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		<title>Ministry of Rural Development (India)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;2601:280:C:4BFF:EDA6:62B6:57C1:CC7D: /* Ministers: Rural Development */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{More citations needed|date=January 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox government agency&lt;br /&gt;
|type          = Department&lt;br /&gt;
|seal            = Emblem_of_India.svg&lt;br /&gt;
|seal_width      = 70px&lt;br /&gt;
|jurisdiction    = [[Republic of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|headquarters    = [[Krishi Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|budget          = {{INRConvert|122398|c}} &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2020-21 est.)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://prsindia.org/sites/default/files/budget_files/Union%20Budget%20Analysis%20-%202020-21.pdf |title=Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis |date= 2020|website=prsindia.org |format=PDF}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|minister1_name  = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|minister1_pfo   = Cabinet Minister&lt;br /&gt;
|minister2_name  = [[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]&lt;br /&gt;
|minister2_pfo   = Minister of State&lt;br /&gt;
|website         = {{url|http://rural.nic.in}}&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Ministry of Rural Development|logo=|formed=|employees=|chief1_name=|chief1_position=|chief2_name=|chief2_position=|chief3_name=|chief3_position=|chief4_name=|chief4_position=|chief5_name=|chief5_position=|chief6_name=|chief6_position=|chief7_name=|chief7_position=|chief8_name=|chief8_position=|chief9_name=|chief9_position=|parent_department=}}&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Ministry of Rural Development&#039;&#039;&#039;, a branch of the [[Government of India]], is entrusted with the task of accelerating the socio-economic development of rural India.  Its focus is on health, education, drinking water, housing and roads.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172317/http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the Narendra Modi ministry, [[Narendra Singh Tomar]] replaced [[Chaudhary Birender Singh]] as the Minister of Rural Development.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/no-more-a-people-ministry-for-birender-singh-now-the-steel-minister-116070700006_1.html|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=8 July 2016|date=6 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Departments==&lt;br /&gt;
The ministry has two departments: Department of Rural Development and Department of Land Resources. Each is headed by a senior civil servant designated as the Secretary of the Department. Anita Choudhry is the secretary of Land Resources and Jugal Kishore Mahapatra, a senior bureaucrat from Odisha, is the secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Department of Rural Development===&lt;br /&gt;
The department run three national-level schemes: [[Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana ]](PMGSY) for rural roads development, [[Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana]] (SGSY) rural employment and for rural housing, [[Indira Awaas Yojana|Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana]] It handles the administration of [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)|District Rural Development Agency]] (DRDA), and has three autonomous organisations under it:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title = Overview | publisher = Department of Rural Development | url = http://drd.nic.in/DRD/aboutus.asp | access-date = 2014-01-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208233730/http://drd.nic.in/drd/aboutus.asp | archive-date = 8 February 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Council of Advancement of People&#039;s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[National Institute of Rural Development]] (NIRD)&lt;br /&gt;
* National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA)&lt;br /&gt;
The Minister of Rural Development is the Chairman of these three organisations and the Secretary of the Ministry is the Vice Chairman. The Minister is currently Mr Narendra Singh Tomar, and the Secretary is Subrahmanyam Vijay Kumar.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_aboutus&amp;amp;id=3158&amp;amp;p=emp&amp;amp;view=profile&amp;amp;Itemid=181|title=TERI: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development - India|website=www.teriin.org}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Department of Land Resources===&lt;br /&gt;
The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://dolr.gov.in/programme-schemes/schemes-programmes|title=Schemes|date=5 February 2019|publisher=Department of Land Resources|access-date=2014-01-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana|Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna (Watershed Development Component)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Neeranchal National Watershed Project]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Other Programmes&lt;br /&gt;
**GIZ led pilot Land Use Planning and Management Project&lt;br /&gt;
** Ease of Doing Business - Initiatives&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Ministers: Rural Development ==&lt;br /&gt;
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! width=&amp;quot;200px&amp;quot; |Name&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;100px&amp;quot; |Tenure&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2|Political Party&lt;br /&gt;
!Prime Minister&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|20 January 1980&lt;br /&gt;
|29 January 1983&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;| [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=4|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| [[Indira Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Harinath Mishra]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|29 January 1983&lt;br /&gt;
|02 August 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|02 August 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|31 December 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Indira Gandhi]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Rajiv Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Buta Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|31 December 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|25 September 1985&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Upendra Nath Verma]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 21 April 1990&lt;br /&gt;
