Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for facilitating trade, regulating markets, promoting economic growth through industry development, setting trade policies, overseeing compliance with regulations, fostering relationships with businesses, and advocating for industry needs within a government framework; essentially managing the flow of goods and services between producers and consumers both domestically and internationally.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Vanijya Bhawan 16, Akbar Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Agency executives	Piyush Goyal, Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada, Minister of State
Website	https://www.commerce.gov.in

The ministry was re-created on 13 October 1999 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a result of the merger of the two independent ministries, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry. Both the independent ministries had existed since independence and had undergone significant changes over time. The ministry is administered through two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

The ministry is usually headed by a minister of cabinet rank and occasionally by a minister of state (independent charge). The current minister is Piyush Goyal who has been in office since 31 May 2019.^[1]

Organisation

Department of Commerce

The Department of Commerce is responsible for the formulation and implemention of foreign trade policies and responsibilities relating to multilateral and bilateral commercial relations, state trading, export promotion measures, and development and regulation of certain export oriented industries and commodities. The department is divided into eight divisions:^[2]

• Administrative and General Division

  

  Ministry of Commerce and Industries India

• Finance Division
• Economic Division
• Trade Policy Division
• Foreign Trade Territorial Division
• State Trading & Infrastructure Division
• Supply Division
• Plantation Division

The subjects under the administrative control of the department include:^[3]

• International trade
• Foreign Trade
• State trading
• Management of Indian Trade Services
• Special Economic Zones

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Main article: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade was established in 1995, and in 2000, the Department of Industrial Development was merged with it. The department is responsible for the formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives. While individual administrative ministries look after the production, distribution, development and planning aspects of specific industries allocated to them, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is responsible for the overall Industrial Policy. It is also responsible for facilitating and increasing the FDI flows to the country. It is also responsible to calculate WPI (I.e. Wholesale Price Index).

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is also responsible for intellectual property rights relating to patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights and geographical indication of goods and oversees the initiative relating to their promotion and protection.

Recently instituted National Startup Award by the ministry recognised 46 startups ^[4] on the eve of First National Startup Day announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. udChalo, Ratan Tata backed Repos and others remarkable startups ^[5] are among the winners.

Autonomous Bodies

1. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
2. National Institute of Design
3. Indian Institute of Packaging
4. Quality Council of India
5. Tea Board of India
6. Coffee Board of India
7. National Council for Cement and Building Materials
8. Export Inspection Council of India
9. National Turmeric Board

Section 8 Company

1. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)

