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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi, India. |
Annual budget | ₹192.32 crore (US$24 million) (2023-24 est.) [1] |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive | |
Website | Official website |
The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi. [4] The portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi.
The Ministry of Coal is charged with exploration of coal and lignite reserves in India, production, supply, distribution and price of coal through the government-owned corporation Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries, [5] and Neyveli Lignite Corporation. [6]
The Ministry of Coal also manages the Union Government's 49 percent equity participation in Singareni Collieries Company, a public sector undertaking that is a joint venture with Government of Telangana. [7] in which equity is held partly by the State Government of Telangana (51%) and the Government of India. [2]
# | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Party | |||
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1 | Biju Patnaik | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 168 days | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
2 | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 16 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 1 year, 364 days | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress | ||
3 | N. D. Tiwari | 2 September 1982 | 6 September 1982 | 4 days | ||||
4 | Vasant Sathe | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
5 | P. A. Sangma (Independent Charge) | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
6 | Ajit Kumar Panja (Independent Charge) | 18 January 1993 | 13 September 1995 | 2 years, 238 days | ||||
7 | Jagdish Tytler (Independent Charge) | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | ||||
8 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
9 | S. R. Bommai | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | H. D. Dewe Gowda | Janata Dal | ||
10 | Kanti Singh (Independent Charge) | 29 June 1996 | 10 January 1998 | 1 year, 195 days | Devegowda I. K. Gujral | |||
11 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 10 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | 68 days | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||
12 | Dilip Ray (Independent Charge) | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 208 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Biju Janata Dal | ||
13 | N. T. Shanmugam (Independent Charge) | 27 May 2000 | 7 February 2001 | 256 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |||
14 | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Independent Charge) | 8 February 2001 | 1 September 2001 | 205 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
15 | Ram Vilas Paswan | 1 September 2001 | 29 April 2002 | 240 days | Janata Dal (United) | |||
(8) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 29 April 2002 | 1 July 2002 | 63 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
16 | L. K. Advani | 1 July 2002 | 26 August 2002 | 56 days | ||||
17 | Uma Bharati | 26 August 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 156 days | ||||
18 | Kariya Munda | 29 January 2003 | 9 January 2004 | 345 days | ||||
19 | Mamata Banerjee | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | 134 days | All India Trinamool Congress | |||
20 | Shibu Soren | 22 May 2004 | 24 July 2004 | 63 days | Manmohan Singh | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | ||
21 | Manmohan Singh | 24 July 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 126 days | Indian National Congress | |||
(20) | Shibu Soren | 27 November 2004 | 2 March 2005 | 95 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |||
(21) | Manmohan Singh | 2 March 2005 | 29 January 2006 | 333 days | Indian National Congress | |||
(20) | Shibu Soren | 29 January 2006 | 29 November 2006 | 304 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |||
(21) | Manmohan Singh | 29 November 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 2 years, 174 days | Indian National Congress | |||
22 | Sriprakash Jaiswal (Independent Charge till 19-Jan-2011) | 22 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 5 years, 4 days | ||||
23 | Piyush Goyal (Independent Charge till 3-Sep-2017) | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 4 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
24 | Pralhad Joshi | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 298 days | ||||
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
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Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | ||
Raosaheb Danve | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 260 days |
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