# Second Nehru ministry

Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947. After first Indian general election, Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country and his second term started on 15 April 1952. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.

## Cabinet
### Cabinet ministers

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs Minister of Defence (1952-10 January 1955; from 30 January 1957) | Jawaharlal Nehru | First Nehru Ministry | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister without Portfolio (External Affairs) | V. K. Krishna Menon | 14 February 1956 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research | Abul Kalam Azad | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Finance | C. D. Deshmukh | First Nehru ministry | 24 July 1956 | INC |
| Minister of Finance | T. T. Krishnamachari | 1 September 1956 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Heavy Industries - additional charge from September–November 1956) | Kailash Nath Katju | First Nehru ministry | 1955 | INC |
| Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Heavy Industries - additional charge from September–November 1956) | Govind Ballabh Pant | 10 January 1955 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | First Nehru Ministry | 1954 | INC |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | Ajit Prasad Jain | 25 November 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Defence | Baldev Singh | First Nehru Ministry | 1952 | INC |
| Minister of Defence | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 13 May 1952 | 1952 | INC |
| Minister of Defence | Kailash Nath Katju | 10 January 1955 | 30 January 1957 | INC |
| Minister of Law and Minority Affairs | Charu Chandra Biswas | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Railways | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | First Nehru Ministry | 13 May 1952 | INC |
| Minister of Railways | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | INC |
| Minister of Railways | Jagjivan Ram | 7 December 1956 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Communications | Jagjivan Ram | 15 April 1952 | 7 December 1956 | INC |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry (to September 1956) Minister of Iron and Steel (from June 1955) | T. T. Krishnamachari | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Heavy Industry and Commerce and Consumer Industries (to January 1957) Minister of Commerce and Industries (from January 1957) | Morarji Desai | 14 November 1956 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Labour | V. V. Giri | 15 April 1952 | September 1954 | INC |
| Minister of Labour | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | September 1954 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Works, Housing and Supply (Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Industries - additional charge September–November 1956) | Swaran Singh | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Planning and River Valley Schemes | Gulzarilal Nanda | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Health | Amrit Kaur | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Production | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |

### Ministers of State

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Satya Narayan Sinha | First Nehru ministry | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Rehabilitation | Ajit Prasad Jain | 15 April 1952 | 24 November 1954 | INC |
| Minister of Rehabilitation | Mehr Chand Khanna | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of State (External Affairs) | Syed Mahmud | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Agriculture | Panjabrao Deshmukh | 17 April 1952 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Legal Affairs Minister of Civil Aviation (from 7 December 1956, additional charge) | Hari Vinayak Pataskar | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Natural Resources | Keshav Dev Malaviya | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Revenue and Expenditure | Mahavir Tyagi | 15 April 1952 | 16 March 1953 | INC |
| Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure | Manilal Chaturbhai Shah | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure | Arun Chandra Guha | 7 December 1954 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Defence Organisation | Mahavir Tyagi | 16 March 1953 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Commerce (Minister of Trade from June 1956) | D. P. Karmarkar | 6 August 1955 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Industries (Minister of Consumer Industries from June 1956) | Nityanand Kanungo | 6 August 1955 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Industrial Development (Minister of Heavy Industry from June 1956) | Manubhai Shah | May 1956 | Third Nehru ministry | INC |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | B. V. Keskar | 15 April 1952 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of State (Home Affairs) | B. N. Datar | 14 February 1956 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Community Development | S. K. Dey | September 1956 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |
| Minister of Communications | Raj Bahadur | 14 February 1956 | Third Nehru Ministry | INC |