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Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersKartavya Bhavan-03,
Janpath, New Delhi, India
Annual budget₹15,930 crore (US$1.9 billion)(2024–25)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Pankaj Jain, IAS, Secretary
Websitemopng.gov.in/en
Footnotes
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The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by Cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while its secretary is Pankaj Jain, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.[3] Dharmendra Pradhan, who served from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021, is its longest serving minister till date.

Areas of work

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Office of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Shastri Bhwan
  • Exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources, including natural gas.
  • Production, supply distribution, marketing and pricing of petroleum including natural gas and petroleum products.
  • Oil refineries, including Lube plants.
  • Additives for petroleum and petroleum products.
  • Lube blending and greases.
  • Planning, development and control of, and assistance to all industries dealt with by the Ministry.
  • All attached or subordinate offices or other organisations concerned with any of the subject specified in this list.
  • Planning, development and regulation of oilfield services.
  • Public sector projects falling under the subjects included in this list,
  • Engineers India limited and IBP Company. together with its subsidiaries, except such projects as are specifically allotted to any other Ministry/Dept,
  • Administration of various Central laws relating to Petroleum and Natural Gas

Cabinet Ministers

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  • Note: I/C – Independent Charge
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel
Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur 		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 for Domariyaganj
(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 for Jullundur 		26 June 1963 19 July 1963 23 days
O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu
(Minister of State) 		19 July 1963 21 November 1963 125 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Humayun Kabir
(1906–1969)
MP for Basirhat 		21 November 1963 24 January 1966 2 years, 64 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu
(Minister of State) 		24 January 1966 13 March 1967 1 year, 48 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
Asoka Mehta
(1911–1984)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) 		13 March 1967 22 August 1968 1 year, 162 days Indira II
Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
(Minister of State) 		22 August 1968 14 February 1969 176 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
Triguna Sen
(1905–1998)
MP for Tripura (Rajya Sabha) 		14 February 1969 18 March 1971 2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
(Minister of State) 		18 March 1971 2 May 1971 45 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
(Minister of State) 		2 May 1971 29 January 1972 272 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
H. R. Gokhale
(1915–1978)
MP for Mumbai North West 		29 January 1972 5 February 1973 1 year, 7 days
D. K. Barooah
(1914–1996)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) 		5 February 1973 10 October 1974 1 year, 247 days
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		10 October 1974 24 December 1975 1 year, 75 days
Minister of Petroleum
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		24 December 1975 24 March 1977 1 year, 90 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
(1919–1989)
MP for Lucknow 		29 March 1977 15 July 1977 108 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		16 July 1979 28 July 1979 12 days
T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi 		28 July 1979 19 August 1979 22 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
Aravinda Bala Pajanor
(1935–2013)
MP for Pondicherry 		19 August 1979 26 December 1979 129 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Shyam Nath Kacker
(born unknown)
Unelected 		26 December 1979 14 January 1980 19 days Janata Party (Secular)
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		16 January 1980 7 March 1980 51 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot 		7 March 1980 19 October 1980 226 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		19 October 1980 15 January 1982 1 year, 88 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Secunderabad 		15 January 1982 2 September 1982 230 days
Bifurcated into the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Department of Petroleum under the Ministry of Energy
Minister of Petroleum
Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Jaipur
(Minister of State, I/C) 		31 December 1984 25 September 1985 268 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Jaipur
(Minister of State, I/C) 		25 September 1985 20 January 1986 117 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Chandrashekhar Singh
(1927–1986)
MP for Banka
(Minister of State, I/C) 		20 January 1986 24 June 1986 155 days
N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		24 June 1986 22 October 1986 120 days
Brahm Dutt
(1926–2014)
MP for Tehri Garhwal
(Minister of State, I/C) 		22 October 1986 2 December 1989 3 years, 41 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Satya Prakash Malaviya
(1934–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		21 June 1991 18 January 1993 1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Captain
Satish Sharma
(1947–2021)
MP for Amethi
(Minister of State, I/C) 		18 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years, 119 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister) 		1 June 1996 21 April 1997 324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister) 		21 April 1997 9 June 1997 49 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		9 June 1997 19 March 1998 283 days Samajwadi Party
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
(1940–2002)
MP for Salem 		19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North 		13 October 1999 22 May 2004 4 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III
Mani Shankar Aiyar
(born 1941)
MP for Mayiladuthurai 		23 May 2004 29 January 2006 1 year, 251 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Murli Deora
(1937–2014)
Rajya MP for Maharashtra 		29 January 2006 22 May 2009 4 years, 349 days
28 May 2009 19 January 2011 Manmohan II
S. Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2019)
MP for Chevella 		19 January 2011 28 October 2012 1 year, 283 days
Veerappa Moily
(born 1940)
MP for Chikballapur 		28 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 210 days
Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha), until 2018
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha), from 2018
(Minister of State, I/C until 3 Sep 2017) 		27 May 2014 30 May 2019 7 years, 41 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 May 2019 7 July 2021 Modi II
Hardeep Singh Puri
(born 1952)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		7 July 2021 9 June 2024 4 years, 114 days
10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of State

