Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra

Ministry of Energy New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय ऊर्जा नवीन और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा ; महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Agency overview
Formed	1960; 62 years ago
Preceding	Department of Energy;
Jurisdiction	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budget	State budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible	Nitin Raut, ; Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Prajakt Tanpure, Minister of State;
Agency executives	Mr. Asim Gupta (IAS), ; Principal Secretary; Mr. U.D. Walunj, ; Joint Secretary; Mr. P.P. Badgeri, ; Deputy Secretary;
Website	http://www.mahaurja.com/

Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra or MAHAURJA is a ministry of Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is currently headed by Nitin Raut, a Cabinet Minister.

The Ministry is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual property protection, and international cooperation, promotion, and coordination in renewable energy sources such as wind power, small hydro, biogas, and solar power. The broad aim of the Ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of India.

The Ministry is headquartered in Mantralaya, Mumbai, Mumbai. According to the Central New and Renewable Energy Ministry's 2012–2013 annual report, India has made significant advances in several renewable energy sectors which include, Solar energy, Wind power, and Hydroelectricity.

List of Cabinet Ministers[]


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Jayant Shridhar Tilak	INC	09 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
2	S. M. I. Aseer		13 January 1982 - 01 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
3	Baliram Hiray		07 February 1983 - 05 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
4	V. Subramanian		12 March 1985 - 01 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
5	Jawaharlal Darda		04 June 1985 - 06 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
6	V. Subramanian		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
7	Sudhakarrao Naik		26 June 1988 - 03 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
8	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		4 March 1990 - 25 January 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
9	Datta Meghe		25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
10	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		28 June 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
11	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		06 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	Sureshdada Jain	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
13	Sureshdada Jain	SHS	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
14	Padamsinh Patil	NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
15	Patangrao Kadam	INC	18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
16	Dilip Walse-Patil	NCP	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
17	Sunil Tatkare		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
18	Ajit Pawar		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
19	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister		11 November 2010 - 25 September 2012	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
20	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	INC	25 September 2012 - 7 December 2012
21	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	NCP	7 December 2012 - 26 September 2014
22	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	BJP	31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
23	Balasaheb Thorat (Acting)	INC	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
24	Nitin Raut	INC	30 December 2019 - Incumbent	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray

List of Ministers of State[]


No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Chief minister
1	Prajakt Tanpure		NCP	30 December 2019 - Incumbent	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray

Mission[]

The mission of the Ministry is to bring in Energy Security; Increase the share of clean power; increase Energy Availability and Access; improve Energy Affordability; and maximise Energy Equity.

Key functional area[]

The major functional area or Allocation of Business of MNRE are:

Commission for Additional Sources of Energy (CASE);
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA);
Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP);
Research and development of Biogas and programmes relating to Biogas units;
Solar Energy including Solar Photovoltaic devices and their development, production and applications;
Programme relating to improved chulhas and research and development thereof;
All matters relating to small/mini/micro hydel projects of and below 25 MW capacities;
Research and development of other non-conventional/renewable sources of energy and programmes relating thereto;
Tidal energy;
Geothermal Energy;
Biofuel: (i) National Policy; (ii) research, development and demonstration on transport, stationary and other applications; (iii) setting up of a National Bio-fuels Development Board and strengthening the existing institutional mechanism; and (iv) overall coordination.

Initiatives[]

Achievements[]

Power from renewables[]

Grid-based[]

Off-grid[]

Remote village electrification[]

Other renewable energy systems[]

Institutions and regional offices[]

State Nodal Agencies[]

See All Ministry[]

References[]

External links[]

"Maharashtra Energy Development Agency". mahaurja.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
Official website
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
Centre for Wind Energy Technology
Department of Science and Technology, India
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency