Minister of Tourism
NAME – Prahlad Singh Patel
PROFESSION- Politician & Agriculturist
BORN – 28th June 1960 (Age 60)
PLACE OF BIRTH – Gotegoan, Narshingpur (Madhya Pradesh)
FATHER’S NAME – Shri Mulam Singh Patel
MOTHER’S NAME – Smt. Yashodabai Patel
SPOUSE – Smt. Pushpalata Singh Patel
CHILDREN – One son & two daughters (Prabal Patel)
EDUCATION – Post Graduate. B.Sc LLB, M.A (Philosophy)
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE- www.india.gov.in
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- Prahlad Singh Patel is the founder of the Seva Sansthan Masandha tehsil. This organization conducts various blood donation and eye donation camps and also various classes for educating poor children and personality development courses. He also promotes value based vegetarian lifestyle and complete prohibition. Fully developed towards the Indian culture, development of rural areas, farmers, sports.
AWARDS — NA
Prahlad Singh Patel is an Indian politician who is the current minister of culture & tourism, since 30th May 2019. He is politically affiliated to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
BACKGROUND – Prahlad Singh Patel is a BJP represent who was elected for the first time from Madhya Pradesh. In May, 2019 he came the minister of Culture and Tourism. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament from Damoh, MMadhya Pradesh in the 2019 general election as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.
UPBRINGING & EDUCATION – Prahlad Singh Patel was born in Narsinghpur. He has a B.Sc LLB and M.A (Philosophy). He was educated at Adarsh Vigyan Mahavidyalaya and U.T.D Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
WALK OF LIFE- Prahlad Singh Patel was interested in politics since a very early age. He started off with being the President of the student’s union in Jabalpur government science college, Madhya Pradesh.
He went on to become the general secretary of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. He has also completed two terms of parikrama of the holy river of Narmada.
MAJOR INITIATIVES TAKEN-
Developed infrastructure in circuits like tourist parks and tourism clusters
Rural circuit has been identified as one of the thematic circuit for development with an objective to develop basic infrastructure for show casing rural sites and the culture of the country to the tourists
He also took initiative in reviving tourism and said that medical tourism is expected to rise in the post-pandemic times
CAREER TIMELINE/POSITION HELD-
1982 He started his political career as a District President, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha
1986 He served as the General Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
1989 He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh where he defeated a candidate of the INC
1990 He was elected Member, Standing Committee on food and civil supplies and consultative committee, Ministry of Agriculture
1996 He served as Whip, BJP Parliamentary party, Lok Sabha and member of the standing committee on urban and rural development
1999 He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh
2000 Member, Consultative committee, Ministry of mines and minerals
2003 He was inducted into the cabinet as Union Minister of State, Ministry of coal
2004 He lost the 2004 elections from Chhindwara to Kamalnath of INC
2011 He was the National President, Bhartiya Janata Mazdoor Morcha for three years
2014 He became a member of the Public Undertakings, Committee on government assurances, standing committee on rural development, executive council of
V.V Giri National Labor Institute and consultative committee, Ministry of Labor and Employment. He was also re-elected to the Lok Sabha
2019 He was subsequently appointed as Minister of State (Independent charge) of the ministry of culture; minister of state of the ministry of tourism
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – There was a lot of controversy in the press when his son, was arrested in a charge of rioting and an attempt to murder.