Ministry of Power (India)

Government ministry of India

The Ministry of Power is an Indian government ministry. The current Union Cabinet Minister is Manohar Lal Khattar. 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. 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

Ministers of State

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
• Rural Electrification Corporation(REC)

References

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