Ministry of Power (India)
Government ministry of India
Ministry of Power Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Power
Manohar Lal Khattar Formed 2 July 1992; 31 years ago (1992-07-02 ) Preceding Ministry Ministry of Energy Sources Jurisdiction Government of India Headquarters Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi , India Annual budget ₹ 15,046.92 crore (US$1.8 billion) (2018-19 est.) [1] Minister responsible Ministry executivePankaj Agrawal IAS Power Secretary Website powermin .gov .in
The Ministry of Power is an Indian government ministry . The current Union Cabinet Minister is Manohar Lal Khattar .
The ministry is charged with overseeing electricity production and infrastructure development, including generation, transmission, and delivery, as well as maintenance projects.
The ministry acts as a liaison between the central government and state electricity operations, as well as with the private sector . The ministry also oversees rural electrification projects.
History
The Ministry of Power became a ministry on July 2, 1992, during the P. V. Narasimha Rao government .[2] Prior to that time it had been a department (the Department of Power) in the Ministry of Power, Coal and Non-Conventional Energy Sources. That ministry was split into the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal , and Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (renamed the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in 2006).
In 2012, the Ministry of Power inaugurated the Smart Grid project in Puducherry .[3]
Cabinet Ministers
Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Key: † Died in office
No.
Portrait
Minister(Birth-Death) Constituency
Term of office
Political party
Ministry
Prime Minister
From
To
Period
Minister of Works, Mines and Power
1
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) MCA for Bombay
15 August 1947
26 December 1950
3 years, 133 days
Indian National Congress
Nehru I
Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Natural Resources and Scientific Research
2
Sri Prakasa (1890–1971)
26 December 1950
13 May 1952
1 year, 139 days
Indian National Congress
Nehru I
Jawaharlal Nehru
3
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) MP for Rampur
13 May 1952
6 June 1952
24 days
Nehru II
Minister of Irrigation and Power
4
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha
6 June 1952
17 April 1957
4 years, 315 days
Indian National Congress
Nehru II
Jawaharlal Nehru
5
S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South
17 April 1957
2 April 1958
350 days
Nehru III
6
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
2 April 1958
10 April 1962
5 years, 85 days
10 April 1962
26 June 1963
Nehru IV
7
O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu (MoS)
26 June 1963
19 July 1963
23 days
8
Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)
19 July 1963
27 May 1964
326 days
27 May 1964
9 June 1964
Nanda I
Gulzarilal Nanda
9
H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964) MP for Bangalore
9 June 1964
19 July 1964
40 days
Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(8)
Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)
19 July 1964
11 January 1966
1 year, 189 days
11 January 1966
24 January 1966
Nanda II
Gulzarilal Nanda
10
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta
24 January 1966
13 November 1966
293 days
Indira I
Indira Gandhi
11
Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)
13 November 1966
13 March 1967
6 years, 361 days
13 March 1967
18 March 1971
Indira II
18 March 1971
9 November 1973
Indian National Congress (R)
Indira II
12
K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital (MoS)
9 November 1973
10 October 1974
335 days
Minister of Energy
(12)
K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital (MoS)
10 October 1974
24 March 1977
335 days
Indian National Congress (R)
Indira II
Indira Gandhi
13
P. Ramachandran (1921–2001) MP for Chennai Central
26 March 1977
28 July 1979
2 years, 124 days
Janata Party
Desai
Morarji Desai
14
K. C. Pant (1931–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
30 July 1979
14 January 1980
168 days
Indian National Congress (Urs)
Charan
Charan Singh
15
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP for Malda
14 January 1980
2 September 1982
2 years, 231 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Indira IV
Indira Gandhi
16
P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Secunderabad
2 September 1982
31 October 1984
2 years, 120 days
31 October 1984
31 December 1984
Rajiv I
Rajiv Gandhi
17
Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha
31 December 1984
3 September 1988
3 years, 247 days
Rajiv II
18
Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
3 September 1988
19 September 1988
16 days
(17)
Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha
19 September 1988
2 December 1989
1 year, 74 days
19
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich
6 December 1989
10 November 1990
339 days
Janata Dal
Vishwanath
V. P. Singh
20
Kalyan Singh Kalvi (born 1933) MP for Barmer
21 November 1990
21 June 1991
212 days
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Power
21
Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) MP for Ghosi (MoS, I/C)
21 June 1991
18 January 1993
1 year, 211 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
22
N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
18 January 1993
16 May 1996
3 years, 119 days
–
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)
16 May 1996
1 June 1996
16 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Vajpayee I
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
–
H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka (Prime Minister)
1 June 1996
21 April 1997
324 days
Janata Dal
Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
–
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Prime Minister)
21 April 1997
9 June 1997
49 days
Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral
23
Yoginder K Alagh (1939–2022) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C)
9 June 1997
19 March 1998
283 days
24
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Tiruchirappalli
19 March 1998
13 October 1999
2 years, 157 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Vajpayee II
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October 1999
23 August 2000[†]
Vajpayee III
–
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)
23 August 2000
30 September 2000
38 days
25
Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP for Rajapur
30 September 2000
24 August 2002
1 year, 328 days
Shiv Sena
–
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)
24 August 2002
26 August 2002
2 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
26
Anant Geete (born 1951) MP for Ratnagiri
26 August 2002
22 May 2004
1 year, 270 days
Shiv Sena
27
P. M. Sayeed (1941–2005) Rajya Sabha MP for NCT of Delhi
23 May 2004
18 December 2005[†]
1 year, 209 days
Indian National Congress
Manmohan I
Manmohan Singh
–
Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam (Prime Minister)
18 November 2005
29 January 2006
72 days
28
Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra , until 2009 MP for Solapur , from 2009
29 January 2006
22 May 2009
3 years, 113 days
28 May 2009
31 July 2012
3 years, 64 days
Manmohan II
29
Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for Chikballapur
31 July 2012
28 October 2012
89 days
30
Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP for Guna (MoS, I/C)
28 October 2012
26 May 2014
1 year, 210 days
31
Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
27 May 2014
3 September 2017
3 years, 99 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Modi I
Narendra Modi
32
Raj Kumar Singh (born 1952) MP for Arrah (MoS, I/C until 7 July 2021)
3 September 2017
30 May 2017
6 years, 276 days
31 May 2019
5 June 2024
Modi II
33
Manohar Lal Khattar (born 1964) MP for Karnal
10 June 2024
Incumbent
21 days
Modi III
Ministers of State
No.
