Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Seal:	Government of India logo.svg
Jurisdiction:	Government of India
Headquarters:	Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Budget:	(2023–24 est.) ^[1]
Minister1 Name:	Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister1 Pfo:	Cabinet Minister
Deputyminister1 Name:	Suresh Gopi
Deputyminister1 Pfo:	Minister of State
Chief3 Name:	Pankaj Jain, IAS
Chief3 Position:	Secretary

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) 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 the Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. M. M. Kutty is the Secretary of the Ministry.^[2] Dharmedndra Pradhan serving as the minister from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021 is the longest serving minister till date.

Areas of work

• Exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources, including natural gas.
• Production, supply distribution, marketing and pricing of petroleum including natural gas and petroleum products.
• Oil refineries, including Lube plants.
• Additives for petroleum and petroleum products.
• Lube blending and greases.
• Planning, development and control of, and assistance to all industries dealt with by the Ministry.
• All attached or subordinate offices or other organisations concerned with any of the subject specified in this list.
• Planning, development and regulation of oilfield services.
• Public sector projects falling under the subjects included in this list,
• Engineers India limited and IBP Company. together with its subsidiaries, except such projects as are specifically allotted to any other Ministry/Dept,
• Administration of various Central laws relating to Petroleum and Natural Gas

Cabinet Ministers

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
1			Humayun Kabir	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
				9 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
2			O. V. Alagesan (MoS)	24 January 1966	13 March 1967			Indira I		Indira Gandhi
3			Asoka Mehta	13 March 1967	22 August 1968			Indira II
4			Kotha Raghuramaiah (MoS)	22 August 1968	14 February 1969
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
5			Triguna Sen	14 February 1969	18 March 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
6			Dajisaheb Chavan (MoS)	18 March 1971	2 May 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
7			Prakash Chandra Sethi (MoS)	2 May 1971	29 January 1972		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
8			H. R. Gokhale	29 January 1972	5 February 1973
9			D. K. Barooah	5 February 1973	10 October 1974
10			Keshav Dev Malviya	10 October 1974	24 December 1975
Minister of Petroleum
(10)			Keshav Dev Malviya	24 December 1975	24 March 1977		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
11			Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna	29 March 1977	15 July 1977		Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
			Morarji Desai (Prime Minister)	16 July 1979	28 July 1979
12			T. A. Pai	28 July 1979	19 August 1979		Indian National Congress (U)	Charan		Charan Singh
13			Aravinda Bala Pajanor	19 August 1979	26 December 1979		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
14			Shyam Nath Kacker	26 December 1979	14 January 1980		Janata Party (Secular)
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
(7)			Prakash Chandra Sethi	16 January 1980	7 March 1980		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
15			Veerendra Patil	7 March 1980	19 October 1980
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(7)			Prakash Chandra Sethi	19 October 1980	15 January 1982		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
16			P. Shiv Shankar	15 January 1982	2 September 1982
Minister of Petroleum
17			Nawal Kishore Sharma (MoS, I/C)	31 December 1984	25 September 1985		Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(17)			Nawal Kishore Sharma (MoS, I/C)	25 September 1985	20 January 1986		Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
18			Chandrashekhar Singh (MoS, I/C)	20 January 1986	24 June 1986
19			N. D. Tiwari	24 June 1986	22 October 1986
20			Brahm Dutt (MoS, I/C)	22 October 1986	2 December 1989
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
21			M. S. Gurupadaswamy	6 December 1989	10 November 1990		Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
22			Satya Prakash Malaviya	21 November 1990	21 June 1991		Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
23			B. Shankaranand	21 June 1991	18 January 1993		Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
24			Satish Sharma (MoS, I/C)	18 January 1993	16 May 1996
			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Self
			H. D. Deve Gowda (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	21 April 1997		Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		Self
			Inder Kumar Gujral (Prime Minister)	21 April 1997	9 June 1997			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
25			Janeshwar Mishra	9 June 1997	19 March 1998		Samajwadi Party
26			Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	19 March 1998	13 October 1999		Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
27			Ram Naik (MoS, I/C)	13 October 1999	22 May 2004		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III
28			Mani Shankar Aiyar	23 May 2004	29 January 2006		Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
29			Murli Deora	29 January 2006	22 May 2009
				28 May 2009	19 January 2011			Manmohan II
30			S. Jaipal Reddy	19 January 2011	28 October 2012
31			Veerappa Moily	28 October 2012	26 May 2014
32			Dharmendra Pradhan (MoS, I/C until 3 Sep 2017)	27 May 2014	30 May 2019		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
				31 May 2019	7 July 2021			Modi II
33			Hardeep Singh Puri	7 July 2021	9 June 2024
		10 June 2024		Incumbent	Modi III

