The Ministry of Power is an Indian government

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

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. The Minister of Power holds cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Sushilkumar Shinde

Sushilkumar Shinde

Sushilkumar Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is currently the Cabinet Minister for Power in the Manmohan Singh government.-Dalit background:...

.

The ministry is charged with overseeing electricity

Electricity in India

The electricity sector in India supplies the world's 5th largest energy consumer, accounting for 4.0% of global energy consumption by more than 17% of global population...

 production and infrastructure development, including generation, transmission, and delivery, as well as maintenance projects. India faces challenges in electrical supply and delivery, and is often unable to meet demand, even in very large cities.

The ministry acts as a liaison between the central government and state

States and territories of India

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 electricity operations, as well as with the private sector

Private sector

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. The ministry also oversees rural electrification projects.

The Ministry of Power became a ministry on July 2, 1992. Prior to that time it had been a department (the Department of Power) in the Ministry of Power, Coal and Non-Conventional Energy Sources. That ministry was split into the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal

Ministry of Coal

The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry. The portfolio is currently held by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, assisted by the Minister of State for Coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal....

, and Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (renamed the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

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 in 2006).

See also

• Minister of Power (India)
  Minister of Power (India)
  The Minister of Power is the head of the Ministry of Power and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India....
  
  
• Central Electricity Authority of India
  Central Electricity Authority of India
  The Central Electricity Authority of India is a statutory organisation constituted under section 3 of Electricity Supply Act 1948, which has been superseded by section 70 of the Electricity Act 2003...
  
  
• Bureau of Energy Efficiency
  Bureau of Energy Efficiency
  The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the nation's 2001 Energy Conservation Act. The agency's function is to develop programs which will increase the conservation and efficient use of...