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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 budget₹70.15 crore (US$8.4 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Sandeep Pondrik,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 June 2024, 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, H.D. Kumaraswamy, assisted by a Minister of State.

Functions of the ministry

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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

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Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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 		10 June
2024 		1 year, 340 days Bharatiya Janata Party
35 H.D. Kumaraswamy
(born 1959)
MP for Mandya 		10 June
2024 		incumbent 196 days Janata Dal (Secular) Modi III

Ministers of State

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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 		10 June
2024 		5 years, 10 days Modi II
22 Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
(born 1967)
MP for Narasapuram 		11 June
2024 		Incumbent 196 days Modi III

Deputy Ministers

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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