| 10 November 1990&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Janata Dal]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Front (India)|National Front]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[V. P. Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]&lt;br /&gt;
|12 June 1991&lt;br /&gt;
|11 June 1995&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=2|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jagannath Mishra]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(Minister of Rural Areas and Employment)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|11 June 1995&lt;br /&gt;
|16 May 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|16 May 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|01 June 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]] &lt;br /&gt;
|01 June 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|19 March 1998&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|[[Telugu Desam Party]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Front (India)|United Front]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[I. K. Gujral]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Babagouda Patil]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(Minister of Rural Development)&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|19 March 1998&lt;br /&gt;
|13 October 1999&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=6|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sundar Lal Patwa]]&lt;br /&gt;
|13 October 1999&lt;br /&gt;
|30 September 2000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]&lt;br /&gt;
|30 September 2000&lt;br /&gt;
|01 July 2002&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shanta Kumar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|01 July 2002&lt;br /&gt;
|06 April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ananth Kumar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|06 April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
|24 May 2003&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kashiram Rana]]&lt;br /&gt;
|24 May 2003&lt;br /&gt;
|22 May 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|23 May 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|22 May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=1|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Progressive Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; |[[Manmohan Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[C. P. Joshi]] &lt;br /&gt;
|28 May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|19 January 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Progressive Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=3|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|19 January 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|12 July 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jairam Ramesh]] &lt;br /&gt;
|13 July 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|26 May 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gopinath Munde]]&lt;br /&gt;
|26 May 2014 &lt;br /&gt;
|03 June 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=4|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=4|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; |[[Narendra Modi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Nitin Gadkari]] &lt;br /&gt;
|03 June 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|09 November 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|09 November 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|05 July 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]] &lt;br /&gt;
|05 July 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|Incumbent&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Ministers of State==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Niranjan Jyoti]] (31 May 2019)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}{{Railway Ministers of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[NREGS (Kerala)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[SWAMITVA Yojana]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Official|http://www.rural.nic.in/}}&lt;br /&gt;
*  [http://nrega.nic.in National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, website]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Union ministries of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{authority control}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Government ministries of India|R]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Rural development organisations in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Rural development ministries]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Ministry of Steel</title>
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{{Infobox government agency&lt;br /&gt;
|agency_name     = Ministry of Steel&lt;br /&gt;
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|headquarters    = Ministry of Steel&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Udyog Bhawan&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dr. Maulana Azad Road&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;New Delhi,110011 &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[New Delhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|budget          ={{INRConvert|47.90|c}} &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2018-19 est.)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|minister1_name  = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]&lt;br /&gt;
|minister1_pfo   = Cabinet Minister&lt;br /&gt;
|website         = [http://steel.nic.in steel.nic.in]&lt;br /&gt;
|logo=|chief1_name=|chief1_position=|chief2_name=|chief2_position=|chief3_name=|chief3_position=|chief4_name=|chief4_position=|chief5_name=|chief5_position=|chief6_name=|chief6_position=|chief7_name=|chief7_position=|chief8_name=|chief8_position=|chief9_name=|chief9_position=|parent_department=|minister2_name=[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]|minister2_pfo=Minister of State}}&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Ministry of Steel&#039;&#039;&#039; 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]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.india.gov.in/official-website-ministry-steel |title=Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India |date=2018-01-20 |website=www.india.gov.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of June 2019, the ministry is headed by a minister of cabinet rank, [[Dharmendra Pradhan]] and is assisted by a Minister of State, [[Faggan Singh Kulaste]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Functions of the ministry ==&lt;br /&gt;
*Coordination of data from various sources for the growth of the [[iron and steel industry in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Formulation of policies in respect of production, pricing, distribution, import and export of iron &amp;amp; steel and ferro alloys&lt;br /&gt;