Institute

1. Footwear Design and Development Institute

Ministers

Minister of Commerce (1947–1999)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of Commerce (1947–1950)
		C. H. Bhabha (1910–1986)	15 August 1947	6 April 1948	235 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Kshitish Chandra Neogy (1888–1970) MCA for West Bengal	6 April 1948	19 April 1950	2 years, 13 days
		Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) MP for United Provinces (Prime Minister)	19 April 1950	29 May 1950	40 days
		Sri Prakasa (1890–1971)	29 May 1950	26 December 1950	211 days
Minister of Commerce and Industry (1950–1956)
		Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) MP for Orissa (Interim)	26 December 1950	13 May 1952	1 year, 139 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
		T. T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974) MP for Madras South	13 May 1952	30 August 1956	4 years, 109 days		Nehru II
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Industries (1952–1957)
		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	30 August 1956	14 November 1956	76 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) Unelected	14 November 1956	1 January 1957	48 days
Minister of Commerce and Industry (1957–1963)
		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) Unelected, until April 1957 MP for Surat, from April 1957	1 January 1957	17 April 1957	1 year, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
			17 April 1957	28 March 1958			Nehru III
		Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) MP for Allahabad	28 March 1958	5 April 1961	3 years, 8 days
		K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1902–1976) MP for Kolar	5 April 1961	10 April 1962	2 years, 105 days
			10 April 1962	19 July 1963			Nehru IV
Minister of International Trade (1963–1964)
		Manubhai Shah (1915–2000) MP for Jamnagar (Minister of State)	19 July 1963	27 May 1964	313 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Commerce (1964–1969)
		Manubhai Shah (1915–2000) MP for Jamnagar (Minister of State until 24 January 1966)	9 June 1964	11 January 1966	2 years, 277 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
			24 January 1966	13 March 1967			Indira I		Indira Gandhi
		Dinesh Singh (1925–1995) MP for Pratapgarh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II
Minister of Foreign Trade and Supply (1969)
		Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP for Arrah	14 February 1969	4 November 1969	263 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Foreign Trade (1969–1973)
		Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP for Arrah	4 November 1969	27 June 1970	235 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
		Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923–1975) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, until 1972 MP for Darbhanga, from 1972 (Minister of State)	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	2 years, 223 days
			18 March 1971	5 February 1973			Indira III
Minister of Commerce (1973–1984)
		D. P. Chattopadhyaya (1933–2022) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal (Minister of State until 23 December 1976)	5 February 1973	24 March 1977	4 years, 47 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Mohan Dharia (1925–2013) MP for Pune	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 126 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (1915–1993) MP for Godhra	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	349 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
		Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	14 January 1980	15 January 1982	2 years, 1 day	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Shivraj Patil (born 1935) MP for Latur (Minister of State, I/C)	15 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 14 days
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	29 January 1983	7 September 1984	1 year, 222 days
		Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	7 September 1984	31 October 1984	54 days
Minister of Commerce and Supply (1984–1985)
		Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	31 October 1984	31 December 1984	61 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister)	31 December 1984	14 January 1985	14 days		Rajiv II
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	14 January 1985	30 March 1985	75 days
Minister of Commerce (1985–1999)
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	30 March 1985	25 September 1985	179 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad (Minister of State, I/C)	25 September 1985	15 November 1985	51 days
		Arjun Singh (1930–2011) MP for South Delhi	15 November 1985	20 January 1986	66 days
		P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	20 January 1986	25 July 1987	1 year, 186 days
		N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	25 July 1987	25 June 1988	336 days
		Dinesh Singh (1925–1995) MP for Pratapgarh	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	5 December 1989	3 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		V. P. Singh
		Arun Nehru (1944–2013) MP for Bilhaur	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days
		Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 November 1990	11 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
		Subramanian Swamy (born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Janata Party
		P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for Sivaganga (Minister of State, I/C)	21 June 1991	9 July 1992	1 year, 18 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	9 July 1992	17 January 1993	192 days
		Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya MP for West Bengal	18 January 1993	10 February 1995	2 years, 23 days
		P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP for Sivaganga (Minister of State, I/C)	10 February 1995	3 April 1996	1 year, 53 days
		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	3 April 1996	16 May 1996	43 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
		Devendra Prasad Yadav (born 1953) MP for Jhanjharpur	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
		Bolla Bulli Ramaiah (1926–2018) MP for Eluru (Minister of State, I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	296 days	Telugu Desam Party
			21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral		I. K. Gujral
		Ramakrishna Hegde (1926–2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Lok Shakti	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Merged with Ministry of Industry to form Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Minister of Industry (1950–1999)

