Portfolio of Modi government ministers: Anil Dave has been named Environment Minister with Independent Charge.
Anil Madhav Dave today took oath as a Minister of State (MoS) in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Anil Madhav Dave is from Madhya Pradesh and has studied M.Com from Gujarati College, Indore. He is actively working for Narmada river’s conservation.
Born in 1956, Anil Madhav Dave is unmarried and by profession is a social worker. He has written several books in Hindi.
Positions held so far: August 2009 elected to Rajya Sabha; Member, Committee on Water Resources; Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting March 2010-June 2010; Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change June 2010; Re-elected to Rajya Sabha August 2010 onwards; Member, Select Committee to the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010.