Ministry of Steel

Ministry of Steel
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	Ministry of Steel; Udyog Bhawan; Dr. Maulana Azad Road; New Delhi,110011 ; New Delhi
Annual budget	₹47.90 crore (US$6.7 million) (2018-19 est.)
Ministers responsible	Ramchandra Prasad Singh, Cabinet Minister; Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State;
Website	steel.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 minister of cabinet rank, Ramchandra Prasad Singh and is assisted by a Minister of State, Faggan Singh Kulaste.

Functions of the ministry[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The members of the Steel Consumers Council^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] are nominated by the Minister of Steel & 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.^[10]^[11]

Central Public Sector Units[edit]

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC)
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL)
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL)
MECON Limited
Manganese Ore Limited (MOIL)
MSTC Limited
Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited (HSCL)
Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL)
Bharat Refractories Limited (BRL)
Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL)
Bird Group of Companies

Steel Ministers of India[edit]

No	Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
1	Swaran Singh (Steel, Mines, and Fuel)	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	C Subramaniam (Steel and Heavy Industry)	10 April 1962	21 November 1963		Jawaharlal Nehru
	C Subramaniam (Steel, Mines, and Heavy Industry)	21 November 1963	09 June 1964		Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzari Lal Nanda
3	N. Sanjeeva Reddy (Steel and Mines)	09 June 1964	24 January 1966		Lal Bahadur Shastri
4	Tribhuvan Narain Singh (Iron and Steel)	29 January 1966	13 March 1967		Indira Gandhi
5	M. Chenna Reddy (Steel, Mines, and Metals)	16 March 1967	27 April 1968
6	Prakash Chandra Sethi (Iron and Steel, Mines, and Metals)	24 April 1968	14 February 1969
7	C. M. Poonacha (Steel and Heavy Engineering)	14 February 1969	15 November 1969
(1)	Swaran Singh (Steel and Heavy Engineering)	15 November 1969	27 June 1970
8	Bali Ram Bhagat (Steel and Heavy Engineering)	27 June 1970	18 March 1971
9	Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (Steel and Heavy Engineering)	18 March 1971	02 May 1971
	Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (Steel and Mines)	02 May 1971	31 May 1973
10	Indira Gandhi (Steel and Mines)	6 June 1973	23 July 1973
11	T. A. Pai (Steel and Mines)	23 July 1973	11 January 1974
12	Keshav Dev Malviya (Steel and Mines)	11 January 1974	10 October 1974
13	Chandrajit Yadav (MoS)	10 October 1974	24 March 1977
14	Biju Patnaik (Steel and Mines)	26 March 1977	15 July 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
	(Steel, Mines and Coal)	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
15	Pranab Mukherjee (Steel and Mines)	16 January 1980	15 January 1982	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
16	N. D. Tiwari (Steel and Mines)	15 January 1982	14 February 1983		Indira Gandhi
17	N. K. P. Salve (Steel and Mines) (Independent Charge)	14 February 1983	31 December 1984		Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
18	Vasant Sathe (Steel, Mines, and Coal)	31 December 1984	25 September 1985		Rajiv Gandhi
19	K. C. Pant (Steel and Mines)	25 September 1985	12 April 1987
(18)	Vasant Sathe (Steel and Mines)	12 April 1987	25 July 1987
20	M. L. Fotedar (Steel and Mines)	25 July 1987	02 December 1989
21	Dinesh Goswami (Steel and Mines)	06 December 1989	10 November 1990	Asom Gana Parishad	V. P. Singh
22	Ashoke Kumar Sen (Steel and Mines)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
23	Sontosh Mohan Dev (Steel)	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
24	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	01 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25	H. D. Deve Gowda	01 June 1996	29 June 1996
26	Birendra Prasad Baishya (Steel and Mines)	29 June 1996	19 March 1998	Asom Gana Parishad	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
27	Naveen Patnaik	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Biju Janata Dal	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
28	Dilip Ray (Steel) (Independent Charge)	13 October 1999	27 May 2000
29	Braja Kishore Tripathy (MoS, Independent Charge)	27 May 2000	22 May 2004
30	Ram Vilas Paswan	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	Lok Janshakti Party (United Progressive Alliance)	Manmohan Singh
31	Virbhadra Singh	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance)
32	Beni Prasad Verma (MoS, Independent Charge till 12 July 2011)	19 January 2011	26 May 2014	Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance)
33	Narendra Singh Tomar	26 May 2014	05 July 2016	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)	Narendra Modi
34	Birender Singh	05 July 2016	30 May 2019
35	Dharmendra Pradhan	30 May 2019	07 July 2021
36	Ramchandra Prasad Singh	07 July 2021		Janata Dal (United) (National Democratic Alliance)

List of Ministers of State[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Steel
Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Days
Vishnudeo Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party		26 May 2014	30 May 2019	1830 days
Faggan Singh Kulaste		Bharatiya Janata Party		30 May 2019	Incumbent	2017 days

References[edit]

↑ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
↑ "Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "India is the world's third-largest producer of crude steel". steel.ibef.org. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
↑ "India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
↑ "Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh". business-standard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ "18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister". business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
↑ "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Chaired by Steel Ministy [sic] Of India". industrialnews.in. 3 February 2014.
↑ "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Circular". 3 February 2014.
↑ "Formation of Steel Consumers Council" (PDF). steel.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
↑ "Boards Councils Committees". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
↑ "Steel Consumers Council". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

External links[edit]

Ministry of Steel - Official website

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[1] "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[Website_of_Ministry_of_Steel_on_National_Portal_of_India-2] "Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[3] "India is the world's third-largest producer of crude steel". steel.ibef.org. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[4] "India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[5] "Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh". business-standard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[6] "18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister". business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[7] "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Chaired by Steel Ministy [sic] Of India". industrialnews.in. 3 February 2014.

[8] "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Circular". 3 February 2014.

[9] "Formation of Steel Consumers Council" (PDF). steel.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[10] "Boards Councils Committees". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[11] "Steel Consumers Council". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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