Vilas Baburao Muttemwar, 60 MoS (Independent Charge) of New and Renewable Energy

Result: 2/10

Muttemwar had a free run in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy but has little to show as achievement.

His brief

• An aggressive promotion of renewable energy—solar, hydro, bio-gas, wind—backed with enabling policies.

His deliveries

• Offered support tariffs to companies interested in setting up solar power plants, wind and small hydro sectors grew at a reasonable pace.

• Launched an ambitious programme for development of solar cities.

Reforms derailed

• The Remote Village Electrification programme didn’t meet its targets.

• The National Solar Mission, announced as part of National Action Plan on Climate Change, has not progressed since it was launched in June 2008.

Opportunities Blown

He had framed a comprehensive policy to provide incentives for producing solar power but it got lost in red tape.

View from the shadow

“It is extremely sad that the ministry, which has so much potential, has been one of the most non-performing ones,” says Kiren Rijiju, BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh and member of the parliamentary standing committee on energy.

Did he get your vote?

Won with a margin of 24,399 from Nagpur.