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Ministry of Heavy Industries

Ministry of Heavy Industries
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Ministry overview
Formed7 July 2021[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Annual budget6,171 crore (US$740 million) (2023-24 est) [2]
Ministry executives
Websiteheavyindustries.gov.in

The Ministry of Heavy Industries [a] is an executive agency of the Government of India. The Ministry entails for promoting the engineering industry viz. machine tools, heavy electrical, industrial machinery, and auto industry and administration of 40 operating Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and 4 autonomous organizations.[3]

As of June 2024, the Honourable Minister is H. D. Kumaraswamy and the Honourable Minister of State is Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma.

History

The Ministry of Heavy Industries was previously called Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 7 July 2021 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries as the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) was shifted to the Ministry of Finance.[1]

Structure

Autonomous Bodies

There are four autonomous bodies under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries.[3]

Central Public Sector Undertakings

There are 40 CPSUs under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries, of which 16 are operational.[3]

  • Andrew Yule and Company (AYCL)
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
  • Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Ltd.
  • Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
  • Cement Corporation of India (CCI)
  • Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.(EPI)
  • Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC)
  • HMT Ltd.(Holding Company with Tractor Division)
  • HMT (Bearings ) Limited (a subsidiary of HMT)
  • HMT Machine Tools (a subsidiary of HMT)
  • Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL)
  • Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL) (Subsidiary of HSL)
  • Instrumentation Ltd. Kota (IL)
  • Nepa Limited (NEPA)
  • Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Ltd.(subsidiary of ILK)
  • Richardson & Cruddass (1972) Ltd.(R & C)

Industrial Sectors Regulation

The Industrial sectors regulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries are:[3]

  • Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry
  • Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry
  • Automotive Sector, including Tractors and Earth Moving Equipment

20 Sub-sectors

20 Sub-sectors under the 3 broad sectors are as under:

  • Boilers
  • Cement Machinery
  • Dairy Machinery
  • Electrical Furnace
  • Diesel Engines
  • Material Handling Equipment
  • Metallurgical Machinery including Steel Plant Equipment
  • Earthmoving and Mining Machinery
  • Machine Tool
  • Oil Field Equipment
  • Printing Machinery  
  • Pulp and Paper Machinery
  • Rubber Machinery
  • Switchgear and Control Gear
  • Plastic Processing Machinery
  • Sugar Machinery
  • Turbines & Generator Set
  • Transformers
  • Textile Machinery
  • Food Processing Machinery

Cabinet Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Heavy Industries
1 Manubhai Shah
(1915–2000)
MP for Jamnagar

(MoS)
13 June 1956 30 August 1956 78 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887–1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
30 August
1956
14 November
1956
76 days
3 Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
Unelected
14 November
1956
16 April
1957
153 days
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
4 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
(4) 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
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
5 C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
MP for Mangalore
14 February
1969
15 November
1969
274 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
6 Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur
15 November
1969
27 June
1970
224 days
7 Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP for Arrah
27 June
1970
15 March
1971
261 days
8 Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
45 days Indira III
Minister of Heavy Industry
9 T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
5 February
1973
10 October
1974
1 year, 247 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Ministry disestablished during this interval[b]
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
10 Manohar Joshi
(1937–2024)
MP for Mumbai North Central
13 October
1999
9 May
2002
2 years, 208 days Shiv Sena Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
11 Suresh Prabhu
(born 1953)
MP for Rajapur
9 May
2002
1 July
2002
53 days
12 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
(1932–2016)
MP for Kopargaon
1 July
2002
24 May
2003
327 days
13 Mohite Subodh Baburao
(born 1961)
MP for Ramtek
24 May
2003
22 May
2004
364 days
14 Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar

(MoS, I/C until 29 January 2006)
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
15 Vilasrao Deshmukh
(1945–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
16 Praful Patel
(born 1957)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
19 January
2011
26 May
2014
3 years, 127 days Nationalist Congress Party
17 Anant Geete
(born 1951)
MP for Raigad
27 May
2014
30 May
2019
5 years, 3 days Shiv Sena Modi I Narendra Modi
18 Arvind Sawant
(born 1951)
MP for Mumbai South
31 May
2019
11 November
2019
164 days Modi II
19 Prakash Javadekar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
11 November
2019
7 July
2021
1 year, 238 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Heavy Industries
20 Mahendra Nath Pandey
(born 1957)
MP for Chandauli
7 July
2021
9 June
2024
2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
21 H. D. Kumaraswamy
(born 1957)
MP for Mandya
10 June
2024
Incumbent 168 days Janata Dal (Secular) Modi III

Ministers of State

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
1 Manubhai Shah
(1915–2000)
MP for Jamnagar
30 August 1956 16 April
1957
229 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Engineering
2 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 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
3 Vallabhbhai Kathiria
(born 1954)
MP for Rajkot
13 October 1999 29 January 2003 3 years, 108 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4 Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
8 September 2003 22 May
2004
257 days
5 Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Arrah

(Heavy Industries)
29 January
2006
6 April
2008
2 years, 68 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
6 Raghunath Jha
(1939–2018)
MP for Bettiah
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
7 Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
(born 1973)
MP for Sangli
28 May
2009
14 June
2009
17 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II
8 Arun Subhashchandra Yadav
(born 1974)
MP for Khandwa
14 June
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 219 days
9 Sai Prathap Annayyagari
(born 1944)
MP for Rajampet
19 January
2011
12 July
2011
174 days
10 Pon Radhakrishnan
(born 1952)
MP for Kanniyakumari
26 May
2014
9 November
2014
167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
11 G. M. Siddeshwara
(born 1952)
MP for Davanagere
9 November
2014
12 July
2016
1 year, 246 days
12 Babul Supriyo
(born 1970)
MP for Asansol
12 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 322 days
13 Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
14 Krishan Pal Gurjar
(born 1957)
MP for Faridabad
7 July
2021
9 June
2024
2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
15 Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
(born 1967)
MP for Narasapuram
10 June
2024
Incumbent 168 days Modi III

Deputy Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
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
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
2 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
MP for Anantnag
14 February
1969
18 March
1971
2 years, 77 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
18 March
1971
2 May
1971
Indira III
Deputy Minister of Heavy Industry
3 Siddheshwar Prasad
(1929–2023)
MP for Nalanda
5 February
1973
9 November
1973
277 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
4 Chaudhary Dalbir Singh
(1926–1987)
MP for Sirsa
9 November
1973
10 October
1974
335 days

References

  1. ^ a b PTI / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 14:57 IST (7 July 2021). "Finance ministry gets bigger: Department of Public Enterprises now part of it - Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Ministry of Heavy Industries budget doubled ,93% towards electric mobility".
  3. ^ a b c d "Particulars of Department of Heavy Industry organization, functions and duties". heavyindustries.gov.in. Ministry of Heavy Industries. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

Notes

  1. ^ भारी उद्योग मन्त्रालय transl. Bhārī Udyōga Mantrālaya
  2. ^ The ministry's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Industry.
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