The Ministry of Mines, a branch of the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to mines in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. As of May 2008, head of the ministry is the Cabinet Minister  B.K. Handique.

Functions

The Ministry of Mines is responsible for survey and exploration of all minerals, (other than natural gas and petroleum) for mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals like aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel etc. and for administration of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal and lignite.

Public Sector Undertakings

• National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Bhubaneswar
• Hindustan Copper Limited
  Hindustan Copper Limited
  Hindustan Copper Ltd. is a Government-owned corporation in the Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Mines , Government of India...
  
   (HCL), Kolkata
• Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), Nagpur
• Kolar Gold Fields
  Kolar Gold Fields
  Kolar Gold Fields is a town in Bangarpet Taluk, in the Kolar District of Karnataka state, India. It includes the township of the same name, viz. KGF, where reside mainly the families of the employees of BGML. To the east of KGF is a ridge of hills of which Dod Betta hill, 3195 feet above sea...
  
  , Karnataka

Autonomous Bodies

• Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur
• National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Kolar
• National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), Nagpur

Secretaries

This is the list of Secretaries to Government of India.

• 1. Shri N. C. Shrivastava (1963 to 1969)
• 2. Shri N. Subrahmanyam (1969 to 1972)
• 3. Shri H. C. Sarin (1972 to 1973)
• 4. Shri K. T. Satarwala (1973 to 1973)
• 5. Shri K. S. R. Chari (1973 to 1974)
• 6. Shri Mantosh Sondhi (1977 to 1980)
• 7. Shri C. S. Swaminathan (1980 to 1981)
• 8. Shri R. Ganapati (1981 to 1983)
• 9. Shri P. K. Basu (1983 to 1984)
• 10. Shri Mohinder Singh (1984 to 1985)
• 11. Shri B. K. Rao (1985 to 1989)
• 12. Shri P. K. Lahiri (1989 to 1990)
• 13. Shri R. K. Dang (1990 to 1991)

• 14. Shri V. Krishnan (1991 to 1993)
• 15. Shri I. G. Jhingran (1993 to 1994)
• 16. Shri Ashok C. Sen (1995 to 1996)
• 17. Shri B. B. Tandon (1997 to 1998)
• 18. Shri Arvind Varma (1998 to 1999)
• 19. Shri Deepak Chatterjee (1999 to 2002)
• 20. Dr. A. K. Kundra (2002 to 2003)
• 21. Shri C. D. Arha (2003 to 2005)
• 22. Shri A. K. D. Jadhav (2005 to 2007)
• 23. Shri J. P. Singh (2007 to 2008)
• 24. Shri Shantanu Consul (2008 to 2009)
• 25. Ms. Santha Sheela Nair (2009 to 2010)
• 26. Shri S. Vijay Kumar (2010 to present)