Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s working formulae is simple-delivering on promises, pro-activeness and good governance and Prakash Javadekar might have fulfilled many criteria to secure the Cabinet rank.In Modi’s new Cabinet, Javadekar is the lone junior minister who got promoted to the Cabinet rank. This is despite Javadekar, who was junior Environment Minister, was stripped off two main departments-Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, during the two-year reign of this government.
What really helped Javadekar to get this promotion, was his pro-active role in the climate change talks in Paris.
Under Javadekar:
- India signed the historic Paris climate agreement along with more than 170 nations. India had maintained that the burden of fighting climate change cannot be put on the shoulders of the poor after decades of industrial development by the rich nations.
- Initiatives such as increase in forest cover, better pollution monitoring and control and 2000 approvals unlocking Rs 10 lakh crore of investment were taken up.
-A job potential of 10 lakh was created. Also, project approval period was reduced from 600 to 190 days and policy decisions and protecting India’s interest at COP 21 in Paris, etc worked in his favour.
Some of his schemes for future may have also clicked with Modi such as incentivizing tree cover outside forest, promoting Ease of Doing Responsible Business, etc.
Javadekar, a commerce graduate who is from Pune, rose from RSS ranks and was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council twice between 1990 and 2002 before being first elected to Rajya Sabha in 2008.
He represents Madhya Pradesh in Rajya Sabha.
He was BJP spokesperson and party's incharge of Andhra Pradesh and also instrumental in striking a deal with Chandrababu Naidu's TDP to bring it into the NDA-fold.
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