Ministry of Heavy Industries explained

Ministry of Heavy Industries
Type:	Ministry
Seal:	Government of India logo.svg
Formed:	7 July 2021^[1]
Jurisdiction:	Government of India
Budget:	(2023-24 est) ^[2]
Chief1 Name:	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Chief1 Position:	Minister of Heavy Industries
Chief2 Name:	Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Chief2 Position:	Minister of State for Heavy Industries

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 40 operating Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and 4 autonomous organizations.^[3]

As of June 2024, the Honourable Minister is H. D. Kumaraswamy and the Honourable Minister of State is Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma.

History

The Ministry of Heavy Industries was previously called Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 7 July 2021 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries as the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) was shifted to the Ministry of Finance.^[4]

Structure

Autonomous Bodies

There are four autonomous bodies under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries.^[3]

• Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI)
• Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
• National Automotive Board (NAB)
• Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)

Central Public Sector Undertakings

There are 40 CPSUs under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries, of which 16 are operational.^[3]

• Andrew Yule and Company (AYCL)
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
• Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Ltd.
• Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
• Cement Corporation of India (CCI)
• Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.(EPI)
• Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC)
• HMT Ltd.(Holding Company with Tractor Division)
• HMT (Bearings) Limited (a subsidiary of HMT)
• HMT Machine Tools (a subsidiary of HMT)
• Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL)
• Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL) (Subsidiary of HSL)
• Instrumentation Ltd. Kota (IL)
• Nepa Limited (NEPA)
• Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Ltd.(subsidiary of ILK)
• Richardson & Cruddass (1972) Ltd.(R & C)

Industrial Sectors Regulation

The Industrial sectors regulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries are:^[3]

• Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry
• Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry
• Automotive Sector, including Tractors and Earth Moving Equipment

20 Sub-sectors

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

• Boilers
• Cement Machinery
• Dairy Machinery
• Electrical Furnace
• Diesel Engines
• Material Handling Equipment
• Metallurgical Machinery including Steel Plant Equipment
• Earthmoving and Mining Machinery
• Machine Tool
• Oil Field Equipment
• Printing Machinery  
• Pulp and Paper Machinery
• Rubber Machinery
• Switchgear and Control Gear
• Plastic Processing Machinery
• Sugar Machinery
• Turbines & Generator Set
• Transformers
• Textile Machinery
• Food Processing Machinery

Cabinet Ministers

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Heavy Industries
1			Manubhai Shah (MoS)	13 June 1956	30 August 1956		Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
2			Govind Ballabh Pant	30 August 1956	14 November 1956
3			Morarji Desai	14 November 1956	16 April 1957
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
4			Chidambaram Subramaniam	10 April 1962	21 November 1963		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Industries
(4)			Chidambaram Subramaniam	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
5			C. M. Poonacha	14 February 1969	15 November 1969		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
6			Swaran Singh	15 November 1969	27 June 1970
7			Bali Ram Bhagat	27 June 1970	15 March 1971
8			Mohan Kumaramangalam	18 March 1971	2 May 1971			Indira III
Minister of Heavy Industry
9			T. A. Pai	5 February 1973	10 October 1974		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
10			Manohar Joshi	13 October 1999	9 May 2002		Shiv Sena	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
11			Suresh Prabhu	9 May 2002	1 July 2002
12			Balasaheb Vikhe Patil	1 July 2002	24 May 2003
13			Mohite Subodh Baburao	24 May 2003	22 May 2004
14			Santosh Mohan Dev (MoS, I/C until 29 January 2006)	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
15			Vilasrao Deshmukh	28 May 2009	19 January 2011			Manmohan II
16			Praful Patel	19 January 2011	26 May 2014		Nationalist Congress Party
17			Anant Geete	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		Shiv Sena	Modi I		Narendra Modi
18			Arvind Sawant	31 May 2019	11 November 2019			Modi II
19			Prakash Javadekar	11 November 2019	7 July 2021		Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Heavy Industries
20			Mahendra Nath Pandey	7 July 2021	9 June 2024		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
21			H. D. Kumaraswamy	10 June 2024	Incumbent		Janata Dal (Secular)	Modi III

Ministers of State

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
1			Manubhai Shah	30 August 1956	16 April 1957		Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Engineering
2			K. C. Pant	14 February 1969	27 June 1970		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
3			Vallabhbhai Kathiria	13 October 1999	29 January 2003		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4			Santosh Kumar Gangwar	8 September 2003	22 May 2004
5			Kanti Singh (Heavy Industries)	29 January 2006	6 April 2008		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
6			Raghunath Jha	6 April 2008	22 May 2009
7			Pratik Prakashbapu Patil	28 May 2009	14 June 2009		Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
8			Arun Subhashchandra Yadav	14 June 2009	19 January 2011
9			Sai Prathap Annayyagari	19 January 2011	12 July 2011
10			Pon Radhakrishnan	26 May 2014	9 November 2014		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
11			G. M. Siddeshwara	9 November 2014	12 July 2016
12			Babul Supriyo	12 July 2016	30 May 2019
13			Arjun Ram Meghwal	31 May 2019	7 July 2021			Modi II
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
14			Krishan Pal Gurjar	7 July 2021	9 June 2024		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
15			Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	10 June 2024	Incumbent			Modi III

Deputy Ministers

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
1			Prakash Chandra Sethi	8 June 1962	21 November 1963		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering
(1)			Prakash Chandra Sethi	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
2			Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	14 February 1969	18 March 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
				18 March 1971	2 May 1971			Indira III
Deputy Minister of Heavy Industry
3			Siddheshwar Prasad	5 February 1973	9 November 1973		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
4			Chaudhary Dalbir Singh	9 November 1973	10 October 1974

External links

• Ministry website

Notes and References

1. Web site: PTI / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 14:57 IST . Finance ministry gets bigger: Department of Public Enterprises now part of it - Times of India . M.timesofindia.com . 2021-07-07 . 2021-09-08.
2. Web site: Ministry of Heavy Industries budget doubled,93% towards electric mobility.
3. Web site: Particulars of Department of Heavy Industry organization, functions and duties. heavyindustries.gov.in. Ministry of Heavy Industries. 18 February 2024.
4. Web site: PTI / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 14:57 IST . Finance ministry gets bigger: Department of Public Enterprises now part of it - Times of India . M.timesofindia.com . 2021-07-07 . 2021-09-08.