Ministry of Mines (India)

Ministry of Mines
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Mines
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersShastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹1,669.52 crore (US$200 million) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Agency executives
Websitemines.gov.in

The Ministry of Mines is the ministry in the Government of India. The ministry functions as the primary body for the formulation and administration of laws relating to mines in India. The head of the ministry is G. Kishan Reddy, who has been serving since June 2024.

Organisation

The Ministry of Mines is responsible for surveying and exploring for minerals (other than natural gas and petroleum) that are used in mining and metallurgy. It searches for non-ferrous metals including: aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel, etc. for administration of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal and lignite. There is one attached office, one subordinate office, three public sector undertakings (PSUs), three autonomous bodies, and additional agencies working under the support of the Ministry of Mines.

Sections

  • Pay and Accounts Section
  • Protocol Section
  • Media and Communication Section
  • Mines Division
  • International Cooperation Section
  • Vigilance Section
  • Public Information and Public Grievance Section
  • Integrated Finance Section
  • Metal Division
  • Administrative Section
  • Establishment Section
  • Coordination Section
  • Parliament Section
  • Revision Section
  • Cash Section
  • Receipt and Issue Section
  • Hindi Section
  • Economic Section
  • Information Technology Section
  • National Critical Mineral Mission Section
  • National Mineral Exploration Trust Secretariat Section
  • Indian Bureau of Mines Camp Office Section

Attached office

Subordinate office

  • Indian Bureau of Mines, headquarters at Nagpur

Public sector undertakings

Autonomous bodies

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur[2]
  • National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Kolar[3]
  • National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), Nagpur[4]

Registered society (Autonomous & Self funding)

The subject of ‘mineral regulation and development’ occurs at Serial Number 23 of the State list in the VIIth schedule to the Constitution. However the Constitution circumscribes this power, by giving Parliament the power under S.No. 54 of the Union list in the VIIth schedule, to enact legislation, and to this extent the States will be bound by the Central legislation. The MMDR Act is the main Central legislation in force for the sector. The Act was enacted when the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1957 was the guiding policy for the sector, and thus was aimed primarily at providing a mineral concession regime in the context of the metal making public sector undertakings. After the liberalization in 1991, a separate National Mineral Policy (NMP) was promulgated in 1993 which set out the role of the private sector in exploration and mining and the MMDR Act was amended several times to provide for a reasonable concession regime to attract the private sector investment including FDI, into exploration and mining in accordance with NMP 1993.

National Mineral Policy

The first National Mineral Policy was enunciated by the Government in 1993 for liberalization of the mining sector. The National Mineral Policy, 1993 aimed at encouraging the flow of private investment and introduction of state-of-the-art technology in exploration and mining.

In the Mid-Term Appraisal of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, it was observed that the main factors responsible for this were procedural delays in the processing of applications for mineral concessions and the absence of adequate infrastructure in the mining areas. To go into the whole gamut of issues relating to the development of the mineral sector and suggest measures for improving the investment climate the Mid-Term Appraisal had proposed the establishment of a High Level Committee. Accordingly, the Government of India, Planning Commission, constituted a Committee on 14 September 2005. under the Chairmanship of Shri Anwarul Hoda, member, Planning Commission. The Committee made detailed recommendations on all of its terms of Reference in December 2006. Based on the recommendations of the High Level Committee, in consultation with State Governments, the Government replaced the National Mineral Policy, 1993 with a new National Mineral Policy on 13 March 2008.

The National Mineral Policy 2008 provides for a change in the role of the Central Government and the State Governments to incentivize private sector investment in exploration and mining and for ensuring level playing field and transparency in the grant of concessions and promotion of scientific mining within a sustainable development framework so as to protect the interest of local population in mining areas. This has necessitated harmonization of legislation with the new National Mineral Policy.

Policy reforms

The Hoda Committee studied the various reports prepared and submitted by study groups and in- house committees set up by various Ministries from time to time on the issues before the Committee. The Committee gave consideration to the mineral policies of the States as presented by the State Governments, especially to the differing perceptions of mineral-rich and non mineral-rich states. The Committee also gave consideration to the papers prepared by FIMI, which provided comparative analyses of the mineral policies and statutes of other major mineral producing countries in the world such as Australia, Canada, Chile, and South Africa.

