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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Agency overview
Formed25 December 1975; 48 years ago (1975-12-25)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Annual budget₹178,482 crore (US$21 billion) (2023-24 est.) [1]
Agency executives
Website

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

  • Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
  • Department of Fertilizers.
  • Department of Pharmaceuticals.

The ministry is headed by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers. Jagat Prakash Nadda is the current minister.[2]

Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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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:

  • Chemical Division
  • Petrochemicals Division
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Division (M&E Division)

Department of Pharmaceuticals

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Bulk Drug Parks

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Medical Devices Parks

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Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

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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

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Autonomous bodies

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  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) [4]

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

  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Amritsar
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Aurangabad
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhopal
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Chennai
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Guwahati
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hajipur
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Haldia
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Jaipur
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Imphal
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Lucknow
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Mysore
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Khunti
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Panipat
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Madurai
  • Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Raipur
  • Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology, Chandrapur

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

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Cabinet Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
1 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
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		23 December
1976 		24 March
1977 		91 days
3 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
(1919–1989)
MP for Lucknow 		29 March
1977 		15 July
1977 		108 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		16 July
1979 		28 July
1979 		12 days
4 T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi 		28 July
1979 		19 August
1979 		22 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
5 Aravinda Bala Pajanor
(1935–2013)
MP for Pondicherry 		19 August
1979 		26 December
1979 		129 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6 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
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		16 January
1980 		7 March
1980 		51 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
7 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
(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
(1929–2017)
MP for Secunderabad 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
9 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) Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Ministry disestablished during this interval.[a]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
10 M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
11 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
– 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 Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
(1920–2006)
MP for Arrah 		17 February
1994 		16 May
1996 		2 years, 89 days
– 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
(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
(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
(1944–2004)
MP for Tenkasi 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
15 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
(born 1953)
MP for Rajapur 		13 October
1999 		30 September
2000 		353 days Shiv Sena Vajpayee III
17 Sundar Lal Patwa
(1924–2016)
MP for Narmadapuram 		30 September
2000 		7 November
2000 		38 days Bharatiya Janata Party
18 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
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Lok Janshakti Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
20 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
(born 1950)
MP for Balasore
(MoS, I/C) 		20 March
2013 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 67 days Indian National Congress
22 Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		27 May
2014 		12 November
2018
(died in office) 		4 years, 169 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
23 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
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
25 Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 156 days Modi III

Ministers of State

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
1 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 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
(born 1940)
MP for Mormugao 		18 January
1993 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 119 days
4 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 Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for Raipur 		13 October
1999 		30 September
2000 		353 days Vajpayee III
6 Satyabrata Mookherjee
(1932–2023)
MP for Krishnanagar 		30 September
2000 		1 July
2002 		1 year, 274 days
7 Tapan Sikdar
(1944–2014)
MP for Dum Dum 		1 July
2002 		29 January
2003 		212 days
8 Chhatrapal Singh Lodha
(born 1946)
MP for Bulandshahr 		29 January
2003 		16 March
2004 		1 year, 47 days
9 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 Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 113 days
11 Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for Balasore 		28 May
2009 		20 March
2013 		3 years, 296 days Manmohan II
12 Nihalchand
(born 1971)
MP for Ganganagar 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
13 Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for Chandrapur 		9 November
2014 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days
14 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		5 July
2016 		30 May
2019 		2 years, 329 days
15 Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Gurgaon 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
16 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
17 Bhagwanth Khuba
(born 1967)
MP for Bidar 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
18 Anupriya Patel
(born 1981)
MP for Mirzapur 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 156 days Apna Dal (Sonelal) Modi III

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
  2. ^ "Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on CCEA approval of the proposal regarding revival of five closed units of FCIL – Invest in India". investinindia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Jan Aushadhi : An Initiative of Government of India | Generic Medicine Campaign Improving Access to Medicines". janaushadhi.gov.in. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ http://www.cipet.gov.in/
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