Ministry of Coal | |
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| Formed | 1973; 52 years ago (1973) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi,India. |
| Annual budget | ₹192.32 crore (US$23 million)(2023-24 est.)[1] |
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| Agency executive |
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| Website | Official website |

TheMinistry of Coal is anIndian governmentministry headquartered inNew Delhi.[2] Theportfolio is held byCabinet MinisterG. Kishan Reddy.
The Ministry of Coal is charged withexploration ofcoal andlignite reserves inIndia, production, supply, distribution and price of coal through thegovernment-owned corporationCoal India Limited and itssubsidiaries,[3] andNeyveli Lignite Corporation.[4]
The Ministry of Coal also manages the Union Government's 49 percentequity participation inSingareni Collieries Company, a public sector undertaking that is ajoint venture with theGovernment of Telangana.[5] in which equity is held partly by the State Government ofTelangana (51%) and the Government of India.[6]
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Coal | |||||||||
| A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP forMalda | 16 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 1 year, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP forNainital | 2 September 1982 | 6 September 1982 | 4 days | ||||||
| Merged into theMinistry of Energy during this interval. | |||||||||
| P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) MP forTura (Minister of State, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| Ajit Kumar Panja (1936–2008) MP forCalcutta North East (Minister of State, I/C) | 18 January 1993 | 13 September 1995 | 2 years, 238 days | ||||||
| Jagdish Tytler (born 1944) MP forDelhi Sadar (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | ||||||
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| S. R. Bommai (1927–2007) Rajya Sabha MP forOdisha | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||
| Kanti Singh (born 1957) MP forBikramganj (Minister of State, I/C) | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 1 year, 195 days | ||||||
| 21 April 1997 | 10 January 1998 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
| Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar (Prime Minister) | 10 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | 68 days | ||||||
| Dilip Ray (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forOdisha (Minister of State, I/C) | 20 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 207 days | Biju Janata Dal | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Merged into theMinistry of Mines and Minerals during this interval. | |||||||||
| N. T. Shanmugam (born 1947) MP forVellore (Minister of State, I/C) | 27 May 2000 | 7 February 2001 | 256 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP forKishanganj (Minister of State, I/C) | 8 February 2001 | 1 September 2001 | 205 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| Minister of Coal and Mines | |||||||||
| 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 Coal | |||||||||
| Kariya Munda (born 1936) MP forKhunti | 29 January 2003 | 9 January 2004 | 345 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Minister of Coal and Mines | |||||||||
| 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) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister) | 24 July 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 126 days | Indian National Congress | |||||
| Minister of Coal | |||||||||
| Shibu Soren (1944–2025) MP forDumka | 27 November 2004 | 2 March 2005 | 95 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister) | 2 March 2005 | 29 January 2006 | 333 days | Indian National Congress | |||||
| Shibu Soren (1944–2025) MP forDumka | 29 January 2006 | 29 November 2006 | 304 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |||||
| Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister) | 29 November 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 2 years, 174 days | Indian National Congress | |||||
| Sriprakash Jaiswal (born 1944) MP forKanpur (Minister of State, I/C until 19 January 2011) | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 363 days | Manmohan II | |||||
| Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra (Minister of State, I/C until 3 September 2017) | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 3 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| 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, 168 days | Modi III | |||||
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of State for Coal | |||||||||
| Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forTamil Nadu | 10 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | 68 days | Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||
| Minister of State for Coal and Mines | |||||||||
| Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Minister of State for Coal | |||||||||
| Prahlad Singh Patel (born 1960) MP forBalaghat | 24 May 2003 | 9 January 2004 | 230 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Minister of State for Coal and Mines | |||||||||
| Prahlad Singh Patel (born 1960) MP forBalaghat | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | 134 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Dasari Narayana Rao (1942–2017) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh | 23 May 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 188 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Minister of State for Coal | |||||||||
| Dasari Narayana Rao (1942–2017) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh | 27 November 2004 | 6 April 2008 | 3 years, 131 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Santosh Bagrodia (born 1940) Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan | 6 April 2008 | 22 May 2009 | 1 year, 46 days | ||||||
| Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (born 1973) MP forSangli | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 3 years, 127 days | Manmohan II | |||||
| Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (born 1954) MP forBanaskantha | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| Raosaheb Danve (born 1955) MP forJalna | 31 May 2019 | 9 June 2024 | 5 years, 9 days | Modi II | |||||
| Satish Chandra Dubey (born 1975) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 168 days | Modi III | |||||
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: