Ministry of Coal
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Headquarters | Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi, India. |
Annual budget | ₹770.91 crore (US$110 million) (2018-19 est.)[1] |
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Website | Official website |
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The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi.[3] 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 corporations Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries,[4] as well as Neyveli Lignite Corporation.[5]
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.[6] in which equity is held partly by the State Government of Telangana (51%) and the Government of India.[2]
Ministers of Coal[]
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Biju Patnaik | ![]() |
30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | |
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 16 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | ||
N. D. Tiwari | ![]() |
2 September 1982 | 6 September 1982 | |||
Vasant Sathe | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
P. A. Sangma (MoS, Independent Charge) |
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21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
Ajit Kumar Panja (MoS, Independent Charge) |
18 January 1993 | 13 September 1995 | ||||
Jagdish Tytler (MoS, Independent Charge) |
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15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ![]() |
16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
S. R. Bommai | ![]() |
1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
H. D. Dewe Gowda | |
Kanti Singh
(Independent Charge) |
29 June 1996 | 10 January 1998 | H. D. Dewe Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral | |||
Inder Kumar Gujral | ![]() |
10 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||
Dilip Ray (Independent Charge) |
20 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Janata Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
N. T. Shanmugam (MoS, Independent Charge) |
27 May 2000 | 7 February 2001 | Pattali Makkal Katchi (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (MoS, Independent Charge) |
8 February 2001 | 1 September 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Ram Vilas Paswan[7] | ![]() |
1 September 2001 | 29 April 2002 | Lok Janshakti Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ![]() |
29 April 2002 | 1 July 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Lal Krishna Advani[8] | ![]() |
1 July 2002 | 26 August 2002 | |||
Uma Bharati | ![]() |
26 August 2002 | 29 January 2003 | |||
Kariya Munda[9] | 29 January 2003 | 9 January 2004 | ||||
Mamata Banerjee[10] | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | All India Trinamool Congress (National Democratic Alliance) |
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Shibu Soren[11] | ![]() |
23 May 2004 | 24 July 2004 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
Manmohan Singh | ![]() |
24 July 2004 | 27 November 2004 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Shibu Soren[11] | ![]() |
27 November 2004 | 2 March 2005 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Manmohan Singh | ![]() |
2 March 2005 | 29 January 2006 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Shibu Soren[11] | ![]() |
29 January 2006 | 29 November 2006 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Manmohan Singh | ![]() |
29 November 2006 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
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Shriprakash Jaiswal[12] (As MoS, Independent Charge till 19 January 2011) |
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22 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | |||
Piyush Goyal[13][14] (As MoS, Independent Charge till 3 September 2017) |
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26 May 2014 | 31 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
Pralhad Joshi | ![]() |
31 May 2019 | Incumbent |
List of Ministers of State[]
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 | 78 days |
Organisations[]
Central Public Sector Units[]
- Coal India and Its subsidiaries[2]
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation[2]
- Singareni Collieries Company[2]
Statutory Bodies[]
- Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)[2]
- Coal Mines Welfare Organisation[2]
- Commissioner Of Payments[2]
Functions And Responsibilities[]
The Ministry of Coal is responsible for development and exploitation of coal and lignite reserves in India. The subjects allocated to the Ministry which include attached and sub-ordinate or other organisations including PSUs concerned with their subjects under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, as amended from time to time, are as follows:
- Exploration and development of coking coal and non-coking coal and lignite deposits in India
- All matters relating to production, supply, distribution and prices of coal
- Development and operation of coal washeries other than those for which Department of Steel (ISPAT Vibhag) is responsible
- Low-Temperature carbonisation of coal and production of synthetic oil from coal
- Administration of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28 of 1974)
- The Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation
- The Coal Mines Welfare Organisation
- Administration of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1948 (46 of 1948)
- Administration of the Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 (32 of 1947)
- Rules under the Mines Act, 1952 (32 of 1952) for the levy and collection of duty of excise on coke and coal produced and dispatched from mines and administration of rescue fund
- Administration of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)[2]
References[]
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- ^ "Contact Us". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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- ^ "NLC". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.
- ^ "SCCL". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Paswan,Shri Ram Vilas". 47.132. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Advani,Shri Lal Krishna Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Munda,Shri Kariya". 47.132. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee; Chief Minister, West Bengal". westbengal.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Soren,Shri Shibu". 47.132. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Jaiswal,Shri Sriprakash". 47.132. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- ^ "Sh Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India". Ministry of Coal, Government of India / National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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