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.
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]
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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 PowerRaj Kumar SinghMinistry overviewFormed2 July 1992 30 years ago 1992 07 02 Preceding MinistryMinistry of Energy SourcesJurisdictionGovernment of IndiaHeadquartersShram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi IndiaAnnual budget 15 046 92 crore US 1 9 billion 2018 19 est 1 Minister responsibleRaj Kumar SinghMinistry executiveAlok Kumar IAS Power SecretaryWebsitepowermin wbr gov wbr inThe 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 Contents 1 History 2 List of Power Ministers 3 List of Ministers of State 4 Central Public Sector Undertakings 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe 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 List of Power Ministers EditNo Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Political party Alliance 1 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil 15 August 1947 12 December 1950 3 years 119 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress2 Gulzarilal Nanda 6 June 1952 17 April 1957 4 years 315 days3 S K Patil 17 April 1957 2 April 1958 350 days4 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim 2 April 1958 26 June 1963 5 years 85 days5 H C Dasappa 9 June 1964 19 July 1964 40 days Lal Bahadur Shastri6 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 29 January 1966 13 November 1966 288 days7 K L Rao MoS 13 November 1966 9 November 1973 6 years 361 days Indira Gandhi8 K C Pant 9 November 1973 24 March 1977 3 years 135 days9 P Ramachandran 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 2 years 124 days Morarji Desai Janata Party 8 K C Pant 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168 days Charan Singh Indian National Congress Urs 10 P Shiv Shankar 2 September 1982 31 December 1984 2 years 120 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress11 B Shankaranand 31 December 1984 25 September 1985 268 days Rajiv Gandhi12 Vasant Sathe 25 September 1985 2 December 1989 4 years 68 days13 Arif Mohammad Khan 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days V P Singh Janata Dal15 Kalyan Singh Kalvi 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party Rashtriya 16 Kalpnath Rai Independent Charge 21 June 1991 18 January 1993 1 year 211 days P V Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress17 N K P Salve 18 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years 119 days18 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party19 H D Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 324 days Deve Gowda Janata Dal20 I K Gujral 21 April 1997 9 June 1997 49 days I K Gujral21 Yoginder K Alagh Independent Charge 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 283 days Independent22 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 19 March 1998 23 August 2000 2 years 157 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 23 August 2000 30 September 2000 38 days23 Suresh Prabhu 30 September 2000 24 August 2002 1 year 328 days Shiv Sena24 Anant Geete 26 August 2002 22 May 2004 1 year 270 days25 P M Sayeed 22 May 2004 18 December 2005 1 year 210 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress26 Manmohan Singh 18 December 2005 29 January 2006 42 days27 Sushil Kumar Shinde 29 January 2006 31 July 2012 6 years 184 days28 Veerappa Moily 31 July 2012 28 October 2012 89 days29 Jyotiraditya Scindia Independent Charge 29 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year 209 days30 Piyush Goyal Independent Charge 26 May 2014 3 September 2017 3 years 100 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party31 Raj Kumar Singh Independent Charge till 7 Jul 2021 3 September 2017 Incumbent 5 years 253 daysList of Ministers of State EditMinisters of State in the Ministry of Power Name Portrait Political party Term YearsKrishan Pal Gurjar BJP 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year 311 daysCentral Public Sector Undertakings EditNational Thermal Power Corporation Limited Power Grid Corporation of India North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited National Hydropower Corporation Power Finance CorporationReferences Edit Budget data PDF www indiabudget gov in 2019 Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2018 Retrieved 15 September 2018 About ministry Ministry of Power India archived from the original on 26 October 2012 Smart grid project inaugurated Puducherry The Hindu 20 October 2012 Retrieved 23 October 2012 External links EditOfficial website This article about government in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it 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