Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra or MAHAURJA is a ministry of Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is currently headed by Nitin Raut, a Cabinet Minister.
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| Formed | 1960 |
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| Jurisdiction | Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| Headquarters | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
| Annual budget | State budget of Government of Maharashtra |
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| Website | http://www.mahaurja.com/ |
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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.
List of Cabinet Minister
14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999
1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999
19 October 1999 - 16 January 2003
(Chief Minister of Maharashtra)
18 January 2003 - 4 November 2004
9 November 2004 - 1 December 2008
8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010
(Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra)
11 November 2010 - 25 September 2012
(Chief Minister of Maharashtra)
25 September 2012 - 7 December 2012
7 December 2012 - 26 September 2014
31 October 2014 - 8 November 2019
- Balasaheb Thorat, INC (Acting)
28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019
30 December 2019 - Incumbent
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.
Achievements
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