Legislation

The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was enacted so as to provide for the regulation of mines and development of minerals under the control of the Union. The Act has been amended in 1972, 1986, 1994, 1999 and 2004 in keeping with changes in the policy on mineral development. It has been recently amended in 2016 to make fundamental changes.

Legislative reform

Since that the existing law had already been amended several times and as further amendments may not clearly reflect the objects and reasons emanating from the new Mineral Policy, Government decided to reformulate the legislative framework in the light of the National Mineral Policy, 2008 and consequently, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill was drafted in 2009-10 by the then Secretary Mines, S. Vijay Kumar,[6][7] in consultation with the stakeholders. Government then constituted a Group of Ministers, chaired by the Minister of Finance (comprising Ministers of Home, Environment & Forest, Mines, Steel, Coal, Tribal Affairs, Law etc.) which harmonized the views of the Ministries and the final draft as approved by the Cabinet in September 2011, was introduced in Parliament in November 2011.

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, inter alia, provides for the following, namely

  • A simple and transparent mechanism with clear and enforceable timelines for grant of mining lease or prospecting licence through competitive bidding in areas of known mineralization, and on the basis of first-in-time in areas where mineralization is not known.
  • "Extension" rather than "renewal" of concession to ensure complete exploitation of mineral deposit.
  • Facilitating easy transfer of reconnaissance and prospecting licences; mining leases are also transferable but subject to prior approval of State Government.

A notable feature of the Bill is to provide a simple mechanism which ensures that revenues from mining are shared with local communities at individual as well as community level so as to empower them, provide them with choices, enable them to create and maintain local infrastructure and better utilize infrastructure and other services provided for their benefit. The Bill after introduction in Parliament in November 2011, was referred to the Department–related Parliamentary Standing Committee ("Standing Committee" ) which after eliciting the views of all stakeholders, submitted its Report.

Elections in 2014, however led to the Bill lapsing, and the new NDA Government used its majority to effect amendments in the MMDR Act. The most important amendment has been to make auctions the only way to get mineral concessions at prospecting and mining stages. Some auctions have been held, but the industry view seems to be that auctions are likely to lead to delays and supply interruptions, and that the auction is adding to the burden of taxes on mining. Auctions at mining lease stage are also disincentivising exploration by private sector.[8]

Mining within a sustainable development framework

The Hoda Committee made important recommendations on the need for a Sustainable Development Framework (SDF), as follows:

"The Ministry of Mines and MOEF should jointly set up a working group to prepare a SDF specially tailored to the context of India’s mining environment, taking fully into account the work done and being done in ICMM and the IUCN. The Indian SDF comprising of principles, reporting initiatives, and good practice guidelines unique to the three sectors in Indian mining, i.e. SME, captive, and large stand alone, can then be made applicable to mining operations in India and a separate structure set up to ensure adherence to such framework, drawing from both IBM and the field formations of MOEF. • The aspect of social infrastructure in the form of schools, hospitals, drinking water arrangements, etc. needs to be addressed within a formalised framework on the lines of the ICMM model. The Samatha ruling requiring mining companies to spend a set percentage of their profits on model programmes for meeting local needs through a pre-determined commitment, is one option for the country as a whole. Another option could be to require the mining companies to spend a percentage, say three per cent, of their turnover on the social infrastructure in the villages around the mining area. The working group mentioned in paragraph 3.11 may take this into consideration when preparing the Indian SDF and determine the percentage that mining companies could be advised to set aside."

Based on these recommendations, the National Mineral Policy 2008 explicitly underlined the need for mining within a sustainable development framework. The National Mineral Policy 2008 states, (para numbers in brackets are the para numbers in the Policy): "(2.3) A framework of sustainable development will be designed which takes care of biodiversity issues and to ensure that mining activity takes place along with suitable measures for restoration of the ecological balance..."

In para 7.10 it states "Extraction of minerals closely impacts other natural resources like land, water, air and forest. The areas in which minerals occur often have other resources presenting a choice of utilisation of the resources. Some such areas are ecologically fragile and some are biologically rich. It is necessary to take a comprehensive view to facilitate the choice or order of land use keeping in view the needs of development as well as the needs of protecting the forests, environment and ecology... All mining shall be undertaken within the parameters of a comprehensive Sustainable Development Framework... Mining operations shall not ordinarily be taken up in identified ecologically fragile areas and biologically rich areas.

