Minister of Steel
The Minister of Steel is the head of the Ministry of Steel and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. He is assisted by a Secretary to the Government of India, an Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser to Government of India, 4 Joint Secretaries, a Chief Controller of Accounts also looking after the accounting matters of the Ministry, one Economic Adviser of the rank of Joint Secretary, 6 Directors, 2 Deputy Secretaries, 12 Under Secretaries, One Deputy Director, other Officers and supporting staff and a Technical Wing under the charge of an Industrial Adviser to Government of India. The current Hon'ble Minister of Steel is Shri RCP Singh.[1]
Steel Ministers of India[]
Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Swaran Singh (Steel, Mines, and Fuel) |
17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
C Subramaniam (Steel and Heavy Industry) |
10 April 1962 | 21 November 1963 | |||
C Subramaniam (Steel, Mines, and Heavy Industry) |
21 November 1963 | 9 June 1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzari Lal Nanda | ||
N. Sanjeeva Reddy (Steel and Mines) |
9 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
(Iron and Steel) |
29 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
M. Chenna Reddy (Steel, Mines, and Metals) |
16 March 1967 | 27 April 1968 | |||
(Iron and Steel, Mines, and Metals) (MoS) |
27 April 1968 | 14 February 1969 | |||
C. M. Poonacha (Steel and Heavy Engineering) |
14 February 1969 | 15 November 1969 | |||
Swaran Singh | 15 November 1969 | 27 June 1970 | |||
27 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | ||||
18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | ||||
(Steel and Mines) |
2 May 1971 | 31 May 1973 | |||
T. A. Pai | 23 July 1973 | 11 January 1974 | |||
11 January 1974 | 10 October 1974 | ||||
Chandrajit Yadav (MoS) |
10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||
Biju Patnaik (Steel, Mines, and Coal from 30 July 1979) |
26 March 1977 | 15 July 1979 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | ||
Pranab Mukherjee (Steel and Mines) |
14 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | |
N. D. Tiwari | 15 January 1982 | 14 February 1983 | |||
N. K. P. Salve (MoS, Independent Charge) |
14 February 1983 | 31 December 1984 | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | ||
Vasant Sathe (Steel, Mines, and Coal) |
31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
K. C. Pant (Steel and Mines) |
25 September 1985 | 12 April 1987 | |||
Vasant Sathe | 12 April 1987 | 25 July 1987 | |||
M. L. Fotedar | 25 July 1987 | 02 December 1989 | |||
Dinesh Goswami | 06 December 1989 | 10 November 1989 | Asom Gana Parishad (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | |
Ashoke Kumar Sen | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
Sontosh Mohan Dev (Steel) |
21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
Birendra Prasad Baishya (Steel and Mines) |
29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Asom Gana Parishad (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
Naveen Patnaik | 18 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Janata Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
(Steel) (MoS, Independent Charge) |
13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | Biju Janata Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Braja Kishore Tripathy (MoS, Independent Charge) |
27 May 2000 | 22 May 2004 | |||
Ram Vilas Paswan | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Lok Janshakti Party (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
Virbhadra Singh | 28 May 2009 | 18 January 2011 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Beni Prasad Verma (MoS, Independent Charge till 12 July 2011) |
19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | |||
Narendra Singh Tomar | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
Birender Singh | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | |||
Dharmendra Pradhan | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | |||
Ramchandra Prasad Singh | 7 July 2021 | Janata Dal (United) (National Democratic Alliance) |
References[]
- ^ "Administrative Setup - Ministry of Steel, Government of India", "Ministry of Steel". Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
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