# Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra

Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra or MAHAURJA is a ministry of Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is currently headed by Devendra Fadnavis, a Chief Minister of Maharashtra and 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
### Minister of Energy

| # | Minister | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Chief Minister | Party |
| 1 | Shankarrao Chavan | Bhokar | 1 May 1960 | 20 November 1962 | 3 years, 207 days | Yashwantrao Chavan | Indian National Congress |
| 1 | Shankarrao Chavan | Bhokar | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 3 years, 207 days | Marotrao Kannamwar | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | P. K. Sawant | Chiplun | 25 November 1963 | 5 December 1963 | 10 days | himself | Indian National Congress |
| (1) | Shankarrao Chavan | Bhokar | 5 December 1963 | 1 March 1967 | 3 years, 86 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Madhukar Chaudhari | Raver | 1 March 1967 | 27 October 1969 | 2 years, 240 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | S. K. Wankhede | Sawargaon | 27 October 1969 | 13 March 1972 | 2 years, 138 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | M. B. Popat | Dhobitalao | 13 March 1972 | 4 April 1973 | 1 year, 22 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Karad South | 4 April 1973 | 17 March 1974 | 347 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Rafiq Zakaria | MLC | 17 March 1974 | 21 February 1975 | 341 days | Vasantrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| (1) | Shankarrao Chavan | Bhokar | 21 February 1975 | 17 May 1977 | 2 years, 85 days | himself | Indian National Congress |
| 8 | Narendra Tikde | Savner | 17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 292 days | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Jawaharlal Darda | MLC | 5 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 135 days | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Chhedilal Gupta | | 18 July 1978 | 17 February 1980 | 1 year, 214 days | Sharad Pawar | Janata Party |
| 11 | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | MLC | 9 June 1980 | 21 January 1982 | 1 year, 226 days | A. R. Antulay | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | S. M. I. Aseer | Ahmednagar South | 21 January 1982 | 2 February 1983 | 1 year, 12 days | Babasaheb Bhosale | Indian National Congress |
| 13 | Baliram Hiray | Dabhadi | 2 February 1983 | 5 March 1985 | 2 years, 31 days | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 14 | Sushilkumar Shinde | | 12 March 1985 | 3 June 1985 | 83 days | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| (9) | Jawaharlal Darda | MLC | 3 June 1985 | 12 March 1986 | 282 days | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | Indian National Congress |
| 15 | V. Subramanian | | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days | Shankarrao Chavan | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Sudhakarrao Naik | Pusad | 26 June 1988 | 4 March 1990 | 1 year, 251 days | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress |
| 17 | Padamsinh Patil | Osmanabad | 4 March 1990 | 25 January 1991 | 327 days | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress |
| 18 | Datta Meghe | MLC | 25 January 1991 | 25 June 1991 | 151 days | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress |
| 19 | Padamsinh Patil | Osmanabad | 25 June 1991 | 6 March 1993 | 3 years, 262 days | Sudhakarrao Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 19 | Padamsinh Patil | Osmanabad | 6 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 3 years, 262 days | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress |
| 20 | Suresh Jain | Jalgaon City | 14 March 1995 | 1 February 1999 | 4 years, 218 days | Manohar Joshi | Shiv Sena |
| 20 | Suresh Jain | Jalgaon City | 1 February 1999 | 18 October 1999 | 4 years, 218 days | Narayan Rane | Shiv Sena |
| (19) | Padamsinh Patil | Osmanabad | 18 October 1999 | 18 January 2003 | 3 years, 92 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 21 | Patangrao Kadam | Palus-Kadegaon | 18 January 2003 | 1 November 2004 | 1 year, 288 days | Sushilkumar Shinde | Indian National Congress |
| 22 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Latur City | 1 November 2004 | 9 November 2004 | 8 days | himself | Indian National Congress |
| 23 | Dilip Walse Patil | Ambegaon | 9 November 2004 | 8 December 2008 | 4 years, 29 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 24 | Sunil Tatkare | Mangaon | 8 December 2008 | 7 November 2009 | 334 days | Ashok Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 25 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 7 November 2009 | 11 November 2010 | 2 years, 323 days | Ashok Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 25 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 11 November 2010 | 25 September 2012 | 2 years, 323 days | Prithviraj Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 26 | Prithviraj Chavan | MLC | 25 September 2012 | 7 December 2012 | 73 days | himself | Indian National Congress |
| (25) | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 7 December 2012 | 28 September 2014 | 1 year, 295 days | Prithviraj Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 26 | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 31 October 2014 | 5 December 2014 | 35 days | himself | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 27 | Chandrashekhar Bawankule | Kamthi | 5 December 2014 | 12 November 2019 | 4 years, 342 days | Devendra Fadnavis | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 28 | Balasaheb Thorat | Sangamner | 28 November 2019 | 30 December 2019 | 32 days | Uddhav Thackeray | Indian National Congress |
| 29 | Nitin Raut | Nagpur North | 30 December 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 2 years, 182 days | Uddhav Thackeray | Indian National Congress |
| (26) | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 30 June 2022 | 5 December 2024 | 2 years, 252 days | Eknath Shinde | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| (26) | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 5 December 2024 | incumbent | 2 years, 252 days | himself | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Minister of Non-Conventional Energy

| # | Minister | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Chief Minister | Party |
| 1 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Latur City | 1 November 2004 | 9 November 2004 | 8 days | himself | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Vinay Kore | Shahuwadi | 9 November 2004 | 8 December 2008 | 4 years, 363 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Jan Surajya Shakti |
| 2 | Vinay Kore | Shahuwadi | 8 December 2008 | 7 November 2009 | 4 years, 363 days | Ashok Chavan | Jan Surajya Shakti |
| 3 | Balasaheb Thorat | Sangamner | 7 November 2009 | 11 November 2010 | 1 year, 4 days | Ashok Chavan | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Ganesh Naik | Belapur | 11 November 2010 | 28 September 2014 | 3 years, 321 days | Prithviraj Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |

## 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.