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Ravi Shankar Prasad
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- Born 30 August 1954
- Age 70
- Birth Place Patna, Bihar, India
- Profession Lawyer
- Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
- In Office Union Cabinet Minister, Government Of India 26 May 2014 - 7 July 2021, Union Minister Of State, Government Of India 1 September 2001 - 29 January 2003, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 3 April 2000 - 30 May 2019
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Ravi Shankar Prasad BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 30 Jan 2025
Senior BJP leader and a former Union Minister of Law and Justice, Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has held key positions under the Modi government's two terms.
Within the BJP, Prasad has held several positions including the president of the Bihar un...
Ravi Shankar Prasad PERSONAL LIFE
| Spouse | Maya Shankar |
| Education | Patna University (BA, MA, LLB) |
POSITIONS HELD BY Ravi Shankar Prasad
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of Rajya Sabha | N/A |
| Minister of Law and Justice of India | 26 May 2014 - 9 November 2014 |
| Member of the 17th Lok Sabha | N/A |
RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD NEWS
BJP slams Rahul Gandhi for 'insulting India's democracy' on foreign land, Congress calls it 'distorting'
March 07, 2023 6:36 pm
Rahul Gandhi in his speech at Cambridge University in London, criticised BJP for stifling protests, attacking minorities and adversly affecting India's democratic principles.
BJP says look who’s talking: Rahul, his family out on bail, scams from land to coal to 2G
February 08, 2023 7:32 am
Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the BJP is forced to “tell the truth about the Gandhi family”.
Delhi Confidential: A trip down memory lane for BJP's Gujarat campaigner Ravi Shankar Prasad
November 28, 2022 7:18 am
For former Union minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is stationed in Gujarat for campaigning, it’s a trip down the memory lane.
Ravi Shankar Prasad: ‘(Nitish) is nothing on his own… He may be honest but is politically immoral... We never asked our allies to go'
August 13, 2022 8:12 am
Former Union Law Minister tells The Indian Express that allies 'left on their own', claims Opposition parties will fail to unite because of 'big ego clash'.
2019 & now, Govt ducks key question: did it buy Pegasus?
July 20, 2021 6:55 am
Both Prasad then and Vaishnaw now ducked the key question raised by member after member from the Opposition: did the Government or its agencies get Pegasus and, if yes, what were the terms of its use?
Project Pegasus: Bid to malign India, aap chronology samajhiye, says Amit Shah
July 20, 2021 7:00 am
Both Amit Shah and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw hinted that the Project Pegasus reports were timed to coincide with the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Stepping into Prasad’s IT shoes: ex-IAS, BJP via Vajpayee’s PMO
July 08, 2021 10:38 am
Born in Jodhpur in 1970, Vaishnaw served as District Collector in Balasore and Cuttack, and played a key role in rehabilitation efforts following the devastating super cyclone in 1999.
Cabinet expansion: 12 ministers, including Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar resign
July 07, 2021 7:54 pm
Here is the full list of ministers who resigned ahead of the Union cabinet reshuffle.
Ravi Shankar Prasad: First compliance report by Google, FB as per IT rules big step towards transparency
July 04, 2021 1:06 am
Under the new IT rules, large digital platforms with more than five million users are required to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.
Government to rope in private players to speed up work on rural net plan
July 01, 2021 2:49 am
The implementation of BharatNet under PPP mode is estimated to cost Rs 29,432 crore, of which the government will spend Rs 19,041 crore as viability gap funding, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
