Ministry of Steel
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Headquarters | Ministry of Steel Udyog Bhawan Dr. Maulana Azad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹47.90 crore (US$6.4 million) (2018-19 est.)[1] |
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Website | steel.gov.in |
The Ministry of Steel is an executive branch agency of the Government of India that is responsible for formulating all policies regarding steel production, distribution and pricing in India.[2] As of July 2021, the ministry is headed by a Secretary Rank IAS officer he is the administrative head of ministry and the political Heads are
minister of cabinet rank, Ramchandra Prasad Singh and is assisted by a Minister of State, Faggan Singh Kulaste.
Functions of the ministry[]
- Coordination of data from various sources for the growth of the iron and steel industry in India
- Formulation of policies in respect of production, pricing, distribution, import and export of iron & steel and ferro alloys
- Planning and development of and assistance to the entire iron and steel industry in the country
- Development of the input industries relating to iron ore, manganese ore, refractories and others required by the steel industry
Attached/subordinate offices and institutes[]
- Joint Plant Committee (JPC)
- A select organisation whose goal is the promotion of steel, coordinating work of the main producers
- National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST)
- NISST aims to be a single source for all the requirements of the secondary steel sector
- Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute
- Situated in Puri, BPNSI is an institute of modern steel technology. It provides education and training, research and development, and consultancy to the steel sector.
Steel Consumers Council[]
The members of the Steel Consumers Council[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] are nominated by the Minister of Steel & Mines. The tenure of the council was initially fixed for two years, and it was re-constituted on 25 February 2010. The term of the present council is up to 29 February 2012.[10][11]
Central Public Sector Units[]
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
- National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC)
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
- (NINL)
- Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL)
- MECON Limited
- (MOIL)
- MSTC Limited
- (HSCL)
- (SIIL)
- (BRL)
- (FSNL)
Steel Ministers of India[]
No | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Swaran Singh (Steel, Mines, and Fuel) |
17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
2 | 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 | |||
3 | N. Sanjeeva Reddy (Steel and Mines) |
9 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
4 | Tribhuvan Narain Singh (Iron and Steel) |
29 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
5 | M. Chenna Reddy (Steel, Mines, and Metals) |
16 March 1967 | 27 April 1968 | |||
6 | Prakash Chandra Sethi (Iron and Steel, Mines, and Metals) |
24 April 1968 | 14 February 1969 | |||
7 | C. M. Poonacha (Steel and Heavy Engineering) |
14 February 1969 | 15 November 1969 | |||
(1) | Swaran Singh
(Steel and Heavy Engineering) |
15 November 1969 | 27 June 1970 | |||
8 | Bali Ram Bhagat
(Steel and Heavy Engineering) |
27 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | |||
9 | Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam
(Steel and Heavy Engineering) |
18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | |||
Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (Steel and Mines) |
2 May 1971 | 31 May 1973 | ||||
10 | Indira Gandhi
(Steel and Mines) |
6 June 1973 | 23 July 1973 | |||
11 | T. A. Pai
(Steel and Mines) |
23 July 1973 | 11 January 1974 | |||
12 | Keshav Dev Malviya
(Steel and Mines) |
11 January 1974 | 10 October 1974 | |||
13 | Chandrajit Yadav (MoS) |
10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||
14 | Biju Patnaik
(Steel and Mines) |
26 March 1977 | 15 July 1979 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
(Steel, Mines and Coal) | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | ||
15 | Pranab Mukherjee (Steel and Mines) |
16 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | |
16 | N. D. Tiwari
(Steel and Mines) |
15 January 1982 | 14 February 1983 | |||
17 | N. K. P. Salve
(Steel and Mines) |
14 February 1983 | 31 December 1984 | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | ||
18 | Vasant Sathe (Steel, Mines, and Coal) |
31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
19 | K. C. Pant (Steel and Mines) |
25 September 1985 | 12 April 1987 | |||
(18) | Vasant Sathe
(Steel and Mines) |
12 April 1987 | 25 July 1987 | |||
20 | M. L. Fotedar
(Steel and Mines) |
25 July 1987 | 2 December 1989 | |||
21 | Dinesh Goswami
(Steel and Mines) |
6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Asom Gana Parishad | V. P. Singh | |
22 | Ashoke Kumar Sen
(Steel and Mines) |
21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
23 | Sontosh Mohan Dev (Steel) |
21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
24 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
25 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | |||
26 | Birendra Prasad Baishya (Steel and Mines) |
29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Asom Gana Parishad | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
27 | Naveen Patnaik | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Biju Janata Dal | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
28 | Dilip Ray (Steel) (Independent Charge) |
13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | |||
29 | Braja Kishore Tripathy (MoS, Independent Charge) |
27 May 2000 | 22 May 2004 | |||
30 | Ram Vilas Paswan | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Lok Janshakti Party (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
31 | Virbhadra Singh | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
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32 | Beni Prasad Verma (MoS, Independent Charge till 12 July 2011) |
19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | |||
33 | Narendra Singh Tomar | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
34 | Birender Singh | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | |||
35 | Dharmendra Pradhan | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | |||
36 | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | Janata Dal (United) (National Democratic Alliance) |
List of Ministers of State[]
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Days | ||
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Vishnudeo Sai | ![]() |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 4 days | |
Faggan Singh Kulaste | ![]() |
30 May 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 213 days |
References[]
- ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "India is the world's third-largest producer of crude steel". steel.ibef.org. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh". business-standard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister". business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Chaired by Steel Ministy [sic] Of India". industrialnews.in. 3 February 2014.
- ^ "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Circular". 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Formation of Steel Consumers Council" (PDF). steel.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Boards Councils Committees". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Steel Consumers Council". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
External links[]
- Ministry of Steel
- Government ministries of India
- Indian government stubs