Key

^† Assassinated or died in office

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of Industry and Supply (1947–1950)
		Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901–1953) MCA for West Bengal	15 August 1947	19 April 1950	2 years, 247 days	Hindu Mahasabha	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) MP for United Provinces (Prime Minister)	19 April 1950	13 May 1950	24 days
		Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) MP for Orissa (Interim)	13 May 1950	26 December 1950	227 days
Merged with Ministry of Commerce during this interval.
Minister of Industry (1963–1964)
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Cuttack (Minister of State)	19 July 1963	27 May 1964	326 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	9 June 1964	20 June 1964	11 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of Industry and Supply (1964–1966)
		Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	20 June 1964	19 July 1964	29 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964) MP for Bangalore	19 July 1964	29 October 1964[†]	102 days
		Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (Minister of State) Minister of Industry since 5 February 1965	30 October 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 73 days
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Minister of Industry (1966–1967)
		Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Industrial Development and Company Affairs (1967–1969)
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Industrial Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs (1969–1970)
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	1 year, 133 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Industrial Development and Internal Trade (1970–1971)
		Dinesh Singh (1925–1995) MP for Pratapgarh	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Industrial Development (1971–1974)
		Moinul Hoque Choudhury (1923–1976) MP for Dhubri	18 March 1971	22 July 1972	1 year, 126 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	22 July 1972	10 October 1974	2 years, 80 days
Minister of Industry and Civil Supplies (1974–1976)
		T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	10 October 1974	9 August 1976	1 year, 304 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Industry (1976–1984)
		T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	9 August 1976	24 March 1977	227 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister)	24 March 1977	28 March 1977	2 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Brij Lal Varma (1916–1987) MP for Mahasamund	28 March 1977	6 July 1977	100 days
		George Fernandes (1930–2019) MP for Muzaffarpur	6 July 1977	15 July 1979	2 years, 9 days
		Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister)	15 July 1979	28 July 1979	13 days
		Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP for Baghpat (Prime Minister)	28 July 1979	30 July 1979	2 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	30 July 1979	27 November 1979	120 days	Indian National Congress (U)
		T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	27 November 1979	14 January 1980	48 days	Janata Party (Secular)
		Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009) MP for Madras South	16 January 1980	3 April 1980	78 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Medak (Prime Minister)	3 April 1980	8 August 1981	1 year, 127 days
		N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP for Nainital	8 August 1981	3 August 1984	2 years, 361 days
		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Medak (Prime Minister)	3 August 1984	14 August 1984	11 days
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	14 August 1984	7 September 1984	24 days
		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MP for Kurnool	7 September 1984	31 October 1984	54 days
Minister of Industry and Company Affairs (1984–1985)
		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MP for Kurnool	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister)	31 December 1984	14 January 1985	14 days		Rajiv II
		Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP for Bagalkot	14 January 1985	25 September 1985	254 days
Minister of Industry (1985–1999)
		N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 27 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Jalagam Vengala Rao (1921–1999) MP for Khammam	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 41 days
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	5 December 1989	3 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		V. P. Singh
		Ajit Singh (1939–2021) MP for Baghpat	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days
		Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	223 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	21 June 1991	11 June 1995	3 years, 355 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		K. Karunakaran (1918–2010) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala	11 June 1995	16 May 1996	340 days
		Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP for Rajapur	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Murasoli Maran (1934–2003) MP for Chennai South	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 291 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
			21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral		I. K. Gujral
		Sikander Bakht (1918–2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Merged with Ministry of Industry to form Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Minister of Commerce and Industry (1999–present)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Murasoli Maran (1934–2003) MP for Chennai South	13 October 1999	9 November 2002	3 years, 27 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Arun Shourie (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	9 November 2002	29 January 2003	81 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
		Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for Chhindwara	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	28 May 2009	26 May 2014	4 years, 363 days		Manmohan II
		Nirmala Sitharaman (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh (Minister of State, I/C)	27 May 2014	3 September 2017	3 years, 99 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
		Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, till 2024 MP for Mumbai North, from 2024	31 May 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 73 days		Modi II
							Modi III

