Ministry of Power (India)

The Ministry of Power is an Indian government ministry. The current Union Cabinet Minister is Raj Kumar Singh. The ministry is charged with overseeing electricity production and infrastructure development, including generation, transmission, and delivery, as well as maintenance projects.

Ministry of Power

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Power
Raj Kumar Singh
Ministry overview
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$1.9 billion) (2018-19 est.)^[1]
Minister responsible	Raj Kumar Singh
Ministry executive	Pankaj Agrawal IAS Power Secretary
Website	powermin.gov.in

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, 255 days
				31 May 2019	Incumbent			Modi II

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, 313 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II	Narendra Modi

Central public sector undertakings

• National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
• Power Grid Corporation of India
• North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
• National Hydropower Corporation
• Power Finance Corporation

References

1. (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
2. , 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.

External links

• Official website