Dharmendra Pradhan is a BJP leader and currently the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepeneurship in the NDA government. He is the son of former BJP MP Dr. Debendra Pradhan. He started as an Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activist in the year 1983, and was elected President of Talcher College Students' Union in 1985. Soon he was elected as the national secretary of ABVP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 2004 to 2006. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Pradhan has represented the Deogarh constituency of Odisha. He was also a member of the 12th Assembly of Odisha (2000-2004). He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012. Since then he was a member of several committees like Committee on Government Assurances, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine matters relating to allocation and pricing of telecom licenses and spectrum, Committee on Rural Development and Committee on Agriculture. 2004 onwards, Pradhan was the party-incharge for Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Odisha.
Read MoreIndia will offer foreign investors USD 300 billion worth of investment opportunities in energy projects over the next decade, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
India today pressed oil cartel OPEC to adopt "responsible pricing" for oil and consider the world's third-biggest oil consumer as its preferred sales destination
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday urged the state governments to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel by 5 per cent
The cost of diesel touched a lifetime high of Rs 59.14 per litre in capital Delhi on Tuesday.
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 'Saubhagya' launched on the birth anniversary of Hindutv icon Deendayal Upadhyaya will entail free electricity connections to poor households, PM Modi said.
Dharmendra Pradhan attributed the recent hikes in fuel prices to the market fluctuations caused by the hurricanes Irma and Harvey in the US that caused market fluctuations.
The Ministry of Petroleum has requested the Ministry of Finance to bring petroleum products under the ambit of GST, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday ruled out government intervention to disrupt the daily revision in petrol and diesel prices despite Rs 7.3 per litre spike in rates since July, saying the reform will continue
The major revamp of the Narendra Modi government recognised the works of Ministers of State Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today assured that the subsidy on LPG cylinder for domestic use for the poor will continue.
Piyush Goyal added that it was after 2014, when Narendra Modi led government assumed office that the green energy and bio fuel received wings.
Rosneft, the Russian oil major that recently took over Essar Oil, is planning in a big way to tap retail fuel market in India, the minister told reporters
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with a delegation, demanding security of people being allegedly tortured by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers in Odisha.
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan met UN energy secretary Rick Perry during an unscheduled trip to the US Capitol and discussed energy cooperation between India and the US.
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today said that the central government was mulling over allowing the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a transportation fuel.
The anti-corruption vigilance wing on Saturday raided various petrol pumps and gas agencies including a gas agency owned by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's brother at Talcher in Odisha.
Guwahati: Police today baton-charged farmers protesting against auction of 67 oilfields across the country, including 12 blocks in Assam, at the venue of a roadshow in the city where Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was present.
Balasore (Odisha): Two Union ministers today asked the BJD dispensation in Odisha to give an account of its achievements during the 17-year-rule and accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of “running the government though officers” instead
Uttar Pradesh: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 10,000 new LPG distributors will be appointed in the current financial year. "At present, there are 18,000 gas distributors in the country and in the
New Delhi: Gas distribution companies here will offer a rebate in the New Year on CNG sold at odd hours, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. The move is aimed at reducing the dangerous levels
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