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MINISTRY OF POWER
• Administration of the Electricity Act, 2003, ( 36 of 2003),
the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001 ), the
Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 (14 of 1948)
and Bhakra Beas Management Board as provided in
the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966).
• All matters relating to Central Electricity Authority,
Central Electricity Board and Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission;
• Rural Electrification;
• Power schemes and issues relating to power supply/
development schemes/programmes/ decentralized
and distributed generation in the States and Union
Territories;
• Matters relating to the following Undertakings /
Organizations:-
a. Damodar Valley Corporation;
b. Bhakra Beas Management Board (except matters
relating to irrigation);
c. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited;
d. National Hydro-electric Power Corporation
Limited;
e. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited;
f. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
Limited;
g. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited;
h. Power Finance Corporation Limited;
i. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation;
j. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited;
k. Central Power Research Institute;
l. National PowerTraining Institute;
m. Bureau of Energy Efficiency;
• All matters concerning energy conservation and energy
efficiency pertaining to Power Sector.
ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF POWER
In all technical and economic matters, Ministry of Power
is assisted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
constituted under section 3(1) of the Electricity (Supply)
Act, 1948 which has now been replaced by Electricity
Act, 2003. The CEA advises the Ministry of Power on all
technical and economic matters.
Badarpur Management Contract Cell (BMCC), a
subordinate office of this Ministry, is responsible for
administering the Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS)
Management Contract between the Government of India
and NTPC.
The construction and operation of generation and
transmission projects in the Central Sector are entrusted
to Central Sector Power Corporations, viz. The National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the National Hydro
Electric Power Corporation (NHPC), the North-Eastern
Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) and the Power
Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). The PGCIL is
responsible for all the existing and future transmission
projects in the Central Sector and also for the formation
of the National Power Grid. Two Joint Venture Power
Corporations namely, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)
and Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) are
responsible for the execution of the Satluj Jal Vidyut
Nigam (SJVN) in Himachal Pradesh and projects of the
Tehri Hydro Power Complex in Uttaranchal respectively.
Statutory bodies i.e., Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)
and Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) are also
under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power.
Programmes of rural electrification are provided financial
assistance by the Rural Electrification Corporation
(REC) under the Ministry of Power. The Power Finance
Corporation (PFC) provides term-finance to projects in the
power sector.
Further, the Autonomous Bodies (Societies) i.e. Central
Power Research Institute (CPRI), the National Power
Training Institute (NPTI) and the Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE) are also under the administrative control
of the Ministry of Power. Power Trading Corporation (PTC)
was also set up in 1999 to catalyse development of mega
power projects, as well as vibrant power market and to
promote exchange of power with neighbouring countries.
ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP
Late Shri P.M. Sayeed was the Minister of Power from the
25th May, 2004 upto the 18th December, 2005.
Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde is the Minister of Power with
effect from the 30th January, 2006.
Shri R.V. Shahi is the Secretary in the Ministry of Power
since the 13th April, 2002. The Ministry has two Additional
Secretaries and five Joint Secretaries, including the
Finance Advisor.
Shri U.N. Panjiar, Additional Secretary, oversees the work
relating to Policy, Planning and International Cooperation
(PP&IC), Reforms and Restructuring;