Portrait
Minister(Birth-Death) Constituency (Department)
Term of office
Political party
Ministry
Prime Minister
From
To
Period
Minister of State for Irrigation and Power
1
O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu
8 May 1962
19 July 1963
1 year, 72 days
Indian National Congress
Nehru IV
Jawaharlal Nehru
2
Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada
9 June 1964
19 July 1964
40 days
Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
24 January 1966
13 November 1966
293 days
Indira I
Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Energy
3
Fazlur Rahman MP for Bettiah
14 August 1977
26 January 1979
1 year, 165 days
Janata Party
Desai
Morarji Desai
4
Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Prayagraj
26 January 1979
15 July 1979
170 days
5
Vikram Chand Mahajan (1933–2016) MP for Kangra
8 June 1980
29 January 1983
2 years, 235 days
Indian National Congress (I)
Indira IV
Indira Gandhi
6
Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Coal)
15 January 1982
2 September 1982
230 days
7
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa
2 September 1982
29 January 1983
149 days
8
Chandra Pratap Narain Singh MP for Padrauna (Non-Conventional Energy Sources)
2 September 1982
2 February 1983
153 days
(6)
Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni
6 September 1982
29 January 1983
1 year, 32 days
(7)
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa (Coal)
29 January 1983
31 October 1984
1 year, 276 days
(6)
Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Petroleum)
29 January 1983
31 October 1984
1 year, 276 days
9
Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MP for Banka (Power)
29 January 1983
14 August 1983
197 days
10
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich
7 February 1984
31 October 1984
267 days
(7)
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa (Coal)
4 November 1984
31 December 1984
57 days
Rajiv I
Rajiv Gandhi
(6)
Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Petroleum)
4 November 1984
31 December 1984
57 days
(10)
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich
12 November 1984
31 December 1984
49 days
11
Arun Nehru (1944–2013) MP for Raebareli (Power)
31 December 1984
25 September 1985
268 days
Rajiv II
(10)
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich (Power)
25 September 1985
26 February 1986
154 days
12
Sushila Rohatgi (1921–2011) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Power)
12 May 1986
9 May 1988
1 year, 363 days
13
Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) MP for Ghosi (Power)
25 June 1988
2 December 1989
1 year, 160 days
14
C. K. Jaffer Sharief (1933–2018) MP for Bangalore North
14 February 1988
2 December 1989
1 year, 291 days
15
Babanrao Dhakne (born 1937) MP for Beed
21 November 1990
21 June 1991
212 days
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar
Minister of State for Power
16
P. V. Rangayya Naidu (born 1933) MP for Khammam
18 January 1993
10 February 1995
2 years, 23 days
Indian National Congress
Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
17
Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel (1932–2016) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
10 February 1995
16 May 1996
1 year, 96 days
18
Samudrala Venugopal Chary (born 1959) MP for Adilabad
1 June 1996
21 April 1997
1 year, 8 days
Telugu Desam Party
Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April 1997
9 June 1997
Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral
19
Jayawantiben Mehta (1938–2016) MP for Mumbai South
13 October 1999
22 May 2004
4 years, 222 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Vajpayee III
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
20
Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
6 April 2008
25 February 2009
325 days
Indian National Congress
Manmohan I
Manmohan Singh
21
Bharatsinh Solanki (born 1953) MP for Anand
28 May 2009
19 January 2011
1 year, 236 days
Manmohan II
22
K. C. Venugopal (born 1963) MP for Alappuzha
19 January 2011
28 October 2012
1 year, 283 days
23
Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP for Faridabad
7 July 2021
Incumbent
2 years, 359 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Modi II
Narendra Modi
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