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Bhupender Yadav Cabinet Minister

Constituency:	Rajay Sabha, Member of Parliament – 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