Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Union Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology; MP, Rajya Sabha (Odisha) · Bharatiya Janata Party · Odisha (Rajya Sabha)

Last updated 6 days ago

Report card

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Conflicts of interest & family links

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Court cases

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Profile

House: Rajya Sabha
State: Odisha
Portfolios: Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology
Terms: 2
First elected: 28 June 2019
Born: 1970-07-18
Age: 56
Education: B.E. (Electronics and Communications Engineering, Gold Medalist, Jai Narain Vyas University); M.E., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; former IAS officer (Odisha cadre, 1994 batch)
Profession: Politician; former IAS officer; businessman

Record in office

Declared finances and hard numbers. Every figure is sourced — follow the link under each one.

Attendance, questions, debates and private member bills are hidden for office holders — ministers do not sign the attendance register or ask starred questions, so a “0” there would be misleading, not bad.

MPLADS used

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