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ASHWINI VAISHNAW

MINISTER OF RAILWAY, COMMUNICATION, ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

NAME – Ashwini Vaishnav

PROFESSION- Politician, former IAS

BORN – 18/07/1970

PLACE OF BIRTH – Jodhpur, Rajasthan

FATHER’S NAME – N/A

MOTHER’S NAME – N/A

SPOUSE – Sunita Vaishnav

SIBLINGS – N/A

CHILDREN – 2

EDUCATION – 1 B tec

2 – M tec

3- MBA

POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bhartiya janta party

OFFICIAL WEBSITE- ashwinivaishnaw.in

REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- N/A

AWARDS – N/A

BACKGROUND – Vaishnaw was a former IAS officer and currently. He is the minister of Railway. He belongs to Bairagi family . Since 2019 he is the member of Parliament of India representing Odhisha state in Rajya Sabha .

He was Deputy Secretary in the office of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vaishnaw has argued in parliament in that current economic slowdown is cyclic in nature and not a structural slowdown. He also supported the Taxation Laws ( Amendment) Bill, 2019.

MAJOR INITIATIVES TAKEN- N/A

CARRIER TIMELINE/POSITION HELD-

2019- Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

2021- Minister of Communication

2021- Minister of Electronic and Information Technology

CONTROVERSIES/CASES –

Ashwini Vaishnav is working towards the new privacy law. He said that “Twitter must abide by the law of the Land.

Last updated on 28-07-2021