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. Jagat Prakash Nadda is the current minister.
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals 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: Drugs and pharmaceuticals, excluding those specifically allotted to other departments Insecticides, excluding the administration of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968). Molasses Alcohol – Industrial and Potable from the molasses route. Dyestuffs and dye intermediates All organic and inorganic chemicals not specifically allotted to any other ministry or department. Bhopal disaster – special laws Petrochemicals Industries relating to production of non-cellulosic synthetic fibres such as nylon, polyester, and acrylic Synthetic rubber Plastics including fabrications of plastic and moulded goods Planning, development and control of, and assistance to, all industries dealt with by the Department
The department has various divisions under it. The important being: Chemical Division Petrochemicals Division Monitoring and Evaluation Division (M&E Division)
Department of Pharmaceuticals
Bulk Drug Parks
Medical Devices Parks
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
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.
Attached offices
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI)
Autonomous bodies
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research located at seven places. Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET)
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 campuses. 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 Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL) Bramhaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals India Limited (FAGMIL) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) Projects and Development India Limited (PDIL) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., a Joint Venture of NFL, Engineers India Ltd. and FCIL Bramhaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Cabinet Ministers PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 1 Prakash Chandra Sethi 25 December1975 23 December1976 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi 2 Keshav Dev Malviya 23 December1976 24 March1977 3 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 28 March1977 29 March1977 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers (3) Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 29 March1977 15 July1977 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 16 July1979 28 July1979 4 T. A. Pai 28 July1979 19 August1979 Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh 5 Aravinda Bala Pajanor 19 August1979 26 December1979 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6 Shyam Nath Kacker 26 December1979 14 January1980 Janata Party (Secular) Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals (1) Prakash Chandra Sethi 16 January1980 7 March1980 Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 7 Veerendra Patil 7 March1980 19 October1980 Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers (1) Prakash Chandra Sethi 19 October1980 15 January1982 Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 8 P. Shiv Shankar 15 January1982 2 September1982 Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 9 Vasant Sathe 2 September1982 31 October1984 Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 31 October1984 31 December1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi (7) Veerendra Patil 31 December1984 25 September1985 Rajiv II Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals 10 M. S. Gurupadaswamy 6 December1989 10 November1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh 11 Satya Prakash Malaviya 21 November1990 21 June1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers P. V. Narasimha Rao(Prime Minister) 21 June1991 17 February1994 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao 12 Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav 17 February1994 16 May1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 16 May1996 1 June1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June1996 29 June1996 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda 13 Sis Ram Ola(MoS, I/C) 29 June1996 21 April1997 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 21 April1997 9 June1997 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral 14 M. Arunachalam 9 June1997 19 March1998 Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 15 Surjit Singh Barnala 19 March1998 13 October1999 Shiromani Akali Dal Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 Suresh Prabhu 13 October1999 30 September2000 Shiv Sena Vajpayee III 17 Sundar Lal Patwa 30 September2000 7 November2000 Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 7 November2000 22 May2004 Shiromani Akali Dal 19 Ram Vilas Paswan 23 May2004 22 May2009 Lok Janshakti Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 20 M. K. Alagiri 28 May2009 20 March2013 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manmohan II 21 Srikant Kumar Jena(MoS, I/C) 20 March2013 26 May2014 Indian National Congress 22 Ananth Kumar 27 May2014 12 November2018 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi 23 D. V. Sadananda Gowda 13 November2018 30 May2019 31 May2019 7 July2021 Modi II 24 Mansukh Mandaviya 7 July2021 9 June2024 25 Jagat Prakash Nadda 10 June2024 Incumbent Modi III
Ministers of State PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers 1 Ramchandra Rath 11 September1982 31 October1984 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers 2 Chinta Mohan 26 June1991 17 January1993 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao 3 Eduardo Faleiro 18 January1993 16 May1996 4 A. K. Patel 19 March1998 13 October1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 5 Ramesh Bais 13 October1999 30 September2000 Vajpayee III 6 Satyabrata Mookherjee 30 September2000 1 July2002 7 Tapan Sikdar 1 July2002 29 January2003 8 Chhatrapal Singh Lodha 29 January2003 16 March2004 9 K. Rahman Khan 23 May2004 20 July2004 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 10 Bijoy Krishna Handique 29 January2006 22 May2009 11 Srikant Kumar Jena 28 May2009 20 March2013 Manmohan II 12 Nihalchand 27 May2014 9 November2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi 13 Hansraj Gangaram Ahir 9 November2014 5 July2016 14 Mansukh Mandaviya 5 July2016 30 May2019 15 Rao Inderjit Singh 3 September2017 30 May2019 16 Mansukh Mandaviya 31 May2019 7 July2021 Modi II 17 Bhagwanth Khuba 7 July2021 9 June2024 18 Anupriya Patel 10 June2024 Incumbent Apna Dal (Sonelal) Modi III
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