The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely:-
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Department of Fertilisers
Department of Pharmaceuticals
The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilisers. DV Sadananda Gowda is the current minister for the departments.
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
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 is entrusted with the responsibility of planning, development and regulations of the chemicals, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industry sector, inducting:
Drugs and pharmaceuticals, excluding those specifically allotted to other departments
NPPA is an organization of the Government of India which was established, inter alia, to fix/ revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations and to enforce prices and availability of the medicines in the country, under the Drugs Order, 1995. The organization is also entrusted with the task of recovering amounts overcharged by manufacturers for the controlled drugs from the consumers. It also monitors the prices of decontrolled drugs in order to keep them at reasonable levels.
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology is a premier National Institution devoted to Academic, Technology Support & Research for the Plastics & allied industries, in India. First CIPET campus was established by Government of India in 1968 at Chennai and subsequently 14 CIPET Campuses have been established by Government of India in the country. Today CIPET has many Campus's
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Aurangabad
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhopal
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Chennai
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Guwahati
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hajipur
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Haldia
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Jaipur
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Imphal
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Lucknow
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Mysore
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Khunti
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Panipat
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Madurai
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Raipur
These are contributing through ATR services to the industries in India and Abroad, having uniform infrastructural facilities in the areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE, Tooling & Mould Manufacturing, Plastics processing, Testing and Quality control. CIPET chennai also started a department called ARSTPS which provides facilities in areas of Design, CAD/CAM/CAE. It also provide a ME degree program for CAD/CAM.A