Ministers of State

Minister of State for Commerce (1947–1999)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
		D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North	12 August 1952	13 June 1956	3 years, 306 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Manubhai Shah (1915–2000) MP for Jamnagar Minister of Industrial Development	1 May 1956	13 June 1956	43 days
		D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North Minister of Trade	13 June 1956	30 August 1956	78 days
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Kendrapara Minister of Consumer Industries
Minister of State for Commerce and Consumer Industries
		D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North Minister of Trade	30 August 1956	1 January 1957	124 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Kendrapara Minister of Consumer Industries
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
		D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North Minister of Trade	1 January 1957	17 April 1957	106 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Kendrapara Minister of Consumer Industries
		Manubhai Shah (1915–2000) MP for Jamnagar Minister of Industry, from 25 April 1957	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 358 days		Nehru III
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Cuttack Minister of Commerce, from 25 April 1957
		Manubhai Shah (1915–2000) MP for Jamnagar Minister of International Trade	10 April 1962	19 July 1963	1 year, 100 days		Nehru IV
		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Cuttack Minister of Industry
Minister of State for Commerce
		V. P. Singh (1931–2008) MP for Phulpur	23 December 1976	24 March 1977	91 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Arif Beg (1935–2016) MP for Bhopal	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Krishana Kumar Goyal (1933–2013) MP for Kota
		Henry Austin (1920–2008) MP for Ernakulam	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	349 days	Indian National Congress (U)	Charan		Charan Singh
		Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP for Unnao	3 March 1980	19 October 1980	230 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad	19 October 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 88 days
		Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP for Sheohar	14 February 1983	7 February 1984	358 days
		Nihar Ranjan Laskar (born 1932) MP for Karimganj	7 February 1984	7 September 1984	213 days
		S. M. Krishna (born 1932) MP for Mandya	7 September 1984	31 October 1984	54 days
Minister of State for Commerce and Supply
		S. M. Krishna (born 1932) MP for Mandya	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) MP for Tura	1 January 1985	29 September 1985	271 days		Rajiv II
Minister of State for Commerce
		Brahm Dutt (1926–2014) MP for Tehri Garhwal	29 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 23 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017) MP for Raiganj	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 41 days
		Arangil Shreedharan (1925–2001) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		V. P. Singh
		Prem Khandu Thungan (born 1946) MP for Arunachal West	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 11 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. J. Kurien (born 1941) MP for Mavelikara	10 July 1992	17 January 1993	191 days
		Kamaluddin Ahmed (1930–2018) MP for Hanamkonda	19 February 1993	29 September 1994	1 year, 222 days