*Planning and development of and assistance to the entire iron and steel industry in the country&lt;br /&gt;
*Development of the input industries relating to iron ore, manganese ore, refractories and others required by the steel industry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Attached/subordinate offices and institutes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Joint Plant Committee (JPC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
**A select organisation whose goal is the promotion of steel, coordinating work of the main producers&lt;br /&gt;
*National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST)&lt;br /&gt;
**NISST aims to be a single source for all the requirements of the secondary steel sector&lt;br /&gt;
* Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute&lt;br /&gt;
**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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Steel Consumers Council==&lt;br /&gt;
The members of the [[Steel Consumers Council]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.ibef.org/industry/steel.aspx| title=India is the world&#039;s third-largest producer of crude steel  | work=steel.ibef.org | access-date=14 January 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-07-07/news/64178310_1_indian-steel-iisco-steel-srtmi| title=India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer | work=economictimes.indiatimes.com| access-date=14 January 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/beni-promises-10-steel-units-in-uttar-pradesh-114020300706_1.html| title=Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh | work=business-standard.com | access-date=16 January 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/steel-ministry-moots-price-regulator-open-to-duty-cut-104061401047_1.html| title=18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister  | work=business-standard.com | access-date=17 January 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=24th Meeting of Steel Consumer&#039;s Council Chaired by Steel {{sic|nolink=y|Ministy}} Of India|url=http://www.industrialnews.in/events/3197-24th-meeting-of-steel-consumer%E2%80%99s-council-chaired-by-steel-ministy-of-india.html|publisher=industrialnews.in|date=3 February 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=24th Meeting of Steel Consumer&#039;s Council Circular|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102937|date=3 February 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://steel.gov.in/steel%20consumer%20council%2030.09.2014.pdf | work=steel.gov.in | title=Formation of Steel Consumers Council | access-date=14 January 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064221/http://steel.gov.in/steel%20consumer%20council%2030.09.2014.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  are nominated by the Minister of Steel &amp;amp; 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.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url= http://steel.nic.in/act/boards.htm|title= Boards Councils Committees|work= steel.gov.in|access-date= 14 January 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160106074502/http://steel.nic.in/act/boards.htm|archive-date= 6 January 2016|url-status= dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://steel.gov.in/act/arrangement.htm | title=Steel Consumers Council | work=steel.gov.in | access-date=14 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064023/http://steel.gov.in/act/arrangement.htm | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Public sector undertakings ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steel Authority of India Limited]] (SAIL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[National Mineral Development Corporation]] Ltd (NMDC)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited]] (RINL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd]] (KIOCL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MECON Limited]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Manganese Ore (India) Ltd (MOIL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MSTC Limited]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited]] (HSCL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sponge Iron India Limited]] (SIIL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bharat Refractories Limited]] (BRL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited]] (FSNL)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bird Group of Companies]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Steel Ministers of India==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Name&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2|Term of office&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2| Party&lt;br /&gt;
! Prime Minister&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Swaran Singh]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(Steel, Mines, and Fuel)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|17 April 1957&lt;br /&gt;
|10 April 1962&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=15| [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=15|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=2| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[C Subramaniam]]  &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Heavy Industry)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|10 April 1962 &lt;br /&gt;
|21 November 1963&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[C Subramaniam]]  &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel, Mines, and Heavy Industry)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|21 November 1963&lt;br /&gt;
|09 June 1964&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=1| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Gulzari Lal Nanda]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[N. Sanjeeva Reddy]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Mines)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|09 June 1964&lt;br /&gt;
|24 January 1966&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=1| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Iron and Steel)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|29 January 1966&lt;br /&gt;
|13 March 1967&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=11| [[Indira Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[M. Chenna Reddy]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel, Mines, and Metals)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|16 March 1967&lt;br /&gt;
|27 April 1968&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Iron and Steel, Mines, and Metals)&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(MoS)&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|27 April 1968&lt;br /&gt;
