Overview
Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviy (born 1 June 1972) is an Indian politician who serving as Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports since 2024.[3] He is also a Lok Sabha members from Porbandar Gujarat.
Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviy
Union Minister of Labour and Employmen · Bhartiya Janta Party · Politician
Born01 Jun 1972
FromHanol, Gujarat, India
OccupationPolitician
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Career
Mansukh Mandaviya is currently the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Minister of Labour and Employment.
Positions served
2002-2007: Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for Palitana
2010: Chairman, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Limited
2012-2018: Member of Rajya Sabha
2013: State Secretary of BJP, Gujarat
2015: Youngest General Secretary of BJP, Gujarat
2016-2019: Minister of State for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2018 - 2 April 2024:[7] Re-elected as Member of Rajya Sabha
2019: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
2021: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare India and Minister for…
Awards & Achievements
Mandaviya was honored by UNICEF for his contribution to women health-care initiatives and for distributing 10 crore sanitary napkins through Jan Aushadhi Kendras.[20][21]
He was also honored by The Economic Times with the Business Reformer of the Year Award 2022 for Corporate Excellence. Credited with raising India's vaccination coverage to more than 70%, his leadership during and after the pandemic has been instrumental in the economy bouncing back from Covid.[22] [23]
India’s renowned newspaper The Indian Express in its prestigious list of 100 Most Powerful Indians in 2022 & 2023 placed him at number 25 & 27 respectively for boosting COVID-19 vaccination and improving the overall healthcare system. [24]
Initiatives
In 2004, he organized a 123 km long Padyatra, titled "Kanya…
Media
References
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- ^ "Mansukh L Mandaviya is MoS – Chemicals & Fertilizers | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ News18 (3 April 2024). "Former PM Manmohan Singh Retires From Rajya Sabha After 33 Years". Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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- ^ "Mansukh Mandaviya: All you need to know about Mansukh Mandaviya, new Union health minister | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Gujarat Agro".
- ^ "Shri Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS, SHIPPING, CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS(MINISTER OF STATE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- "WHO IS MANSUKH MANDAVIYA?". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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- ^ Network, eHealth (7 July 2021). "We Believe Technology is Inevitable for Transforming India's Primary Healthcare Sector: WISH Foundation, CEO, Rajesh R Singh - eHealth Magazine". Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Shri Mansukh Mandaviya meets Secretary General of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Mr. Kitack Lim at the 50th Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as Union health minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as health minister: Two-time MP honoured by UNICEF for contribution to women's health". Firstpost. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Mansukh Mandaviya: All you need to know about Mansukh Mandaviya, new Union health minister". The Times of India. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "ET Awards 2022 Business Reformer of the Year: Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilisers, Economic Times". Economics Times. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "ET Awards: India's Covid success story rooted in ethos of service, solidarity: Mansukh Mandaviya". Economics Times. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "IE 100 2022: List of most powerful Indians, Indian Express". IndianExpress. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to:a b "Mandaviya: A Gujarat Lawmaker Who Has Campaigned For Girls' Education". Ndtv.
Last updated on 13 Oct 2024, 00:18 (IST)