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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 for Domariyaganj
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 Petroleum and Chemicals
O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu 		21 November 1963 24 January 1966 2 years, 64 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		18 March 1967 22 August 1968 1 year, 157 days Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
Jagannath Rao
(1909–?)
MP for Chatrapur 		14 February 1969 27 June 1970 1 year, 133 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad 		14 February 1969 18 March 1971 2 years, 32 days
Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary
(1909–1988)
MP for Narmadapuram 		26 June 1970 18 March 1971 265 days
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals
Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary
(1909–1988)
MP for Narmadapuram 		18 March 1971 2 May 1971 45 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		9 November 1973 10 October 1974 335 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
K. R. Ganesh
(1922–2004)
MP for Andaman and Nicobar Islands 		10 October 1974 1 December 1975 1 year, 52 days
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
MP for Prayagraj 		14 August 1977 11 July 1978 331 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Narsingh Yadav
MP for Chandauli 		26 January 1979 15 July 1979 170 days
Saugata Roy
(born 1946)
MP for Barrackpore 		4 August 1979 14 January 1980 163 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh
(1926–1987)
MP for Sirsa 		8 June 1980 19 October 1980 133 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh
(1926–1987)
MP for Sirsa 		19 October 1980 2 September 1982 1 year, 318 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Sushila Rohatgi
(1921–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		24 June 1986 22 October 1986 120 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv IV Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Bhajaman Behara
(born 1943)
MP for Dhenkanal 		23 April 1990 10 November 1990 201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
S. Krishna Kumar
(born 1939)
MP for Quilon 		21 June 1991 18 January 1993 1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
T. R. Baalu
(born 1941)
MP for Chennai South 		6 July 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 256 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		20 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 207 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
E. Ponnuswamy
(born 1936)
MP for Chidambaram 		13 October 1999 7 February 2001 1 year, 117 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		22 November 1999 24 May 2003 3 years, 183 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sumitra Mahajan
(born 1943)
MP for Indore 		24 May 2003 22 May 2004 364 days
E. V. K. S. Elangovan
(born 1948)
MP for Gobichettipalayam 		23 May 2004 25 May 2004 2 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Dinsha Patel
(born 1937)
MP for Kheda 		29 January 2006 22 May 2009 3 years, 113 days
Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Dhaurahra 		28 May 2009 19 January 2011 1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
R. P. N. Singh
(born 1964)
MP for Kushi Nagar 		19 January 2011 28 October 2012 1 year, 283 days
Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Bapatla 		31 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 207 days
Rameswar Teli
(born 1970)
MP for Dibrugarh 		7 July 2021 9 June 2024 2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
Suresh Gopi
(born 1958)
MP for Thrissur 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 141 days Modi III

Public sector undertakings

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The ministry has ownership over these public sector undertakings (PSUs) of the government of India.

Research institutes

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Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

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Main article: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

RGIPT is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened in July 2008. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG), Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament ("Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007").[5]

Campuses

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  • Jais Campus: Started academic sessions in June 2008 at a temporary campus at Rae Bareli. On 15 October 2016, the institute moved from temporary campus to the permanent campus at Jais.[6]
  • Noida Campus: Besides main center at Jais, Amethi, the RGIPT also have this campus for MBA and related courses.
  • Assam Campus: New campus is under construction at Sivasagar, Assam. In consonance with the charter of RGIPT, the primary objective of the Assam Center of RGIPT is envisaged to offer programmes of education and training of skilled technical manpower at the diploma and advance diploma levels including B.Sc. - M.Sc. integrated courses in various areas in the domain of the petroleum sector as per requirements of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.[7][8] On 13 May 2017, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam.[9]
  • Bangalore Campus: In July 2013, Karnataka government agreed to offer 200 acres of land to set up the Bangalore centre which is going to be the Asia's first centre on fire and safety for oil and gas sector.[10] The institute will start functioning from 2018-19 academic year and it is purely for research in energy policy and science and technology as it is related to petroleum and energy. The institute coming up will cost Rs.1,000 crore.[11]

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

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Main article: Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 (No.3 of 2018) enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'. IIPE has achieved this prestigious status by joining with the major oil and gas corporations such as HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL & GAIL.

IIPE is a research focussed Institute with an emphasis on the emerging areas in the energy sectors, namely Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane, Gas Hydrates, Conventional Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Sources, Storage, and downstream activities of oil & gas. A primary goal of research at IIPE has been to meet the country's fossil fuel and renewable energy demands.

The Institute presently offers 4-year B.Tech courses in Petroleum, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering based on JEE (Advanced) rankings and MSc Applied Geology and Ph.D. programmes. The Institute is presently operating its academic activities from its temporary campus. The Institute has its own state-of-the-art laboratories, research infrastructure, e-library, etc. The permanent campus of IIPE is being constructed in the beautiful and natural environment of hilly ranges in the Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh.

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Demand for Grants 2024-25 Analysis: Petroleum and Natural Gas" (PDF). PRS India. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Petroleum And Natural Gas. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Pankaj Jain appointed as Secretary, Petroleum". 27 December 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Whispers in the Corridors.
  4. ^ Mehdudia, Sujay (28 July 2013). "HPCL slams door on Iran for crude oil imports". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Sonia to lay foundation for Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Institute in Rae Bareli - TopNews". www.topnews.in.
  6. ^ "Pradhan takes jibe at Rahul over kurta-pajama remark - Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ^ ":: Welcome to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology ::". rgipt.ac.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Centre committed to development of Assam, northeast: Manmohan - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ^ "'Bhumi pujan' for multi-specialty hospital in Assam". news.webindia123.com.
  10. ^ "RGIPT to set up Rs 355 crore research centre in Bangalore | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. business-standard.com. Press Trust of India. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Soon, Karnataka to get petroleum research institute".
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