Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersShastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹41,008 crore (US$5.1 billion) (2023–24 est.) [1]
Agency executives
Websitemopng.gov.in/en

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) 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 the Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. M. M. Kutty is the Secretary of the Ministry.[2] Dharmedndra Pradhan serving as the minister from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021 is the longest serving minister till date.

Areas of work[edit]

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[edit]

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
1 Humayun Kabir
(1906–1969)
MP for Basirhat 		21 November
1963 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 64 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
2 O. V. Alagesan
(1911–1992)
MP for Chengalpattu
(MoS) 		24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		1 year, 48 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
3 Asoka Mehta
(1911–1984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		13 March
1967 		22 August
1968 		1 year, 162 days Indira II
4 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
(MoS) 		22 August
1968 		14 February
1969 		176 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals
5 Triguna Sen
(1905–1998)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tripura 		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
6 Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
(MoS) 		18 March
1971 		2 May
1971 		45 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
7 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
(MoS) 		2 May
1971 		29 January
1972 		272 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
8 H. R. Gokhale
(1915–1978)
MP for Mumbai North West 		29 January
1972 		5 February
1973 		1 year, 7 days
9 D. K. Barooah
(1914–1996)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam 		5 February
1973 		10 October
1974 		1 year, 247 days
10 Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		10 October
1974 		24 December
1975 		1 year, 75 days
Minister of Petroleum
(10) 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
11 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
12 T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Udipi 		28 July
1979 		19 August
1979 		22 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Singh Charan Singh
13 Aravinda Bala Pajanor
(1935–2013)
MP for Pondicherry 		19 August
1979 		26 December
1979 		129 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
14 Shyam Nath Kacker
(born unknown)
Unelected 		26 December
1979 		14 January
1980 		19 days Janata Party (Secular)
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
(7) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		16 January
1980 		7 March
1980 		51 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
15 Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot 		7 March
1980 		19 October
1980 		226 days
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(7) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		19 October
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 88 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
16 P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Secunderabad 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
Ministry disestablished during this interval[a]
Minister of Petroleum
17 Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Alwar
(MoS, I/C) 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(17) Nawal Kishore Sharma
(1925–2012)
MP for Alwar
(MoS, I/C) 		25 September
1985 		20 January
1986 		117 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
18 Chandrashekhar Singh
(1927–1986)
MP for Banka
(MoS, I/C) 		20 January
1986 		24 June
1986 		155 days
19 N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		24 June
1986 		22 October
1986 		120 days
20 Brahm Dutt
(1926–2014)
MP for Tehri Garhwal
(MoS, I/C) 		22 October
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 41 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
21 M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
22 B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		21 June
1991 		18 January
1993 		1 year, 211 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 Captain
Satish Sharma
(1947–2021)
MP for Amethi
(MoS, 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)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(Prime Minister) 		1 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self
– Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister) 		21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		49 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
24 Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days Samajwadi Party
25 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
26 Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North
(MoS, I/C) 		13 October
1999 		22 May
2004 		4 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III
27 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
28 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
29 S. Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2019)
MP for Chevella 		19 January
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 283 days
30 Veerappa Moily
(born 1940)
MP for Chikballapur 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
31 Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, until 2018
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh, from 2018
(MoS, 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
32 Hardeep Singh Puri
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		7 July
2021 		Incumbent 2 years, 324 days

List of ministers of state[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State Political party Term Days
Dinsha Patel Indian National Congress 2006 2009
Jitin Prasada 26 May 2009 18 Jan 2011 602 days
Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh 19 Jan 2011 28 Oct 2012 648 days
Panabaka Lakshmi 28 Oct 2012 17 May 2014 566 days
Rameswar Teli Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1054 days

Public sector undertakings[edit]

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

Research institutes[edit]

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology[edit]

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").[4]

Campuses[edit]

  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6][7] 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.[8]
  • 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.[9] 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.[10]

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Ministry of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers was bifurcated into the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Department of Petroleum under the Ministry of Energy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
  2. ^ "Dr M M Kutty appointed as new Petroleum Secretary". 19 May 2018 – via National Political Mirror.
  3. ^ Mehdudia, Sujay (28 July 2013). "HPCL slams door on Iran for crude oil imports". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Sonia to lay foundation for Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Institute in Rae Bareli - TopNews". www.topnews.in.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ ":: Welcome to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology ::". rgipt.ac.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Centre committed to development of Assam, northeast: Manmohan - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. ^ "'Bhumi pujan' for multi-specialty hospital in Assam". news.webindia123.com.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Soon, Karnataka to get petroleum research institute".

External links[edit]

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