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Ministry of Power
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Power
Ministry overview
Formed2 July 1992; 32 years ago (1992-07-02)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Energy Sources
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersShram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India
Annual budget15,046.92 crore (US$1.8 billion) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Pankaj Agrawal IAS Power Secretary
Websitepowermin.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

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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

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  • 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 156 days Modi III

Ministers of State

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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 3 years, 128 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi

Central public sector undertakings

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References

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  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ About ministry, Ministry of Power (India), archived from the original on 26 October 2012
  3. ^ "Smart grid project inaugurated". Puducherry. The Hindu. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
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