Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
HeadquartersKartavya Bhavan-03,
Janpath, New Delhi, India
Annual budget₹15,930 crore (US$1.9 billion)(2024–25) [1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Pankaj Jain, IAS, Secretary
Website mopng.gov.in/en
Footnotes
[2]

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by Cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while its secretary is Pankaj Jain, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. [3] Dharmendra Pradhan, who served from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021, is its longest serving minister till date.

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Areas of work

Office of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Shastri Bhwan Office of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 02.jpg
Office of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Shastri Bhwan

Cabinet Ministers

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur 		17 April 195710 April 19624 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Mines and Fuel
Keshav Dev Malviya portrait.gif Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
(Minister without cabinet rank)		10 April 196226 June 19631 year, 77 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur 		26 June 196319 July 196323 days
O. V. Alagesan Lok Sabha image.gif O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu
(Minister of State)		19 July 196321 November 1963125 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Humayun Kabir portrait.gif Humayun Kabir
(1906–1969)
MP for Basirhat 		21 November 196324 January 19662 years, 64 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
O. V. Alagesan Lok Sabha image.gif O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu
(Minister of State)		24 January 196613 March 19671 year, 48 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
Asoka Mehta Lok Sabha photo.jpg Asoka Mehta
(1911–1984)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)		13 March 196722 August 19681 year, 162 days Indira II
Kotha Raghuramaiah.png Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
(Minister of State)		22 August 196814 February 1969176 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
Triguna Sen 2010 stamp of India.jpg Triguna Sen
(1905–1998)
MP for Tripura (Rajya Sabha)		14 February 196918 March 19712 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
Dajisaheb Chavan Lok Sabha image.gif Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
(Minister of State)		18 March 19712 May 197145 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
(Minister of State)		2 May 197129 January 1972272 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
H. R. Gokhale Lok Sabha photo.jpg H. R. Gokhale
(1915–1978)
MP for Mumbai North West 		29 January 19725 February 19731 year, 7 days
Dev Kant Baruah.jpg D. K. Barooah
(1914–1996)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)		5 February 197310 October 19741 year, 247 days
Keshav Dev Malviya portrait.gif Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		10 October 197424 December 19751 year, 75 days
Minister of Petroleum
Keshav Dev Malviya portrait.gif Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		24 December 197524 March 19771 year, 90 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP for Lucknow 		29 March 197715 July 1977108 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister)		16 July 197928 July 197912 days
T. A. Pai photo.jpg T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi 		28 July 197919 August 197922 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
No image.svg Aravinda Bala Pajanor
(1935–2013)
MP for Pondicherry 		19 August 197926 December 1979129 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
No image.svg Shyam Nath Kacker
(born unknown)
Unelected		26 December 197914 January 198019 days Janata Party (Secular)
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		16 January 19807 March 198051 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
No image.svg Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot 		7 March 198019 October 1980226 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		19 October 198015 January 19821 year, 88 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Secunderabad 		15 January 19822 September 1982230 days
Bifurcated into the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Department of Petroleum under the Ministry of Energy
Minister of Petroleum
Nawal Kishore Sharma (cropped).jpg Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Alwar
(Minister of State, I/C)		31 December 198425 September 1985268 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Nawal Kishore Sharma (cropped).jpg Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Alwar
(Minister of State, I/C)		25 September 198520 January 1986117 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Chandra-Shekhar-Singh.jpg Chandrashekhar Singh
(1927–1986)
MP for Banka
(Minister of State, I/C)		20 January 198624 June 1986155 days
Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		24 June 198622 October 1986120 days
No image.svg Brahm Dutt
(1926–2014)
MP for Tehri Garhwal
(Minister of State, I/C)		22 October 19862 December 19893 years, 41 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
M. S. Gurupadaswamy image.jpg M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		6 December 198910 November 1990339 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Satya Prakash Malaviya photo.jpg Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		21 November 199021 June 1991212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		21 June 199118 January 19931 year, 211 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
No image.svg Captain
Satish Sharma
(1947–2021)
MP for Amethi
(Minister of State, I/C)		18 January 199316 May 19963 years, 119 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)		16 May 19961 June 199616 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister)		1 June 199621 April 1997324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister)		21 April 19979 June 199749 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Janeshwar Mishra Lok Sabha photo.jpg Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		9 June 199719 March 1998283 days Samajwadi Party
No image.svg Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
