Amar Agrawal

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Amar Agrawal
Minister of Commercial Taxes,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
December 2003 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byRamchandra Sigh Dev
Succeeded byKawasi Lakhma
Minister of Urban Administration,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
December 2013 – December 2018
Preceded byRajesh Munat
Succeeded byShiv Kumar Dahariya
In office
December 2003 – December 2008
Preceded byRavindra Chaubey
Succeeded byRajesh Munat
Minister of Labour,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
December 2008 – 22 May 2015
Preceded byHemchand Yadav
Succeeded byBhaiyalal Rajwade
Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
2007 – 22 May 2015
Preceded byDr. Krishnamurti Bandhi
Succeeded byAjay Chandrakar
Minister of Revenue, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
8 December 2008 – 9 December 2013
Preceded byBrijmohan Agrawal
Succeeded byPrem Prakash Pandey
Minister of Finance,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byRamchandra Sigh Dev
Succeeded byRaman Singh (Chief Minister)
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 December 2023
Preceded byShailesh Pandey
ConstituencyBilaspur
In office
2000–2018
Succeeded byShailesh Pandey
ConstituencyBilaspur
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2000
Preceded byB.R. Yadav
ConstituencyBilaspur
Personal details
Born (1963-09-22) 22 September 1963 (age 60)
Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseShashikala Agrawal
Children3
Alma materC.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur
Durga Mahavidyalaya, Raipur[1]
Websiteamaragrwal.in

Amar Agrawal (born 22 September 1963) is an Indian politician and former Cabinet Minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]

Agrawal represented Bilaspur in the Madhya Pradesh assembly (later Chhattisgarh assembly) from 1998 to 2018. After his victory in the 2013 Assembly elections, Agrawal represented his constituency for the third successive tenure as Minister of Health and Medical Education in the Legislature Assembly of Chhattisgarh.[3] There are a number of schemes and projects in which he is involved such as 108 Sanjeevani Express, 102 Mahtari Express, 104 Medical Consultation and Online Jan Shikayat Kendra.[4][5]

Political career[edit]

In 1998, Agrawal contested 1998 assembly election from Bilaspur Assembly constituency and won by margin of 10,995 votes. After creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he won 2003 Chhattisgarh Assembly election from same constituency and became Cabinet Minister in Raman Singh's Ministry and retained his constituency till 2018.[6]

Agrawal held various portfolios such as Finance, Health and family welfare, commercial tax, revenue during his tenure from 2003 to 2018.

In 2023, he regained his seat from Bilaspur.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amar Agrawal - Chhattisgarh Urban Development Minister | Biography". Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ ADR. "AMAR AGRAWAL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Bilaspur(Bilaspur) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  3. ^ "Cabinet". Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ ".::Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Chhattisgarh". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Amar Agrawal". Zee News.
  6. ^ "श्री अमर अग्रवाल, भारतीय जनता पार्टी बिलासपुर (30)" (PDF) (in Hindi). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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