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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Parivahan Bhavan 1, Parliament Street New Delhi 110001 28°37′9.58″N77°12′37.29″E / 28.6193278°N 77.2103583°E |
Annual budget | ₹1,881.83 crore (US$240 million) (2018-19 est.) [1] |
Ministers responsible |
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Website | shipmin |
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is the Indian ministry responsible for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to ports, shipping and waterways. The minister is Sarbananda Sonowal.
In 1999, the Ministry of Surface Transport was re-organized into two departments, namely the Department of Shipping and the Department of Road Transport and Highways.
In 2000, the Ministry of Surface Transport was bifurcated into two Ministries namely the Ministry of Surface Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Shipping.
In 2004, The Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Road Transport were again merged and renamed as Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. There are two Department viz. Department of Shipping and Department of Road Transport & Highways.
In 2009, The Ministry of Shipping was again formed by bifurcating the Ministry Of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways
Further, in 2020 the Ministry of Shipping was renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. [2]
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
Minister of Shipping | |||||||||
1 | Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 7 November 2000 | 1 September 2001 | 298 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
2 | Ved Prakash Goyal (1926–2008) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | |||||
3 | Shatrughan Sinha (born 1946) MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | |||||
4 | K. Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MP for Karimnagar | 23 May 2004 | 25 May 2004 | 2 days | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
5 | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South | 25 May 2004 | 2 September 2004 | 100 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||
Minister of Shipping | |||||||||
6 | G. K. Vasan (born 1964) MP for Tamil Nadu (Rajya Sabha) | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 363 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | ||
7 | Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 4 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
8 | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C) | 31 May 2019 | 10 November 2020 | 1 year, 163 days | Modi II | ||||
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | |||||||||
(8) | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C) | 10 November 2020 | 7 July 2021 | 239 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
9 | Sarbananda Sonowal (born 1962) MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 271 days | |||||
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
Minister of State for Shipping | |||||||||
1 | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Madhubani | 7 November 2000 | 2 November 2001 | 360 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
2 | Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP for Panaji | 2 November 2001 | 14 May 2002 | 193 days | |||||
3 | Su. Thirunavukkarasar (born 1949) MP for Pudukkottai | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 212 days | |||||
4 | Dilipkumar Gandhi (1951–2021) MP for Ahmednagar | 29 January 2003 | 15 March 2004 | 1 year, 46 days | |||||
Minister of State for Shipping | |||||||||
5 | Mukul Roy (born 1954) MP for West Bengal (Rajya Sabha) | 28 May 2009 | 20 March 2012 | 2 years, 297 days | All India Trinamool Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | ||
6 | Milind Deora (born 1976) MP for Mumbai South | 31 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 207 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
7 | Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP for Faridabad | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
8 | Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP for Kanniyakumari | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 4 years, 202 days | |||||
9 | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | |||||
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways | |||||||||
10 | Shripad Naik श्रीपद नाइक (born 1952) MP for North Goa | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 271 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
11 | Shantanu Thakur (born 1982) MP for Bangaon | ||||||||
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