Bhupender Yadav
UnverifiedUnion Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; MP, Lok Sabha (Alwar) · Bharatiya Janata Party · Alwar, Rajasthan
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Report card
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, July 2021 – present
Delivered visible conservation wins on wetlands and plastics, but the flagship forest-law rewrite was partly stayed by the Supreme Court.
Real gains on wetlands and single-use plastics; the forest-law overhaul drew court pushback.
India raised its Ramsar tally from 75 to 80 wetlands on the eve of World Wetlands Day 2024, adding five sites across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and taking covered area to 1.33 million ha.· 31 Jan 2024
Ban on identified single-use plastic items (ear buds, cutlery, straws, thermocol decor and others) took effect 1 July 2022 under the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, with a pan-India enforcement campaign.· 1 Jul 2022
India met its first round of Paris NDC targets — emissions-intensity cut and 40% non-fossil installed capacity — about nine years ahead of schedule, a record the minister cited on resuming charge in June 2024.· 11 Jun 2024
The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023 narrowed the Act's coverage toward notified and recorded forests; in a 19 Feb 2024 interim order the Supreme Court directed states to keep applying the broader 1996 Godavarman 'dictionary meaning' of forest until records are completed.· 19 Feb 2024
Amendments to forest, wildlife and environmental laws during his tenure drew criticism from opposition parties and environmentalists, even as the ministry defended them as balancing development with conservation.
Fix this next · Publish the state-wise deemed-forest records the Supreme Court ordered, and put the next forest-rule change through full public consultation before tabling it.
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Sector scores are delivery assessments derived only from the cited evidence. “Fix this next” is CJP’s recommendation, clearly opinion — the facts above it are not.
Conflicts of interest & family links
Family business interests, relatives in plum posts, policy that touches the family pocket. An entry here is a documented allegation, not a finding of guilt — every entry carries its sources and, where one exists, the leader’s own response.
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Court cases
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No court cases on record.
Profile
- House
- Lok Sabha
- State
- Rajasthan
- Portfolios
- Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Terms
- 3
- First elected
- 2012
- Born
- 1969-06-30
- Age
- 57
- Education
- LL.B., Government College Ajmer, University of Ajmer (1993); B.A.
- Profession
- Politician; Advocate
- Wikipedia — Bhupender Yadav (birth, Alwar MP since 2024, Rajya Sabha 2012–2024, Environment Minister since 2021)
- MoEFCC Who's Who — Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- MyNeta / ADR — Lok Sabha 2024 affidavit: Bhupender Yadav, Alwar (education: LLB 1993; age 55)
- Wikimedia Commons — Official portrait of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav (GODL-India)
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.
Total assets Rs 2,32,36,037 declared in the 2024 Lok Sabha affidavit.
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Liabilities declared as nil in the 2024 Lok Sabha affidavit.
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Zero criminal cases declared in the 2024 Lok Sabha affidavit (MyNeta/ADR Crime-O-Meter: no criminal cases).
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