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Ministry of Heavy Industries
Ministry overview
Formed7 July 2021[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Ministry executives
Websitedhi.nic.in

The Ministry of Heavy Industries 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 29 operating CPSEs and 4 autonomous organizations.[2]

As of July 2021, the Honourable Minister is Mahendra Nath Pandey,[3] and the Honourable Minister of State is Krishan Pal Gurjar.

History

The Ministry of Heavy Industries is previously Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 7 July 2021 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries. The Department of Public Enterprises has become a part of Ministry of Finance.[1]

Structure

Autonomous Bodies

There are four autonomous bodies under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries.[2]

1. Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI)

2. The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI),ARAI Forging Industry Division (ARAI-FID)

3. International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT),Haryana

4.Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)

Central Public Sector Units

There are 22 CPSUs under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries [2]


1.Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (AYCL)

2.Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL)

3.BHEL Electrical Machines Ltd (BHEL-EML)

4.Bharat Pumps and compressors Ltd. (BPCL)

5.Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC)

6.HMT Ltd.(Holding Company with Tractor Division)

7.HMT (Bearings ) Limited (a subsidiary of HMT)

8.HMT Machine Tools (a subsidiary of HMT)

9.Instrumentation Ltd. Kota (IL)

10.Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd.(subsidiary of ILK)

11.Richardson & Cruddass (1972) Ltd.(R & C)

12.Scooters India Ltd.(SIL)

13.Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd.(TSPL)

14.Cement Corporation of India Ltd.(CCI)

15.Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL)

16.Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL) (Subsidiary of HSL)

17.Nepa Limited (NEPA)

18.Nagaland Pulp and Paper company Ltd. (NPPCL)

19. Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.

20. Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.(EPI)

21. Hooghly Printing company Limited (a subsidiary of AYCL)

22. Braithwaite Burn and Jessop (BBJ) constr

Industrial Sectors Regulation

The Industrial sectors regulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries are:[2]

(a) Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry

(b) Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry

(c) Automotive Sector, including Tractors and Earth Moving Equipment

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

(i) Boilers

(ii) Cement Machinery

(iii) Dairy Machinery

(iv) Electrical Furnace

(v) Diesel Engines

(vi) Material Handling Equipment

(vii) Metallurgical Machinery including Steel Plant Equipment

(viii) Earthmoving and Mining Machinery

(ix) Machine Tool

(x) Oil Field Equipment

(xi) Printing Machinery  

(xii) Pulp and Paper Machinery

(xiii) Rubber Machinery

(xiv) Switchgear and Control Gear

(xv) Plastic Processing Machinery

(xvi) Sugar Machinery

(xvii) Turbines & Generator Set

(xviii) Transformers

(xix) Textile Machinery

(xx) Food Processing Machinery

List Of Ministers

# Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Party
1 Manubhai Shah 13 June 1956 16 April 1957 307 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
2 Chidambaram Subramaniam 10 April 1962 9 June 1964 2 years, 60 days
3 Tribhuvan Narain Singh 25 July 1964 5 February 1965 195 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
4 C. M. Poonacha 14 February 1969 15 November 1969 274 days Indira Gandhi
5 Swaran Singh 15 November 1969 27 June 1970 224 days
6 Bali Ram Bhagat 27 June 1970 18 March 1971 264 days
7 Mohan Kumaramangalam 18 March 1971 2 May 1971 45 days
8 T. A. Pai 5 February 1973 10 October 1974 1 year, 247 days
9 Manohar Joshi 13 October 1999 9 May 2002 2 years, 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shiv Sena
10 Suresh Prabhu 9 May 2002 1 July 2002 53 days
11 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil 1 July 2002 24 May 2003 327 days
12 Subodh Mohite 24 May 2003 22 May 2004 364 days
13 Santosh Mohan Dev
(Independent Charge till 29-Jan-2006)
23 May 2004 22 May 2009 4 years, 364 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
14 Vilasrao Deshmukh 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 1 year, 236 days
15 Praful Patel 19 January 2011 26 May 2014 3 years, 127 days Nationalist Congress Party
16 Anant Geete 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 5 years, 4 days Narendra Modi Shiv Sena
17 Arvind Sawant 30 May 2019 12 November 2019 166 days
18 Prakash Javadekar 12 November 2019 7 July 2021 1 year, 237 days Bharatiya Janata Party
19 Mahendra Nath Pandey 7 July 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 118 days

Ministers of State

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
Portrait Minister of state Political party Term Days
Krishan Pal Gurjar Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1214 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. ^ a b c d "About Ministry of Heavy Industries". Ministry of Heavy Industries.
  3. ^ "Mahendra Nath Pandey takes charge as heavy industries minister, Auto News, ET Auto". Auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.