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.
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New Delhi: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today hinted of stopping supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) to the well-off as only 42.5 lakh out of nearly 15 crore cooking gas consumers have so far voluntarily
New Delhi: A day after Rahul Gandhi promised a "kurta-pajama sarkar" that will work for common man, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today took a jibe at the Congress vice president asking him to first make
New Delhi: A day after Rahul Gandhi promised a "kurta-pajama sarkar" that will work for common man, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today took a jibe at the Congress vice president asking him to first make his
New Delhi: Congress today demanded the sacking of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, alleging that he received "payments" from the prime accused in Vyapam scam along with some other BJP and RSS leaders.The party insisted that
New Delhi: The petroleum ministry will launch the tenth round of bidding for oil and gas production contracts under the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP) by the end of fiscal 2015-16, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra
New Delhi: International oil prices will come down with the imminent lifting of sanctions against Iran and benefit India, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today."With Iran coming to market, the assumption is that there will
1. Union Cabinet to hold meeting on ‘Housing for All'Delhi: Cabinet meeting today at 11 am south block. In the meeting, cabinet is sought to clear Housing for All by 2022. Private builders to be
New Delhi: Government expects that about one crore well off consumers will surrender the subsidy on cooking gas after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to people not to take subsidy if they can afford to
New Delhi: Under attack for hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel, government today said the step was taken to save money for developmental works after “substantial” benefits of reducing global crude prices were passed
New Delhi: After the leak of documents from his ministry, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that all those who subverted the system would be punished. He, however, made it clear that the government
New Delhi: As the police widens its probe into the sensational corporate espionage, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said nobody will be allowed to breach the official system and all those responsible will be brought
New Delhi: Delhi Police today arrested two energy consultants including a former journalist in connection with leaking of classified documents from the Petroleum Ministry. With this, a total of 7 people have been arrested in
Islamabad: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the meeting of the steering committee set up for TAPI (Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India) peipeline
Barauni (Bihar): The capacity of the 50-year old Barauni refinery will be raised to 9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Sunday."The refining capacity of the Barauni refinery will be raised
Barauni: Slamming the bonhomie between senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said that the two leaders will not succeed in keeping BJP out of power in
New Delhi: A day after oil companies skipped revising petrol and diesel prices despite steep fall in global rates, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the state-owned firms will do what is "appropriate".As per the
New Delhi: A day after oil companies skipped revising petrol and diesel prices despite steep fall in global rates, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the state-owned firms will do what is "appropriate". As per
Bhuwaneswar: Now, subsidized cooking gas is available to the consumers in 5-kg cylinders in all LPG distribution centres in the country.Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan today launched 5-Kg LPG cylinder
Jamshedpur: The government does not have any immediate plan to remove subsidy on LPG, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said here today.“We do not have any plan to remove
Jamshedpur: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was giving the Burdwan blast incident a political colour. “She is finding it difficult to face the CBI in connection with
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