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 Branch of Government of India | |
 Ministry of Mines | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Shastri Bhawan,New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹1,669.52 crore (US$200 million)(2018-19 est.)[1] |
| Agency executives | |
| Website | mines.gov.in |
TheMinistry of Mines is theministry in theGovernment of India. The ministry functions as the primary body for the formulation and administration of laws relating to mines inIndia. The head of the ministry isG. Kishan Reddy, who has been serving since June 2024.
The Ministry of Mines is responsible for surveying and exploring for minerals (other than natural gas and petroleum) that are used in mining and metallurgy. It searches for non-ferrous metals including:aluminium,copper,zinc,lead,gold,nickel, etc. for administration of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other thancoal andlignite. There is one attached office, one subordinate office, three public sector undertakings (PSUs), three autonomous bodies, and additional agencies working under the support of the Ministry of Mines.
The subject of ‘mineral regulation and development’ occurs at Serial Number 23 of theState list in the VIIth schedule to theConstitution. However the Constitution circumscribes this power, by giving Parliament the power under S.No. 54 of theUnion list in the VIIth schedule, to enact legislation, and to this extent the States will be bound by the Central legislation. The MMDR Act is the main Central legislation in force for the sector. The Act was enacted when the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1957 was the guiding policy for the sector, and thus was aimed primarily at providing a mineral concession regime in the context of the metal making public sector undertakings. After the liberalization in 1991, a separate National Mineral Policy (NMP) was promulgated in 1993 which set out the role of the private sector in exploration and mining and the MMDR Act was amended several times to provide for a reasonable concession regime to attract the private sector investment including FDI, into exploration and mining in accordance with NMP 1993.
The first National Mineral Policy was enunciated by the Government in 1993 for liberalization of the mining sector. The National Mineral Policy, 1993 aimed at encouraging the flow of private investment and introduction of state-of-the-art technology in exploration and mining.
In the Mid-Term Appraisal of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, it was observed that the main factors responsible for this were procedural delays in the processing of applications for mineral concessions and the absence of adequate infrastructure in the mining areas. To go into the whole gamut of issues relating to the development of the mineral sector and suggest measures for improving the investment climate the Mid-Term Appraisal had proposed the establishment of a High Level Committee. Accordingly, the Government of India,Planning Commission, constituted a Committee on 14 September 2005. under the Chairmanship of Shri Anwarul Hoda, member, Planning Commission. The Committee made detailed recommendations on all of its terms of Reference in December 2006. Based on the recommendations of the High Level Committee, in consultation with State Governments, the Government replaced the National Mineral Policy, 1993 with a new National Mineral Policy on 13 March 2008.
The National Mineral Policy 2008 provides for a change in the role of the Central Government and the State Governments to incentivize private sector investment in exploration and mining and for ensuring level playing field and transparency in the grant of concessions and promotion of scientific mining within a sustainable development framework so as to protect the interest of local population in mining areas. This has necessitated harmonization of legislation with the new National Mineral Policy.
The Hoda Committee studied the various reports prepared and submitted by study groups and in- house committees set up by various Ministries from time to time on the issues before the Committee. The Committee gave consideration to the mineral policies of the States as presented by the State Governments, especially to the differing perceptions of mineral-rich and non mineral-rich states. The Committee also gave consideration to the papers prepared by FIMI, which provided comparative analyses of the mineral policies and statutes of other major mineral producing countries in the world such asAustralia,Canada,Chile, andSouth Africa.
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was enacted so as to provide for the regulation of mines and development of minerals under the control of the Union. The Act has been amended in 1972, 1986, 1994, 1999 and 2004 in keeping with changes in the policy on mineral development. It has been recently amended in 2016 to make fundamental changes.
Since that the existing law had already been amended several times and as further amendments may not clearly reflect the objects and reasons emanating from the new Mineral Policy, Government decided to reformulate the legislative framework in the light of the National Mineral Policy, 2008 and consequently, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill was drafted in 2009-10 by the then Secretary Mines, S. Vijay Kumar,[6][7] in consultation with the stakeholders. Government then constituted a Group of Ministers, chaired by theMinister of Finance (comprising Ministers of Home, Environment & Forest, Mines, Steel, Coal, Tribal Affairs, Law etc.) which harmonized the views of the Ministries and the final draft as approved by the Cabinet in September 2011, was introduced in Parliament in November 2011.
