Jaskaur Meena

Jaskaur Meena
Jaskaur Meena
Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Government of India
	In office; 2003–2004
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 May 2019
Constituency	Dausa
	In office; 1998–2004
Constituency	Tonk-Sawai Madhopur
Personal details
Born	3 May 1947 (age 76); Dausa District, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Srilal Meena
Children	2
Occupation	Politician, author

Jaskaur Meena (born 3 May 1947) is an Indian politician, a former Union minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. She was also in charge of the Scheduled tribes (ST) Morcha (wing) of the party at the national level.

Early life[edit]

She was born in 1947 in Sangaroor, Punjab but her family migrated to Rajasthan when she was very young. She has a BEd and a master's degree from the University of Rajasthan. She is known to be the first female literate political leaders in her community. She served as a teacher and educational administrator in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of Rajasthan. She belongs to the community of Meenas in Rajasthan.

Positions held[edit]

1999: Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (lower house) from Sawai Madhopur constituency.
2003–2004: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development
2019: Elected as a Member of Parliament from Dausa constituency.
2021: Nominated as BJP's National Executive Counsell Member from Rajasthan.
2019: Member Standing Committee for Indian Railways.

Social activism[edit]

Jaskaur set up a Gramin Mahila Vidyapeeth (Rural Girls' University) in the village of Mainpura in Sawai Madhopur District in 1993 to educate girls in the district. The Vidyapeeth includes girls in grades 1 through 12. It was constructed with the active participation of 4,000 families. She also owns her own dairy farm called 'Shabri'.

Books published[edit]

Inhen Bhi Jaaniye – containing detailed description of national signs and symbols
Samay Ki Ret – a compilation of poems
Geet Sangrah – a collection of folk songs of Rajasthan recited on auspicious occasions
Mahila Ke Badhate Charan

External links[edit]

Parliament of India biographical data

References[edit]

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