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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)
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|jurisdiction = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
|chief1_name = [[Piyush Goyal]]
|chief1_position = [[Cabinet Minister]]
|website = [http://commerce.gov.in/ Department of Commerce]
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commerce.gov.in/#|title=Welcome to department of commerce, Government of India|first=Welcome to department of commerce, Government of|last=India|website=commerce.gov.in}}</ref>
[https://dipp.gov.in/ Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade]
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{{Politics of India}}
The '''Ministry of Commerce and Industry''' administers two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (formerly Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion). The head of the Ministry is a Minister of Cabinet rank.

== Minister of Commerce and Industry ==
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|incumbent = [[Piyush Goyal]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Minister of State (Independent Charge)</ref>
|incumbentsince = 31 May 2019
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The '''Minister of Commerce and Industry''' is the head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and one of the [[Cabinet minister (India)|cabinet ministers]] of the [[Government of India]]. The first Minister of Commerce and Industry of independent India was [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]]. The current Minister is [[Piyush Goyal]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Goyal took over from [[Suresh Prabhu]] on 31 May 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=List of ministers in Narendra Modi's government|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-27/news/50122791_1_portfolios-public-grievances-smt|access-date=28 June 2014|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=27 May 2014}}</ref>

===Past Ministers: Industry===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2|Party
! Prime Minister
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]]
| [[File:Syama Prasad Mookerjee.jpg|60px]]
| 15 August 1947
| 19 April 1950
| rowspan=12| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
| rowspan=3| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Harekrushna Mahtab]]
|[[File:Harekrushna-Mahtab.jpg|center|frameless]]
| 13 May 1950
| 26 December 1950
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Nityanand Kanungo]]
|
| 19 July 1963
| 9 June 1964
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
| [[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|60px]]
| 9 June 1964
| 13 June 1964
|rowspan=3| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[H. C. Dasappa]]
|
| 19 July 1964
| 29 October 1964
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]]
|
| 30 October 1964
| 24 January 1966
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]
| [[File:Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 24 January 1966
| 13 March 1967
|rowspan=6| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[F. A. Ahmed]] ''(Industrial Development)''
| [[File:Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 13 March 1967
| 27 June 1970
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] ''(Industrial Development and Internal Trade)''
|
| 27 June 1970
| 18 March 1971
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Moinul Hoque Choudhury]] ''(Industrial Development)''
|[[File:Moinul Hoque Choudhury.gif|60px]]
| 18 March 1971
| 22 July 1972
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[C Subramaniam]] ''(Industrial Development)''
| [[File:Chidambaram Subramaniam 2010 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 22 July 1972
| 10 October 1974
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[T. A. Pai]] ''(Industry)''
|
| 10 October 1974
| 23 March 1977
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Brij Lal Verma]]
|
| 28 March 1977
| 6 July 1977
| rowspan=2| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[George Fernandes]]
| [[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 6 July 1977
| 15 July 1977
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| [[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 30 July 1979
| 27 November 1979
| rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=2| [[Charan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[T. A. Pai]]
|
| 27 November 1979
| 14 January 1980
| rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| [[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|60px]]
| 8 August 1981
| 3 August 1984
| rowspan=5| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=2| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy]]
|
| 7 September 1984
| 31 December 1984
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Veerendra Patil]]
|
| 14 January 1985
| 25 September 1985
|rowspan=3| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| [[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|60px]]
| 25 September 1985
| 22 October 1986
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[J. Vengala Rao]]
|
| 22 October 1986
| 2 December 1989
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Ajit Singh]]<ref name=iandc /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=14 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile :Singh,Shri Ajit |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022948/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=14 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|
| 5 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
|| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
| [[File:Karunakaran Kannoth.jpg|60px]]
| 11 June 1995
| 16 May 1996
|| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| [[File:The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg|60px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
|| [[Shiv Sena]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Murasoli Maran]]
| [[File:Murasoli Maran 2004 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 1 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{DMK/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]
|
| 19 March 1998
| 13 October 1999
|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|}

