Pralhad Joshi
Pralhad Joshi | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Raj Kumar Singh |
| Union Minister of Coal | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Succeeded by | G. Kisan Reddy |
| Union Minister of Mines | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Succeeded by | G. Kisan Reddy |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Sankeshwar |
| Constituency | Dharwad, Karnataka |
| President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka | |
| In office 12 July 2012 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | K. S. Eshwarappa |
| Succeeded by | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Succeeded by | Kiren Rijiju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1962 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Jyothi Joshi (m. 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Railway School New English School |
| Alma mater | Shri Kadasiddeshwar Arts College |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Businessperson |
Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi (born 27 November 1962) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 13th Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and 10th Minister of New and Renewable Energy since 2024. He was also the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, the Minister of Coal and the Minister of Mines from 2019 to 2024. Joshi has also been a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha since 2004, representing the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency. He was also the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka (BJP) from 2014 to 2016. He served in the panel of chairpersons of the Lok Sabha (2014–2018).
Joshi first came to public notice with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when they organised a movement to hoist the Flag of India at the Idagah Maidan Hubli Karnataka during 1992–1994. Recently, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the Karnataka High Court order restoring the ownership of the said maidan to the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation. He has been elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections of 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.