Nitin Gadkari
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Nitin Gadkari
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| Minister for Road Transport and Highways | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Oscar Fernandes |
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Member of the Indian Parliament for Nagpur |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Vilas Muttemwar |
| Constituency | Nagpur |
| Majority | 2,84,828 (26.25%) |
| Minister of Shipping | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | G.K. Vasan |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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In office 1 January 2010 – 22 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Rajnath Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rajnath Singh |
| Minister for PWD, Maharashtra | |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Minister of Rural Development | |
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In office 4 June 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhary Birender Singh |
| Minister of Panchayati Raj | |
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In office 4 June 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhary Birender Singh |
| Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation | |
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In office 4 June 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhary Birender Singh |
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27 May 1957 Nagpur, Bombay State (present-day Maharashtra), India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kanchan |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Nagpur University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Industrialist |
| Website | nitingadkari |
Nitin Jayram Gadkari 
pronunciation ; (born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2010-2013. He is also known for the works during his tenure as a Public Works Department Minister in the state of Maharashtra when he constructed a series of roads, highways and flyovers across the state including the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai–Pune Expressway.
Nitin Gadkari was born in Nagpur, India. During his teens, he worked for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and the student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He completed M.Com. & L.L.B. from University of Nagpur. Gadkari is married to Kanchan Gadkari and they have three children.
Nitin Gadkari served as the Minister of Public Works Department(PWD) of the Government of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and restructured it from top to bottom. He has served as the president of the Maharashtra BJP.
Gadkari strongly supported privatisation while he campaigned for investments in infrastructure from private firms. He addressed several meetings between private investors, contractors, builders and various trade organisations and diverted large amounts of budgeted projects towards privatisation. He managed to convince the state to allocate Rs. 7 billion for rural connectivity. In the next 4 years, 98% of the total population of Maharashtra achieved an all-weather road connectivity. The project aimed to connect 13,736 remote villages which remained unconnected since independence by road.. It also helped to solve the malnutrition problems prevailing in remote Melghat-Dharni area of Amravati district which previously had no access to medical aid, ration or educational facilities.
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