Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Indian Port
Agency overview
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 / 28.6193278; 77.2103583
Annual budget	₹1,881.83 crore (US$240 million) (2018-19 est.) [1]
Ministers responsible	Sarbananda Sonowal, Cabinet Minister Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State Shantanu Thakur, Minister of State
Website	shipmin.gov.in

Indian Port

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.^[2]

Ministers

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Prime Minister	Political Party
1		Arun Jaitley[3]	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	298 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Ved Prakash Goyal	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	1 year, 150 days
3		Shatrughan Sinha	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
4		K. Chandrashekar Rao	22 May 2004	25 May 2004	3 days	Manmohan Singh	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
5		T. R. Baalu	25 May 2004	3 September 2004	101 days		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ministry was merged with Road Transport and Highways in 2004
Ministry was split out from Road Transport and Highways in 2009
6		G. K. Vasan	28 May 2009	26 May 2014	4 years, 363 days	Manmohan Singh	Indian National Congress
7		Nitin Gadkari	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	5 years, 4 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Mansukh L. Mandaviya (Independent Charge)	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 38 days
9		Sarbananda Sonowal	7 July 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 336 days

Ministers of State

Ministers of State For Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Krishan Pal Gurjar		Bharatiya Janata Party		26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days
Pon Radhakrishnan				9 November 2014	30 May 2019	4 years, 202 days
Mansukh L. Mandaviya				5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
Shripad Naik				7 July 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 336 days
Shantanu Thakur				7 July 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 336 days