Question

As of June, 2020, Uday Lal Anjana is a minister of which of the following departments in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly?
1. cooperative Department
2. Minority Affairs Department
3. Tribal Area Department
4. Women and Child Development Department

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : cooperative Department

The correct answer is cooperative Department.

•  Uday Lal Anjana
  • He is a senior Indian National Congress leader who currently serves as the Minister of Co-operation in the Rajasthan government and as the Vice President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.
  • He has represented the Nimbahera assembly seat in Rajasthan thrice.
  • Apart from politics, he is a prominent businessman; director of a AA class construction company, Chetak Enterprises LTD and UB Group and a social worker.
• Cooperative Department
  • The Ministry of Co-operation is a ministry under the Government of India which was formed in July 2021.
  • The ministry provides a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country.
  • The ministry works in strengthening co-operatives at the grassroots level, working to streamline processes for Ease of doing business for co-operatives and enabling the development of Multi-state Co-operatives.

•  Minority Affairs Department
  • The Ministry of Minority Affairs is a ministry of the Government of India which was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and created on 29 January 2006.
  • The ministry is also involved with the linguistic minorities and of the office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, representation of the Anglo-Indian community, protection and preservation of non-Muslim shrines in Pakistan and Muslim shrines in India in terms of the Pant-Mirza Agreement of 1955, in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Woman and Child Development Department
  • The Ministry of Women and Child Development, a branch of the Government of India, is an apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to women and child development in India.
  • The current minister for the Ministry of Women and Child Development is Smriti Irani having held the portfolio since 31 May 2019.