(1940–2002)
MP for Salem 		19 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Governor Ram Naik.jpg Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North 		13 October 199922 May 20044 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III
Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit (cropped).jpg Mani Shankar Aiyar
(born 1941)
MP for Mayiladuthurai 		23 May 200429 January 20061 year, 251 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Murli Deora in 2011 (cropped).jpg Murli Deora
(1937–2014)
Rajya MP for Maharashtra 		29 January 200622 May 20094 years, 349 days
28 May 200919 January 2011 Manmohan II
Jaipal Sudini Reddy - Kolkata 2004-11-10 03212 Cropped.jpg S. Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2019)
MP for Chevella 		19 January 201128 October 20121 year, 283 days
M. Veerappa Moily addressing a Press Conference on Electoral Reforms (cropped).jpg Veerappa Moily
(born 1940)
MP for Chikballapur 		28 October 201226 May 20141 year, 210 days
The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan being greeted by the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha), until 2018
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha), from 2018
(Minister of State, I/C until 3 Sep 2017)		27 May 201430 May 20197 years, 41 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 May 20197 July 2021 Modi II
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri in July 2021.jpg Hardeep Singh Puri
(born 1952)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		7 July 20219 June 20244 years, 79 days
10 June 2024Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel
Keshav Dev Malviya portrait.gif Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj
Minister of Mines and Oil from 25 Apr 1957		17 April 195710 April 19624 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
O. V. Alagesan Lok Sabha image.gif O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu 		21 November 196324 January 19662 years, 64 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Kotha Raghuramaiah.png Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		18 March 196722 August 19681 year, 157 days Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
Jagannath Rao Lok Sabha portrait.gif Jagannath Rao
(1909–?)
MP for Chatrapur 		14 February 196927 June 19701 year, 133 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Dajisaheb Chavan Lok Sabha image.gif Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad 		14 February 196918 March 19712 years, 32 days
Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary Lok Sabha photo.jpg Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary
(1909–1988)
MP for Narmadapuram 		26 June 197018 March 1971265 days
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary Lok Sabha photo.jpg Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary
(1909–1988)
MP for Narmadapuram 		18 March 19712 May 197145 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		9 November 197310 October 1974335 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
No image.svg K. R. Ganesh
(1922–2004)
MP for Andaman and Nicobar Islands 		10 October 19741 December 19751 year, 52 days
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Janeshwar Mishra Lok Sabha photo.jpg Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Prayagraj 		14 August 197711 July 1978331 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
No image.svg Narsingh Yadav
MP for Chandauli 		26 January 197915 July 1979170 days
Saugata Roy.png Saugata Roy
(born 1946)
MP for Barrackpore 		4 August 197914 January 1980163 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
No image.svg Chaudhary Dalbir Singh
(1926–1987)
MP for Sirsa 		8 June 198019 October 1980133 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
No image.svg Chaudhary Dalbir Singh
(1926–1987)
MP for Sirsa 		19 October 19802 September 19821 year, 318 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Sushila Rohatgi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Sushila Rohatgi
(1921–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		24 June 198622 October 1986120 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv IV Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Bhajaman Behera.jpg Bhajaman Behara
(born 1943)
MP for Dhenkanal 		23 April 199010 November 1990201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
No image.svg S. Krishna Kumar
(born 1939)
MP for Quilon 		21 June 199118 January 19931 year, 211 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg T. R. Baalu
(born 1941)
MP for Chennai South 		6 July 199619 March 19981 year, 256 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		20 March 199813 October 19991 year, 207 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
E. Ponnuswamy (cropped).jpg E. Ponnuswamy
(born 1936)
MP for Chidambaram 		13 October 19997 February 20011 year, 117 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		22 November 199924 May 20033 years, 183 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sumitra Mahajan.jpg Sumitra Mahajan
(born 1943)
MP for Indore 		24 May 200322 May 2004364 days
E. V. K. S. Elangovan at Marriage Function 12.jpg E. V. K. S. Elangovan
(born 1948)
MP for Gobichettipalayam 		23 May 200425 May 20042 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Dinsha Patel (cropped).jpg Dinsha Patel
(born 1937)
MP for Kheda 		29 January 200622 May 20093 years, 113 days
Jitin Prasada assuming office as Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways (cropped).jpg Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Dhaurahra 		28 May 200919 January 20111 year, 236 days Manmohan II
The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Mr. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay meeting the Minister of State for Home, Shri R.P.N. Singh, in New Delhi on August 30, 2013 (cropped).jpg R. P. N. Singh
(born 1964)
MP for Kushi Nagar 		19 January 201128 October 20121 year, 283 days
Panabaka Lakshmi taking office in 2012 (cropped).jpg Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Bapatla 		31 October 201226 May 20141 year, 207 days
Rameswar Teli (cropped).jpg Rameswar Teli
(born 1970)
MP for Dibrugarh 		7 July 20219 June 20242 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
Suresh Gopi.jpg Suresh Gopi
(born 1958)
MP for Thrissur 		10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 106 days Modi III

