Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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| File:Government of India logo.svg Branch of Government of India | |
| File:Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.svg Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Parivahan Bhavan 1, Parliament Street New Delhi 110001 28°37′9.58″N 77°12′37.29″E / 28.6193278°N 77.2103583°E |
| Annual budget | ₹1,881.83 crore (US$230 million) (2018-19 est.) [1] |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | shipmin |
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.[3]
Organization of Ministry
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)
- Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited
- 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
- Indian Port Global Limited
- Sethusamudram Corporation Limited
Societies/Association
- Indian Ports Association
- Seafares Welfare Fund Society
List of Ministers
Cabinet Ministers
- Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of Shipping | ||||||||||
| 1 | File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg | Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
7 November 2000 |
1 September 2001 |
298 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| 2 | Ved Prakash Goyal (1926–2008) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
1 September 2001 |
29 January 2003 |
1 year, 150 days | ||||||
| 3 | File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg | Shatrughan Sinha (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
29 January 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
1 year, 114 days | |||||
| 4 | File:Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png | K. Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MP for Karimnagar |
23 May 2004 |
25 May 2004 |
2 days | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
| 5 | File:T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South |
25 May 2004 |
2 September 2004 |
100 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||
| Ministry disestablished during this interval[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
| Minister of Shipping | ||||||||||
| 6 | File:GKVasan.jpg | G. K. Vasan (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu |
28 May 2009 |
26 May 2014 |
4 years, 363 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | ||
| 7 | File:Shri Nitin Gadkari on March 3, 2023 (cropped).jpg | Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur |
26 May 2014 |
30 May 2019 |
5 years, 4 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
| 8 | File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C) |
31 May 2019 |
10 November 2020 |
1 year, 163 days | Modi II | ||||
| Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | ||||||||||
| (8) | File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C) |
10 November 2020 |
7 July 2021 |
239 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
| 9 | File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | Sarbananda Sonowal (born 1962) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 3 years, 194 days | |||||
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- ↑ The ministry's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways in September 2004.
Ministers of State
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See also
- Inland Waterways Authority of India
- Exclusive economic zone of India
- Fishing in India
- Outline of India
References
- ↑ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ultra-large-container-vessel-msc-claude-girardet-on-its-way-to-vizhinajm/article68626973.ece
- ↑ "Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways". Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
