Shripad Yesso NaikDetailed Profile – Shri Shripad Yesso Naik – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India
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/ref> (born 4 October 1952) is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India in office 7 July 2021 (in

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). He was the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He is the Member of Parliament from

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constituency, representing the

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Early life

Shripaad Naik was born on 4 October 1952 at Adpai village, North Goa District, Goa.

Political career

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik taking charge as the Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), in New Delhi on May 31, 2019

In 1999, Naik was elected to the

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from North Goa constituency in Goa. As of 2019, he has held his seat in this constituency winning in

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and 2019 elections. As of 2019, he is a member of the

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. In 2014 Lok Sabha Election, he won with a margin of 105,000 votes which is very high for a small state of Goa. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister

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, the President has appointed Naik as Minister for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) in the

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. Naik was appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH,

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, on 9 November 2014. On 25 March 2016, Naik publicly stated he had access to research which proved that diseases such as

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could be cured by

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. He further stated that his Ministry was a year away from granting an endorsement to such techniques and research. The statement was challenged by medical researchers, scholars and doctors, who advocated caution in claiming a cure to cancer on the basis of unproven and unpublished research with no scientific evidence. Naik continued as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH and was appointed Minister of State for Defence on 31 May 2019.

Awards

He received the Samaraj Ratna Award on 18 August 2016.

Accident

He met with an accident on the evening of 11 January 2021 in Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka, after the driver of the car en route from Yellapur to Gokarna in the state is said to have lost control at the wheel on the ghat section, causing the car to go turtle into a ditch. Also due to the accident, his wife and personal secretary suffered grievous injuries. Police later confirmed they succumbed to their injuries whilst undergoing treatment to recover them in the hospital. His wife died in this accident.

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External links

Detailed Profile: Shripad Yesso Naik
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