Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra

Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय ऊर्जा, नवीन और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा ; महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Agency overview
Formed	1960; 64 years ago
Preceding agency	Department of Energy;
Jurisdiction	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budget	State budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible	Devendra Fadnavis, ; Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Agency executives	Mr. Asim Gupta (IAS), ; Principal Secretary; Mr. U.D. Walunj, ; Joint Secretary; Mr. P.P. Badgeri, ; Deputy Secretary;
Website	http://www.mahaurja.com/

Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra or MAHAURJA is a ministry of Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is currently headed by Devendra Fadnavis, a Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Cabinet Minister.

The Ministry is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual property protection, and international cooperation, promotion, and coordination in renewable energy sources such as wind power, small hydro, biogas, and solar power. The broad aim of the Ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of India.

The Ministry is headquartered in Mantralaya, Mumbai, Mumbai. According to the Central New and Renewable Energy Ministry's 2012–2013 annual report, India has made significant advances in several renewable energy sectors which include, Solar energy, Wind power, and Hydroelectricity.

List

Minister of Energy

#	Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Chief Minister	Party
1	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	1 May 1960	20 November 1962	3 years, 207 days	Yashwantrao Chavan	Indian National Congress
1	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	3 years, 207 days	Marotrao Kannamwar
2	P. K. Sawant	Chiplun	25 November 1963	5 December 1963	10 days	himself
(1)	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	5 December 1963	1 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Vasantrao Naik
3	Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari	Raver	1 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days
4	S. K. Wankhede	Sawargaon	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days
5	M. B. Popat	Dhobitalao	13 March 1972	4 April 1973	1 year, 22 days
6	Yashwantrao Mohite	Karad South	4 April 1973	17 March 1974	347 days
7	Rafiq Zakaria	MLC	17 March 1974	21 February 1975	341 days
(1)	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	21 February 1975	17 May 1977	2 years, 85 days	himself
8	Narendra Tikde	Savner	17 May 1977	5 March 1978	292 days	Vasantdada Patil
9	Jawaharlal Darda	MLC	5 March 1978	18 July 1978	135 days	Vasantdada Patil
10	Chhedilal Gupta		18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days	Sharad Pawar	Janata Party
11	Jayant Shridhar Tilak	MLC	9 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	A. R. Antulay	Indian National Congress
12	S. M. I. Aseer	Ahmednagar South	21 January 1982	2 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Babasaheb Bhosale
13	Baliram Waman Hiray	Dabhadi	2 February 1983	5 March 1985	2 years, 31 days	Vasantdada Patil
14	Sushilkumar Shinde		12 March 1985	3 June 1985	83 days	Vasantdada Patil
(9)	Jawaharlal Darda	MLC	3 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
15	V. Subramanian		12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Shankarrao Chavan
16	Sudhakarrao Naik	Pusad	26 June 1988	4 March 1990	1 year, 251 days	Sharad Pawar
17	Padamsinh Patil	Osmanabad	4 March 1990	25 January 1991	327 days
18	Datta Meghe	MLC	25 January 1991	25 June 1991	151 days
19	Padamsinh Patil	Osmanabad	25 June 1991	6 March 1993	3 years, 262 days	Sudhakarrao Naik
19	Padamsinh Patil	Osmanabad	6 March 1993	14 March 1995	3 years, 262 days	Sharad Pawar
20	Suresh Jain	Jalgaon City	14 March 1995	1 February 1999	4 years, 218 days	Manohar Joshi	Shiv Sena
20	Suresh Jain	Jalgaon City	1 February 1999	18 October 1999	4 years, 218 days	Narayan Rane	Shiv Sena
(19)	Padamsinh Patil	Osmanabad	18 October 1999	18 January 2003	3 years, 92 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Nationalist Congress Party
21	Patangrao Kadam	Palus-Kadegaon	18 January 2003	1 November 2004	1 year, 288 days	Sushilkumar Shinde	Indian National Congress
22	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur City	1 November 2004	9 November 2004	8 days	himself	Indian National Congress
23	Dilip Walse Patil	Ambegaon	9 November 2004	8 December 2008	4 years, 29 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Nationalist Congress Party
24	Sunil Tatkare	Mangaon	8 December 2008	7 November 2009	334 days	Ashok Chavan
25	Ajit Pawar	Baramati	7 November 2009	11 November 2010	2 years, 323 days	Ashok Chavan
25	Ajit Pawar	Baramati	11 November 2010	25 September 2012	2 years, 323 days	Prithviraj Chavan
26	Prithviraj Chavan	MLC	25 September 2012	7 December 2012	73 days	himself	Indian National Congress
(25)	Ajit Pawar	Baramati	7 December 2012	28 September 2014	1 year, 295 days	Prithviraj Chavan	Nationalist Congress Party
26	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	31 October 2014	5 December 2014	35 days	himself	Bharatiya Janata Party
27	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	Kamthi	5 December 2014	12 November 2019	4 years, 342 days	Devendra Fadnavis	Bharatiya Janata Party
28	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Uddhav Thackeray	Indian National Congress
29	Nitin Raut	Nagpur North	30 December 2019	30 June 2022	2 years, 182 days	Uddhav Thackeray	Indian National Congress
(26)	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	30 June 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 158 days	Eknath Shinde	Bharatiya Janata Party

Minister of Non-Conventional Energy

#	Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Chief Minister	Party
1	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur City	1 November 2004	9 November 2004	8 days	himself	Indian National Congress
2	Vinay Kore	Shahuwadi	9 November 2004	8 December 2008	4 years, 363 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Jan Surajya Shakti
2	Vinay Kore	Shahuwadi	8 December 2008	7 November 2009	4 years, 363 days	Ashok Chavan	Jan Surajya Shakti
3	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	7 November 2009	11 November 2010	1 year, 4 days	Ashok Chavan	Indian National Congress
4	Ganesh Naik	Belapur	11 November 2010	28 September 2014	3 years, 321 days	Prithviraj Chavan	Nationalist Congress Party

Mission

The mission of the Ministry is to bring in Energy Security; Increase the share of clean power; increase Energy Availability and Access; improve Energy Affordability; and maximise Energy Equity.

Key functional area

The major functional area or Allocation of Business of MNRE are:

Commission for Additional Sources of Energy (CASE);
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA);
Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP);
Research and development of Biogas and programmes relating to Biogas units;
Solar Energy including Solar Photovoltaic devices and their development, production and applications;
Programme relating to improved chulhas and research and development thereof;
All matters relating to small/mini/micro hydel projects of and below 25 MW capacities;
Research and development of other non-conventional/renewable sources of energy and programmes relating thereto;
Tidal energy;
Geothermal Energy;
Biofuel: (i) National Policy; (ii) research, development and demonstration on transport, stationary and other applications; (iii) setting up of a National Bio-fuels Development Board and strengthening the existing institutional mechanism; and (iv) overall coordination.

References

External links

"Maharashtra Energy Development Agency". mahaurja.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
Official website
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
Centre for Wind Energy Technology
Department of Science and Technology, India
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

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