Ministry of Coal

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{{Short description|Government of India Ministry}}{{for|the Soviet ministry|Ministry of Coal Industry}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Ministry of Coal
|seal = Ministry of Coal.png
|seal_width = 300px
|formed =
|preceding2 =
|dissolved =
|superseding =
|jurisdiction = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|headquarters = Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
| region_code = IN
|employees =
|minister1_name = [[Pralhad Joshi]]<ref name="Home page: coal ministry">{{cite web|title=Official Website Ministry of Coal(India)|url=http://www.coal.nic.in/welcome.html|access-date=3 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227182713/http://www.coal.nic.in/welcome.html|archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref>
|minister1_pfo = [[Minister (government)|Cabinet Minister]]
|child1_agency = Coal Controller
|child2_agency = [[Coal India]] and its subsidiaries
|child3_agency = [[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]]
|child4_agency = [[Singareni Collieries Company]]
|child5_agency =
|website = {{Official Website|coal.nic.in}}
|logo=|budget={{INRConvert|770.91|c}} (2018-19 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |format=PDF |access-date=2018-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|chief1_name=Anil Kumar Jain|chief1_position=Secretary|chief2_name=Vinod Kumar Tiwari|chief2_position=Additional Secretary|chief3_name=|chief3_position=|chief4_name=|chief4_position=|chief5_name=|chief5_position=|chief6_name=|chief6_position=|chief7_name=|chief7_position=|chief8_name=|chief8_position=|chief9_name=|chief9_position=|parent_department=}}

[[File:Coal India Bhawan At Night.jpg|thumb|Coal India Bhawan, [[Rajarhat|New Town, Rajarhat]], [[Kolkata]] at the night as viewed from the background.]]
The '''Ministry of Coal''' is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] headquartered in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="Contact Us">{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.coal.nic.in/suggest.htm|access-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017170721/http://www.coal.nic.in/suggest.htm|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> The [[Ministry (government department)|portfolio]] is held by Cabinet Minister [[Pralhad Joshi]].

The Ministry of Coal is charged with [[Mineral exploration|exploration]] of [[coal]] and [[lignite]] reserves in [[India]], production, supply, distribution and price of coal through the [[Public sector undertakings in India|government-owned corporations]] [[Coal India|Coal India Limited]] and its [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]],<ref name="CIL">{{cite web|title=CIL|url=http://www.coal.nic.in/coal_india_limited.htm|access-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165709/http://www.coal.nic.in/coal_india_limited.htm|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> as well as [[NLC India Limited|Neyveli Lignite Corporation]].<ref name=NLC>{{cite web|title=NLC|url=http://www.coal.nic.in/nlc.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017170617/http://www.coal.nic.in/nlc.html|archive-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>

The Ministry of Coal also manages the Union Government's 49 percent [[Ownership equity|equity]] participation in [[Singareni Collieries Company]], a public sector undertaking that is a [[joint venture]] with [[Government of Telangana]].<ref name=SCCL>{{cite web|title=SCCL|url=http://www.coal.nic.in/singareni_collieries_company_lim.htm|access-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165748/http://www.coal.nic.in/singareni_collieries_company_lim.htm|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> in which equity is held partly by the State Government of [[Telangana]] (51%) and the Government of India.<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>

