Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Websitehttps://chemicals.nic.in/ https://fert.nic.in/

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.^[2]

Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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.^[3]

Attached offices

• National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

Autonomous bodies

• Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) ^[4]

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

• 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)
• Bramhaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)
• Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd

List of ministers

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Prime Minister	Party
1		Aravinda Bala Pajanor	19 August 1979	23 December 1979	126 days	Charan Singh	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2		P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991	17 February 1994	2 years, 241 days	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Indian National Congress
3		Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	17 February 1994	16 May 1996	2 years, 89 days
4		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
5		Sis Ram Ola	29 June 1996	9 June 1997	345 days	Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
6		M. Arunachalam	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	I. K. Gujral	Tamil Maanila Congress
7		Surjit Singh Barnala	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Shiromani Akali Dal
8		Suresh Prabhu	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days		Shiv Sena
9		Sunder Lal Patwa	30 September 2000	7 November 2000	38 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
10		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	7 November 2000	22 May 2004	3 years, 197 days		Shiromani Akali Dal
11		Ram Vilas Paswan	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years, 0 days	Manmohan Singh	Lok Janshakti Party
12		M. K. Alagiri	28 May 2009	20 March 2013	3 years, 296 days		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
13		Srikant Kumar Jena (Independent Charge)	20 March 2013	26 May 2014	1 year, 67 days		Indian National Congress
14		Ananth Kumar	26 May 2014	12 November 2018	4 years, 170 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Sadananda Gowda	12 November 2018	7 July 2021	2 years, 237 days
16		Mansukh Mandaviya	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 270 days

Ministers of state

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Nihal Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party		26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir				9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
Mansukh L. Mandaviya				5 July 2016	7 July 2021	5 years, 2 days
Rao Inderjit Singh				3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Bhagwanth Khuba				7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 270 days

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