Ministry of Heavy Industries

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Ministry of Heavy Industries
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Formed7 July 2021[1]
Ministry executives
  • Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Heavy Industries
  • Krishan Pal Gujjar, Minister of State for Heavy Industries
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The Ministry of Heavy Industries is an executive agency of the Government of India. The Ministry entails for promoting the engineering industry viz. machine tools, heavy electrical, industrial machinery, and auto industry and administration of 29 operating CPSEs and 4 autonomous organizations.[2]

As of July 2021, the Honourable Minister is Mahendra Nath Pandey,[3] and the Honourable Minister of State is Krishan Pal Gurjar.

History[]

The Ministry of Heavy Industries is previously Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 7 July 2021 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries. The Department of Public Enterprises has become a part of Ministry of Finance.[1]

List Of Ministers for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise[]

Name Term of office Party Prime Minister
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Manubhai Shah[4] 13 June 1956 16 April 1957 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
Govind Ballabh Pant 30 August 1956 14 November 1956
Morarji Desai 14 November 1956 1 January 1957
C. Subramaniam
(Steel and Heavy Industries till 21 November 1963 )
(Steel, Mines, and Heavy Engineering) 		10 April 1962 9 June 1964

(Heavy Engineering) 		25 July 1964 5 February 1965 Lal Bahadur Shastri
C. M. Poonacha
(Steel and Heavy Engineering) 		14 February 1969 15 November 1969 Indira Gandhi
Swaran Singh 15 November 1969 27 June 1970
27 June 1970 18 March 1971
18 March 1971 2 May 1971
T. A. Pai
(Heavy Industry) 		5 February 1973 10 October 1974
Manohar Joshi 13 October 1999 9 May 2002 Shiv Sena
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Suresh Prabhu 9 May 2002 1 July 2002
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil 1 July 2002 24 May 2003
Subodh Mohite 24 May 2003 22 May 2004
Santosh Mohan Dev
(MoS, Independent Charge till 29 January 2006) 		23 May 2004 22 May 2009 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance) 		Manmohan Singh
Vilasrao Deshmukh 28 May 2009 19 January 2011
Praful Patel 19 January 2011 26 May 2014 Nationalist Congress Party
(United Progressive Alliance)
Anant Geete 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 Shiv Sena
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Narendra Modi
Arvind Sawant 30 May 2019 12 November 2019
Prakash Javdekar 12 November 2019 7 July 2021 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)

Structure[]

Autonomous Bodies[]

There are four autonomous bodies under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries.[2]

1. Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI)

2. The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI),ARAI Forging Industry Division (ARAI-FID)

3. International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT),Haryana

4.Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)

Central Public Sector Units[]

There are 22 CPSUs under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries [2]


1.Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (AYCL)

2.Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL)

3.BHEL Electrical Machines Ltd (BHEL-EML)

4.Bharat Pumps and compressors Ltd. (BPCL)

5.Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC)

6.HMT Ltd.(Holding Company with Tractor Division)

7.HMT (Bearings ) Limited (a subsidiary of HMT)

8.HMT Machine Tools (a subsidiary of HMT)

9.Instrumentation Ltd. Kota (IL)

10.Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd.(subsidiary of ILK)

11.Richardson & Cruddass (1972) Ltd.(R & C)

12.Scooters India Ltd.(SIL)

13.Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd.(TSPL)

14.Cement Corporation of India Ltd.(CCI)

15.Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL)

16.Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL) (Subsidiary of HSL)

17.Nepa Limited (NEPA)

18.Nagaland Pulp and Paper company Ltd. (NPPCL)

19. Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.

20. Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.(EPI)

21. Hooghly Printing company Limited (a subsidiary of AYCL)

22. Braithwaite Burn and Jessop (BBJ) constr

Industrial Sectors Regulation[]

The Industrial sectors regulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries are:[2]

(a) Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry

(b) Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry

(c) Automotive Sector, including Tractors and Earth Moving Equipment

 20 Sub-sectors under the 3 broad sectors are as under:

(i) Boilers

(ii) Cement Machinery

(iii) Dairy Machinery

(iv) Electrical Furnace

(v) Diesel Engines

(vi) Material Handling Equipment

(vii) Metallurgical Machinery including Steel Plant Equipment

(viii) Earthmoving and Mining Machinery

(ix) Machine Tool

(x) Oil Field Equipment

(xi) Printing Machinery  

(xii) Pulp and Paper Machinery

(xiii) Rubber Machinery

(xiv) Switchgear and Control Gear

(xv) Plastic Processing Machinery

(xvi) Sugar Machinery

(xvii) Turbines & Generator Set

(xviii) Transformers

(xix) Textile Machinery

(xx) Food Processing Machinery

List Of Ministers[]

Name Term of office Party Prime Minister Ministry of Heavy Industries
Mahendra Nath Pandey 7 July 2021 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Narendra Modi

Ministers of State[]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Days
Krishan Pal Gurjar Krishan Pal addressing at the inauguration of the “National Workshop on Autism Tools”, organised by the National Trust under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in New Delhi.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incubment 252 days

References[]

  1. ^ a b PTI / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 14:57 IST (7 July 2021). "Finance ministry gets bigger: Department of Public Enterprises now part of it - Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "About Ministry of Heavy Industries". Ministry of Heavy Industries.
  3. ^ "Mahendra Nath Pandey takes charge as heavy industries minister, Auto News, ET Auto". Auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Council of Ministers" (PDF).

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