==Ministers of Coal==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2| Party
! Prime Minister
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Biju Patnaik]]
| [[File:Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 30 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Charan Singh]]
|-
|[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]
|
|16 January 1980
|15 January 1982
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]
|
|2 September 1982
|6 September 1982
|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Vasant Sathe]]
|
| 31 December 1984
| 25 September 1985
| rowspan="4" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[P. A. Sangma]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:The former Lok Sabha Speaker Shri P.A. Sangma met the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on January 18, 2004 (cropped).png|60px]]
| 21 June 1991
| 18 January 1993
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" | [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ajit Kumar Panja]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|
| 18 January 1993
| 13 September 1995
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Jagdish Tytler]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|
| 15 September 1995
| 16 May 1996
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2004 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[S. R. Bommai]]
| [[File:Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg|60px]]
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| rowspan=3| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kanti Singh]]
''(Independent Charge)''
|
| 29 June 1996
| 10 January 1998
| rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]] [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
| [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|60px]]
| 10 January 1998
| 19 March 1998
| rowspan=1| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Dilip Ray]] ''(Independent Charge)''
|
| 20 March 1998
| 13 October 1999
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=9| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[N. T. Shanmugam]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|
| 27 May 2000
| 7 February 2001
| rowspan=1| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|
| 8 February 2001
| 1 September 2001
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=296|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Paswan,Shri Ram Vilas|website=47.132|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005090420/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=296|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[File:Ram Vilas Paswan.jpg|60px]]
| 1 September 2001
| 29 April 2002
| rowspan=1| [[Lok Janshakti Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2004 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 29 April 2002
| 1 July 2002
| rowspan=4| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=9 Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Advani,Shri Lal Krishna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005131235/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=9 |date=2016-10-05 }}</ref>
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|60px]]
| 1 July 2002
| 26 August 2002
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Uma Bharati]]
| [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|60px]]
| 26 August 2002
| 29 January 2003
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Kariya Munda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=259|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Munda,Shri Kariya|website=47.132|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004001800/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=259|archive-date=4 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
| 29 January 2003
| 9 January 2004
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Mamata Banerjee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westbengal.gov.in/portal/banglarMukh/CMSPage/BMCMSPortletWindow;jsessionid=B6C0CC2B671C8E428CC5556DDDA64C25.node1?fileId=85&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=28&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=28&mode=view|title=Mamata Banerjee; Chief Minister, West Bengal|website=westbengal.gov.in|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Mamata_Banerjee_-_Kolkata_2011-12-08_7542_Cropped.JPG|60px]]
| 9 January 2004
| 22 May 2004
| rowspan=1| [[All India Trinamool Congress]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shibu Soren]]<ref name=soren>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=2917|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Soren,Shri Shibu|website=47.132|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621144045/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=2917|archive-date=21 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[File:Shibu Soren.jpg|60px]]
| 23 May 2004
| 24 July 2004
| rowspan=1| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=7| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[File:Manmohansingh04052007.jpg|60px]]
| 24 July 2004
| 27 November 2004
| rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shibu Soren]]<ref name=soren/>
| [[File:Shibu Soren.jpg|60px]]
| 27 November 2004
| 2 March 2005
| rowspan=1| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[File:Manmohansingh04052007.jpg|60px]]
| 2 March 2005
| 29 January 2006
| rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shibu Soren]]<ref name=soren/>
| [[File:Shibu Soren.jpg|60px]]
| 29 January 2006
| 29 November 2006
| rowspan=1| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[File:Manmohansingh04052007.jpg|60px]]
| 29 November 2006
| 22 May 2009
| rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Shriprakash Jaiswal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=164|title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Jaiswal,Shri Sriprakash|website=47.132|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005082118/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=164|archive-date=2016-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''(As MoS, Independent Charge till 19 January 2011)''
| [[File:Shri Sri Prakash Jaiswal assumes the charge of the Minister of State for Home Affairs in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|60px]]
| 22 May 2009
| 26 May 2014
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Piyush Goyal]]<ref name=mos>Minister of State (Independent Charge)</ref><ref name=min>{{cite web |url=http://coal.nic.in/ShPiyushGoyal.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140826105243/http://coal.nic.in/ShPiyushGoyal.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |title=Sh Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India |publisher=Ministry of Coal, Government of India / [[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=August 26, 2014 }}</ref> ''(As MoS, Independent Charge till 3 September 2017)''
| [[File:Piyush Goyal (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 31 May 2019
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| [[Pralhad Joshi]]
| [[File:A delegation of MPs from Karnataka along with Pralhad joshi.jpg|60px]]
| 31 May 2019
| ''Incumbent''
|}
== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ministers of State of Coal
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
|-align=center
|[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]
|[[File:Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary taking charge as the Minister of State for Coal, in New Delhi on September 05, 2017.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|3 September 2017
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in days|2017|9|3|2019|05|30}} days
|-align=center
|[[Raosaheb Danve]]
|[[File:Raosaheb Dadarao Danve oath as Minister.jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days
|}

==Organisations==
===Central Public Sector Units===
*[[Coal India]] and Its subsidiaries<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>
*[[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]]<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>
*[[Singareni Collieries Company]]<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>
===Statutory Bodies===
*[[Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation]] (CMPFO)<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>
*Coal Mines Welfare Organisation<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>
*Commissioner Of Payments<ref name="Home page: coal ministry"/>

==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)<ref name="Home page: coal ministry" />
==References==
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