Rajnath Singh is the current Home Minister of India and a senior leader in the BJP party. He has a long history of involvement in Indian politics, joining in 1974 and holding several key positions in the BJP over the decades. As Home Minister, he oversees several departments related to internal security, border management, and Jammu & Kashmir affairs. Prior to this role, he served as Agriculture Minister and Transport Minister, implementing policies to reduce interest rates on loans and update emission standards.
Rajnath Singh's Political Journey as Home Minister of India
1. SUBMITTED TO :
MR. RISHI SHARMA
SUBMITTED BY :
SAMEER YADAV
BHMCT 1ST
SEM
2. • INTRODUCTION
• DEPARTMENTS OF HOME MINISTER
• PERSONAL LIFE
• ENTRY IN POLITICS
• POLITICAL JOURNEY OF RAJNATH SINGH
• ACHIEVEMENTS OF RAJNATH SINGH
3. • The Minister of Home
Affairs (or simply,
the Home Minister) is the
head of the Ministry of
Home Affairs of
the Government of India.
One of the senior-most
offices in the Union
Cabinet, the chief
responsibility of the Home
Minister is the maintenance
of India's internal security.
4. Rajnath Singh, an Indian
politician, is a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He is currently the Union
Minister of Home Affairs in the
BJP-led NDA government of
India. He was formerly the
president of the Bharatiya
Janata Party.
RAJNATH SINGH
5. The Ministry of Home
Affairs has the following
constituent Departments:
• Department of Border
Management
• Department of Internal
Security
• Department of Jammu &
Kashmir Affairs
• Department of State
6. • Rajnath Singh was born on July
10, 1951 to a family of farmers
in a village called Bhabhaura in
Chandauli District of Uttar
Pradesh. His father was Shri
Rambadan Singh and mother
was Smt. Gujarati Devi.
• After finished his master's
degree in Physics with first
division from Gorakhpur
University of Uttar Pradesh
7. • In 1964, at a very early age
of 13, Rajnath Singh got
associated with the RSS and
continued the association
even while he was working
as lecturer in K. B. Post
Graduate College at
Mirzapur. Rajnath Singh held
major positions as a young
cadet of RSS.
8. • Rajnath Singh formally
joined Indian politics in
1974.
• Rajnath Singh was
arrested during the
Emergency and
imprisoned for 18 months.
• He was elected as MLA in
Uttar Pradesh State
Assembly in 1977.
• He was the Bharatiya
Janata Party’s State
Secretary in Uttar Pradesh
in 1983.
9. • During his tenure as state
President of Bharatiya Janata
Party. the party performed well,
winning 58 seats in the Lok
Sabha. he changed the name of
the emission standard EURO II
to Bharat State II (BS II).
• In the year 2000, during his term
as Surface Transport Minister.
• He brought down the rate of
interest on agricultural loans
from 14-18% to a more
reasonable 8% during his term
as Agriculture Minister.
• He holds the credit for
successfully installing the first
Bharatiya Janata Party
government in South India.