 194717 August 1948Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
3    John Mathai                                                        September 22,   194826 January 1950Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
4    C D Deshmukh                                 01 June 1950                   13 May 1952Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
5     Jawaharlal Nehru                      01 August 195630 August 1956Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
6     T. T. Krishnamachari             30 August 1956 17 April 1957Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
7.    Jawaharlal Nehru                   14 February 195822 March 1958Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
8    Morarji Desai                             22 March 195810 April 1962Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
9.   T. T. Krishnamachari                             31 August 196331 December 1965Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur ShastriIndian National Congress
10 Sachindra Chaudhary01 January 196611 January 1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
11 Morarji Desai      13 March 1967 16 July 1969Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
12Indira Gandhi16 July 196927 June 1970Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
13Yashwantrao Chavan27 June 197010 October 1974Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
14Chidambaram Subramaniam10 October 197424 March 1977Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
15Haribhai M. Patel26 March 197724 January 1979Morarji DesaiJanata Party
16Charan Singh24 January 197916 July 1979Morarji DesaiJanata Party
17Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna28 July 197919 October 1979Charan SinghJanata Party (Secular)
18R. Venkataraman14 January 198015 January 1982Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
19Pranab Mukherjee15 January 198231 December 1984Indira Gandhi, Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
20V.P. Singh31 December 198424 January 1987Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
21Rajiv Gandhi24 January 198725 July 1987Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
22N. D. Tiwari25 July 198725 June 1988Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
23Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan25 June 198802 December 1989Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
24Madhu Dandavate05 December 198910 November 1990V. P. SinghJanata Dal (National Front)
25Yashwant Sinha21 November 199021 June 1991ChandrashekharSamajwadi Janata Party (National Front)
26Manmohan Singh21 June 199116 May 1996P. V. Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
27Jaswant Singh16 May 199601 June 1996Atal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party
28P. Chidambaram01 June 199621 April 1997H. D. Deve GowdaTamil Manila Congress (United Front)
29Inder Kumar Gujral21 April 199701 May 1997Inder Kumar GujralJanata Dal (United Front)
30P. Chidambaram01 May 199719 March 1998Inder Kumar GujralTamil Manila Congress (United Front)
31Yashwant Sinha19 March 199813 October 1999Atal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
32Jaswant Singh01 July 200222 May 2004Atal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
33P. Chidambaram23 May 200430 November 2008Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
34Manmohan Singh30 November 200824 January 2009Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
35Pranab Mukherjee24 January 200926 June 2012Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
36Manmohan Singh26 June 201231 July 2012Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
37P. Chidambaram31 July 201226 May 2014Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
38Arun Jaitley26 May 201430 May 2019Narendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party
39Nirmala Sitharaman31 May 2019Till DateNarendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party