Public sector undertakings

The ministry has ownership over these public sector undertakings (PSUs) of the government of India.

Research institutes

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

RGIPT is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened in July 2008. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG), Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament ("Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007"). [5]

Campuses

  • Jais Campus: Started academic sessions in June 2008 at a temporary campus at Rae Bareli. On 15 October 2016, the institute moved from temporary campus to the permanent campus at Jais. [6]
  • Noida Campus: Besides main center at Jais, Amethi, the RGIPT also have this campus for MBA and related courses.
  • Assam Campus: New campus is under construction at Sivasagar, Assam. In consonance with the charter of RGIPT, the primary objective of the Assam Center of RGIPT is envisaged to offer programmes of education and training of skilled technical manpower at the diploma and advance diploma levels including B.Sc. - M.Sc. integrated courses in various areas in the domain of the petroleum sector as per requirements of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. [7] [8] On 13 May 2017, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam. [9]
  • Bangalore Campus: In July 2013, Karnataka government agreed to offer 200 acres of land to set up the Bangalore centre which is going to be the Asia's first centre on fire and safety for oil and gas sector. [10] The institute will start functioning from 2018-19 academic year and it is purely for research in energy policy and science and technology as it is related to petroleum and energy. The institute coming up will cost Rs.1,000 crore. [11]

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 (No.3 of 2018) enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'. IIPE has achieved this prestigious status by joining with the major oil and gas corporations such as HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL & GAIL.

IIPE is a research focussed Institute with an emphasis on the emerging areas in the energy sectors, namely Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane, Gas Hydrates, Conventional Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Sources, Storage, and downstream activities of oil & gas. A primary goal of research at IIPE has been to meet the country's fossil fuel and renewable energy demands.

The Institute presently offers 4-year B.Tech courses in Petroleum, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering based on JEE (Advanced) rankings and MSc Applied Geology and Ph.D. programmes. The Institute is presently operating its academic activities from its temporary campus. The Institute has its own state-of-the-art laboratories, research infrastructure, e-library, etc. The permanent campus of IIPE is being constructed in the beautiful and natural environment of hilly ranges in the Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh.

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Demand for Grants 2024-25 Analysis: Petroleum and Natural Gas" (PDF). PRS India. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
    2. ↑ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Petroleum And Natural Gas. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
    3. ↑ "Pankaj Jain appointed as Secretary, Petroleum". 27 December 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2024– via Whispers in the Corridors.
    4. ↑ Mehdudia, Sujay (28 July 2013). "HPCL slams door on Iran for crude oil imports". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
    5. ↑ "Sonia to lay foundation for Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Institute in Rae Bareli - TopNews". www.topnews.in.
    6. ↑ "Pradhan takes jibe at Rahul over kurta-pajama remark - Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
    7. ↑ ":: Welcome to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology ::". rgipt.ac.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
    8. ↑ "Centre committed to development of Assam, northeast: Manmohan - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
    9. ↑ "'Bhumi pujan' for multi-specialty hospital in Assam". news.webindia123.com.
    10. ↑ "RGIPT to set up Rs 355 crore research centre in Bangalore | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. business-standard.com. Press Trust of India. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
    11. ↑ "Soon, Karnataka to get petroleum research institute".
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