Ministry of Steel

The Ministry of Steel is an executive branch agency of the Government of India that is responsible for formulating all policies regarding steel production, distribution and pricing in India.[2] As of June 2019, the ministry is headed by a minister of cabinet rank, Dharmendra Pradhan and is assisted by a Minister of State, Faggan Singh Kulaste.

Ministry of Steel
Agency overview
JurisdictionRepublic of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Steel
Udyog Bhawan
Dr. Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget₹47.90 crore (US$6.7 million) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Websitesteel.nic.in

Functions of the ministry
  • Coordination of data from various sources for the growth of the iron and steel industry in India
  • Formulation of policies in respect of production, pricing, distribution, import and export of iron & steel and ferro alloys
  • Planning and development of and assistance to the entire iron and steel industry in the country
  • Development of the input industries relating to iron ore, manganese ore, refractories and others required by the steel industry

Attached/subordinate offices and institutes
  • Joint Plant Committee (JPC)
    • A select organisation whose goal is the promotion of steel, coordinating work of the main producers
  • National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST)
    • NISST aims to be a single source for all the requirements of the secondary steel sector
  • Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute
    • Situated in Puri, BPNSI is an institute of modern steel technology. It provides education and training, research and development, and consultancy to the steel sector.

Steel Consumers Council

The members of the Steel Consumers Council[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] are nominated by the Minister of Steel & Mines. The tenure of the council was initially fixed for two years, and it was re-constituted on 25 February 2010. The term of the present council is up to 29 February 2012.[10][11]

Public sector undertakings

Cabinet ministers
  • Swaran Singh (17 April 1957 – 10 April 1962) (Steel, Mines, and Fuel)
  • C Subramaniam (10 April 1962 – 21 November 1963) (Steel and Heavy Industry)
  • C Subramaniam (21 November 1963 – 09 June 1964) (Steel, Mines, and Heavy Industry)
  • N. Sanjeeva Reddy (09 June 1964 – 24 January 1966) (Steel and Mines)
  • T. N. Singh (29 January 1966 – 13 March 1967) (Iron and Steel)
  • M. Chenna Reddy (16 March 1967 – 27 April 1968) (Steel, Mines, and Metals)
  • Prakash Sethi (27 April 1968 – 14 February 1969) (Iron and Steel, Mines, and Metals) (MoS)
  • C. M. Poonacha (14 February 1969 –15 November 1969) (Steel and Heavy Engineering)
  • Swaran Singh (15 November 1969 – 27 June 1970) (Steel and Heavy Engineering)
  • B. R. Bhagat (27 June 1970 – 18 March 1971) (Steel and Heavy Engineering)
  • S. Mohan Kumaramangalam (18 March 1971 – 02 May 1971) (Steel and Heavy Engineering)
  • S. Mohan Kumaramangalam (02 May 1971 – 31 May 1973) (Steel and Mines)
  • T. A. Pai (23 July 1973 – 11 January 1974) (Steel and Mines)
  • K. D. Malviya (11 January 1974 – 10 October 1974) (Steel and Mines)
  • Chandrajit Yadav (10 October 1974 – 24 March 1977) (MoS)
  • Biju Patnaik (26 March 1977 – 15 July 1979) (Steel and Mines)
  • Biju Patnaik (30 July 1979 – 14 January 1980) (Steel, Mines, and Coal)
  • Pranab Mukherjee (16 January 1980 – 15 January 1982) (Steel and Mines)
  • N. D. Tiwari (15 January 1982 – 14 February 1983) (Steel and Mines)
  • N. K. P. Salve (14 February 1983 – 31 December 1984) (MoS, Independent Charge) (Steel and Mines)
  • Vasant Sathe (31 December 1984 – 25 September 1985) (Steel, Mines, and Coal)
  • K. C. Pant (25 September 1985 – 12 April 1987) (Steel and Mines)
  • Vasant Sathe (12 April 1987 – 25 July 1987) (Steel and Mines)
  • M. L. Fotedar (25 July 1987 – 02 December 1989) (Steel and Mines)
  • Dinesh Goswami (06 December 1989 – 10 November 1990) (Steel and Mines)
  • Ashoke Kumar Sen (21 November 1989 – 21 June 1991) (Steel and Mines)
  • Sontosh Mohan Dev (21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996) (Steel)
  • Birendra Prasad Baishya (29 June 1996 – 19 March 1998) (Steel and Mines)
  • Naveen Patnaik (19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999)
  • Dilip Kumar Ray (13 October 1999 – 27 May 2000) (MoS, Independent Charge) (Steel)
  • Braja Kishore Tripathy (27 May 2000 – 22 May 2004) (MoS, Independent Charge) (Steel)
  • Ram Vilas Paswan (23 May 2004 – 22 May 2009) (Steel)
  • Virbhadra Singh (28 May 2009 – 18 January 2011)
  • Beni Prasad Verma (19 January 2011 – 26 May 2014) (As MoS, Independent Charge till 12 July 2011)
  • Narendra Singh Tomar (26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016)
  • Chaudhary Birender Singh (5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019)
  • Dharmendra Pradhan (30 May 2019 – Present)

References
  1. "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Website of Ministry of Steel on National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "India is the world's third-largest producer of crude steel". steel.ibef.org. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. "India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. "Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh". business-standard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. "18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister". business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Chaired by Steel Ministy [sic] Of India". industrialnews.in. 3 February 2014.
  8. "24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Circular". 3 February 2014.
  9. "Formation of Steel Consumers Council" (PDF). steel.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. "Boards Councils Committees". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  11. "Steel Consumers Council". steel.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.


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