Para 7.11 states that "Appropriate compensation will form an important aspect of the Sustainable Development Framework mentioned in para 2.3 and 7.10…"

Para 7.12 states that: "Once the process of economical extraction of a mine is complete there is need for scientific mine closure which will not only restore ecology and regenerate biomass but also take into account the socio-economic aspects of such closure..."

And not least, para 3.2 of the Policy states that "The Central Govt in consultation with the State Govts shall formulate the legal measures for giving effect to the NMP 2008..The MMDR Act, MCR and MCDR will be amended in line with the policy…"

In line with the Hoda Committee recommendations, the Ministry of Mines commissioned ERM which prepared a Sustainable Development Framework Report in November 2011.

Cabinet Ministers

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Works, Mines and Power
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
Constituent Assembly Member for Bombay 		15 August 1947 26 December 1950 3 years, 133 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
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 Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering
Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani 		21 November 1963 9 June 1964 201 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Steel and Mines
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		9 June 1964 24 January 1966 1 year, 229 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Mines and Metals
Surendra Kumar Dey
(1906–1989)
MP for Nagaur
(Minister of State) 		24 January 1966 17 January 1967 358 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Tribhuvan Narain Singh
(1904–1982)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
(Minister of State) 		17 January 1967 13 March 1967 55 days
Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals
Marri Chenna Reddy
(1919–1996)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		16 March 1967 24 April 1968 1 year, 39 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
(Minister of State) 		24 April 1968 14 February 1969 296 days
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals, and 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 Steel and Mines
Mohan Kumaramangalam
(1916–1973)
MP for Pondicherry 		2 May 1971 31 May 1973[†] 2 years, 29 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli
(Prime Minister) 		31 May 1973 23 July 1973 53 days
T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) 		23 July 1973 11 January 1974 172 days
Keshav Dev Malviya
(1904–1981)
MP for Domariyaganj 		11 January 1974 10 October 1974 272 days
Chandrajit Yadav
(1930–2007)
MP for Azamgarh
(Minister of State) 		10 October 1974 24 March 1977 2 years, 165 days
Biju Patnaik
(1916–1997)
MP for Aska 		26 March 1977 15 July 1979 2 years, 111 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		16 July 1979 28 July 1979 12 days
Minister of Steel, Mines and Coal
Biju Patnaik
(1916–1997)
MP for Aska 		30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
Minister of Steel and Mines
Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
MP for West Bengal (Rajya Sabha), till 1981
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha), from 1981 		16 January 1980 15 January 1982 1 year, 364 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Nainital 		15 January 1982 14 February 1983 1 year, 30 days
N. K. P. Salve
(1921–2012)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
(Minister of State, I/C) 		14 February 1983 31 October 1984 1 year, 260 days
31 October 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Steel, Mines and Coal
Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha 		31 December 1984 25 September 1985 268 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Steel and Mines
K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for New Delhi 		25 September 1985 12 April 1987 1 year, 199 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Vasant Sathe
(1925–2011)
MP for Wardha 		12 April 1987 25 July 1987 104 days
Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		25 July 1987 2 December 1989 2 years, 130 days
Dinesh Goswami
(1935–1991)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) 		6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days Asom Gana Parishad Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913–1996)
MP for West Bengal (Rajya Sabha) 		21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Mines
Balram Singh Yadav
(1939–2005)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
(Minister of State, I/C) 		21 June 1991 15 September 1996 5 years, 86 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MP for Koraput
(Minister of State, I/C) 		15 September 1996 16 May 1996 244 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)
Unelected
(Prime Minister) 		1 June 1996 29 June 1996 28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Minister of Steel and Mines
Birendra Prasad Baishya
(born 1956)
MP for Mangaldoi 		29 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 263 days Asom Gana Parishad Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Naveen Patnaik
(born 1946)
MP for Aska 		19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Biju Janata Dal Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Mines and Minerals
Naveen Patnaik
(born 1946)
MP for Aska 		13 October 1999 4 March 2000 143 days Biju Janata Dal Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		4 March 2000 6 March 2000 2 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
MP for Tiruchirappalli 		6 March 2000 27 May 2000 82 days
Minister of Mines
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(1936–2025)
MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha) 		27 May 2000 7 November 2000 164 days Shiromani Akali Dal Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sundar Lal Patwa
(1924–2016)
MP for Narmadapuram 		7 November 2000 1 September 2001 298 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Coal and Mines
Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		1 September 2001 29 April 2002 240 days Lok Janshakti Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		29 April 2002 1 July 2002 63 days Bharatiya Janata Party
L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		1 July 2002 26 August 2002 56 days
Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Bhopal 		26 August 2002 29 January 2003 156 days
Minister of Mines
Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for Raipur
(Minister of State, I/C) 		29 January 2003 9 January 2004 345 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Coal and Mines
Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955)
MP for Calcutta South 		9 January 2004 22 May 2004 134 days Trinamool Congress Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Shibu Soren
(1944–2025)
MP for Dumka 		23 May 2004 24 July 2004 62 days Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister) 		24 July 2004 27 November 2004 126 days Indian National Congress
Minister of Mines
Sis Ram Ola
(1927–2013)
MP for Jhunjhunu 		27 November 2004 22 May 2009 4 years, 176 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat 		28 May 2009 19 January 2011 1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
Dinsha Patel
(born 1937)
MP for Kheda
(Minister of State, I/C until 28 Oct 2012) 		19 January 2011 26 May 2014 3 years, 127 days
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior 		27 May 2014 5 July 2016 2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
(Minister of State, I/C) 		5 July 2016 3 September 2017 1 year, 60 days
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior 		3 September 2017 30 May 2019 1 year, 269 days
Pralhad Joshi
(born 1962)
MP for Dharwad 		31 May 2019 9 June 2024 5 years, 9 days Modi II
G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 275 days Modi III

