Ministry of Steel

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Ministry of Steel
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Steel
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Steel
Udyog Bhawan
Dr. Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget70.15 crore (US$8.8 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Nagendra Nath Sinha IAS, Steel Secretary
Websitesteel.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, who is its administrative head, while the political head is a minister of cabinet rank, Jyotiraditya Scindia, 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. 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 Undertakings

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  • Key: Died in office
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
1 Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur
17 April
1957
10 April
1962
4 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
2 Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
10 April
1962
21 November
1963
1 year, 225 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Industries
(2) Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
21 November
1963
27 May
1964
201 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Minister of Steel and Mines
3 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
9 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 229 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Minister of Iron and Steel
4 Tribhuvan Narain Singh
(1904–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh

(MoS)
29 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 43 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel
5 Marri Chenna Reddy
(1919–1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
13 March
1967
24 April
1968
1 year, 42 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
6 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore

(MoS)
24 April
1968
14 February
1969
296 days
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
7 C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
MP for Mangalore
14 February
1969
15 November
1969
274 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
(1) Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur
15 November
1969
27 June
1970
224 days Indian National Congress (R)
8 Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP for Arrah
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
264 days
9 Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
45 days Indira III
Minister of Steel and Mines
(9) Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry
2 May
1971
31 May
1973[†]
2 years, 29 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli

(Prime Minister)
31 May
1973
23 July
1973
53 days
10 T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
23 July
1973
11 January
1974
172 days
11 Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
11 January
1974
10 October
1974
272 days
12 Chandrajit Yadav
(1930–2007)
MP for Azamgarh

(MoS)
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
13 Biju Patnaik
(1916–1997)
MP for Aska
26 March
1977
15 July
1979
2 years, 111 days Janata Party
Desai
Morarji Desai
30 July
1979
14 January
1980
168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
14 Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal, till 1981
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, from 1981
16 January
1980
15 January
1982
1 year, 364 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Indira IV Indira Gandhi
15 N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Nainital
15 January
1982
14 February
1983
1 year, 30 days
16 N. K. P. Salve
(1921–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra

(MoS, I/C)
14 February
1983
31 October
1984
1 year, 260 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
17 Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II
18 K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for New Delhi
25 September
1985
12 April
1987
1 year, 199 days
(17) Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha
12 April
1987
25 July
1987
104 days
19 Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
25 July
1987
2 December
1989
2 years, 130 days
20 Dinesh Goswami
(1935–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
6 December
1989
10 November
1990
339 days Asom Gana Parishad Vishwanath V. P. Singh
21 Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913–1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Steel
22 Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar

(MoS, I/C)
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected

(Prime Minister)
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
23 Birendra Prasad Baishya
(born 1956)
MP for Mangaldoi
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
1 year, 263 days Asom Gana Parishad
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
24 Naveen Patnaik
(born 1946)
MP for Aska
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Biju Janata Dal Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25 Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha

(MoS, I/C)
13 October
1999
27 May
2000
227 days Vajpayee III
26 Braja Kishore Tripathy
(born 1947)
MP for Puri

(MoS, I/C)
27 May
2000
22 May
2004
4 years, 0 days
27 Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 364 days Lok Janshakti Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
28 Virbhadra Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Mandi
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II
29 Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020)
MP for Gonda

(MoS, I/C until 12 July 2011)
19 January
2011
26 May
2014
3 years, 127 days
30 Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior
26 May
2014
5 July
2016
2 years, 40 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 Chaudhary Birender Singh
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 329 days
32 Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
33 Ramchandra Prasad Singh
(born 1958)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
7 July
2021
6 July
2022
364 days Janata Dal (United)
34 Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
6 July
2022
Incumbent 1 year, 266 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Ministers of State

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel
1 Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
17 April
1957
25 April
1957
8 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
(1) Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj

Minister of Mines and Oil
25 April
1957
10 April
1962
4 years, 350 days
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Metals
2 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore

(MoS)
13 March
1967
14 February
1969
296 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
3 K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Nainital
14 February
1969
27 June
1970
1 year, 108 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
4 Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut
2 May
1971
5 February
1973
1 year, 279 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
5 Kariya Munda
(born 1936)
MP for Khunti
14 August
1977
28 July
1979
1 year, 348 days Janata Party
Desai
Morarji Desai
6 P. M. Sayeed
(1941–2005)
MP for Lakshadweep
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days
Indian National Congress (Urs)
Charan Charan Singh
7 Kishore Chandra Deo
(born 1947)
MP for Parvathipuram
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days
8 Charanjit Chanana
MP for Delhi (Rajya Sabha)
15 January
1982
2 September
1982
230 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Indira IV Indira Gandhi
9 Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar
15 January
1982
14 February
1983
1 year, 30 days
10 Gargi Shankar Mishra
(born 1919)
MP for Seoni
2 September
1982
6 September
1982
4 days
11
K. Natwar Singh
(born 1929)
MP for Bharatpur

(MoS, Steel)
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
(9) Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar

(MoS, Mines)
25 September
1985
14 February
1988
2 years, 142 days
12 Ramanand Yadav
(born 1927)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)

(MoS, Mines)
14 February
1988
12 April
1988
58 days
13 Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
14 February
1988
2 October
1988
231 days
14 Mahaveer Prasad
(1939–2010)
MP for Bansgaon

(MoS, Mines)
4 July
1989
2 November
1989
121 days
15 Basavaraj Patil Anwari
(born 1943)
MP for Koppal
21 November
1990
20 February
1991
91 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of State for Steel
16 Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for Raipur
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
17 Akhilesh Das
(1961–2017)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
29 January
2006
6 April
2008
2 years, 68 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
18 Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Shahjahanpur
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
19 Sai Prathap Annayyagari
(born 1944)
MP for Rajampet
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
20
Vishnudeo Sai
(born 1964)
MP for Raigarh
26 May
2014
30 May
2019
5 years, 4 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
21 Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla
31 May
2019
Incumbent 4 years, 302 days Modi II

Deputy Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
1 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
8 June
1962
21 November
1963
1 year, 166 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering
(1) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
21 November
1963
27 May
1964
201 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Deputy Minister of Steel and Mines
(1) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
15 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 223 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Deputy Minister of Iron and Steel
(1) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
29 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 43 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals
2 Ram Sewak Chowdhary
(born 1927)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
13 November
1967
14 February
1969
1 year, 93 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
3 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
MP for Anantnag
14 February
1969
18 March
1971
2 years, 77 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
Indira II
Deputy Minister of Steel and Mines
4 Subodh Chandra Hansda
(1927–2004)
MP for Medinipur
5 February
1973
10 October
1974
1 year, 246 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
5 Sukhdev Prasad
(1921–1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
5 February
1973
24 March
1977
4 years, 47 days

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