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Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel
Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan is the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel in the second term of the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. In the previous term of the governement, too, he had held the natural gas & petroleum portfolio, but additional had skill development & entrepreneurship as his second ministry. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in March 2018 from Madhya Pradesh.Pradhan was a member of Lok Sabha from 2004-2009 and represented the Deogarh constituency of Odisha. He was also a member of Assembly of Odisha (2000 - 2004) elected from Pallalhara constituency.
Pradhan was an active member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and entered national politics in 2004. His father, Debendra Pradhan, was a minister in Vajpayee government and an MP from Deogarh constituency who left his seat in 2004 to pave the way for his son. Dharmendra Pradhan won the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 from the constituency.
In 2012, he was elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was also the general secretary of the party in 2011, and also looked after the activities of the party in Jharkhand. He was also the organiser of party activities in Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Odisha.
Though his stint in national politics is relatively short, Pradhan has carved a crucial identity for himself. A close confidant of Amit Shah, he was also one of the chief architects for the victory of BJP in Bihar in the Lok Sabha election of 2014.
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Dhamendra Pradhan to launch IOC's Rs 800-cr ethanol project in Gorakhpur
The unit is proposed to be set up on 50 acres of land in the premises of the now-defunct Dhuriapar Co-operative Sugar Mill| August 08, 2019, Thursday -
India ready to move to clean and affordable fuel: Dharmendra Pradhan
Pradhan said the country's energy sector is attractive for foreign investors| August 02, 2019, Friday -
India must expand fuel refining capacity by 80% despite EV push: Pradhan
The world's third-largest energy consumer would need a combination of cleaner diesel and petrol, compressed natural gas (CNG), ...| July 19, 2019, Friday -
ONGC discovered 230 mn tonnes of oil reserves in last 3 years: Pradhan
Pradhan said the government had constituted a committee for preparing a road map to reduce the dependency on energy imports by 10 ...| July 01, 2019, Monday -
Odisha govt has stalled projects worth Rs 1.36 trillion: Dharmendra Pradhan
Pradhan said the state government's apathy in awarding land and swift clearances had slowed the tempo of growth in Odisha| February 23, 2019, Saturday -
Will move HC against arbitration ruling that went in favour of RIL: Govt
The arbitration tribunal held that Reliance could contractually produce and sell any gas that might have migrated from adjoining ...| August 03, 2018, Friday -
Govt moves Delhi HC to recover $3.8 bn from Reliance, Shell, ONGC
RIL and Shell challenged the FPA before the High Court in London| July 26, 2018, Thursday -
Synthetic natural gas projects to come up in Odisha's Talcher and Paradip
Synthetic natural gas is produced from coal and serves as a substitute for natural gas| June 09, 2018, Saturday -
GST exclusion costs oil industry Rs 200 bn input credit annually: Pradhan
However, he said, with the GST regime stabilising and apprehensions over GST collection gradually receding, "it is a matter of ...| June 07, 2018, Thursday -
Govt will appeal against HC order extending Vedanta Cairn PSC: Pradhan
Delhi High Court, in its order, had directed the govt to extend the Production Sharing Contract with Vedanta for its Rajasthan ...| June 06, 2018, Wednesday