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011,inter alia, provides for the following, namely
A notable feature of the Bill is to provide a simple mechanism which ensures that revenues from mining are shared with local communities at individual as well as community level so as to empower them, provide them with choices, enable them to create and maintain local infrastructure and better utilize infrastructure and other services provided for their benefit. The Bill after introduction in Parliament in November 2011, was referred to the Department–related Parliamentary Standing Committee ("Standing Committee" ) which after eliciting the views of all stakeholders, submitted its Report.
Elections in 2014, however led to the Bill lapsing, and the new NDA Government used its majority to effect amendments in the MMDR Act. The most important amendment has been to make auctions the only way to get mineral concessions at prospecting and mining stages. Some auctions have been held, but the industry view seems to be that auctions are likely to lead to delays and supply interruptions, and that the auction is adding to the burden of taxes on mining. Auctions at mining lease stage are also disincentivising exploration by private sector.[8]
The Hoda Committee made important recommendations on the need for a Sustainable Development Framework (SDF), as follows:
"The Ministry of Mines and MOEF should jointly set up a working group to prepare a SDF specially tailored to the context of India’s mining environment, taking fully into account the work done and being done in ICMM and the IUCN. The Indian SDF comprising of principles, reporting initiatives, and good practice guidelines unique to the three sectors in Indian mining, i.e. SME, captive, and large stand alone, can then be made applicable to mining operations in India and a separate structure set up to ensure adherence to such framework, drawing from both IBM and the field formations of MOEF.• The aspect of social infrastructure in the form of schools, hospitals, drinking water arrangements, etc. needs to be addressed within a formalised framework on the lines of the ICMM model. The Samatha ruling requiring mining companies to spend a set percentage of their profits on model programmes for meeting local needs through a pre-determined commitment, is one option for the country as a whole. Another option could be to require the mining companies to spend a percentage, say three per cent, of their turnover on the social infrastructure in the villages around the mining area. The working group mentioned in paragraph 3.11 may take this into consideration when preparing the Indian SDF and determine the percentage that mining companies could be advised to set aside."
Based on these recommendations, the National Mineral Policy 2008 explicitly underlined the need for mining within a sustainable development framework. The National Mineral Policy 2008 states, (para numbers in brackets are the para numbers in the Policy):"(2.3) A framework of sustainable development will be designed which takes care of biodiversity issues and to ensure that mining activity takes place along with suitable measures for restoration of the ecological balance..."
In para 7.10 it states "Extraction of minerals closely impacts other natural resources like land, water, air and forest. The areas in which minerals occur often have other resources presenting a choice of utilisation of the resources. Some such areas are ecologically fragile and some are biologically rich. It is necessary to take a comprehensive view to facilitate the choice or order of land use keeping in view the needs of development as well as the needs of protecting the forests, environment and ecology... All mining shall be undertaken within the parameters of a comprehensive Sustainable Development Framework... Mining operations shall not ordinarily be taken up in identified ecologically fragile areas and biologically rich areas.
Para 7.11 states that "Appropriate compensation will form an important aspect of the Sustainable Development Framework mentioned in para 2.3 and 7.10…"
Para 7.12 states that: "Once the process of economical extraction of a mine is complete there is need for scientific mine closure which will not only restore ecology and regenerate biomass but also take into account the socio-economic aspects of such closure..."
And not least, para 3.2 of the Policy states that "The Central Govt in consultation with the State Govts shall formulate the legal measures for giving effect to the NMP 2008..The MMDR Act, MCR and MCDR will be amended in line with the policy…"
In line with the Hoda Committee recommendations, the Ministry of Mines commissioned ERM which prepared a Sustainable Development Framework Report in November 2011.
