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 2024, the ministry is headed by a Secretary Rank IAS officer, who is its administrative head, while the political head is a minister of cabinet rank, H.D. Kumaraswamy, assisted by a Minister of State.

Ministry of Steel

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Steel
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Ministry of Steel Udyog Bhawan Dr. Maulana Azad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi
Annual budget	₹70.15 crore (US$8.3 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Minister responsible	H.D. Kumaraswamy, Cabinet Minister
Agency executive	Sandeep Pondrik,IAS, Steel Secretary
Website	steel.gov.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 and steel and ferroalloys
• 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. 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]

Central Public Sector Undertakings

• Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
• National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
• Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
• Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL)
• MECON Limited
• Manganese Ore Limited (MOIL)
• MSTC Limited
• Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL

Cabinet Ministers

• Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
• Key: ^† Died in office

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
1			Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 358 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru III	Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
2			Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	10 April 1962	21 November 1963	1 year, 225 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV	Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Industries
(2)			Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	21 November 1963	27 May 1964	201 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV	Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Minister of Steel and Mines
3			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	9 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 229 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Minister of Iron and Steel
4			Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (MoS)	29 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 43 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I	Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel
5			Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	13 March 1967	24 April 1968	1 year, 42 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
6			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore (MoS)	24 April 1968	14 February 1969	296 days
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
7			C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) MP for Mangalore	14 February 1969	15 November 1969	274 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
(1)			Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP for Jullundur	15 November 1969	27 June 1970	224 days	Indian National Congress (R)
8			Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP for Arrah	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days
9			Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP for Pondicherry	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	45 days		Indira III
Minister of Steel and Mines
(9)			Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP for Pondicherry	2 May 1971	31 May 1973[†]	2 years, 29 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
–			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Raebareli (Prime Minister)	31 May 1973	23 July 1973	53 days
10			T. A. Pai (1922–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	23 July 1973	11 January 1974	172 days
11			Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj	11 January 1974	10 October 1974	272 days
12			Chandrajit Yadav (1930–2007) MP for Azamgarh (MoS)	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days
13			Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MP for Aska	26 March 1977	15 July 1979	2 years, 111 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
				30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan	Charan Singh
14			Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal, till 1981 Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, from 1981	16 January 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 364 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV	Indira Gandhi
15			N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP for Nainital	15 January 1982	14 February 1983	1 year, 30 days
16			N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra (MoS, I/C)	14 February 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 260 days
				31 October 1984	31 December 1984			Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
17			Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II
18			K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for New Delhi	25 September 1985	12 April 1987	1 year, 199 days
(17)			Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha	12 April 1987	25 July 1987	104 days
19			Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	25 July 1987	2 December 1989	2 years, 130 days
20			Dinesh Goswami (1935–1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Asom Gana Parishad	Vishwanath	V. P. Singh
21			Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Steel
22			Santosh Mohan Dev (1934–2017) MP for Silchar (MoS, I/C)	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 330 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
–			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
23			Birendra Prasad Baishya (born 1956) MP for Mangaldoi	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 263 days	Asom Gana Parishad
				21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
24			Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MP for Aska	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Biju Janata Dal	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25			Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha (MoS, I/C)	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days		Vajpayee III
26			Braja Kishore Tripathy (born 1947) MP for Puri (MoS, I/C)	27 May 2000	22 May 2004	4 years, 0 days
27			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
28			Virbhadra Singh (1934–2021) MP for Mandi	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
29			Beni Prasad Verma (1941–2020) MP for Gonda (MoS, I/C until 12 July 2011)	19 January 2011	26 May 2014	3 years, 127 days
30			Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP for Gwalior	26 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 40 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
31			Chaudhary Birender Singh (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
32			Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
33			Ramchandra Prasad Singh (born 1958) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	7 July 2021	6 July 2022	364 days	Janata Dal (United)
34			Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh	6 July 2022	10 June 2024	1 year, 340 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
35			H.D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959) MP for Mandya	10 June 2024	incumbent	1 year, 64 days	Janata Dal (Secular)	Modi III

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel
1			Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj	17 April 1957	25 April 1957	8 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru III	Jawaharlal Nehru
(1)			Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj Minister of Mines and Oil	25 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 350 days
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Metals
2			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore (MoS)	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	296 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
3			K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	1 year, 108 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
4			Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut	2 May 1971	5 February 1973	1 year, 279 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
5			Kariya Munda (born 1936) MP for Khunti	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
6			P. M. Sayeed (1941–2005) MP for Lakshadweep	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan	Charan Singh
7			Kishore Chandra Deo (born 1947) MP for Parvathipuram	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days
8			Charanjit Chanana MP for Delhi (Rajya Sabha)	15 January 1982	2 September 1982	230 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV	Indira Gandhi
9			Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP for Sheohar	15 January 1982	14 February 1983	1 year, 30 days
10			Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni	2 September 1982	6 September 1982	4 days
11			K. Natwar Singh (born 1929) MP for Bharatpur (MoS, Steel)	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II	Rajiv Gandhi
(9)			Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP for Sheohar (MoS, Mines)	25 September 1985	14 February 1988	2 years, 142 days
12			Ramanand Yadav (born 1927) MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, Mines)	14 February 1988	12 April 1988	58 days
13			Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)	14 February 1988	2 October 1988	231 days
14			Mahaveer Prasad (1939–2010) MP for Bansgaon (MoS, Mines)	4 July 1989	2 November 1989	121 days
15			Basavaraj Patil Anwari (born 1943) MP for Koppal	21 November 1990	20 February 1991	91 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	Chandra Shekhar
Minister of State for Steel
16			Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP for Raipur	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
17			Akhilesh Das (1961–2017) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	29 January 2006	6 April 2008	2 years, 68 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
18			Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Shahjahanpur	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days
19			Sai Prathap Annayyagari (born 1944) MP for Rajampet	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
20			Vishnudeo Sai (born 1964) MP for Raigarh	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	5 years, 4 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
21			Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP for Mandla	31 May 2019	10 June 2024	5 years, 10 days		Modi II
22			Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (born 1967) MP for Narasapuram	11 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 64 days		Modi III

Deputy Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries
1			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	8 June 1962	21 November 1963	1 year, 166 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV	Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering
(1)			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	21 November 1963	27 May 1964	201 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV	Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Deputy Minister of Steel and Mines
(1)			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 223 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Deputy Minister of Iron and Steel
(1)			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	29 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 43 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I	Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals
2			Ram Sewak Chowdhary (born 1927) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	13 November 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 93 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I	Indira Gandhi
Deputy Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering
3			Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) MP for Anantnag	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 77 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I	Indira Gandhi
				18 March 1971	2 May 1971			Indira II
Deputy Minister of Steel and Mines
4			Subodh Chandra Hansda (1927–2004) MP for Medinipur	5 February 1973	10 October 1974	1 year, 246 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
5			Sukhdev Prasad (1921–1995) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}	5 February 1973	24 March 1977	4 years, 47 days