Minister of State for Finance (Vishwamitra)
| Minister of State for Finance वित्त राज्यमंत्री | |
|---|---|
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| Ministry of Finance | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (formally) |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister Minister of Finance |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Illustrious and Royal Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 6 December 2015; 8 years, 4 months ago |
| First holder | Abhiraj Kar |
The Minister of State for Finance (Hindi: वित्त राज्यमंत्री), commonly shortened as State Minister for Finance is the junior minister in the Ministry of Finance who is also a member of the union council of ministers. The minister of state is responsible to carry out specialised duties as directed to them from time to time by the Prime Minister or the cabinet minister within the ministerial jurisdiction. The first Minister of State for Finance was Abhiraj Kar who was appointed by prime minister Sarala Baishya on 6 December 2015, while the current minister of state is Devin Purcell who has been in office since 18 March 2023.
The Minister of State for Finance often assists their senior ministerial colleague, the Minister of Finance and also carries out duties and heads various departments within the ministry. The minister of state for finance has occasionally simultaneously served as the minister of state in the Ministry of Salaries between 2016 and 2017.
History
Following the constitutional changes of December 2015, the position of the Minister of States were introduced in the government and Sarala Baishya became the first prime minister to appoint junior ministers in the various ministries of the government. The Minister of State for Finance is one of the longest continuing junior ministerial position that exists in the nation and has been existing since 6 December 2015. Abhiraj Kar was the first to be appointed as a minister of state for finance by prime minister Sarala Baishya in her second cabinet. The current minister of state is Johannes Mattias Toome who has been in office since 14 May 2023.
The Minister of State of Finance was known as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Chancellor of Treasury between May and October 2018 after the Ministry of Finance was renamed as the Treasury.
Sixteen individuals have served as the Minister of State for Finance since the introduction of the position in December 2015. Bishakha Das was appointed as the minister of state for finance on six separate occasions while Arsal Abbas Mirza is the only former minister of state to serve as the cabinet minister of finance. He was appointed as the cabinet minister immediately after relinquishing the duties of the minister of state. Since July 2022, the ministers of state of finance have also served as the minister of state for external affairs as well. Arsal Abbas Mirza, Johannes Mattias Toome, and Devin Purcell have served as ministers of state in both the finance and external affairs ministries at the same time.
Roles and duties
The Minister of State for Finance is responsible for assisting the Minister for Finance in the discharge of their functions in formulating Vishwamitra's nation's economy, financial infrastructure, management, etc. and other duties over the ministry and the various departments, including:
- Department of Economic Development
- Department of Digital Economy
- Department of Budget
- Department of Financial Services
- Department of Monetary Development and Creation
List of ministers
* Denotes those who later went on to become the Cabinet Minister for Finance.
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Finance Minister | ||||
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| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Ministers of State for Finance (6 December 2015 – 13 May 2018) | ||||||||||
| File:Photo of Abhiraj Kar.jpg | Abhiraj Kar अभिराज कर (born 2006) |
6 December 2015 |
11 April 2016 |
127 days | Independent | Sarala II | Sarala Baishya | Mridul Amin | ||
| File:Arnab Deka in 2017.jpg | Arnab Deka अर्नब डेका (born 2002) |
11 April 2016 |
10 July 2016 |
90 days | Secular Party | Varuna III | Varuna Sriraya | Arnab Sil | ||
| Bishnu Chetry | ||||||||||
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Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001) |
10 July 2016 |
2 October 2016 |
84 days | ||||||
| File:Anirban Phatowali new photo.jpg | Anirban Phatowali अनिर्बान फतोवाली (born 2009) |
2 October 2016 |
13 November 2016 |
42 days | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
13 November 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
47 days | ||||||
| File:Anirban Phatowali new photo.jpg | Anirban Phatowali अनिर्बान फतोवाली (born 2009) |
30 December 2016 |
17 February 2017 |
49 days | Independent Party | Varuna IV | Varuna Sriraya (Prime Minister) | |||
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Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001) |
