Ministry of Coal

Ministry of Coal

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Coal
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi, India.
Annual budget	₹192.32 crore (US$24 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Minister responsible	Pralhad Joshi[2], Cabinet Minister
Agency executive	Amrit Lal Meena, IAS.[3], Secretary
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi.^[4] The portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi.

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,^[5] and Neyveli Lignite Corporation.^[6]

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.^[7] in which equity is held partly by the State Government of Telangana (51%) and the Government of India.^[2]

Ministers of coal

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Prime Minister	Party
1		Biju Patnaik	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Charan Singh	Janata Party (Secular)
2		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	16 January 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 364 days	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
3		N. D. Tiwari	2 September 1982	6 September 1982	4 days
4		Vasant Sathe	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days	Rajiv Gandhi
5		P. A. Sangma (Independent Charge)	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	P. V. Narasimha Rao
6		Ajit Kumar Panja (Independent Charge)	18 January 1993	13 September 1995	2 years, 238 days
7		Jagdish Tytler (Independent Charge)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
8		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
9		S. R. Bommai	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	H. D. Dewe Gowda	Janata Dal
10		Kanti Singh (Independent Charge)	29 June 1996	10 January 1998	1 year, 195 days	Devegowda I. K. Gujral
11		Inder Kumar Gujral	10 January 1998	19 March 1998	68 days	Inder Kumar Gujral
12		Dilip Ray (Independent Charge)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Biju Janata Dal
13		N. T. Shanmugam (Independent Charge)	27 May 2000	7 February 2001	256 days		Pattali Makkal Katchi
14		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Independent Charge)	8 February 2001	1 September 2001	205 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Ram Vilas Paswan	1 September 2001	29 April 2002	240 days		Janata Dal (United)
(8)		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	29 April 2002	1 July 2002	63 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
16		L. K. Advani	1 July 2002	26 August 2002	56 days
17		Uma Bharati	26 August 2002	29 January 2003	156 days
18		Kariya Munda	29 January 2003	9 January 2004	345 days
19		Mamata Banerjee	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	134 days		All India Trinamool Congress
20		Shibu Soren	22 May 2004	24 July 2004	63 days	Manmohan Singh	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
21		Manmohan Singh	24 July 2004	27 November 2004	126 days		Indian National Congress
(20)		Shibu Soren	27 November 2004	2 March 2005	95 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(21)		Manmohan Singh	2 March 2005	29 January 2006	333 days		Indian National Congress
(20)		Shibu Soren	29 January 2006	29 November 2006	304 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(21)		Manmohan Singh	29 November 2006	22 May 2009	2 years, 174 days		Indian National Congress
22		Sriprakash Jaiswal (Independent Charge till 19-Jan-2011)	22 May 2009	26 May 2014	5 years, 4 days
23		Piyush Goyal (Independent Charge till 3-Sep-2017)	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	5 years, 4 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
24		Pralhad Joshi	30 May 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 298 days

List of ministers of state

Ministers of State of Coal

Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party		3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Raosaheb Danve				7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 260 days

Organisations

Central Public Sector Undertakings

• Coal India^[2]
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation^[2]

Statutory Bodies

• Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)^[2]
• Coal Mines Welfare Organisation^[2]
• Commissioner Of Payments^[2]
• COAL CONTROLLER'S ORGANIZATION (CCO)^[2]

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:

• Exploration and development of coking coal and non-coking coal and lignite deposits in India
• All matters relating to production, supply, distribution and prices of coal
• Development and operation of coal washeries other than those for which Department of Steel (ISPAT Vibhag) is responsible
• Low-Temperature carbonisation of coal and production of synthetic oil from coal
• Administration of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28 of 1974)
• The Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation
• The Coal Mines Welfare Organisation
• Administration of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1948 (46 of 1948)
• Administration of the Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 (32 of 1947)
• Rules under the Mines Act, 1952 (32 of 1952) for the levy and collection of duty of excise on coke and coal produced and dispatched from mines and administration of rescue fund
• Administration of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)^[2]

References

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