Profile of Hon'ble Minister
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for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Bhupender Yadav Cabinet Minister
| Constituency: |
Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament – Alwar, Rajasthan |
| Party: |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Father’s Name: |
Shri Kadam Singh |
| Mother’s Name: |
Smt. Santra Devi |
| Date of Birth: |
30-June-1969 |
| Spouse Name: |
Smt. Babita Yadav |
| State Name: |
Rajasthan |
| Permanent Address: |
191-C-II, Kundan Nagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305001 |
| Present Address: |
9, Moti Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 |
| Email Id: |
bhupender[dot]yadav[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in |
| Education Qualifications: |
B.A. (Hons.), LL. B. Educated at Government College, Ajmer |
| Countries Visited: |
Ivory Coast, Scotland, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand, Brunei, U.A.E., Germany and London (U.K.) |
Positions Held
| April 2012 : |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
| May 2012 – May 2014 and September 2014 – July 2016 : |
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice |
| June – November 2012 : |
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 |
| June 2014 onwards : |
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
| September 2014 – July 2016 : |
Member, Committee on Industry |
| September 2014 – May 2019 : |
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence |
| December 2014 – February 2015 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2014 |
| March 2015 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 |
| May – July 2015 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014 |
| December 2015 – August 2016 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 |
| January – April 2016 : |
Chairman, Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015 |
| March – May 2016 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 |
| May – July 2016 : |
Chairman, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 |
| July – August 2016 : |
Member, Committee of Transport, Tourism and Culture |
| July 2016 – August 2017 : |
Chairman, Committee on Commerce Member, General Purposes Committee |
| August 2016 onwards : |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
| April – July 2017 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Third Amendment) Bill, 2017 |
| May 2017 – May 2019 : |
Member, Content Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha Television |
| August 2017 – 1 August 2018 : |
Chairman, Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 |
| September 2017 – May 2019 and September 2019 onwards : |
Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice |
| April 2018: |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha |
| October 2018 onwards : |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
| September 2019 onwards : |
Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
| 2019 onwards : |
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance |
| November 2019 – February 2020 : |
Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 |
| December 2019 onwards : |
Member, Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 |
| August 2020 onwards : |
Convenor, Working Group-I- (Civil) of the Public Accounts Committee |
| April 2021 onwards : |
Member, Committee on Rules |
| July 2021 onwards : |
Union Cabinet Minister for Labour & Employment; and Environment, Forest & Climate Change |
Other Information
| Books Published: |
The Rise of the BJP, Co-authored Supreme Court on Forest Conservation published by the Universal Law Publisher, 2005; for nine years i.e. 2000-2009 continuously published ‘Nyayapravah’, a legal magazine published by the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad and various articles published in ‘Nyaypravah’ and other leading newspapers and magazines |
| Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests : |
Prolific writer and a voracious reader. Keen interest in poetry, literature and philosophy, yog sadhna and meditation |
| General Secretary |
All India Lawyers Organisation (Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad), 2000-2009. |
| National Secretary |
Bharatiya Janata Party, 2010; attended many conferences on various legal topics both at national and international level. |
| National General Secretary |
B.J.P., 2014; Prabhari (in-charge), Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra State Election Management Department, B.J.P. |
| Member |
Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament Complex |
Date of News:
09-Jun-2024