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Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra
Agency overview
मंत्रालय ऊर्जा, नवीन और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Formed	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Preceding	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/

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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.

Head office

Minister of Energy New and Renewable Energy मंत्री ऊर्जा नवीन और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा विभाग
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister since 14 August 2022
Ministry of Energy New and Renewable Energy (Maharashtra)
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	State Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister, Maharashtra Legislature
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Nitin Raut (2019- 2022)
Inaugural holder	Shankarrao Chavan (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name (Constituency)		Term of office	Ministry
1	Shankarrao Chavan	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Shankarrao Chavan		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Balasaheb Desai		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	S. K. Wankhede		25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	M. D. Choudhary		5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-	Vasantrao Naik
6	A. R. Antulay		1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-	Vasantrao Naik
7	Vasantdada Patil		13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975	Third Vasantrao Naik ministry	Vasantrao Naik
8	Shankarrao_Chavan Chief Minister		21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977	First Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
9	N. M. Tidke		17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
10	Jawaharlal Darda		7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Chhedilal Gupta	JP	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	Jayant Shridhar Tilak	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
13	S. M. I. Aseer		13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Baliram Hiray		7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
15	V. Subramanian		12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
16	Jawaharlal Darda		4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	V. Subramanian		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	Sudhakarrao Naik		26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
19	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		4 March 1990 - 25 January 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Datta Meghe		25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
21	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		28 June 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
22	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
23	Sureshdada Jain	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
24	Sureshdada Jain	SHS	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
25	Padamsinh Patil	NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
26	Patangrao Kadam	INC	18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
27	Dilip Walse-Patil (MLA for Ambegaon-Pune District)	NCP	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28	Sunil Tatkare		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Ajit Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
30	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)		11 November 2010 - 25 September 2012	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
31	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency-Satara District)	INC	25 September 2012 - 7 December 2012
32	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)	NCP	7 December 2012 - 26 September 2014
33	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	BJP	31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019				Second Fadnavis ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
34	Balasaheb Thorat (MLA for Sangamner-Ahmednagar District)	INC	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
35	Nitin Raut (MLA for Nagpur North Constituency- Nagpur District)	INC	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister 30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022				Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde
36	Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister (MLA for Nagpur South West- Nagpur District)	BJP	14 August 2022 - Incumbent	Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde

List of ministers of state


No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
1	Prajakt_Tanpure		NCP	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC		Uddhav Thackeray
2	NA		SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry		National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group		Eknath Shinde

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

State agencies of Maharashtra

State agencies of Maharashtra
Ministries	Agriculture Co-operation Command Area Development Cultural Affairs Dairy Development Disaster Management Earthquake Rehabilitation Employment Guarantee Energy, New and Renewable Energy Environment and Climate Change Ex. Servicemen Welfare Finance Fisheries Department Food and Drug Administration Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Forests General Administration Public Health Higher and Technical Education Home Affairs Horticulture Housing Industries Information and Public Relations Information Technology Khar Land Development Labour Law and Judiciary Majority Welfare Development Marathi Language Marketing Medical Education Mining Department Minority Development and Aukaf Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Other Backward Classes Parliamentary Affairs Planning Ports Development Protocol Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Public Undertakings) Relief & Rehabilitation Revenue Rural Development Sanitation School Education Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Social Justice Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Soil and Water Conservation Special Assistance Special Backward Classes Welfare Sports and Youth Welfare State Excise Textiles Transport Tribal Development Urban Development Vimukta Jati Water Resources Water Supply Woman and Child Development
Public sector undertakings	City and Industrial Development Corporation Food and Drug Administration Lokayukta Knowledge Corporation (MKCL) Electricity Board (MSEB) Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)
Board	Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
Autonomous bodies	Information Commission Election Commission
Nodal agencies	Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) Pimpri-Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA) Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)