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 Branch of Government of India | |
 Ministry of Heavy Industries | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 7 July 2021[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Annual budget | ₹6,171 crore (US$730 million) (2023-24 est)[2] |
| Ministry executives |
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| Website | heavyindustries |
TheMinistry of Heavy Industries[a] is an executive agency of theGovernment 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 isH. D. Kumaraswamy and the Honourable Minister of State isBhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma.
The Ministry of Heavy Industries was previously called Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 13 June 1956 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries as the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) was shifted to theMinistry of Finance.[1]
There are four autonomous bodies under theownership ofMinistry of Heavy Industries.[3]
There are 40 CPSUs under theownership ofMinistry of Heavy Industries, of which 16 are operational.[3]
The Industrial sectors regulated by theMinistry of Heavy Industries are:[3]
20 Sub-sectors under the 3 broad sectors are as under:
| 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 forJamnagar (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 forUttar Pradesh | 30 August 1956 | 14 November 1956 | 76 days | |||||
| 3 | .jpg) | 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 forPalani | 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 forPalani | 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 forMangalore | 14 February 1969 | 15 November 1969 | 274 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 6 |  | Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP forJullundur | 15 November 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 224 days | |||||
| 7 |  | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah | 27 June 1970 | 15 March 1971 | 261 days | |||||
| 8 |  | Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP forPondicherry | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | Indira III | ||||
| Minister of Heavy Industry | ||||||||||
| 9 |  | T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP forKarnataka | 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 forMumbai North Central | 13 October 1999 | 9 May 2002 | 2 years, 208 days | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| 11 | .jpg) | Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP forRajapur | 9 May 2002 | 1 July 2002 | 53 days | |||||
| 12 | .jpg) | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (1932–2016) MP forKopargaon | 1 July 2002 | 24 May 2003 | 327 days | |||||
| 13 | Mohite Subodh Baburao (born 1961) MP forRamtek | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 364 days | ||||||
| 14 | .jpg) | Santosh Mohan Dev (1934–2017) MP forSilchar (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 forMaharashtra | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Manmohan II | ||||
| 16 | .jpg) | Praful Patel (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 3 years, 127 days | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
| 17 |  | Anant Geete (born 1951) MP forRaigad | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 3 days | Shiv Sena | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
| 18 | .jpg) | Arvind Sawant (born 1951) MP forMumbai South | 31 May 2019 | 11 November 2019 | 164 days | Modi II | ||||
| 19 | .jpg) | Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 11 November 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 1 year, 238 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Minister of Heavy Industries | ||||||||||
| 20 | .jpg) | Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 1957) MP forChandauli | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
| 21 |  | H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1957) MP forMandya | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 167 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | Modi III | |||
| 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 forJamnagar | 30 August 1956 | 16 April 1957 | 229 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Engineering | ||||||||||
| 2 | .jpg) | K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP forNainital | 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 | .jpg) | Vallabhbhai Kathiria (born 1954) MP forRajkot | 13 October 1999 | 29 January 2003 | 3 years, 108 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| 4 | .jpg) | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP forBareilly | 8 September 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 257 days | |||||
| 5 | .jpg) | Kanti Singh (born 1957) MP forArrah (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 forBettiah | 6 April 2008 | 22 May 2009 | 1 year, 46 days | ||||||
| 7 | .jpg) | Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (born 1973) MP forSangli | 28 May 2009 | 14 June 2009 | 17 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | |||
| 8 |  | Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974) MP forKhandwa | 14 June 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 219 days | |||||
| 9 | .jpg) | Sai Prathap Annayyagari (born 1944) MP forRajampet | 19 January 2011 | 12 July 2011 | 174 days | |||||
| 10 |  | Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP forKanniyakumari | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
| 11 | .jpg) | G. M. Siddeshwara (born 1952) MP forDavanagere | 9 November 2014 | 12 July 2016 | 1 year, 246 days | |||||
| 12 |  | Babul Supriyo (born 1970) MP forAsansol | 12 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 322 days | |||||
| 13 | .jpg) | Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP forBikaner | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II | ||||
| Minister of State for Heavy Industries | ||||||||||
| 14 | .jpg) | Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP forFaridabad | 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 forNarasapuram | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 167 days | Modi III | ||||
| 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 forIndore | 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 forIndore | 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 | .jpg) | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) MP forAnantnag | 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 forNalanda | 5 February 1973 | 9 November 1973 | 277 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 4 | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP forSirsa | 9 November 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 335 days | ||||||
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