Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)

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Union government cabinet position defunct ministerial office

The Minister of Food and Agriculture (India) was a central government cabinet post responsible for formulating and overseeing national policies on food supply, distribution, and agricultural development.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	2
Food and Civil Supplies Minister of India	1
Minister of Agriculture (India)	1
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India	1
Minister of Agriculture of India	1
Minister of Food and Agriculture (India) canonical	1
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies (India)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1992197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)
Context triple: [Rajendra Prasad, positionHeld, Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)]

A. Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India is a senior civil service post responsible for advising on and overseeing national agricultural policies and programs under the central government.
B. Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs is a senior minister in the Scottish Government responsible for agriculture, rural communities, and related environmental and land-use policies.
C. Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India
The Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India, is the senior civil servant who oversees national agricultural research policy and coordinates the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and related educational institutions.
D. Cabinet Secretary of India
The Cabinet Secretary of India is the senior-most civil servant and head of the Indian Administrative Service, serving as the top executive official in the Government of India and principal advisor to the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
E. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s policies on farming, rural development, fisheries, and forest management.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)
Target entity description: The Minister of Food and Agriculture (India) was a central government cabinet post responsible for formulating and overseeing national policies on food supply, distribution, and agricultural development.

A. Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India is a senior civil service post responsible for advising on and overseeing national agricultural policies and programs under the central government.
B. Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs is a senior minister in the Scottish Government responsible for agriculture, rural communities, and related environmental and land-use policies.
C. Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India
The Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India, is the senior civil servant who oversees national agricultural research policy and coordinates the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and related educational institutions.
D. Cabinet Secretary of India
The Cabinet Secretary of India is the senior-most civil servant and head of the Indian Administrative Service, serving as the top executive official in the Government of India and principal advisor to the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
E. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s policies on farming, rural development, fisheries, and forest management.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union government cabinet position ⓘ defunct ministerial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	India ⓘ
appointedBy	Prime Minister of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
fieldOfWork	agricultural policy ⓘ food policy ⓘ rural development (policy aspect related to agriculture and food) ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Government of India ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	central agricultural administration in India ⓘ central food administration in India ⓘ
historicalRole	early post‑independence coordination of food and agriculture policy in India ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ Republic of India ⓘ linked to: Union of India
levelOfGovernment	union ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
memberOf	Cabinet of India ⓘ
officeHolderOf	Ministry of Food and Agriculture (India) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
partOf	Union Council of Ministers of India ⓘ linked to: Union Council of Ministers
policyArea	agricultural production in India ⓘ distribution of essential food commodities in India ⓘ food security in India ⓘ price stabilization of food grains in India ⓘ support to farmers through central schemes ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Central Government of India ⓘ linked to: Government of India
replacedBy	Minister of Agriculture (India) ⓘ linked to: Minister of Food and Agriculture (India) Minister of Food and Civil Supplies (India) ⓘ linked to: Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)
reportsTo	Parliament of India ⓘ Prime Minister of India ⓘ
responsibleFor	agricultural development policy in India ⓘ coordination of food and agriculture programmes at the national level in India ⓘ coordination with other economic ministries on food and agriculture issues ⓘ food distribution in India ⓘ food supply in India ⓘ liaison with state governments on food and agriculture matters ⓘ national food policy of India ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seat	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
status	abolished ⓘ
supervises	implementation of central agricultural development schemes ⓘ implementation of central food distribution schemes ⓘ
usedFor	formulation of national food and agriculture strategies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited