# Ministry of Power (India)

The Ministry of Power is an Indian government ministry. The current Union Cabinet Minister is Manohar Lal Khattar. The ministry is charged with overseeing electricity production and infrastructure development, including generation, transmission, and delivery, as well as maintenance projects.
The ministry acts as a liaison between the central government and state electricity operations, as well as with the private sector. The ministry also oversees rural electrification projects.

## History

The Ministry of Power became a ministry on July 2, 1992, during the P. V. Narasimha Rao government. Prior to that time it had been a department (the Department of Power) in the Ministry of Power, Coal and Non-Conventional Energy Sources. That ministry was split into the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, and Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (renamed the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in 2006).
In 2012, the Ministry of Power inaugurated the Smart Grid project in Puducherry.

## Agencies
### Central Public Sector Undertakings

* National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
* Power Grid Corporation of India
* North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
* National Hydropower Corporation
* Power Finance Corporation
* Rural Electrification Corporation(REC)
* REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Ltd.

### Commissions

1. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

## Cabinet Ministers

* Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
* Key: $^†$ Died in office
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| Minister of Works, Mines and Power ||||||||||
| 1 | | | Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) MCA for Bombay | 15 August 1947 | 26 December 1950 | 3 years, 133 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Scientific Research ||||||||||
| 2 | | | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) | 26 December 1950 | 13 May 1952 | 1 year, 139 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 3 | | | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) MP for Rampur | 13 May 1952 | 6 June 1952 | 24 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Minister of Irrigation and Power ||||||||||
| 4 | | | Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha | 6 June 1952 | 17 April 1957 | 4 years, 315 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 5 | | | S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South | 17 April 1957 | 2 April 1958 | 350 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 6 | | | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 2 April 1958 | 10 April 1962 | 5 years, 85 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 6 | | | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 10 April 1962 | 26 June 1963 | 5 years, 85 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 7 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu (MoS) | 26 June 1963 | 19 July 1963 | 23 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 8 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 19 July 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 326 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 8 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | 326 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 9 | | | H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964) MP for Bangalore | 9 June 1964 | 19 July 1964 | 40 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| (8) | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 19 July 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 1 year, 189 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| (8) | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | 1 year, 189 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 10 | | | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta | 24 January 1966 | 13 November 1966 | 293 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi |
| 11 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 13 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 6 years, 361 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi |
| 11 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 13 March 1967 | 18 March 1971 | 6 years, 361 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 11 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS) | 18 March 1971 | 9 November 1973 | 6 years, 361 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 12 | | | K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital (MoS) | 9 November 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 335 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Energy ||||||||||
| (12) | | | K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital (MoS) | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 335 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 13 | | | P. Ramachandran (1921–2001) MP for Chennai Central | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 2 years, 124 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai |
| 14 | | | K. C. Pant (1931–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 168 days | Indian National Congress (Urs) | Charan | Charan Singh |
| 15 | | | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP for Malda | 14 January 1980 | 2 September 1982 | 2 years, 231 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 16 | | | P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Secunderabad | 2 September 1982 | 31 October 1984 | 2 years, 120 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 16 | | | P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Secunderabad | 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 2 years, 120 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 17 | | | Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha | 31 December 1984 | 3 September 1988 | 3 years, 247 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 18 | | | Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 3 September 1988 | 19 September 1988 | 16 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| (17) | | | Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha | 19 September 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 74 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 19 | | | Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh |
| 20 | | | Kalyan Singh Kalvi (born 1933) MP for Barmer | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar |
| Minister of Power ||||||||||
| 21 | | | Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) MP for Ghosi (MoS, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 22 | | | N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 18 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | 3 years, 119 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| – | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| – | | | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 324 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| – | | | Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Prime Minister) | 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | 49 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 23 | | | Yoginder K Alagh (1939–2022) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C) | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 24 | | | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Tiruchirappalli | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 2 years, 157 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 24 | | | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP for Tiruchirappalli | 13 October 1999 | 23 August 2000 | 2 years, 157 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| – | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) | 23 August 2000 | 30 September 2000 | 38 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 25 | | | Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP for Rajapur | 30 September 2000 | 24 August 2002 | 1 year, 328 days | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| – | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) | 24 August 2002 | 26 August 2002 | 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 26 | | | Anant Geete (born 1951) MP for Ratnagiri | 26 August 2002 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 270 days | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 27 | | | P. M. Sayeed (1941–2005) Rajya Sabha MP for NCT of Delhi | 23 May 2004 | 18 December 2005 | 1 year, 209 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| – | | | Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam (Prime Minister) | 18 November 2005 | 29 January 2006 | 72 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| 28 | | | Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, until 2009 MP for Solapur, from 2009 | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 113 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| 28 | | | Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, until 2009 MP for Solapur, from 2009 | 28 May 2009 | 31 July 2012 | 3 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 29 | | | Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for Chikballapur | 31 July 2012 | 28 October 2012 | 89 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 30 | | | Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP for Guna (MoS, I/C) | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 31 | | | Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 27 May 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 3 years, 99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi |
| 32 | | | Raj Kumar Singh (born 1952) MP for Arrah (MoS, I/C until 7 July 2021) | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2017 | 6 years, 276 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi |
| 32 | | | Raj Kumar Singh (born 1952) MP for Arrah (MoS, I/C until 7 July 2021) | 31 May 2019 | 5 June 2024 | 6 years, 276 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi |
| 33 | | | Manohar Lal Khattar (born 1964) MP for Karnal | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 277 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | Narendra Modi |

## Ministers of State

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department) | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| Minister of State for Irrigation and Power ||||||||||
| 1 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 8 May 1962 | 19 July 1963 | 1 year, 72 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada | 9 June 1964 | 19 July 1964 | 40 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 2 | | | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada | 24 January 1966 | 13 November 1966 | 293 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Energy ||||||||||
| 3 | | | Fazlur Rahman MP for Bettiah | 14 August 1977 | 26 January 1979 | 1 year, 165 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai |
| 4 | | | Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Prayagraj | 26 January 1979 | 15 July 1979 | 170 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai |
| 5 | | | Vikram Chand Mahajan (1933–2016) MP for Kangra | 8 June 1980 | 29 January 1983 | 2 years, 235 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 6 | | | Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Coal) | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 230 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 7 | | | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa | 2 September 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 149 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 8 | | | Chandra Pratap Narain Singh MP for Padrauna (Non-Conventional Energy Sources) | 2 September 1982 | 2 February 1983 | 153 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| (6) | | | Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni | 6 September 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 1 year, 32 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| (7) | | | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa (Coal) | 29 January 1983 | 31 October 1984 | 1 year, 276 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| (6) | | | Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Petroleum) | 29 January 1983 | 31 October 1984 | 1 year, 276 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 9 | | | Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MP for Banka (Power) | 29 January 1983 | 14 August 1983 | 197 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| 10 | | | Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich | 7 February 1984 | 31 October 1984 | 267 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi |
| (7) | | | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa (Coal) | 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 57 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi |
| (6) | | | Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP for Seoni (Petroleum) | 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 57 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi |
| (10) | | | Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich | 12 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 49 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 11 | | | Arun Nehru (1944–2013) MP for Raebareli (Power) | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| (10) | | | Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich (Power) | 25 September 1985 | 26 February 1986 | 154 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 12 | | | Sushila Rohatgi (1921–2011) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Power) | 12 May 1986 | 9 May 1988 | 1 year, 363 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 13 | | | Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999) MP for Ghosi (Power) | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 160 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 14 | | | C. K. Jaffer Sharief (1933–2018) MP for Bangalore North | 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 291 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 15 | | | Babanrao Dhakne (born 1937) MP for Beed | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar |
| Minister of State for Power ||||||||||
| 16 | | | P. V. Rangayya Naidu (born 1933) MP for Khammam | 18 January 1993 | 10 February 1995 | 2 years, 23 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 17 | | | Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel (1932–2016) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) | 10 February 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 1 year, 96 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 18 | | | Samudrala Venugopal Chary (born 1959) MP for Adilabad | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 1 year, 8 days | Telugu Desam Party | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 18 | | | Samudrala Venugopal Chary (born 1959) MP for Adilabad | 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | 1 year, 8 days | Telugu Desam Party | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 19 | | | Jayawantiben Mehta (1938–2016) MP for Mumbai South | 13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 | 4 years, 222 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 20 | | | Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 6 April 2008 | 25 February 2009 | 325 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| 21 | | | Bharatsinh Solanki (born 1953) MP for Anand | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 22 | | | K. C. Venugopal (born 1963) MP for Alappuzha | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | 1 year, 283 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 23 | | | Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP for Faridabad | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 249 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi |