Kavita Jain

Kavita Surender Kumar Jain (born 2 September 1972) is a Politician, former MLA for Sonipat and Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana state, India.[1]

Kavita Jain
Cabinet Minister
Government of Haryana
In office
26 October 2014 – 27 October 2019
Ministry
Term
Minister of Women & Child Development26 October 2014 - 27 October 2019
Minister of Urban Local Bodies22 July 2016 - 27 October 2019
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment26 October 2014 - 22 July 2016
Minister of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Welfare26 October 2014 - 24 July 2015
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2019
Preceded byAnil Kumar Thakkar
Succeeded bySurendra Panwar
ConstituencySonipat
Personal details
Born (1972-09-02) 2 September 1972
Rohtak, Haryana
India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRajiv Jain
Children1 daughter and 1 son
EducationM.Com, B. Ed
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

Jain is married to Rajiv Jain, formerly Media Advisor to the Chief Minister of Haryana.[2] They have a daughter and a son.

Jain completed M.Com and B.Ed from Rohtak.[3]

Political life

In 2009 and again in 2014, as a candidate of the BJP from Sonepat, she was elected as member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, India. On 26 October 2014, she was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.[3]

As a minister, she has charge of the following departments.

  • Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana
  • Department of Women & Child Development, Haryana
  • Department of Law and Justice,[4] Haryana

References
  1. "Sonipat MLA Kavita Jain takes oath. Three ministers of state swear in". Times of India. 26 October 2014.
  2. "Rajiv Jain appointed media adviser to Haryana Chief Minister Khattar". Tribune India. 6 April 2018.
  3. "MLA Details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. Minister, Contact. "Kavita Jain Contact Details". My Minister. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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