Ministry of Steel

Government agency in India

Ministry of Steel

Agency overview
Jurisdiction| Government of India
Headquarters| Ministry of Steel
Udyog Bhawan
Dr. Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget| ₹70.15 crore (US$8.8 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible|

* Jyotiraditya Scindia, Cabinet Minister
* Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State

Agency executive|

* Nagendra Nath Sinha IAS, Steel Secretary

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 Secretary Rank IAS officer, who is its administrative head, while the political head is a minister of cabinet rank, Jyotiraditya Scindia, 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. 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[edit]

* Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
* National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
* Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
* Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL)
* MECON Limited
* Manganese Ore Limited (MOIL)
* MSTC Limited
* Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL)
* Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL)

## Cabinet Ministers[edit]

* 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

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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  | Incumbent  | 1 year, 222 days  | Bharatiya Janata Party

## Ministers of State[edit]

No.  | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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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  | Incumbent  | 4 years, 258 days  | Modi II

## Deputy Ministers[edit]

No.  | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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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[edit]

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