Parshottam Rupala

Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (born 1 October 1954) is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Second Modi ministry.[2] He is a member of Rajya Sabha,[3] representing the Indian state of Gujarat and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Amreli and formerly served as a minister in Government of Gujarat.

Parshottam Rupala
Parshottam Rupala in 2018
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byGiriraj Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
In office
31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
In office
5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
MP of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat
Assumed office
2016[1]
Personal details
Born (1954-10-01) 1 October 1954
Amreli, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Savitaben Rupala (m. 1979)
ChildrenOne daughter and one son
Alma materB. Sc. (Saurashtra University)
B. Ed. (Gujarat University)
OccupationPolitician, Agriculture
Websitewww.parshottamrupala.com

Early life

Rupala was born to Hariben Khodabhai and Khodabhai Madhabhai, on 1 October 1954.[4] Rupala earned his B.Sc. and B.Ed. He studied at Saurashtra University and Gujarat University in 1976–1977.

Before entering politics, he served as School Principal at Hamapur in Medium School from 1977 to 1983.[5] He was the chief officer of the Amreli municipality from November 1983 to March 1987.

Career

Rupala was the president of the Amreli district Bhartiya Janta Party from 1988 to 1991. This led to his service as Secretary of the Bhartiya Janta Party in 1992.

He was Chairman of a youth hostel from February 2002 to 2004. He served as trustee of Kadva Patidar trust, in Amreli, Chairman of Madad Trust and President of the Gujarat electricity board union.

He served 3 consecutive terms as a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly ending in 2002.[6]

He was a Cabinet Minister in Narmada for Irrigation and Water Supply from 19 March 1995 to 20 October 1995 and again from 4 November 1995 to 18 September 1996; for Agriculture from 9 October 2001 to 21 December 2002. He chaired the Public Accounts Committee of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from March 1997 to December 1997.

He was the Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (G.I.D.C.) from June 1998 to October 2001.

He was elected a Rajya Sabha Member (2008-2009) where he served on the Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Member (Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010), on the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member ( July 2010 -), on the Committee for the Ministry of Shipping Member (Sept. 2010 -) and on the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, Committee on Agriculture (Aug. 2012 -).

He was again elected to Rajya Sabha in June 2016 in by-poll following death of sitting Congress MP Praveen Rashtrapal.[7] From May 2019 to July 2021, he served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.[8] In July 2021, he became Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.[9]

Personal life

Rupala married Savitaben in 1979. They have a daughter and one son.

References
  1. "BJP's Parshottam Rupala Elected To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat". NDTV.com.
  2. "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. "Detailed Profile - Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala - Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India".
  5. Administrator. "Parshottam Rupala's life sketch".
  6. Administrator. "Polytical History Of Parshottam Rupala".
  7. "BJP's Parshottam Rupala Elected To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat". NDTV.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  9. "Parshottam Rupala gets Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying". India Today. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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