Chemicals and Fertilizers in India
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.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya
is the current minister for the departments.
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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.
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Attached offices
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Autonomous bodies
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- Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET)
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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
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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
|
|
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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)
|
|
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Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919?1989)
MP for
Lucknow
|
29 March
1977
|
15 July
1977
|
108 days
|
Janata Party
|
Desai
|
Morarji Desai
|
?
|
|
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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 Singh
|
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)
|
|
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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)
|
|
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Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919?1996)
MP for
Indore
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19 October
1980
|
15 January
1982
|
1 year, 88 days
|
Indian National Congress (R)
|
Indira IV
|
Indira Gandhi
|
8
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|
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P. Shiv Shankar
(1929?2017)
MP for
Secunderabad
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15 January
1982
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2 September
1982
|
230 days
|
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
|
9
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Vasant Sathe
(1925?2011)
MP for
Wardha
|
2 September
1982
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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)
|
|
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Veerendra Patil
(1924?1997)
MP for
Bagalkot
|
31 December
1984
|
25 September
1985
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268 days
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Rajiv II
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Ministry disestablished during this interval.
[a]
|
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
|
10
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M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924?2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
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6 December
1989
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10 November
1990
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339 days
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Janata Dal
|
V. P. Singh
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V. P. Singh
|
11
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Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934?2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
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21 November
1990
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21 June
1991
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223 days
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Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
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Chandra Shekhar
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Chandra Shekhar
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Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
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?
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P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921?2004)
MP for
Nandyal
(Prime Minister)
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21 June
1991
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17 February
1994
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2 years, 241 days
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Indian National Congress (I)
|
Rao
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
|
12
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Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
(1920?2006)
MP for
Arrah
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17 February
1994
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16 May
1996
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2 years, 89 days
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?
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924?2018)
MP for
Lucknow
(Prime Minister)
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16 May
1996
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1 June
1996
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16 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Vajpayee I
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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?
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H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister)
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1 June
1996
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29 June
1996
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28 days
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Janata Dal
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Deve Gowda
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H. D. Deve Gowda
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13
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Sis Ram Ola
(1927?2013)
MP for
Jhunjhunu
(MoS, I/C)
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29 June
1996
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21 April
1997
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345 days
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All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
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21 April
1997
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9 June
1997
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Gujral
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Inder Kumar Gujral
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14
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M. Arunachalam
(1944?2004)
MP for
Tenkasi
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9 June
1997
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19 March
1998
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283 days
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Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
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15
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Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925?2017)
MP for
Sangrur
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19 March
1998
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13 October
1999
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1 year, 208 days
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Shiromani Akali Dal
|
Vajpayee II
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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16
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Suresh Prabhu
(born 1953)
MP for
Rajapur
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13 October
1999
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30 September
2000
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353 days
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Shiv Sena
|
Vajpayee III
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17
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Sundar Lal Patwa
(1924?2016)
MP for
Narmadapuram
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30 September
2000
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7 November
2000
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38 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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18
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(born 1936)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Punjab
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7 November
2000
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22 May
2004
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3 years, 197 days
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Shiromani Akali Dal
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19
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Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946?2020)
MP for
Hajipur
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23 May
2004
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22 May
2009
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4 years, 364 days
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Lok Janshakti Party
|
Manmohan I
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Manmohan Singh
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20
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M. K. Alagiri
(born 1951)
MP for
Madurai
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28 May
2009
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20 March
2013
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3 years, 296 days
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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Manmohan II
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21
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Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for
Balasore
(MoS, I/C)
|
20 March
2013
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26 May
2014
|
1 year, 67 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
22
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Ananth Kumar
(1959?2018)
MP for
Bangalore South
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27 May
2014
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12 November
2018
[†]
|
4 years, 169 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Modi I
|
Narendra Modi
|
23
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D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(born 1953)
MP for
Bangalore North
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13 November
2018
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30 May
2019
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2 years, 236 days
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31 May
2019
|
7 July
2021
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Modi II
|
24
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Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
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7 July
2021
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Incumbent
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2 years, 337 days
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Ministers of State
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No.
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Portrait
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Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
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Term of office
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Political party
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Ministry
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Prime Minister
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From
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To
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Period
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Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
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1
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Ramchandra Rath
(born 1945)
MP for
Aska
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11 September
1982
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31 October
1984
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2 years, 50 days
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Indian National Congress (I)
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Indira IV
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Indira Gandhi
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Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
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2
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Chinta Mohan
(born 1954)
MP for
Tirupati
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26 June
1991
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17 January
1993
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1 year, 205 days
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Indian National Congress (I)
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Rao
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P. V. Narasimha Rao
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3
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Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for
Mormugao
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18 January
1993
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16 May
1996
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3 years, 119 days
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4
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A. K. Patel
(born 1931)
MP for
Mehsana
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19 March
1998
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13 October
1999
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1 year, 208 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Vajpayee II
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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5
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Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for
Raipur
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13 October
1999
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30 September
2000
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353 days
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Vajpayee III
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6
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Satyabrata Mookherjee
(1932?2023)
MP for
Krishnanagar
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30 September
2000
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1 July
2002
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1 year, 274 days
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7
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Tapan Sikdar
(1944?2014)
MP for
Dum Dum
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1 July
2002
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29 January
2003
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212 days
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8
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Chhatrapal Singh Lodha
(born 1946)
MP for
Bulandshahr
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29 January
2003
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16 March
2004
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1 year, 47 days
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9
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K. Rahman Khan
(born 1939)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Karnataka
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23 May
2004
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20 July
2004
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58 days
|
Indian National Congress
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Manmohan I
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Manmohan Singh
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10
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Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934?2015)
MP for
Jorhat
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29 January
2006
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22 May
2009
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3 years, 113 days
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11
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Srikant Kumar Jena
(born 1950)
MP for
Balasore
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28 May
2009
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20 March
2013
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3 years, 296 days
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Manmohan II
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12
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Nihalchand
(born 1971)
MP for
Ganganagar
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27 May
2014
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9 November
2014
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166 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Modi I
|
Narendra Modi
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13
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Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for
Chandrapur
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9 November
2014
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5 July
2016
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1 year, 239 days
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14
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Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
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5 July
2016
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30 May
2019
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2 years, 329 days
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15
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Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for
Gurgaon
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3 September
2017
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30 May
2019
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1 year, 269 days
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16
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Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
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31 May
2019
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7 July
2021
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2 years, 37 days
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Modi II
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17
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Bhagwanth Khuba
(born 1967)
MP for
Bidar
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7 July
2021
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Incumbent
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2 years, 337 days
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Economy & Industry
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Departments
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- Chemical Division
- Petrochemicals Division
- Monitoring and Evaluation Division (M&E Division)
- Plastic Parks
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Fertilizers
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- Urea Pricing Policy Division
- Fertilizer Movement
- Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizer Policy and Projects
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CIPET
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Projects
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- Bulk Drug Parks
- Medical Devices Parks
- Tamil Nadu PCPIR
- Talcher Fertilizer LTD
- Ramagundam Fertilizers And Chemicals Limited
- Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan LTD
- Paradeep Plastic Park
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