Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Annual budget	₹71,897 crore (US$8.3 billion) (2020-21 est.)
Agency executives	Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Cabinet Minister; Dr. Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of State;
Website	https://chemicals.nic.in/ ; https://fert.nic.in/home-page

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely:-

Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Department of Fertilisers
Department of Pharmaceuticals

The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilisers. Mansukh L. Mandaviya is the current minister for the departments.^[2]

Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers[edit]

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was under the Ministry of Industry until December 1989, when it was brought under the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals. On June 5, 1991, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was transferred to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

The Department is entrusted with the responsibility of planning, development and regulations of the chemicals, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industry sector, inducting:

Drugs and pharmaceuticals, excluding those specifically allotted to other departments
Insecticides, excluding the administration of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968).
Molasses
Alcohol – Industrial and Potable from the molasses route.
Dyestuffs and dye intermediates
All organic and inorganic chemicals not specifically allotted to any other ministry or department.
Bhopal disaster – special laws
Petrochemicals
Industries relating to production of non-cellulosic synthetic fibres such as nylon, polyester, and acrylic
Synthetic rubber
Plastics including fabrications of plastic and moulded goods
Planning, development and control of, and assistance to, all industries dealt with by the Department

The Department has various divisions under it. The important being:

Chemical Division
Petrochemicals Division
Monitoring and Evaluation Division (M&E Division)

Department of Pharmaceuticals[edit]

Bulk Drug Parks[edit]

Guidelines of the Scheme "Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks"

Medical Devices Parks[edit]

Guidelines of the Scheme "Promotion of Medical Devices Parks"

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana[edit]

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India, to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through special kendras known as Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra. Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra (PMBJPK) have been set up to provide generic drugs, which are available at lesser prices but are equivalent in quality and efficacy as expensive branded drugs. BPPI (Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India) has been established under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. of India, with the support of all the CPSUs for co-ordinating procurement, supply and marketing of generic drugs through Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra.^[3]

Attached offices[edit]

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

NPPA is an organization of the Government of India which was established, inter alia, to fix/ revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations and to enforce prices and availability of the medicines in the country, under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995.

The organization is also entrusted with the task of recovering amounts overcharged by manufacturers for the controlled drugs from the consumers.

It also monitors the prices of decontrolled drugs in order to keep them at reasonable levels.

Autonomous bodies[edit]

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) ^[4]

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) is a premier National Institution devoted to Academic, Technology Support & Research (ATR) for the Plastics & allied industries, in India. First CIPET campus was established by Government of India in 1968 at Chennai and subsequently 14 CIPET Campuses have been established by Government of India in the country.

Today CIPET has many Campus's

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Amritsar
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Aurangabad
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhopal
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Chennai
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Guwahati
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hajipur
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Haldia
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Jaipur
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Imphal
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Lucknow
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Mysore
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Khunti
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Panipat
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Madurai
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Raipur

These are contributing through ATR services to the industries in India and Abroad, having uniform infrastructural facilities in the areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE, Tooling & Mould Manufacturing, Plastics processing, Testing and Quality control.

CIPET chennai also started a department called ARSTPS (Advance Research School for Technology and Product Simulation) which provides facilities in areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE. It also provide a ME degree program for CAD/CAM.A

PSUs and joint ventures[edit]

Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL)
Bramhaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Limited (BVFCL)
FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals India Limited (FAGMIL)
Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)
Fertiliser Association of India (FAI)
Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL)
Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL)
Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL)
Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL)
Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL)
National Fertilisers Limited (NFL)
Projects and Development India Limited (PDIL)
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited (RCF)
Bramhaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)

Others

Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (GSFC)
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO)
Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd

List of Ministers[edit]

No	Name	Tenure			Political Party	Prime Minister
1	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991	17 February 1994	2 years, 241 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
2	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	17 February 1994	16 May 1996	2 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
3	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	01 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4	Sis Ram Ola	29 June 1996	9 June 1997	345 days	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
5	M. Arunachalam	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Tamil Maanila Congress	I. K. Gujral
6	Surjit Singh Barnala	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Shiromani Akali Dal	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
7	Suresh Prabhu	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days	Shiv Sena
8	Sunder Lal Patwa	30 September 2000	7 November 2000	38 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	7 November 2000	22 May 2004	3 years, 197 days	Shiromani Akali Dal
10	Ram Vilas Paswan	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years, 0 days	Lok Janshakti Party	Manmohan Singh
11	M. K. Alagiri	28 May 2009	20 March 2013	3 years, 296 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12	Srikant Kumar Jena (Independent Charge)	20 March 2013	26 May 2014	1 year, 67 days	Indian National Congress
13	Ananth Kumar	26 May 2014	12 November 2018	4 years, 170 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
14	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	12 November 2018	07 July 2021	2 years, 237 days
15	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	7 July 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 246 days

Ministers of State[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Minister of state	Political party	Term		Days
Nihalchand	Bharatiya Janata Party	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir		9 November 2014	5 July 2016	604 days
Mansukh L. Mandaviya		5 July 2016	7 July 2021	1828 days
Rao Inderjit Singh		3 September 2017	30 May 2019	634 days
Bhagwanth Khuba		7 July 2021	Incubment	1342 days

References[edit]

↑ "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
↑ "Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on CCEA approval of the proposal regarding revival of five closed units of FCIL – Invest in India". investinindia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
↑ "Jan Aushadhi : An Initiative of Government of India | Generic Medicine Campaign Improving Access to Medicines". janaushadhi.gov.in. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
↑ http://www.cipet.gov.in/

External links[edit]

[1] "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.

[2] "Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on CCEA approval of the proposal regarding revival of five closed units of FCIL – Invest in India". investinindia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] "Jan Aushadhi : An Initiative of Government of India | Generic Medicine Campaign Improving Access to Medicines". janaushadhi.gov.in. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[4] ttp://www.cipet.gov.in/

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