The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was under the Ministry of Industry until December 1989, when it was brought under the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals. On June 5, 1991, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals was transferred to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.
The Department has five major divisions viz. Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Administration, Statistics & Monitoring (S&M) and Economic Division. The Internal Finance Division is common to the three Departments in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. There are three Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSU) in the chemical sector namely Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. (HOCL), HIL (India) Limited and Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited (HFL), which is a subsidiary of HOCL. The autonomous institutes under this Department are Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) and Institute of Pesticides Formulation Technology (IPFT).
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya is the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba is the Minister of State for Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Ms. Nivedita Shukla Verma assumed charge as Secretary in the Department on 01.09.2023
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