===Past Ministers: Commerce===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2|Party
! Prime Minister
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[I. I. Chundrigar]]
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| 2 September 1946
| 14 August 1947
|| [[All-India Muslim League]]
| style="width:4px; background:green;"|
|| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (as Vice President of the Executive Council)
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 15 August 1947
| 6 April 1948
|rowspan=16| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=16|
|rowspan=10| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kshitish Chandra Neogy]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 6 April 1948
| 19 April 1950
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|60px]]
| 19 April 1950
| 29 May 1950
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Sri Prakasa]] ''(Commerce)''
| [[File:Sri Prakasa 1991 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 29 May 1950
| 26 December 1950
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Harekrushna Mahtab]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 26 December 1950
| 13 May 1952
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[T T Krishnamachari]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:TT Krishnamachari 2002 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 13 May 1952
| 30 August 1956
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Swaran Singh]]
|
| 30 August 1956
| 14 November 1956
|-
| [[Morarji Desai]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Morarji Desai (portrait).png|60px]]
| 14 November 1956
| 28 March 1958
|-
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 28 March 1958
| 05 April 1961
|-
| [[KC Reddy]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
|
| 05 April 1961
| 19 July 1963
|-
| [[Manubhai Shah]] ''(As MoS till 24 January 1966)'' ''(Commerce)''
|
| 19 July 1963
| 13 March 1967
|| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 13 March 1967
| 14 February 1969
|rowspan=5| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
| [[Bali Ram Bhagat]] ''(Foreign Trade and Supply)''
| [[File:Nicolae Ceauşescu and B.R. Bhagat (cropped).png|60px]]
| 14 February 1969
| 27 June 1970
|-
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 27 June 1970
| 10 March 1971
|-
| [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]] ''(MoS)''
| [[File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 27 June 1970
| 05 February 1973
|-
| [[D. P. Chattopadhyay]] ''(Commerce)'' ''(as MoS till 23 December 1976)''
|
| 05 February 1973
| 24 March 1977
|-
| [[Morarji Desai]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 26 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
|rowspan=2| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Mohan Dharia]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 26 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
|-
| [[Charan Singh]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 28 July 1979
| 30 July 1979
|rowspan=2| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Charan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Hitendra Desai]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 30 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
|-
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|
|14 January 1980
| 16 January 1980
|rowspan=11| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=11|
|rowspan=4| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]] ''(Commerce)''<ref name="164.100.47.132">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4195 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903085528/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4195 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg|60px]]
| 16 January 1980
| 15 January 1982
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shivraj Patil]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)'' ''(Commerce)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=321 |title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Patil,Shri Shivraj V. |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903085538/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=321 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|60px]]
| 15 January 1982
| 29 January 1983
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[V. P. Singh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2259.htm |title=Tenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINGH, SHRI VISHWANATH PRATAP |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033426/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2259.htm |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 29 January 1983
| 7 September 1984
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]] ''(Commerce)''<ref name="164.100.47.132"/>
| [[File:Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg|60px]]
| 7 September 1984
| 31 December 1984
|[[Indira Gandhi]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|
| 31 December 1984
| 14 January 1985
|rowspan=6| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[V. P. Singh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2259.htm |title=Tenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINGH, SHRI VISHWANATH PRATAP |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033426/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2259.htm |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|14 January 1985
| 25 September 1985
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:Arjun Singh 237.jpg|60px]]
| 15 November 1985
| 20 January 1986
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P Shiv Shankar]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 20 January 1986
| 25 July 1987
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[N. D. Tiwari]] ''(Commerce)''
| [[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 1987
| 25 June 1988
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
|
| 25 June 1988
| 2 December 1989
|- style="height: 50px;"
|[[V. P. Singh]]
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|02 December 1989
|06 December 1989
| rowspan=2| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Arun Nehru]] ''(Commerce)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : NEHRU, SHRI ARUN KUMAR |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017214646/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm |archive-date=17 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=iandc>Arun Nehru was Minister of Commerce, while Ajit Singh was in charge of Industry</ref>
|
| 06 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
|-
| [[Chandra Shekhar]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 10 November 1990
| 21 November 1990
| rowspan=1| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=2| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Subramanian Swamy]] ''(Commerce)''
| [[File:Subramanian Swamy.JPG|60px]]
| 21 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Dal]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P Chidambaram]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)'' ''(Commerce)''
| [[File:P. Chidambaram.jpg|60px]]
| 21 June 1991
| 9 July 1992
|rowspan=5| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|60px]]
| 9 July 1992
| 18 January 1993
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]] ''(Commerce)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4195 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Mukherjee,Shri Pranab |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903085528/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4195 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg|60px]]
| January 1993
| February 1995
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P Chidambaram]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)'' ''(Commerce)''
|[[File:P. Chidambaram.jpg|60px]]
| 10 February 1995
| 3 April 1996
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|[[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|60px]]
| 3 April 1996
| 15 May 1996
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|
| 16 May 1996
| 01 June 1996
|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Devendra Prasad Yadav]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
|| [[Janata Dal]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Bolla Bulli Ramaiah]] ''(Commerce)''
|
| 29 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
|| [[Telugu Desam Party]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]] [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] ''(Commerce)''<ref name=rajya>{{cite web |title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003: H| url = http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/h.pdf | access-date = 2014-09-01|pages=3–4}}</ref><ref>Minister of Commerce</ref>
|
| 19 March 1998
| 13 October 1999
|| [[Lok Shakti]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Lok Shakti/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=4| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Murasoli Maran]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Murasoli Maran 2004 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 13 October 1999
| 9 November 2002
|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|[[Arun Shourie]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Arun Shourie.jpg|60px]]
| 9 November 2002
| 29 January 2003
|rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|[[Arun Jaitley]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:Arun Jaitley, Minister.jpg|60px]]
| 29 January 2003
| 22 May 2004
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kamal Nath]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=175 |title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile : Kamal Nath,Shri |website=loksabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903091049/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=175 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:KamalNath.jpg|60px]]
| 23 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
| rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Anand Sharma]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx |title=Webpage of Shri Anand Sharma, Member of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA) |website=rajyasabha.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref>
| [[File:Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg|60px]]
| 28 May 2009
| 26 May 2014
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Nirmala Sitharaman]] ''(Commerce and Industry)'' ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:Portrait of Nirmala Sitharaman.jpg|60px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 3 September 2017
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Suresh Prabhu]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
| [[File:The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg|60px]]
| 3 September 2017
| 30 May 2019
|-
|[[Piyush Goyal]] ''(Commerce and Industry)''
|[[File:Piyush Goyal (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|31 May 2019
|Incumbent
|}
== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ministers of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
|-align=center
|[[C. R. Chaudhary]]
|[[File:C.R. Chaudhary addressing at the National Consultation on Legal Metrology with Secretaries and Controllers of Legal Metrology of StatesUTs, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
|Rowspan=3|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=FF9933|
|3 September 2017
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in days|2017|9|3|2019|5|30}} days
|-align=center
|[[Hardeep Singh Puri]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at a Webinar in New Delhi on October 02, 2020.jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Age in days|2019|05|30|2021|07|07}} days
|-align=center
|[[Som Parkash]]
|[[File:Som Prakash.jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2019|05|30}} days
|-align=center
|[[Anupriya Patel]]
|[[File:Health minister anupriya patel.jpg|100px]]
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|bgcolor=#330066|
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days