17 February 2017 |
12 April 2017 |
54 days | ||||||
| File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg | Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Baishya III | Sarala Baishya | Sarala Baishya (Prime Minister) | |||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
5 July 2017 |
13 May 2018 |
312 days | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||
| Congress | Varuna V | Varuna Sriraya | ||||||||
| Varuna VI | ||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretaries to the Chancellor of the Treasury (13 May – 12 October 2018) | ||||||||||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
14 May 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
151 days | Congress | Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Tanishkaa Patranabish (President of the Council of Ministers) | ||
| Ministers of State for Finance (12 October 2018 – present) | ||||||||||
| File:Mridul AminP.jpg | Mohammad Mridul Amin मोहम्मद मृदुल अमीन (born 2003) |
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
86 days | Congress | Varuna VII | Varuna Sriraya | Varuna Sriraya (President) | ||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
7 January 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
190 days | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Tanishkaa Patranabish (Prime Minister) | |||
| Tanishkaa V | ||||||||||
| File:Mridul AminP.jpg | Mohammad Mridul Amin मोहम्मद मृदुल अमीन (born 2003) |
16 July 2019 |
2 September 2019 |
48 days | Asmi Patranabis | |||||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
2 September 2019 |
15 October 2019 |
43 days | ||||||
| Anoushkaa Patranabish | ||||||||||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
15 October 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
32 days | ||||||
| Asmi Patranabis | ||||||||||
| File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg | Bishakha Das विशाखा दास (born 2013) |
16 November 2019 |
24 November 2019 |
8 days | Arnab Sil | |||||
| Position vacant (24 November – 26 November 2019) | ||||||||||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
26 November 2019 |
8 December 2019 |
12 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Arnab Sil | ||
| Position vacant (8 December 2019 – 3 March 2020) | ||||||||||
|
Pallavi Rai पल्लवी राय (born 2006) |
3 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
19 days | Congress | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | Ankurjyoti Thakuria | ||
| Anoushkaa Patranabish (Prime Minister) | ||||||||||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2008) |
22 March 2020 |
29 March 2020 |
7 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Tanishkaa Patranabish (Prime Minister) | |||
| File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg | Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) |
29 March 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
32 days | ||||||
| Arnab Sil | ||||||||||
| Position vacant (1 May – 13 May 2020) | ||||||||||
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|
Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
13 May 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
35 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Arnab Sil | ||
| Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | Princess Anoushkaa (Prime Minister) | ||||||||
| Position vacant (17 June 2020 – 6 August 2021) | ||||||||||
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Ezri Ambriz एज़्री अंब्रीज़ (born 2007) |
6 August 2021 |
9 September 2021 |
34 days | Congress | Ștefan II | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | NEsted Vlasyn | ||
| Position vacant (9 September – 11 June 2022) | ||||||||||
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Rey Jr. Mancio, 1st Baron Mancio of Cebu रे जूनियर मन्सियो (born 2007) |
11 June 2022 |
1 July 2022 |
20 days | Independent | Farhaz III | Farhaz Hazarika | Matthew Tonna | ||
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Thomas Jacobs एंड्रयू ब्रदरटन (born 2008) |
1 July 2022 |
16 July 2022 |
15 days | ||||||
| Position vacant (16 July – 31 July 2022) | ||||||||||
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Arsal Abbas Mirza, 1st Baron Mirza of Lahore अरसल अब्बास मिर्ज़ा (born 2006) * |
31 July 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
103 days | Independent | Farhaz III | Farhaz Hazarika | Rory Leonard | ||
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Johannes Mattias Toome जोहान्स मटियास टूम (born 2006) |
12 November 2022 |
18 March 2023 |
126 days | Congress | Farhaz IV | Arsal Abbas Mirza | |||
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Tan Sri Devin Purcell, Baron Purcell डेविन परसेल (born 2006) |
18 March 2023 |
14 May 2023 |
57 days | Independent | Rafe Burfield | ||||
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Johannes Mattias Toome, Baron Toome जोहान्स मटियास टूम (born 2006) |
14 May 2023 |
Incumbent | 347 days | Congress | |||||
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