December 2012

Under article 75 (1) - Prime Minister of India is selected by the President and the ministers are appointed by the president on advice of the Prime Minister. The portfolio allocation to different ministers is also done by him. Some of the railway ministers of the Indian Union before Mukul Roy:

1. Dinesh Trivedi- 12 July 2011- 14 March 2012

2. Mamata Banerjee- 2009–2011, she resigned from the ministry on 19 May 2011

3. Laloo Prasad Yadav- 2004–2009

4. Nitish Kumar- 2001–2004

The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh managed the railway portfolio for a period of about two months after Mamata Banerjee resigned from the position.

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