Ministry of Heavy Industries
The Ministry of Heavy Industries is an executive agency of the Government of India. The Ministry entails for promoting the engineering industry viz. machine tools, heavy electrical, industrial machinery, and auto industry and administration of 40 operating Central Public Sector Enterprises and 4 autonomous organizations.
As of June 2024, the Honourable Minister is H. D. Kumaraswamy and the Honourable Minister of State is Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma.
History
The Ministry of Heavy Industries was previously called Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. On 13 June 1956 the Ministry has been renamed as Ministry of Heavy Industries as the Department of Public Enterprises was shifted to the Ministry of Finance.Jul 7, 2021, 14:57 IST"/>Structure
Autonomous Bodies
There are four autonomous bodies under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries.- Fluid Control Research Institute
- Automotive Research Association of India
- National Automotive Board
- Central Manufacturing Technology Institute
Central Public Sector Undertakings
There are 40 CPSUs under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries, of which 16 are operational.- Andrew Yule and Company
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Ltd.
- Bridge & Roof Company Ltd.
- Cement Corporation of India
- Engineering Projects Ltd.
- Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC)
- HMT Ltd.
- HMT Limited
- HMT Machine Tools
- Hindustan Salts Ltd.
- Sambhar Salts Ltd.
- Instrumentation Ltd. Kota
- Nepa Limited
- Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Ltd.
- Richardson & Cruddass Ltd.
Industrial Sectors Regulation
The Industrial sectors regulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries are:- Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry
- Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry
- Automotive Sector, including Tractors and Earth Moving Equipment
20 Sub-sectors
20 Sub-sectors under the 3 broad sectors are as under:- Boilers
- Cement Machinery
- Dairy Machinery
- Electrical Furnace
- Diesel Engines
- Material Handling Equipment
- Metallurgical Machinery including Steel Plant Equipment
- Earthmoving and Mining Machinery
- Machine Tool
- Oil Field Equipment
- Printing Machinery
- Pulp and Paper Machinery
- Rubber Machinery
- Switchgear and Control Gear
- Plastic Processing Machinery
- Sugar Machinery
- Turbines & Generator Set
- Transformers
- Textile Machinery
- Food Processing Machinery