The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is the Indian ministry responsible for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to ports, shipping and waterways. The minister is Sarbananda Sonowal.
History In 1999, the Ministry of Surface Transport was re-organized into two departments, namely the Department of Shipping and the Department of Road Transport and Highways.
In 2000, the Ministry of Surface Transport was bifurcated into two Ministries namely the Ministry of Surface Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Shipping.
In 2004, The Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Road Transport were again merged and renamed as Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. There are two Department viz. Department of Shipping and Department of Road Transport & Highways.
In 2009, The Ministry of Shipping was again formed by bifurcating the Ministry Of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways
Further, in 2020 the Ministry of Shipping was renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Organization of Ministry
Divisions Ports Ports Human Resources Public Private Partnership Administration Information Technology Shipping (Wing) Coordination Sagarmala Media Finance Vigilance Budget Economic Advisory Accounts Parliament Official Language Development Transport Research Inland Water Transport (Wing) International Cooperation
Subordinate/Attached Offices Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai Andaman & Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships
Autonomous Bodies Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority Paradip Port Authority Visakhapatnam Port Authority Chennai Port Authority V.O.Chidambarnar Port Authority Cochin Port Authority New Mangalore Port Authority Mormugao Port Authority Mumbai Port Authority Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Deendayal Port Authority Seamen's provident fund Organisation Dock Labour Board Kolkata Inland Waterways Authority of India Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Educational Institutions Indian Maritime University - the university has six campuses in Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai Port, Navi Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam.
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai Cochin Shipyard Limited, Cochin Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited Hooghly Dock & Ports Engineers Limited. Sagarmala Development Company Limited Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation Limited India Ports Global Limited Sethusamudram Corporation Limited
Societies/Association Indian Ports Association Seafares Welfare Fund Society
Cabinet Ministers
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of Shipping Arun Jaitley 7 November 2000 1 September 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ved Prakash Goyal 1 September 2001 29 January 2003 Shatrughan Sinha 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 K. Chandrashekar Rao 23 May 2004 25 May 2004 Bharat Rashtra Samithi Manmohan I Manmohan Singh T. R. Baalu 25 May 2004 2 September 2004 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. K. Vasan 28 May 2009 26 May 2014 Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh Nitin Gadkari 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Mansukh Mandaviya(Minister of State, I/C) 31 May 2019 10 November 2020 Modi II Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya(Minister of State, I/C) 10 November 2020 7 July 2021 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi Sarbananda Sonowal 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
Ministers of State
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Shipping Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 7 November 2000 2 November 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shripad Naik 2 November 2001 14 May 2002 Su. Thirunavukkarasar 1 July 2002 29 January 2003 Dilipkumar Gandhi 29 January 2003 15 March 2004 Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy 28 May 2009 20 March 2012 All India Trinamool Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh Milind Deora 31 October 2012 26 May 2014 Indian National Congress Krishan Pal Gurjar 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Pon Radhakrishnan 9 November 2014 30 May 2019 Mansukh Mandaviya 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi Shantanu Thakur 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
See also
Inland Waterways Authority of India Exclusive economic zone of India Fishing in India Outline of India
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