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Satish Chandra Dubey's public record spans the state legislature, both Houses of Parliament and the Union Government. It runs from 2005 to the present day.

He was first elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in February 2005 from the Chanpatia constituency in West Champaran district. He was re-elected from Chanpatia in the second Assembly election held that year, in October–November 2005. In 2010 he was elected from the Narkatiaganj constituency. In May 2014 he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Valmiki Nagar parliamentary constituency, which covers the northern part of the same district.

In October 2019 he was elected, unopposed, to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar in a by-election. He was re-elected unopposed in the biennial election of June 2022. On 9 June 2024 he was sworn in as a member of the Union Council of Ministers. He took charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of Mines on 11 June 2024.

Personal background

According to his official biographical record, Satish Chandra Dubey was born on 2 May 1975 at Betia, the town more commonly written as Bettiah. Bettiah is the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district in north-western Bihar. His father is Shri Indrajeet Dubey and his mother is Shrimati Paspati Devi.

He married Shrimati Alka Kumari on 22 February 2008. The official record lists one daughter. His permanent address is recorded in Harsari village, in the Narkatiaganj area of West Champaran.

The same record lists cricket and football among his interests, and Nepal as a country visited. West Champaran shares a border with Nepal. Under social and cultural activities, the record states:

"Living among poor people and always ready to serve them; participating in social work."Member bio-data, Rajya Sabha · as published by the Parliament of India

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Education

The official profiles published by the Ministry of Coal, the Ministry of Mines, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha give his educational qualification as Intermediate, and name T.P. Verma College, Narkatiaganj, in West Champaran district, as the institution.

Narkatiaganj is a sub-divisional town in the north of the district. It later gave its name to the Assembly constituency he represented from 2010 to 2014. The qualification shown here is exactly as given in the current official profiles. No year of completion is stated in those records, so none is given here.

Professional background

His profession is recorded as agriculturist in every official profile: Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

West Champaran is a largely agrarian district in the Gandak river basin. Rice and sugarcane are among its principal crops, and sugar mills are a long-standing part of its economy. This background appears in his later parliamentary work. In March 2021, as a Member of the Rajya Sabha, he asked a starred question on the revival of closed sugar mills in Bihar. His Special Mentions raised flood control in Bihar and human–wildlife conflict around the Valmiki Tiger Reserve.

No other occupation or business interest is recorded in the official profiles.

Public life

His elected public life began in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Election Commission of India's statistical reports record three victories as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate:

• February 2005, 7-Chanpatia: won with 27,642 votes, a margin of 16,216. That Assembly election produced no government, and Bihar went to the polls again later in the year.
• October–November 2005, 7-Chanpatia: re-elected with 42,960 votes (48.36 per cent), a margin of 20,874.
• 2010, 3-Narkatiaganj: elected with 45,022 votes (38.06 per cent). The 2010 election was the first held on the constituency boundaries redrawn by the 2008 delimitation.

His official biography summarises this period as "2005 – May 2014: Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (three terms)". It also lists "Member, Executive Committee, Bihar, 2005".

Sources: ECI statistical report, Bihar 2005 · CEO Bihar, Oct 2005 winners · ECI detailed results, Bihar 2010

Parliamentary journey

Lok Sabha, 2014–2019

In the 2014 general election he won the 2-Valmiki Nagar constituency with 364,013 votes, a margin of 117,795 over the Indian National Congress candidate, according to the Election Commission's statistical report. The result was declared on 16 May 2014.

In the 16th Lok Sabha he served on the Standing Committee on Labour from September 2014 and on the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Lok Sabha records credit him with 148 questions and 30 debate participations during that term.

Rajya Sabha, 2019 onward

Following the death of Shri Ram Jethmalani in September 2019, a by-election was held to fill the resulting casual vacancy in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. Satish Chandra Dubey was the only candidate and was declared elected on 9 October 2019. That residual term ended on 7 July 2022. In the biennial election of June 2022 he was again elected unopposed, and his present term runs from 8 July 2022 to 7 July 2028.

As a Rajya Sabha member he served on the Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and on the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Steel. The Rajya Sabha's records list 243 questions and five Special Mentions in his name. Details are on the Parliamentary Work page.

Ministerial responsibility

He was sworn in as a Minister of State at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 9 June 2024, when the Union Council of Ministers took office. He took charge in the Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of Mines on 11 June 2024. According to the Press Information Bureau, the Cabinet Minister, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, took charge of both ministries on 13 June 2024 and noted that "Minister of State Shri Satish Chandra Dubey officially took charge on 11th June 2024."

The two ministries have distinct remits:

• The Ministry of Coal is responsible for policy on the exploration and development of India's coal and lignite reserves. It oversees Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries, NLC India Limited, and the Government's stake in Singareni Collieries, and it runs the allocation of coal blocks through auction.
• The Ministry of Mines is responsible for the survey and exploration of all minerals other than natural gas, petroleum and atomic minerals. It also covers the mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals such as aluminium, copper and zinc. It administers the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for all mines and minerals other than coal, natural gas and petroleum. The Geological Survey of India and the Indian Bureau of Mines come under it, and critical mineral policy is part of its remit.

Ministry decisions and outcomes belong to the Government of India and its institutions. The Coal & Mines page sets out the sector context and lists the engagements in which his own participation is documented.

Current role

As of September 2026 he continues as Minister of State for Coal and Mines, according to the Ministry of Coal's minister profile and Parliament's member records. He remains a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar.

In Parliament, Lok Sabha records show written (unstarred) answers on coal and mines signed by him from the Budget Session of 2026 onward. There are 126 such answers between 11 March and 12 August 2026, on subjects ranging from coal-mine safety to critical mineral imports. At least 102 more were given in the Rajya Sabha between 9 March and 10 August 2026.