Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
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Jurisdiction Government of India
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16, Akbar Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Website Department of Commerce

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry administers two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade. The head of the Ministry is a Minister of Cabinet rank.

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Minister of Commerce and Industry

The Minister of Commerce and Industry is the head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. The first Minister of Commerce and Industry of independent India was Syama Prasad Mukherjee. The current Minister is Piyush Goyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Goyal took over from Suresh Prabhu on 31 May 2019. [2]

Past Ministers: Industry

#PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
1 Shyamaprasad Mukhopadhyay.jpg Syama Prasad Mukherjee 15 August 194719 April 19502 years, 247 days Jawaharlal Nehru Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2 Jnehru.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru 19 April 195013 May 195024 days Indian National Congress
3 Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahtab 13 May 195013 May 19522 years, 0 days
4 TT Krishnamachari 2002 stamp of India.jpg T. T. Krishnamachari 13 May 195230 August 19564 years, 109 days
5 Morarji Desai portrait.jpg Morarji Desai 1 January 195728 March 19581 year, 86 days
6 L B Shastri.jpg Lal Bahadur Shastri 28 March 19585 April 19613 years, 8 days
7 K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy 5 April 196119 July 19632 years, 105 days
8 Nityananda Kanungo.JPG Nityanand Kanungo 19 July 19639 June 1964326 days
9 Ram Subhag Singh.jpg Ram Subhag Singh 9 June 196413 June 19644 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
10 H. C. Dasappa 19 July 196429 October 1964102 days
11 Tribhuvan Narain Singh 30 October 196424 January 19661 year, 86 days
12 Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India.jpg Damodaram Sanjivayya 24 January 196613 March 19671 year, 48 days Indira Gandhi
13 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 13 March 196727 June 19703 years, 106 days
14 Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif Dinesh Singh 27 June 197018 March 1971264 days
15 Moinul Hoque Choudhury.gif Moinul Hoque Choudhury 18 March 197122 July 19721 year, 126 days
16 Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg Chidambaram Subramaniam 22 July 197210 October 19742 years, 80 days
17 T. A. Pai 10 October 197424 March 19772 years, 165 days
18 Brij Lal Varma 28 March 19776 July 1977100 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
19 George Fernandes (cropped).jpg George Fernandes 6 July 197715 July 19772 years, 9 days
20 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 30 July 197927 November 1979120 days Charan Singh Indian National Congress (Urs)
(16) T. A. Pai 27 November 197914 January 198048 days
21 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari 8 August 19813 August 19842 years, 361 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
22 Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg Indira Gandhi 3 August 198414 August 198411 days
23 Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh 14 August 19847 September 198424 days
24 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 7 September 198431 December 1984115 days
25 Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg Rajiv Gandhi 31 December 198414 January 198514 days Rajiv Gandhi
26 Veerendra Patil 14 January 198525 September 1985254 days
(20) Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari 25 September 198522 October 19861 year, 27 days
27 Jalagam Vengala Rao 22 October 19862 December 19893 years, 41 days
28 Ajit Singh at press conference.jpg Ajit Singh 5 December 198910 November 1990340 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
29 Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar 21 November 199021 June 1991212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
30 Karunakaran Kannoth.jpg K. Karunakaran 11 June 199516 May 1996340 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
31 The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg Suresh Prabhu 16 May 19961 June 199616 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shiv Sena
32 Murasoli Maran 2004 stamp of India.jpg Murasoli Maran 1 June 199619 March 19981 year, 291 days H. D. Dewe Gowda Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
33 Sikander Bakht 19 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party