|14 February 1969&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[C. M. Poonacha]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Heavy Engineering)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|14 February 1969&lt;br /&gt;
|15 November 1969&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Swaran Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|15 November 1969&lt;br /&gt;
|27 June 1970&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Bali Ram Bhagat]] &lt;br /&gt;
|27 June 1970&lt;br /&gt;
|18 March 1971&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam]] &lt;br /&gt;
|18 March 1971&lt;br /&gt;
|02 May 1971&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Mines)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|02 May 1971&lt;br /&gt;
|31 May 1973&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[T. A. Pai]] &lt;br /&gt;
|23 July 1973&lt;br /&gt;
|11 January 1974&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Keshav Dev Malviya]]&lt;br /&gt;
|11 January 1974&lt;br /&gt;
|10 October 1974&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chandrajit Yadav]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(MoS)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|10 October 1974&lt;br /&gt;
|24 March 1977&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=2| [[Biju Patnaik]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(Steel, Mines, and Coal from 30 July 1979)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 26 March 1977&lt;br /&gt;
| 15 July 1979&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Morarji Desai]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| 30 July 1979&lt;br /&gt;
| 14 January 1980&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Charan Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(Steel and Mines)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 14 January 1980&lt;br /&gt;
| 15 January 1982&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot;| [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=7|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| [[Indira Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[N. D. Tiwari]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 15 January 1982&lt;br /&gt;
| 14 February 1983&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[N. K. P. Salve]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge)&lt;br /&gt;
|14 February 1983&lt;br /&gt;
|31 December 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Indira Gandhi]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Rajiv Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[Vasant Sathe]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel, Mines, and Coal)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|31 December 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|25 September 1985&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[K. C. Pant]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Mines)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|25 September 1985&lt;br /&gt;
|12 April 1987&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[Vasant Sathe]] &lt;br /&gt;
|12 April 1987&lt;br /&gt;
|25 July 1987&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[M. L. Fotedar]] &lt;br /&gt;
|25 July 1987&lt;br /&gt;
|02 December 1989&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[Dinesh Goswami]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 06 December 1989&lt;br /&gt;
| 10 November 1989&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Front (India)|National Front]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[V. P. Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]&lt;br /&gt;
|21 November 1990&lt;br /&gt;
| 21 June 1991&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=1| [[Chandra Shekhar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| [[Sontosh Mohan Dev]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(Steel)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 21 June 1991&lt;br /&gt;
|16 May 1996&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|16 May 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|01 June 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039; (Steel and Mines)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 29 June 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|19 March 1998&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Front (India)|United Front]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[I. K. Gujral]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Naveen Patnaik]] &lt;br /&gt;
| 18 March 1998&lt;br /&gt;
| 13 October 1999&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Dal]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Dilip Ray]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(Steel)&#039;&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 13 October 1999 &lt;br /&gt;
| 27 May 2000&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=2| [[Biju Janata Dal]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=2|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Braja Kishore Tripathy]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 27 May 2000&lt;br /&gt;
| 22 May 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]] &lt;br /&gt;
|23 May 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|22 May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=1| [[Lok Janshakti Party]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Progressive Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=1|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3| [[Manmohan Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|28 May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|18 January 2011&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[United Progressive Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=2|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Beni Prasad Verma]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;(MoS, Independent Charge till 12 July 2011)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 19 January 2011&lt;br /&gt;
| 26 May 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 26 May 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| 05 July 2016&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot; rowspan=3|&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3| [[Narendra Modi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 05 July 2016&lt;br /&gt;
| 30 May 2019&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 30 May 2019&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://steel.nic.in Ministry of Steel - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
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