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Works, Mines and Power | |||||||||
 | Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) Constituent Assembly Member forBombay | 15 August 1947 | 26 December 1950 | 3 years, 133 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel | |||||||||
 | Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP forJullundur | 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | 4 years, 358 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Minister of Mines and Fuel | |||||||||
 | Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP forDomariyaganj (Minister without cabinet rank) | 10 April 1962 | 26 June 1963 | 1 year, 77 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Swaran Singh (1907–1994) MP forJullundur | 26 June 1963 | 19 July 1963 | 23 days | |||||
 | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP forChengalpattu (Minister of State) | 19 July 1963 | 21 November 1963 | 125 days | |||||
| Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering | |||||||||
 | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP forPalani | 21 November 1963 | 9 June 1964 | 201 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||||
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 9 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | 1 year, 229 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
| Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||||
| Minister of Mines and Metals | |||||||||
 | Surendra Kumar Dey (1906–1989) MP forNagaur (Minister of State) | 24 January 1966 | 17 January 1967 | 358 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904–1982) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State) | 17 January 1967 | 13 March 1967 | 55 days | |||||
| Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals | |||||||||
.jpg) | Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 16 March 1967 | 24 April 1968 | 1 year, 39 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP forIndore (Minister of State) | 24 April 1968 | 14 February 1969 | 296 days | |||||
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals, and Mines and Metals | |||||||||
 | Triguna Sen (1905–1998) MP forTripura (Rajya Sabha) | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |||||||||
 | Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) MP forPondicherry | 2 May 1971 | 31 May 1973[†] | 2 years, 29 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forRaebareli (Prime Minister) | 31 May 1973 | 23 July 1973 | 53 days | |||||
 | T. A. Pai (1922–1981) MP forKarnataka (Rajya Sabha) | 23 July 1973 | 11 January 1974 | 172 days | |||||
| Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP forDomariyaganj | 11 January 1974 | 10 October 1974 | 272 days | |||||
| Chandrajit Yadav (1930–2007) MP forAzamgarh (Minister of State) | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 2 years, 165 days | ||||||
 | Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MP forAska | 26 March 1977 | 15 July 1979 | 2 years, 111 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | ||
.jpg) | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat (Prime Minister) | 16 July 1979 | 28 July 1979 | 12 days | |||||
| Minister of Steel, Mines and Coal | |||||||||
| Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MP forAska | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 168 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Charan Singh | ||
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) MP forWest Bengal (Rajya Sabha), till 1981 MP forGujarat (Rajya Sabha), from 1981 | 16 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 1 year, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP forNainital | 15 January 1982 | 14 February 1983 | 1 year, 30 days | |||||
| N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) MP forMaharashtra (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C) | 14 February 1983 | 31 October 1984 | 1 year, 260 days | ||||||
| 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| Minister of Steel, Mines and Coal | |||||||||
.jpg) | Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP forWardha | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP forNew Delhi | 25 September 1985 | 12 April 1987 | 1 year, 199 days | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP forWardha | 12 April 1987 | 25 July 1987 | 104 days | |||||
.jpg) | Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 25 July 1987 | 2 December 1989 | 2 years, 130 days | |||||
| Dinesh Goswami (1935–1991) MP forAssam (Rajya Sabha) | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | Asom Gana Parishad | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh | |||
 | Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forWest Bengal (Rajya Sabha) | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | ||
| Minister of Mines | |||||||||
| Balram Singh Yadav (1939–2005) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 15 September 1996 | 5 years, 86 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
 | Giridhar Gamang (born 1943) MP forKoraput (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 September 1996 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | |||||
.jpg) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Self | ||
 | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |||||||||
 | Birendra Prasad Baishya (born 1956) MP forMangaldoi | 29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 263 days | Asom Gana Parishad | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||
| Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||
 | Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MP forAska | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 208 days | Biju Janata Dal | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of Mines and Minerals | |||||||||
| Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MP forAska | 13 October 1999 | 4 March 2000 | 143 days | Biju Janata Dal | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister) | 4 March 2000 | 6 March 2000 | 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP forTiruchirappalli | 6 March 2000 | 27 May 2000 | 82 days | |||||
| Minister of Mines | |||||||||
 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (1936–2025) MP forPunjab (Rajya Sabha) | 27 May 2000 | 7 November 2000 | 164 days | Shiromani Akali Dal | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
 | Sundar Lal Patwa (1924–2016) MP forNarmadapuram | 7 November 2000 | 1 September 2001 | 298 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Minister of Coal and Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP forHajipur | 1 September 2001 | 29 April 2002 | 240 days | Lok Janshakti Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister) | 29 April 2002 | 1 July 2002 | 63 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
 | L. K. Advani (born 1927) MP forGandhinagar (Deputy Prime Minister) | 1 July 2002 | 26 August 2002 | 56 days | |||||
 | Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP forBhopal | 26 August 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 156 days | |||||
| Minister of Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP forRaipur (Minister of State, I/C) | 29 January 2003 | 9 January 2004 | 345 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of Coal and Mines | |||||||||
_(cropped).JPG) | Mamata Banerjee (born 1955) MP forCalcutta South | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | 134 days | Trinamool Congress | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
