Ministry of Coal explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Coal
Seal:Government of India logo.svg
Jurisdiction:Government of India
Headquarters:Ministry of Coal,
Shastri Bhawan,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
New Delhi, India.
Region Code:IN
Minister1 Name:G. Kishan Reddy
Minister1 Pfo:Cabinet Minister
Minister2 Name:Satish Chandra Dubey
Minister2 Pfo:Minister of State
Budget: (2023-24 est.)[1]
Chief1 Name:Amrit Lal Meena, IAS.[2]
Chief1 Position:Secretary

The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi.[3] The portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister G. Kishan Reddy.

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,[4] and 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.[7]

Ministers of coal

PortraitNameTerm of officePrime MinisterParty
1Biju Patnaik30 July 197914 January 1980Charan SinghJanata Party (Secular)
2A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury16 January 198015 January 1982Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
3N. D. Tiwari2 September 19826 September 1982
4Vasant Sathe31 December 198425 September 1985 Rajiv Gandhi
5P. A. Sangma
(Independent Charge)		21 June 199118 January 1993P. V. Narasimha Rao
6Ajit Kumar Panja
(Independent Charge)		18 January 199313 September 1995
7Jagdish Tytler
(Independent Charge)		15 September 199516 May 1996
8Atal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 19961 June 1996Atal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party
9S. R. Bommai1 June 199629 June 1996H. D. Dewe GowdaJanata Dal
10Kanti Singh(Independent Charge)29 June 199610 January 1998Devegowda
I. K. Gujral
11Inder Kumar Gujral10 January 199819 March 1998Inder Kumar Gujral
12Dilip Ray
(Independent Charge)		19 March 199813 October 1999Atal Bihari VajpayeeBiju Janata Dal
13N. T. Shanmugam
(Independent Charge)		27 May 20007 February 2001Pattali Makkal Katchi
14Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(Independent Charge)		8 February 20011 September 2001Bharatiya Janata Party
15Ram Vilas Paswan1 September 200129 April 2002Janata Dal (United)
(8)Atal Bihari Vajpayee29 April 20021 July 2002Bharatiya Janata Party
16L. K. Advani1 July 200226 August 2002
17Uma Bharati26 August 200229 January 2003
18Kariya Munda29 January 20039 January 2004
19Mamata Banerjee9 January 200422 May 2004All India Trinamool Congress
20Shibu Soren22 May 200424 July 2004Manmohan SinghJharkhand Mukti Morcha
21Manmohan Singh24 July 200427 November 2004Indian National Congress
(20)Shibu Soren27 November 20042 March 2005Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(21)Manmohan Singh2 March 200529 January 2006Indian National Congress
(20)Shibu Soren29 January 200629 November 2006Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(21)Manmohan Singh29 November 200622 May 2009Indian National Congress
22Sriprakash Jaiswal
(Independent Charge
till 19-Jan-2011)		22 May 200926 May 2014
23Piyush Goyal
(Independent Charge
till 3-Sep-2017)		26 May 201430 May 2019Narendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party
24Pralhad Joshi30 May 201910 June 2024
25G. Kishan Reddy10 June 2024Incumbent

List of ministers of state

Political party! colspan="2"
TermYears
Haribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party3 September 201730 May 2019
Raosaheb Danve7 July 202110 June 2024
Satish Chandra Dubey10 June 2024Incumbent

Organisations

Central Public Sector Undertakings

Statutory Bodies

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:

References

  1. Web site: Budget data . 2019 . www.indiabudget.gov.in . 2018-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf . 2018-03-04 . dead .
  2. News: Sanjay Malhotra succeeds Bajaj as revenue secy; Giridhar named defence secy.
  3. Web site: Contact Us. 17 October 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017170721/http://www.coal.nic.in/suggest.htm. 17 October 2013.
  4. Web site: CIL. 17 October 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165709/http://www.coal.nic.in/coal_india_limited.htm. 17 October 2013.
  5. Web site: NLC. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017170617/http://www.coal.nic.in/nlc.html. 2013-10-17.
  6. Web site: SCCL. 17 October 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165748/http://www.coal.nic.in/singareni_collieries_company_lim.htm. 17 October 2013.
  7. Web site: Official Website Ministry of Coal(India). 3 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227182713/http://www.coal.nic.in/welcome.html. 27 December 2014.

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