Minister of Railways ( India ) - Wikipedia Minister of Railways ( India ) Minister of Railways Emblem of India Incumbent Piyush Goyal since 3 September 2017 Ministry of Railways Member of Cabinet of India Appointer President on the advice of the Prime Minister Inaugural holder John Mathai Formation 15 August 1947 The Minister of Railways is the head of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. The railway minister is usually accorded a cabinet rank, and is responsible for Indian Railways, one of the largest employers in the world. An important responsibility of the railway minister is to present in Parliament the Railway Budget, the Annual Financial Statement of Indian Railways. Piyush Goyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current Minister of Railways, serving since 3 September 2017. Railways Minister ( India ) List of railway ministers No Name Portrait Term of office Political party ( Alliance ) Prime Minister - Asaf Ali 2 September 1946 14 August 1947 Indian National Congress None ( Interim govt ) John Mathai 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 Jawaharlal Nehru N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 22 September 1948 13 May 1952 Lal Bahadur Shastri 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 Jagjivan Ram 7 December 1956 10 April 1962 Swaran Singh 10 April 1962 21 September 1963 6 H.C. Dasappa 21 September 1963 8 June 1964 7 S.K. Patil 9 June 1964 12 March 1967 Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi 8 C.M. Poonacha 13 March 1967 and 14 February 1969 Indira Gandhi 9 Ram Subhag Singh 14 February 1969 4 November 1969 10 Panampilli Govinda Menon 4 November 1969 18 February 1970 11 Gulzarilal Nanda 18 February 1970 17 March 1971 12 K. Hanumanthaiya 18 March 1971 22 July 1972 13 T.A. Pai 23 July 1972 4 February 1973 14 Lalit Narayan Mishra 5 February 1973 2 January 1975 15 Kamalapati Tripathi 11 February 1975 23 March 1977 16 Madhu Dandavate 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai ( 13 ) T.A. Pai 30 July 1979 13 January 1980 Janata Party ( Secular ) Charan Singh 17 Kamalapati Tripathi 14 January 1980 12 November 1980 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi 18 Kedar Pandey 12 November 1980 14 January 1982 19 Prakash Chandra Sethi 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 20 A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 2 September 1982 31 December 1984 Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi 21 Bansi Lal 31 December 1984 4 June 1986 Rajiv Gandhi 22 Mohsina Kidwai 24 June 1986 21 October 1986 23 Madhavrao Scindia 22 October 1986 1 December 1989 24 George Fernandes 5 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal V.P. Singh 25 Janeshwar Mishra 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party Chandra Shekhar 26 C.K. Jaffer Sharief 21 June 1991 16 October 1995 Indian National Congress P.V. Narasimha Rao 27 Ram Vilas Paswan 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Janata Dal ( United Front ) H.D. Deve Gowda I.K. Gujral 28 Nitish Kumar 19 March 1998 5 August 1999 Samata Party ( NDA ) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 29 Ram Naik 6 August 1999 12 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party ( NDA ) 30 Mamata Banerjee 13 October 1999 15 March 2001 All India Trinamool Congress ( NDA ) ( 28 ) Nitish Kumar 20 March 2001 22 May 2004 Janata Dal ( United ) ( NDA ) 31 Lalu Prasad Yadav 23 May 2004 25 May 2009 Rashtriya Janata Dal ( UPA ) Manmohan Singh ( 30 ) Mamata Banerjee 26 May 2009 19 May 2011 All India Trinamool Congress ( UPA ) 32 Dinesh Trivedi 12 July 2011 14 March 2012 33 Mukul Roy 20 March 2012 21 September 2012 34 C.P. Joshi 22 September 2012 28 October 2012 Indian National Congress ( UPA ) 35 Pawan Kumar Bansal 28 October 2012 10 May 2013 ( 34 ) C.P. Joshi 11 May 2013 16 June 2013 36 Mallikarjun Kharge 17 June 2013 25 May 2014 37 D.V. Sadananda Gowda 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party ( NDA ) Narendra Modi 38 Suresh Prabhu 10 November 2014 3 September 2017 39 Piyush Goyal 3 September 2017 Incumbent If the office of Minister of Railways is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes under the charge of the Prime Minister. 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Question: who is the first rail minister of india
Answer: John Mathai