Past Ministers: Commerce

#PortraitNameTerm of officePrime MinisterParty
1 C. H. Bhabha 15 August 19476 April 1948235 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
2 Kshitish Chandra Neogy 6 April 194819 April 19502 years, 13 days
3 Jnehru.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru 19 April 195029 May 195040 days
4 Sri Prakasa 1991 stamp of India.jpg Sri Prakasa 29 May 195026 December 1950211 days
5 Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab 26 December 195013 May 19521 year, 139 days
6 TT Krishnamachari 2002 stamp of India.jpg T. T. Krishnamachari 13 May 195230 August 19564 years, 109 days
7 Sardar Swaran Singh.jpg Swaran Singh 30 August 195614 November 195676 days
8 Morarji Desai portrait.jpg Morarji Desai 14 November 195628 March 19581 year, 134 days
9 L B Shastri.jpg Lal Bahadur Shastri 28 March 19585 April 19613 years, 8 days
10 K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy 5 April 196119 July 19632 years, 105 days
11 Manubhai Shah 19 July 196313 March 19673 years, 237 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 Dinesh Singh 13 March 196714 February 19691 year, 338 days Indira Gandhi
13 Nicolae Ceausescu and B.R. Bhagat (cropped).png Bali Ram Bhagat 14 February 196927 June 19701 year, 133 days
14 Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg Lalit Narayan Mishra
(MoS)
27 June 19705 February 19732 years, 223 days
15D. P. Chattopadhyay5 February 197324 March 19774 years, 47 days
16 MohanDharia.jpg Mohan Dharia 26 March 197728 July 19792 years, 124 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
17 Charan Singh.jpg Charan Singh 28 July 197930 July 19792 days Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
18 Hitendra Desai 30 July 197914 January 1980168 days
19 Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee 14 January 198015 January 19822 years, 1 day Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
20 Shivraj Patil.jpg Shivraj Patil 15 January 198229 January 19831 year, 14 days
21 Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh 29 January 19837 September 19841 year, 222 days
(19) Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee 7 September 198431 December 1984115 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
22 Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg Rajiv Gandhi 31 December 198414 January 198514 days Rajiv Gandhi
(21) Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh 14 January 198525 September 1985254 days
23 Arjun Singh 1997.jpg Arjun Singh 15 November 198520 January 198666 days
24
P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg
P. Shiv Shankar 20 January 198625 July 19871 year, 186 days
25 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari 25 July 198725 June 1988336 days
(12) Dinesh Singh 25 June 19882 December 19891 year, 160 days
(21) Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh 2 December 19896 December 19894 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
26 Arun Nehru 6 December 198910 November 1990339 days
27 Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg Chandra Shekhar 10 November 199021 November 199011 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
28 Subramanian Swamy.JPG Subramanian Swamy 21 November 199021 June 1991212 days Janata Party
29 Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg P Chidambaram 21 June 19919 July 19921 year, 18 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
30 Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 9 July 199218 January 1993193 days
(19) Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee 18 January 199310 February 19952 years, 23 days
29 Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg P Chidambaram 10 February 19953 April 19961 year, 53 days
(30) Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 3 April 199616 May 199643 days
31 The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivering his speech at the 12th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 4, 2004 (1) (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 19961 June 199616 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Devendra Prasad Yadav 1 June 199629 June 199628 days Dewe Gowda Janata Dal
33 Bolla Bulli Ramaiah 29 June 199619 March 19981 year, 263 days Dewe Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Telugu Desam Party
34 Ramakrishna Hegde 19 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lok Shakti

Present : Commerce & Industry

#PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
1 Murasoli Maran 2004 stamp of India.jpg Murasoli Maran 13 October 19999 November 20023 years, 27 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2 Arun Shourie.jpg Arun Shourie 9 November 200229 January 200381 days Bharatiya Janata Party
3 The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg Arun Jaitley 29 January 200322 May 20041 year, 114 days
4 KamalNath.jpg Kamal Nath 22 May 200422 May 20095 years, 0 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
5 Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg Anand Sharma 22 May 200926 May 20145 years, 4 days
6 Nirmala Sitharaman in May 2017.jpg Nirmala Sitharaman 26 May 20143 September 20173 years, 100 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
7 The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg Suresh Prabhu 3 September 201730 May 20191 year, 269 days
8 Piyush Goyal.jpg Piyush Goyal 30 May 2019Incumbent5 years, 167 days

List of ministers of state

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
C. R. Chaudhary C.R. Chaudhary addressing at the National Consultation on Legal Metrology with Secretaries and Controllers of Legal Metrology of StatesUTs, in New Delhi.jpg 3 September 201730 May 20191 year, 269 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Hardeep Singh Puri Hardeep Singh Puri with PM Modi (cropped).jpg 30 May 20197 July 20212 years, 38 days
Som Parkash Som Prakash.jpg 30 May 2019Incumbent5 years, 167 days
Anupriya Patel The official portrait of State Minister Anupriya Patel.jpg 7 July 2021Incumbent3 years, 129 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Jitin Prasada Jitin Prasada crop.jpg 9 June 2024Incumbent157 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Department of Commerce

The department is entrusted with formulating and implementing the foreign trade policy and responsibilities relating to multilateral and bilateral commercial relations, state trading, export promotion measures, and development and regulation of certain export oriented industries and commodities.

In order for the smooth functioning, the department is divided into eight divisions: [3]

The subjects under the administrative control of the Department include: [4]

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

This department was established in the year 1995, and in the year 2000 Department of Industrial Development was merged with it. This department is responsible for formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives. While individual administrative ministries look after the production, distribution, development and planning aspects of specific industries allocated to them, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is responsible for the overall Industrial Policy. It is also responsible for facilitating and increasing the FDI flows to the country. It is also responsible to calculate WPI (I.e. Wholesale Price Index).

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is also responsible for intellectual property rights relating to patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights and geographical indication of goods and oversees the initiative relating to their promotion and protection.

Recently instituted National Startup Award by ministry of commerce and industry recognised 46 startups [5] on the eve of First National Startup Day announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. udChalo, Ratan Tata backed Repos and others remarkable startups [6] are among the winners.

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  5. "46 Startups announced winners of the National Startup Awards 2021 along with 1 incubator and 1 accelerator".
  6. "Meet the 46 Indian Startups That Won National Startup Awards 2021". 15 January 2022.