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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Indian Port
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersParivahan Bhavan
1, Parliament Street
New Delhi
110001 28°37′9.58″N 77°12′37.29″E / 28.6193278°N 77.2103583°E / 28.6193278; 77.2103583
Annual budget1,881.83 crore (US$230 million) (2018-19 est.) [1]
Minister responsible
Websiteshipmin.gov.in

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

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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.

Ultra large container vessel MSC Claude Girardet the largest vessel to berth in South Asia[2] arriving at Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram,India

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

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Subordinate/Attached Offices

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  • Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai
  • Andaman & Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair
  • Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships

Autonomous Bodies

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  • 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

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  • Indian Maritime University - the university has six campuses in Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai Port, Navi Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam.

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)

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  • 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

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  • Indian Ports Association
  • Seafares Welfare Fund Society

List of Ministers

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Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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 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 Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
29 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 114 days
4 K. Chandrashekar Rao
(born 1954)
MP for Karimnagar
23 May
2004
25 May
2004
2 days Bharat Rashtra Samithi Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
5 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[a]
Minister of Shipping
6 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 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 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) 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 Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
7 July
2021
Incumbent 3 years, 163 days
  1. ^ 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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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Shipping
1 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
(born 1939)
MP for Madhubani
7 November
2000
2 November
2001
360 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for Panaji
2 November
2001
14 May
2002
193 days
3 Su. Thirunavukkarasar
(born 1949)
MP for Pudukkottai
1 July
2002
29 January
2003
212 days
4 Dilipkumar Gandhi
(1951–2021)
MP for Ahmednagar
29 January
2003
15 March
2004
1 year, 46 days
Minister of State for Shipping
5 Mukul Roy
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal
28 May
2009
20 March
2012
2 years, 297 days All India Trinamool Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh
6 Milind Deora
(born 1976)
MP for Mumbai South
31 October
2012
26 May
2014
1 year, 207 days Indian National Congress
7 Krishan Pal Gurjar
(born 1957)
MP for Faridabad
26 May
2014
9 November
2014
167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
8 Pon Radhakrishnan
(born 1952)
MP for Kanniyakumari
9 November
2014
30 May
2019
4 years, 202 days
9 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
2 years, 329 days
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
(2) Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa
7 July
2021
9 June
2024
2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
10 Shantanu Thakur
(born 1982)
MP for Bangaon
7 July
2021
9 June
2024
3 years, 163 days
10 June
2024
Incumbent Modi III

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ultra-large-container-vessel-msc-claude-girardet-on-its-way-to-vizhinajm/article68626973.ece
  3. ^ "Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways". Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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