Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the

Uddhav Thackeray ministry After the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, post-poll alliance was formed in between Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress to form Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Uddhav Thackeray, the president of Shiv Se ...

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. He is the Working President of the

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party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC (All India Congress Committee) for SC Department. He was the

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Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation in the

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until 2014.

Political career

He was elected to the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 mem ...

from Nagpur North constituency, in

Nagpur district Nagpur district (Marathi pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is a district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nagpur is the district administrative centre. The district is part of Nagpur Division. Nagpur distric ...

consecutively in the 1999, 2004 and 2009 elections. As of 2014 he served as a Maharashtra Cabinet Minister for Employment Guarantee Scheme and

Water Conservation Water conservation includes all the policies, strategies and activities to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, to protect the hydrosphere, and to meet the current and future human demand (thus avoiding water scarcity). Populati ...

. He was former Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries, Home, Jail, State Labor and Excise Department.

Held positions

* 1999 – 2004: Member of

(1st term) * 2004 – 2009: Member of

(2nd term) * 2008 - 2009 : Maharashtra

state minister Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

for Department of Home, Prison, State Labor and Excise * 2009 – 2014: Member of

(3rd term) * 2009 - 2014 : Maharashtra Cabinet minister for Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Employment Guarantee Scheme and Water Resources *2009-Appointed guardian minister of

Yavatmal Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the stat ...

District *2019 – current: Member of

(4th term) * 2019 – 2019 : Cabinet minister for Public Works (excluding PSUs), Tribal Development, Women and Child Development, Textiles, Relief and Rehabilitation, Other Backward Classes, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, Deprived Castes, Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Classes Welfare *2019 – current: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister for Renewable Energy and Energy Department *2020- Appointed guardian minister of

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

district

Other positions

He became the Vice President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) in 2001. He served as the General Secretary MPCC. He is an active member of the MPCC Core Group and Media Committee. He began serving as a member of the All India Congress Committee in 2001.

Books and publications

* ''Buddhist Marriage and Succession Act, 2007'' * ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's views on Birth Control and its Relevance with Modern India'' * ''Buddhism and Dalit: Social Philosophy and Tradition''

Personal life

His family, inspired by

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, follows

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and he strongly believes in

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Social work

Nitin Raut carries out social work through 'Sankalp', an NGO that works to aid Dalits and other downtrodden people. It provides relief to victims of natural and man-made calamities such as floods and communal riots.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raut, Nitin Marathi politicians Living people Politicians from Nagpur Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004 Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024 Indian Buddhists 20th-century Buddhists 21st-century Buddhists Indian National Congress politicians 1952 births Marathi-language writers English-language writers from India