Minister of State for Labour and Employment
NAME– Santosh Kumar Gangwar
PROFESSION– Politician, Agriculturist and Advocate
BORN – November 1, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH – Chaudhary Mohalla, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
FATHER’S NAME – Late Ram Lal Gangwar
MOTHER’S NAME – Sheela Devi Gangwar
SPOUSE – Saubhagya Gangwar
SIBLINGS – NA
CHILDREN – 2 (1 Daughter and 1 Son)
EDUCATION – B.Sc. from Agra University and LL.B. from Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
POLITICAL PARTY – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE– NA
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT– NA
AWARDS– NA
Santosh Kumar Gangwar is one of this country’s most senior parliamentarians and is representing the Bareilly constituency in the Lok Sabha for the 8th time. He’s the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He is politically affiliated to Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).
BACKGROUND – Santosh Kumar Gangwar was born to Late Ram Lal Gangwar and Sheela Devi Gangwar on November 1, 1948. He married Saubhagya Gangwar on March 1, 1975. And they’ve two children.
UPBRINGING & EDUCATION – Santosh Kumar Gangwar was born in Chaudhary Mohalla, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science from Agra University and did LL.B. from Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
WALK OF LIFE- He was involved in the formation of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and was also the Chairman since 1996. During the emergency of 1975, he was jailed for involvement. In the year 1989, he represented the Bareilly constituency and represented six times till 2009 but lost in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.
He was also the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit, General Secretary in the year 1996. In 1999, he held the position of Minister of State for Science and Technology with a supplementary position in Parliamentary Affairs. He was also served as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. In the 13th Lok Sabha, he served as Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs. From May 2014 to July 2016, he was Minister of State for Textiles.
He then joined the Ministry of Finance as Minister of State on 5th July 2016 and served till 3rd September 2017 and was also a member of the GST Council. From May 2019 to the present, he has been serving as Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge).
MAJOR INITIATIVES TAKEN– Under his leadership as Minister of Textiles, he gave special attention to the Northeastern States and Jammu and Kashmir to develop the textile industry.
CARRIER TIMELINE–
1989 -Member, State Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2014, and 2019 -Elected to Lok Sabha
1996- General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Uttar Pradesh
1998 to 1999- Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas with an additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs
Oct to Nov. 1999- Union Minister of State, Science & Technology also, assisted Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Nov. 1999 to 2003- Union Minister of State, Petroleum & Natural Gas; and an additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs
Jan. 2003 to May 2003- Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas
May 2003 to Sept. 2003-Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs; Labour
Sept. 2003 to May 2004- Union Minister of State, Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and an additional charge of Parliamentary Affair
May 2014 to Nov. 2014- Union Minister of State, Ministry of Textiles; Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs; Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation
Nov. 2014 to July 2016- Union Minister of State, Ministry of Textiles
July 2016 to Sept. 2017- Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance
Sept. 2017 to May 2019- Union Minister of State Ministry of Labour and Employment
May 2019 to present- Union Minister of State, Ministry of Labour and Employment
CONTROVERSIES -Santosh Kumar Gangwar made controversial remarks on brutal rape cases that shook the country the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu, and Kashmir, and the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Gangwar said that while the incidents were ‘unfortunate they sometimes cannot be stopped.’