Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Government of India logo.svg
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.svg
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
Annual budget178,482 crore (US$22 billion) (2023-24 est.) [1]
Agency executives
Website https://chemicals.nic.in/ https://fert.nic.in/

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely:

Contents

The ministry is headed by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers. Mansukh L. Mandaviya is the current minister for the departments. [2]

Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was under the Ministry of Industry until December 1989, when it was brought under the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals. On June 5, 1991, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was transferred to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

The department is entrusted with the responsibility of planning, development and regulations of the chemicals, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industry sector, inducting:

The department has various divisions under it. The important being:

Department of Pharmaceuticals

Bulk Drug Parks

Medical Devices Parks

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India, to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through special kendras known as Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra. Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra (PMBJPK) have been set up to provide generic drugs, which are available at lesser prices but are equivalent in quality and efficacy as expensive branded drugs. BPPI (Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India) has been established under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. of India, with the support of all the CPSUs for co-ordinating procurement, supply and marketing of generic drugs through Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra. [3]

Attached offices

Autonomous bodies

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) is a premier National Institution devoted to Academic, Technology Support & Research (ATR) for the Plastics & allied industries, in India. First CIPET campus was established by Government of India in 1968 at Chennai and subsequently 14 CIPET Campuses have been established by Government of India in the country.

Today CIPET has many Campus's

These are contributing through ATR services to the industries in India and Abroad, having uniform infrastructural facilities in the areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE, Tooling & Mould Manufacturing, Plastics processing, Testing and Quality control.

CIPET chennai also started a department called ARSTPS (Advance Research School for Technology and Product Simulation) which provides facilities in areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE. It also provide a ME degree program for CAD/CAM.A

Central public sector undertakings

Cabinet Ministers

No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
1 Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
25 December
1975
23 December
1976
364 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
2 Keshav Dev Malviya portrait.gif Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
23 December
1976
24 March
1977
91 days
3 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP for Lucknow
28 March
1977
29 March
1977
1 day Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(3) Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP for Lucknow
29 March
1977
15 July
1977
108 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat

(Prime Minister)
16 July
1979
28 July
1979
12 days
4 No image.svg T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi
28 July
1979
19 August
1979
22 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Singh Charan Singh
5 No image.svg Aravinda Bala Pajanor
(1935–2013)
MP for Pondicherry
19 August
1979
26 December
1979
129 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6 No image.svg Shyam Nath Kacker
(born unknown)
Unelected
26 December
1979
14 January
1980
19 days Janata Party (Secular)
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
(1) Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
16 January
1980
7 March
1980
51 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7 No image.svg Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot
7 March
1980
19 October
1980
226 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(1) Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
19 October
1980
15 January
1982
1 year, 88 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
8 P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Secunderabad
15 January
1982
2 September
1982
230 days
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
9 Vasant Sathe (cropped).jpg Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha
2 September
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 120 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
(7) No image.svg Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II
Ministry disestablished during this interval. [lower-alpha 1]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
10 M. S. Gurupadaswamy image.jpg M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
6 December
1989
10 November
1990
339 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
11 No image.svg Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
21 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal

(Prime Minister)
21 June
1991
17 February
1994
2 years, 241 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
12 RLSY Potrait.jpg Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
(1920–2006)
MP for Arrah
17 February
1994
16 May
1996
2 years, 89 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg 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 BNC.jpg 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
13 Sis Ram Ola (cropped).jpg Sis Ram Ola
(1927–2013)
MP for Jhunjhunu

(MoS, I/C)
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
345 days All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
21 April
1997
9 June
1997
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
14 M.Arunachalam.jpg M. Arunachalam
(1944–2004)
MP for Tenkasi
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
15 Surjit Singh Barnala, 2008.png Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017)
MP for Sangrur
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Shiromani Akali Dal Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16 Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg Suresh Prabhu
(born 1953)
MP for Rajapur
13 October
1999
30 September
2000
353 days Shiv Sena Vajpayee III
17 No image.svg Sundar Lal Patwa
(1924–2016)
MP for Narmadapuram
30 September
2000
7 November
2000
38 days Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(born 1936)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
7 November
2000
22 May
2004
3 years, 197 days Shiromani Akali Dal
19 Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg 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
20 MKAlagiri.jpg M. K. Alagiri
(born 1951)
MP for Madurai
28 May
2009
20 March
2013
3 years, 296 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manmohan II
21 Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Balasore

(MoS, I/C)
20 March
2013
26 May
2014
1 year, 67 days Indian National Congress
22 The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South
27 May
2014
12 November
2018 [†]
4 years, 169 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
23 D.V. Sadananda Gowda.jpg D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(born 1953)
MP for Bangalore North
13 November
2018
30 May
2019
2 years, 236 days
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
Modi II
24 Mansukh Mandaviya Profile.png Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
7 July
2021
Incumbent2 years, 325 days

Ministers of State

No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
1 No image.svg Ramchandra Rath
(born 1945)
MP for Aska
11 September
1982
31 October
1984
2 years, 50 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
2 No image.svg Chinta Mohan
(born 1954)
MP for Tirupati
26 June
1991
17 January
1993
1 year, 205 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
3 Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for Mormugao
18 January
1993
16 May
1996
3 years, 119 days
4 No image.svg A. K. Patel
(born 1931)
MP for Mehsana
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5 The Governor of Tripura, Shri Ramesh Bais calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, in New Delhi on August 09, 2019 (cropped).jpg Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for Raipur
13 October
1999
30 September
2000
353 days Vajpayee III
6 Satyabrata Mookherjee speaking at a three-day Global Symposium on Taming the Future through Project Management in 2003 (cropped).jpg Satyabrata Mookherjee
(1932–2023)
MP for Krishnanagar
30 September
2000
1 July
2002
1 year, 274 days
7 Tapan Sikdar (cropped).jpg Tapan Sikdar
(1944–2014)
MP for Dum Dum
1 July
2002
29 January
2003
212 days
8 No image.svg Chhatrapal Singh Lodha
(born 1946)
MP for Bulandshahr
29 January
2003
16 March
2004
1 year, 47 days
9 K Rahman Khan (cropped).jpg K. Rahman Khan
(born 1939)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
23 May
2004
20 July
2004
58 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
10 B. K. Handique (cropped).png Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat
29 January
2006
22 May
2009
3 years, 113 days
11 Srikant Kumar Jena addressing in New Delhi on November 18, 2013 (cropped).jpg Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Balasore
28 May
2009
20 March
2013
3 years, 296 days Manmohan II
12 Nihalchand addressing at the presentation of the 4th National Awards for Technology Innovation (cropped).jpg Nihalchand
(born 1971)
MP for Ganganagar
27 May
2014
9 November
2014
166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
13 HG Ahir Meets CM Fadnavis.jpg Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for Chandrapur
9 November
2014
5 July
2016
1 year, 239 days
14 Mansukh Mandaviya Profile.png Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 329 days
15 Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Gurgaon
3 September
2017
30 May
2019
1 year, 269 days
16 Mansukh Mandaviya Profile.png Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
17 Bhagwanth Khuba with Prime Minister Narendra Modi (cropped).jpg Bhagwanth Khuba
(born 1967)
MP for Bidar
7 July
2021
Incumbent2 years, 325 days

Notes

  1. The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers was bifurcated into the Department of Fertilizers under the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Industry.

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