 | Shibu Soren (1944–2025) MP forDumka | 23 May 2004 | 24 July 2004 | 62 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
 | Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) MP forAssam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister) | 24 July 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 126 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
| Minister of Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP forJhunjhunu | 27 November 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 176 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
.png) | Bijoy Krishna Handique (1934–2015) MP forJorhat | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Manmohan II | ||||
.jpg) | Dinsha Patel (born 1937) MP forKheda (Minister of State, I/C until 28 Oct 2012) | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 3 years, 127 days | |||||
-_2017%2c_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg) | Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP forGwalior | 27 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 39 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
 | Piyush Goyal (born 1964) MP forMaharashtra (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C) | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | 1 year, 60 days | |||||
| Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP forGwalior | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | |||||
 | Pralhad Joshi (born 1962) MP forDharwad | 31 May 2019 | 9 June 2024 | 5 years, 9 days | Modi II | ||||
 | G. Kishan Reddy (born 1964) MP forSecunderabad | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 169 days | Modi III | ||||
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel | |||||||||
| Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP forDomariyaganj Minister of Mines and Oil from 25 Apr 1957 | 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | 4 years, 358 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
| Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Metals | |||||||||
| Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP forIndore | 13 March 1967 | 24 April 1968 | 1 year, 42 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals | |||||||||
 | Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP forChatrapur | 14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 1 year, 133 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP forKarad | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 32 days | |||||
 | Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP forNarmadapuram | 26 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 265 days | |||||
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals | |||||||||
| Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP forNarmadapuram | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
| Minister of State for Steel and Mines | |||||||||
 | Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP forMeerut | 2 May 1971 | 5 February 1973 | 1 year, 279 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
 | Kariya Munda (born 1936) MP forKhunti | 14 August 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 1 year, 348 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | ||
| Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal | |||||||||
 | P. M. Sayeed (1941–2005) MP forLakshadweep | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 163 days | Indian National Congress (Urs) | Charan | Charan Singh | ||
.jpg) | Kishore Chandra Deo (born 1947) MP forParvathipuram | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 163 days | |||||
| Minister of State for Steel and Mines | |||||||||
| Charanjit Chanana MP forDelhi (Rajya Sabha) | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 230 days | Indian National Congress | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
 | Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP forSheohar | 15 January 1982 | 14 February 1983 | 1 year, 30 days | |||||
| Gargi Shankar Mishra (born 1919) MP forSeoni | 2 September 1982 | 6 September 1982 | 4 days | ||||||
| Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal | |||||||||
 | K. Natwar Singh (born 1929) MP forBharatpur Minister of State, Steel | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Minister of State for Steel and Mines | |||||||||
| Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP forSheohar Minister of State, Mines | 25 September 1985 | 14 February 1988 | 2 years, 142 days | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Ramanand Yadav (born 1927) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha) Minister of State, Mines | 14 February 1988 | 12 April 1988 | 58 days | ||||||
| Yogendra Makwana (born 1933) MP forGujarat (Rajya Sabha) | 14 February 1988 | 2 October 1988 | 231 days | ||||||
%2c_in_New_Delhi_on_July_16%2c_2008.jpg) | Mahaveer Prasad (1939–2010) MP forBansgaon Minister of State, Mines | 4 July 1989 | 2 November 1989 | 121 days | |||||
| Basavaraj Patil Anwari (born 1943) MP forKoppal | 21 November 1990 | 20 February 1991 | 91 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |||
| Minister of State for Steel and Mines | |||||||||
| Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP forRaipur | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 208 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of State for Mines and Minerals | |||||||||
 | Rita Verma (born 1953) MP forDhanbad | 13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | 227 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of State for Mines | |||||||||
| Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil (born 1949) MP forBeed | 27 May 2000 | 1 September 2001 | 1 year, 97 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Minister of State for Coal and Mines | |||||||||
 | Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha) | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of State for Coal and Mines | |||||||||
.jpg) | Prahlad Singh Patel (born 1960) MP forBalaghat | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | 134 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
.jpg) | Dasari Narayana Rao (1942–2017) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 23 May 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 188 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
| Minister of State for Mines | |||||||||
| Dasari Narayana Rao (1942–2017) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 27 November 2004 | 7 February 2006 | 1 year, 72 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
 | T. Subbarami Reddy (born 1943) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 7 February 2006 | 6 April 2008 | 2 years, 59 days | |||||
| Bijoy Krishna Handique (1934–2015) MP forJorhat | 6 April 2008 | 22 May 2009 | 1 year, 46 days | |||||
 | Vishnu Deo Sai (born 1964) MP forRaigarh | 27 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 39 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
.jpg) | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (born 1954) MP forBanaskantha | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | |||||
.jpg) | Raosaheb Danve (born 1955) MP forJalna | 31 May 2019 | 9 June 2024 | 5 years, 9 days | Modi II | ||||
 | Satish Chandra Dubey (born 1975) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha) | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 169 days | Modi III | ||||