The Department of Industrial Development was first constituted in 1967 in the then Ministry of Industrial Development & Company Affairs. In 1973 the Ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Industrial Development. With the addition of some other departments in 1974 the name was changed to Ministry of Industry & Civil Supplies. This was changed to the Ministry of Industry in 1976 which comprised the Departments of Industrial Development and Heavy Industry. In 1990, the Ministry was expanded to include the newly created Department of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries (SSI&ARI). The Bureau of Public Enterprises was also detached from the Ministry of Finance and included in the Ministry as the Department of Public Enterprises. In March, 1995 the Department of Industrial Development was split and another department, namely the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion was carved out of it. The Department of Industrial Development is mainly concerned with Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), National Renewal Fund, Productivity, Quality, Standards, R&D in automobile, cement & building and rubber, industrial environmental management including waste management as also regulatory aspects relating to boilers and explosives.