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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government ministry of India
Summary
Government ministry of India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| seal | Government of India logo.svg |
| seal_width | 100px |
| seal_caption | Branch of Government of India |
| logo_caption | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| picture | Indian Port Image.jpg |
| picture_caption | Indian Port |
| jurisdiction | Government of India |
| headquarters | Parivahan Bhavan |
| 1, Parliament Street | |
| New Delhi | |
| coordinates | |
| minister1_name | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| minister1_pfo | Cabinet Minister |
| minister3_name | Shantanu Thakur |
| minister3_pfo | Minister of State |
| website | |
| logo | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.svg |
| logo_size | 250px |
| budget | (2018-19 est.) |
1, Parliament Street New Delhi
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
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of Shipping | Merged with Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways during this interval | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg | 70px]] | Arun Jaitley | ||||||||
| (19522019) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 7 November 2000 | 1 September 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vedprakash Goyal.jpg | 70px]] | Ved Prakash Goyal | ||||||||
| (19262008) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg | 70px]] | Shatrughan Sinha | ||||||||
| (born 1946) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||||||||
| Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}" | [[File:Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png | 70px]] | K. Chandrashekar Rao | ||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||
| MP for Karimnagar | 23 May 2004 | 25 May 2004 | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" | [[File:T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg | 70px]] | T. R. Baalu | ||||||||
| (born 1941) | |||||||||||
| MP for Chennai South | 25 May 2004 | 2 September 2004 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:GKVasan.jpg | 70px]] | G. K. Vasan | ||||||||
| (born 1964) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shri Nitin Gadkari on March 3, 2023 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Nitin Gadkari | ||||||||
| (born 1957) | |||||||||||
| MP for Nagpur | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | 70px]] | Mansukh Mandaviya | ||||||||
| (born 1972) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 31 May 2019 | 10 November 2020 | Modi II | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | 70px]] | Mansukh Mandaviya | ||||||||
| (born 1972) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 10 November 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Sarbananda Sonowal | ||||||||
| (born 1962) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam, until 2024 | |||||||||||
| MP for Dibrugarh, from 2024 | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||||
| 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III |
Ministers of State
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of State for Shipping | Minister of State for Shipping | Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2014 to Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, at a function, at Parliament House, in New Delhi (cropped).JPG | 70px]] | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | ||||||||
| (born 1939) | |||||||||||
| MP for Madhubani | 7 November 2000 | 2 November 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG | 70px]] | Shripad Naik | ||||||||
| (born 1952) | |||||||||||
| MP for Panaji | 2 November 2001 | 14 May 2002 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | ||||||||||
| (born 1949) | |||||||||||
| MP for Pudukkottai | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Dilipkumar Gandhi | ||||||||||
| (19512021) | |||||||||||
| MP for Ahmednagar | 29 January 2003 | 15 March 2004 | |||||||||
| All India Trinamool Congress}}" | [[File:Mukul Roy.png | 70px]] | Mukul Roy | ||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal | 28 May 2009 | 20 March 2012 | All India Trinamool Congress | Manmohan II | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Milind Deora.JPG | 70px]] | Milind Deora | ||||||||
| (born 1976) | |||||||||||
| MP for Mumbai South | 31 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | Indian National Congress | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Krishan Pal at the National Workshop on Autism Tools (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Krishan Pal Gurjar | ||||||||
| (born 1957) | |||||||||||
| MP for Faridabad | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg | 70px]] | Pon Radhakrishnan | ||||||||
| (born 1952) | |||||||||||
| MP for Kanniyakumari | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | 70px]] | Mansukh Mandaviya | ||||||||
| (born 1972) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG | 70px]] | Shripad Naik | ||||||||
| (born 1952) | |||||||||||
| MP for North Goa | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:SreedhamThakurnagarThakurbariPhotoofShantanuThakur6.jpg | 70px]] | Shantanu Thakur | ||||||||
| (born 1982) | |||||||||||
| MP for Bangaon | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||||
| 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III |
References
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- "Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways".
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- "Maritime Statistics". Indianbusiness.nic.in, Government of India.
- "Road Ahead". Indiabusiness.nic.in, Government of India.
- "Ports in India". Indian Brand Equity Foundation.
- (16 May 2014). "Adani Strikes: Acquisition of Dharma Port". The Economic Times.
- (8 June 2014). "Paradip ports offers hybrid ports". The Hindu.
- "Government Initiatives". Indianbusiness.nic.in, Government of India.
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