Ministers of State

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
1			O. V. Alagesan	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
				9 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
2			Kotha Raghuramaiah	18 March 1967	22 August 1968		Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
3			Jagannath Rao	14 February 1969	27 June 1970		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
4			Dajisaheb Chavan	14 February 1969	18 March 1971
5			Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary	26 June 1970	18 March 1971
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
(5)			Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary	18 March 1971	2 May 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
6			Shah Nawaz Khan	9 November 1973	10 October 1974		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
7			K. R. Ganesh	10 October 1974	1 December 1975
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
8			Janeshwar Mishra	14 August 1977	11 July 1978		Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
9			Narsingh Yadav	26 January 1979	15 July 1979
10			Saugata Roy	4 August 1979	14 January 1980		Indian National Congress (U)	Charan		Charan Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
11			Chaudhary Dalbir Singh	8 June 1980	19 October 1980		Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(11)			Chaudhary Dalbir Singh	19 October 1980	2 September 1982		Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
12			Sushila Rohatgi	24 June 1986	22 October 1986		Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv IV		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
13			Bhajaman Behara	23 April 1990	10 November 1990		Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
14			S. Krishna Kumar	21 June 1991	18 January 1993		Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
15			T. R. Baalu	6 July 1996	21 April 1997		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
				21 April 1997	19 March 1998			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
16			Santosh Kumar Gangwar	20 March 1998	13 October 1999		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
17			E. Ponnuswamy	13 October 1999	7 February 2001		Pattali Makkal Katchi	Vajpayee III
(16)			Santosh Kumar Gangwar	22 November 1999	24 May 2003		Bharatiya Janata Party
18			Sumitra Mahajan	24 May 2003	22 May 2004
19			E. V. K. S. Elangovan	23 May 2004	25 May 2004		Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
20			Dinsha Patel	29 January 2006	22 May 2009
21			Jitin Prasada	28 May 2009	19 January 2011			Manmohan II
22			R. P. N. Singh	19 January 2011	28 October 2012
23			Panabaka Lakshmi	31 October 2012	26 May 2014
24			Rameswar Teli	7 July 2021	9 June 2024		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
25			Suresh Gopi	10 June 2024	Incumbent			Modi III

Public sector undertakings

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

• Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited (BL)
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
• Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)
• Engineers India Limited (EIL)
• GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)^[3]
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
• Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)
• Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)
• Oil India Limited (OIL)
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
• Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)

Research institutes

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

See main article: 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").^[4]

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.^[5]
• 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.^{[6] [7]} 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

See main article: 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

• Electricity sector in India
• Nuclear power in India
• Oil Industry Safety Directorate
• Oil and gas industry in India
• Solar power in India
• Wind power in India
• Renewable energy in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis . 2020. prsindia.org .
2. Web site: Dr M M Kutty appointed as new Petroleum Secretary. 19 May 2018. National Political Mirror.
3. News: HPCL slams door on Iran for crude oil imports. Sujay. Mehdudia. 28 July 2013. The Hindu. 14 September 2019.
4. Web site: Sonia to lay foundation for Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Institute in Rae Bareli - TopNews. www.topnews.in.
5. News: Pradhan takes jibe at Rahul over kurta-pajama remark - Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India . 20 August 2015 . 2016-11-11.
6. Web site:

   Welcome to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology ::

   . rgipt.ac.in. 2016-11-11.
7. Web site: Centre committed to development of Assam, northeast: Manmohan - The Hindu. thehindu.com. 2016-11-11.
8. Web site: 'Bhumi pujan' for multi-specialty hospital in Assam. news.webindia123.com.
9. News: RGIPT to set up Rs 355 crore research centre in Bangalore | Business Standard News. business-standard.com. Business Standard India . 21 July 2013 . 2016-11-11. Press Trust of India .
10. Web site: Soon, Karnataka to get petroleum research institute.