Minister of State for Industry (1947–1999)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of State for Industry
		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur Minister of Supply	13 June 1964	20 June 1964	7 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State for Industry and Supply
		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur Minister of Supply; and Minister of Supply and Technical Development	20 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 205 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh Minister of Heavy Engineering, until 5 February 1965; and Minister of Industry, from 5 February 1965	25 July 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 170 days
		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur Minister of Supply	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
		Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh Minister of Industry
Minister of State for Industry
		Bibudhendra Mishra (1928–2012) MP for Puri	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Industrial Development and Company Affairs
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Industrial Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	1 year, 133 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Industrial Development
		Ghanshyam Oza (1911–2002) MP for Rajkot	2 May 1971	17 March 1972	320 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Mansinhji Bhasaheb Rana (1904–1974) MP for Broach	11 January 1974	31 July 1974[†]	201 days
Minister of State for Industry and Civil Supplies
		Anant Sharma (1919–1988) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	10 October 1974	9 August 1976	1 year, 304 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Buddha Priya Maurya (1926–2004) MP for Hapur
		A. C. George MP for Mukundapuram
Minister of State for Industry
		Anant Sharma (1919–1988) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	9 August 1976	24 March 1977	227 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
		Buddha Priya Maurya (1926–2004) MP for Hapur
		Abha Maiti (1925–1994) MP for Panskura	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
		Jagadambi Prasad Yadav (1925–2002) MP for Godda	14 August 1977	26 January 1979	1 year, 165 days
		B. Rachaiah (1922–2000) MP for Chamarajanagar	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days	Indian National Congress (U)	Charan Singh		Charan Singh
		Charanjit Chanana Rajya Sabha MP for Delhi	3 March 1980	2 September 1982	2 years, 183 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP for Sheohar	15 January 1982	14 February 1983	1 year, 30 days
		Virbhadra Singh (1934–2021) MP for Mandi	11 September 1982	8 April 1983	209 days
		S. M. Krishna (born 1932) MP for Mandya	29 January 1983	7 February 1984	1 year, 9 days
		S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao (1911–1998) MP for Rajahmundry	7 February 1984	31 October 1984	267 days
		Nihar Ranjan Laskar (born 1932) MP for Karimganj	7 September 1984	31 October 1984	54 days
		S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao (1911–1998) MP for Rajahmundry	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		Nihar Ranjan Laskar (born 1932) MP for Karimganj	12 November 1984	31 December 1984	49 days
Minister of State for Industry and Company Affairs
		Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Industry
		Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Manipur (D/o Chemicals and Petrochemicals)	25 September 1985	18 February 1988	2 years, 146 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		M. Arunachalam (1944–2004) MP for Tenkasi (D/o Industrial Development)	25 September 1985	2 December 1989
		K. K. Tewary (born 1942) MP for Buxar (D/o Public Enterprises)	12 May 1986	23 July 1987	1 year, 72 days
		P. Namgyal (1937–2020) MP for Ladakh (D/o Chemicals and Petrochemicals)	4 July 1989	2 September 1989	60 days
		Srikant Kumar Jena (born 1950) MP for Cuttack (D/o Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries)	23 April 1990	10 November 1991	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		V. P. Singh
		P. J. Kurien (born 1941) MP for Mavelikara (D/o Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries, from 2 July 1992)	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		Krishna Sahi (born 1931) MP for Begusarai (D/o Industrial Development)	2 July 1992	15 September 1995	3 years, 75 days
		Prem Khandu Thungan (born 1946) MP for Arunachal West (D/o Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises)	2 July 1992	18 January 1993	200 days
		C. Silvera (1935–2016) MP for Mizoram	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
		Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 1962) MP for Faridkot	20 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 207 days	Shiromani Akali Dal	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Merged with Ministry of Industry to form Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (1999–present)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Omar Abdullah (born 1970) MP for Srinagar	13 October 1999	22 July 2001	1 year, 282 days	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Raman Singh (born 1952) MP for Rajnandgaon	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	3 years, 108 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Digvijay Singh (1955–2010) MP for Banka	22 July 2001	1 September 2001	41 days	Samata Party
		Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962) MP for Chapra	1 September 2002	24 May 2003	265 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		C. Vidyasagar Rao (born 1941) MP for Karimnagar	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
		Satyabrata Mookherjee (1932–2023) MP for Krishnanagar	5 June 2003	22 May 2004	352 days
		S. S. Palanimanickam (born 1950) MP for Thanjavur	23 May 2004	25 May 2004	2 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		E. V. K. S. Elangovan (born 1948) MP for Gobichettipalayam	25 May 2004	29 January 2006	1 year, 249 days	Indian National Congress
		Ashwani Kumar (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab (D/o Industrial Policy and Promotion)	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days
		Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh (D/o Commerce)	31 January 2006	25 February 2009	3 years, 25 days
		Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP for Guna	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days		Manmohan II
		Daggubati Purandeswari (born 1959) MP for Visakhapatnam	28 October 2012	11 March 2014	1 year, 134 days
		S. Jagathrakshakan (born 1950) MP for Arakkonam	2 November 2012	20 March 2013	138 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
		E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu	17 June 2013	26 May 2014	343 days	Indian National Congress
		C. R. Chaudhary (born 1948) MP for Nagaur	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Hardeep Singh Puri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
		Som Parkash (born 1949) MP for Hoshiarpur	31 May 2019	9 June 2019	9 days
		Anupriya Patel (born 1981) MP for Mirzapur	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days	Apna Dal (Sonelal)
		Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Pilibhit	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 63 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi III

See also

• Make in India
• Indian Trade Service
• Foreign trade of India
• Special economic zone
• Directorate General of Foreign Trade
• List of largest trading partners of India
• Multi-Modal Logistics Parks in India