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Jairam Ramesh (born 9 April 1954) is an Indian politician belonging to INC.He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka state in the Rajya Sabha.In July 2011, Jairam was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in Maharashtra.
Dolly Chaiwala, a tea vendor from the state of Maharashtra, found himself going viral online after he served a cup of tea to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. ... Jairam Ramesh, a spokesman of main ...
Bharat Jodo Yatra (lit. ' Unite India March ') was a mass movement [1] [2] which was held by the Indian National Congress ("the Congress" or INC as short form). [3] Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi orchestrated the movement by encouraging the party cadre and the public to walk from Kanyakumari at the southern tip of India to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a journey of 4,080 ...
The Organisation is headed by the Congress President, who is elected by the All India Congress Committee.The AICC on the other hand is composed of delegates sent by the various State–level Pradesh Congress Committees, who themselves have been elected or nominated to their respective Pradesh Congress Committee from the district and panchayat level party units.
Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh (MoS, I/C) 22 May 2009 12 July 2011 2 years, 51 days: Manmohan II: 15 Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu (MoS, I/C) 12 July 2011 21 December 2013 2 years, 162 days: 16 Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for Chikballapur: 21 December 2013 26 May 2014 156 days
The harshest criticism came from the then Minister of Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, who described the low monthly pension amounts as 'an insult to the dignity' of the elderly. [57] While the Government of India maintains that State Governments should make a matching contribution to social pensions, the amount would still not account for the ...
Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress (INC) has seen a number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have survived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.