The Ministry of Power (IAST: Vidyut Mantrālaya) is a ministry of the Government of India. It is mainly responsible for the maintenance and regulation of Power sector in India. It is headed by Minister of Power.

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.

History The Ministry of Power became a ministry on July 2, 1992, during the P. V. Narasimha Rao government. 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).

Organisation Central Public Sector Undertakings NTPC Limited North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited Power Grid Corporation of India Grid Controller of India Limited NHPC Limited Power Finance Corporation REC Limited REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited Power Finance Consulting Limited Damodar Valley Corporation Bihar Grid Company Limited, a JV of Power Grid and BSP(H)CL

Statutory Bodies Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC)

Autonoumous Bodies Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad

Cabinet Ministers Note: I/C Independent Charge Key: Died in office

PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of Works, Mines and Power Narhar Vishnu Gadgil 15 August 1947 26 December 1950 Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru Minister of Natural Resources and Scientific Research Sri Prakasa 26 December 1950 13 May 1952 Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 13 May 1952 6 June 1952 Nehru II Minister of Irrigation and Power Gulzarilal Nanda 6 June 1952 17 April 1957 Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru S. K. Patil 17 April 1957 2 April 1958 Nehru III Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim 2 April 1958 10 April 1962 10 April 1962 26 June 1963 Nehru IV O. V. Alagesan(Minister of State) 26 June 1963 19 July 1963 Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 19 July 1963 27 May 1964 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda H. C. Dasappa 9 June 1964 19 July 1964 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 19 July 1964 11 January 1966 11 January 1966 24 January 1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 January 1966 13 November 1966 Indira I Indira Gandhi Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 13 November 1966 13 March 1967 13 March 1967 18 March 1971 Indira II 18 March 1971 9 November 1973 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II K. C. Pant(Minister of State) 9 November 1973 10 October 1974 Minister of Energy K. C. Pant(MoS) 10 October 1974 24 March 1977 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi P. Ramachandran 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai K. C. Pant 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 14 January 1980 2 September 1982 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi P. Shiv Shankar 2 September 1982 31 October 1984 31 October 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi Vasant Sathe 31 December 1984 3 September 1988 Rajiv II Makhan Lal Fotedar 3 September 1988 19 September 1988 Vasant Sathe 19 September 1988 2 December 1989 Arif Mohammad Khan 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh Kalyan Singh Kalvi 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Minister of Power Kalpnath Rai(Minister of State, I/C) 21 June 1991 18 January 1993 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao N. K. P. Salve 18 January 1993 16 May 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral(Prime Minister) 21 April 1997 9 June 1997 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Yoginder K Alagh(Minister of State, I/C) 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 13 October 1999 23 August 2000 Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 23 August 2000 30 September 2000 Suresh Prabhu 30 September 2000 24 August 2002 Shiv Sena Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 24 August 2002 26 August 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party Anant Geete 26 August 2002 22 May 2004 Shiv Sena P. M. Sayeed 23 May 2004 18 December 2005 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh(Prime Minister) 18 November 2005 29 January 2006 Sushilkumar Shinde 29 January 2006 31 July 2012 Veerappa Moily 31 July 2012 28 October 2012 Jyotiraditya Scindia(Minister of State, I/C) 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 Piyush Goyal(Minister of State, I/C) 27 May 2014 3 September 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Raj Kumar Singh(Minister of State, I/C until 7 Jul 2021) 3 September 2017 30 May 2019 31 May 2019 9 June 2024 Modi II Manohar Lal Khattar 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Irrigation and Power O. V. Alagesan 8 May 1962 19 July 1963 Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru Kanuri Lakshmana Rao 9 June 1964 19 July 1964 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri 24 January 1966 13 November 1966 Indira I Indira Gandhi Minister of State for Energy Fazlur Rahman 14 August 1977 26 January 1979 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Janeshwar Mishra 26 January 1979 15 July 1979 Vikram Chand Mahajan 8 June 1980 29 January 1983 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi Gargi Shankar Mishra 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 Chaudhary Dalbir Singh 2 September 1982 29 January 1983 Chandra Pratap Narain Singh 2 September 1982 2 February 1983 Gargi Shankar Mishra 6 September 1982 29 January 1983 Chaudhary Dalbir Singh 29 January 1983 31 October 1984 Gargi Shankar Mishra 29 January 1983 31 October 1984 Chandrashekhar Singh 29 January 1983 14 August 1983 Arif Mohammad Khan 7 February 1984 31 October 1984 Chaudhary Dalbir Singh 4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi Gargi Shankar Mishra 4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Arif Mohammad Khan 12 November 1984 31 December 1984 Arun Nehru 31 December 1984 25 September 1985 Rajiv II Arif Mohammad Khan 25 September 1985 26 February 1986 Sushila Rohatgi 12 May 1986 9 May 1988 Kalpnath Rai 25 June 1988 2 December 1989 C. K. Jaffer Sharief 14 February 1988 2 December 1989 Babanrao Dhakne 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Minister of State for Power P. V. Rangayya Naidu 18 January 1993 10 February 1995 Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel 10 February 1995 16 May 1996 Samudrala Venugopal Chary 1 June 1996 9 June 1997 Telugu Desam Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Jayawantiben Mehta 13 October 1999 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Jairam Ramesh 6 April 2008 25 February 2009 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Bharatsinh Solanki 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 Manmohan II K. C. Venugopal 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 Krishan Pal Gurjar 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi Shripad Naik 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III

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