Bhupender Yadav

Bhupender Yadav (born 30 June 1969; Hindi pronunciation: [bʱuːpeːn̪d̪ɾə jaːd̪əʋ]) is an Indian politician who is serving as 20th Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change since 2024.

[1] He started as a student union leader and in 2000, he was appointed the general secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Adhivakta Parishad, a lawyers’ organization and held this position until 2009.

[6] Yadav was the war room strategist behind securing convincing victories for his party in the assembly elections of Rajasthan (2013), Gujarat (2017), Jharkhand (2014) and Uttar Pradesh (2017).

[16] IBC sought to address the lacuna in the existing banking regime and provide a consolidated framework for the insolvency of companies, limited and unlimited liability partnerships, and individuals.

[17] In January 2019, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in its entirety, tossing out a batch of petitions that had challenged the constitutional validity of several provisions, including the one that has barred the promoters of defaulting companies and “connected persons” from bidding for stressed assets.

Yadav assuming charge as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.