Ministers of State

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 Steel, Mines and Metals
Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		13 March 1967 24 April 1968 1 year, 42 days Indian National Congress 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 Steel and Mines
Shah Nawaz Khan
(1914–1993)
MP for Meerut 		2 May 1971 5 February 1973 1 year, 279 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Kariya Munda
(born 1936)
MP for Khunti 		14 August 1977 28 July 1979 1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal
P. M. Sayeed
(1941–2005)
MP for Lakshadweep 		4 August 1979 14 January 1980 163 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh
Kishore Chandra Deo
(born 1947)
MP for Parvathipuram 		4 August 1979 14 January 1980 163 days
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
Charanjit Chanana
MP for Delhi (Rajya Sabha) 		15 January 1982 2 September 1982 230 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar 		15 January 1982 14 February 1983 1 year, 30 days
Gargi Shankar Mishra
(born 1919)
MP for Seoni 		2 September 1982 6 September 1982 4 days
Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal
K. Natwar Singh
(born 1929)
MP for Bharatpur
Minister of State, Steel 		31 December 1984 25 September 1985 268 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar
Minister of State, Mines 		25 September 1985 14 February 1988 2 years, 142 days Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Ramanand Yadav
(born 1927)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
Minister of State, Mines 		14 February 1988 12 April 1988 58 days
Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) 		14 February 1988 2 October 1988 231 days
Mahaveer Prasad
(1939–2010)
MP for Bansgaon
Minister of State, Mines 		4 July 1989 2 November 1989 121 days
Basavaraj Patil Anwari
(born 1943)
MP for Koppal 		21 November 1990 20 February 1991 91 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
MP for Raipur 		19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Mines and Minerals
Rita Verma
(born 1953)
MP for Dhanbad 		13 October 1999 27 May 2000 227 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Mines
Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
(born 1949)
MP for Beed 		27 May 2000 1 September 2001 1 year, 97 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Coal and Mines
Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) 		1 September 2001 29 January 2003 1 year, 150 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Coal and Mines
Prahlad Singh Patel
(born 1960)
MP for Balaghat 		9 January 2004 22 May 2004 134 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Dasari Narayana Rao
(1942–2017)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		23 May 2004 27 November 2004 188 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Minister of State for Mines
Dasari Narayana Rao
(1942–2017)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		27 November 2004 7 February 2006 1 year, 72 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
T. Subbarami Reddy
(born 1943)
MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		7 February 2006 6 April 2008 2 years, 59 days
Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat 		6 April 2008 22 May 2009 1 year, 46 days
Vishnu Deo Sai
(born 1964)
MP for Raigarh 		27 May 2014 5 July 2016 2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
(born 1954)
MP for Banaskantha 		3 September 2017 30 May 2019 1 year, 269 days
Raosaheb Danve
(born 1955)
MP for Jalna 		31 May 2019 9 June 2024 5 years, 9 days Modi II
Satish Chandra Dubey
(born 1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 275 days Modi III

References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Mines_(India)