Ministry of Steel
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Steel
Udyog Bhawan
Dr. Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget70.15 crore (US$8.8 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Nagendra Nath Sinha IAS, Steel Secretary
Websitesteel.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

  • 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

  • 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

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

List of ministers

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  • Key: Died in office
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
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
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
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
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
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
Tribhuvan Narain Singh
(1904–1982)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)

(MoS)
29 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 43 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel
Marri Chenna Reddy
(1919–1996)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
13 March
1967
24 April
1968
1 year, 42 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore

(MoS)
24 April
1968
14 February
1969
296 days
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
MP for Mangalore
14 February
1969
15 November
1969
274 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur
15 November
1969
27 June
1970
224 days
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP for Arrah
27 June
1970
15 March
1971
261 days
Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
45 days Indira II
Minister of Steel and Mines
Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry
2 May
1971
31 May
1973[†]
2 years, 29 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli

(Prime Minister)
31 May
1973
23 July
1973
53 days
T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
23 July
1973
11 January
1974
172 days
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
11 January
1974
10 October
1974
272 days
Chandrajit Yadav
(1930–2007)
MP for Azamgarh

(MoS)
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
2 years, 165 days
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
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
MP for West Bengal (Rajya Sabha),
till 1981
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha), from 1981
16 January
1980
15 January
1982
1 year, 364 days Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Nainital
15 January
1982
14 February
1983
1 year, 30 days
N. K. P. Salve
(1921–2012)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)

(MoS, I/C)
14 February
1983
31 October
1984
1 year, 260 days
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II
K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for New Delhi
25 September
1985
12 April
1987
1 year, 199 days
Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha
12 April
1987
25 July
1987
104 days
Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
25 July
1987
2 December
1989
2 years, 130 days
Dinesh Goswami
(1935–1991)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)
6 December
1989
10 November
1990
339 days Asom Gana Parishad Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913–1996)
MP for West Bengal (Rajya Sabha)
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Steel
Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar

(MoS, I/C)
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days Indian National Congress 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
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
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
Dilip Ray
(born 1954)
MP for Odisha (Rajya Sabha)

(MoS, I/C)
13 October
1999
27 May
2000
227 days Vajpayee III
Braja Kishore Tripathy
(born 1947)
MP for Puri

(MoS, I/C)
27 May
2000
22 May
2004
4 years, 0 days
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
Virbhadra Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Mandi
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II
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
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
Chaudhary Birender Singh
(born 1946)
MP for Haryana (Rajya Sabha)
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 329 days
Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
Ramchandra Prasad Singh
(born 1958)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
7 July
2021
6 July
2022
364 days Janata Dal (United)
Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
6 July
2022
Incumbent 1 year, 191 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
17 April
1957
25 April
1957
8 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
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
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore

(MoS)
13 March
1967
14 February
1969
296 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Nainital
14 February
1969
27 June
1970
1 year, 108 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut
2 May
1971
5 February
1973
1 year, 279 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Kariya Munda
(born 1936)
MP for Khunti
14 August
1977
28 July
1979
1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
P. M. Sayeed
(1941–2005)
MP for Lakshadweep
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh
Kishore Chandra Deo
(born 1947)
MP for Parvathipuram
4 August
1979
14 January
1980
163 days
Charanjit Chanana
MP for Delhi (Rajya Sabha)
15 January
1982
2 September
1982
230 days Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar
15 January
1982
14 February
1983
1 year, 30 days
Gargi Shankar Mishra
(born 1919)
MP for Seoni
2 September
1982
6 September
1982
4 days
K. Natwar Singh
(born 1929)
MP for Bharatpur

(MoS, Steel)
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar

(MoS, Mines)
25 September
1985
14 February
1988
2 years, 142 days
Ramanand Yadav
(born 1927)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)

(MoS, Mines)
14 February
1988
12 April
1988
58 days
Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
14 February
1988
2 October
1988
231 days
Mahaveer Prasad
(1939–2010)
MP for Bansgaon

(MoS, Mines)
4 July
1989
2 November
1989
121 days
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
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
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
Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Shahjahanpur
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
Sai Prathap Annayyagari
(born 1944)
MP for Rajampet
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
Vishnudeo Sai
(born 1964)
MP for Raigarh
26 May
2014
30 May
2019
5 years, 4 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla
31 May
2019
Incumbent 4 years, 227 days Modi II

Deputy Ministers

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
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
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
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
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
Ram Sewak Chowdhary
(born 1927)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
13 November
1967
14 February
1969
1 year, 93 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
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
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
Sukhdev Prasad
(1921–1995)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
5 February
1973
24 March
1977
4 years, 47 days

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