|}

== Department of Commerce ==
The department is entrusted with formulating and implementing the [[foreign trade]] policy and responsibilities relating to multilateral and bilateral commercial relations, state trading, [[export]] promotion measures, and development and regulation of certain export oriented industries and commodities.

In order for the smooth functioning, the Department is divided into eight divisions:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.commerce.nic.in/aboutus/aboutus_organisational.asp?id=1
|title = Organisational Set-up and Functions
|publisher = Department of Commerce, Government of India
|access-date = 2008-11-06
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081019063202/http://commerce.nic.in/aboutus/aboutus_organisational.asp?id=1
|archive-date = 19 October 2008
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* Administrative and General Division[[File:Ministry of Commerce and Industries India.jpg|alt=Ministry of Commerce and Industries India|thumb|Ministry of Commerce and Industries India]]
* Finance Division
* Economic Division
* Trade Policy Division
* Foreign Trade Territorial Division
* State Trading & Infrastructure Division
* Supply Division
* Plantation Division

The subjects under the administrative control of the Department include:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.commerce.nic.in/aboutus/aboutus_subject.asp?id=2
|title = Subjects under Administrative Control
|publisher = Department of Commerce, Government of India
|access-date = 2008-11-06
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081219201038/http://www.commerce.nic.in/aboutus/aboutus_subject.asp?id=2
|archive-date = 19 December 2008
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* International trade
* Foreign Trade
* State trading
* Management of Indian Trade Services
* [[Special Economic Zone]]s

== Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade ==
{{main|Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade}}
This department was established in the year 1995, and in the year 2000 Department of Industrial Development was merged with it. This department is responsible for formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the [[industrial sector]], keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives. While individual administrative ministries look after the production, distribution, development and planning aspects of specific industries allocated to them, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is responsible for the overall Industrial Policy. It is also responsible for facilitating and increasing the FDI flows to the country. It is also responsible to calculate WPI (I.e. Wholesale Price Index).

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is also responsible for [[intellectual property]] rights relating to [[patent]]s, designs, [[trademark]]s, [[copyright]]s and geographical indication of goods and oversees the initiative relating to their promotion and protection.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://commerce.gov.in/ Department of Commerce]
*[https://dipp.gov.in/ Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade]

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