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Who is Jayant Sinha?

Jayant Sinha

About Jayant Sinha

Who is Jayant Sinha?

Jayant Sinha is the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi government.
 
Early life and education
 
Jayant Sinha was born on April 21, 1963 in Jharkhand. In his early days, he was educated at St Michael's High School in Patna and St Columba's School in Delhi. Jayant Sinha passed the JEE examination in the first attempt in 1980 and secured admission in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. In October 2015, he was awarded the IIT Delhi's Distinguished Alumni Award.
 
After graduating from IIT Delhi in 1985, Sinha enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a Master of
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Jayant Sinha 'surprised' by BJP notice; says he voted via postal ballot

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP issued a notice to Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha for allegedly not voting and missing election campaigning

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Updated On : 23 May 2024 | 10:59 PM IST

Why did BJP issue show cause notice to its former minister Jayant Sinha?

Lok Sabha elections: The party accused its veteran leader and sitting MP from Hazaribagh Jayant Sinha of tarnishing the party's image by not casting his vote

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Updated On : 21 May 2024 | 10:11 AM IST

RLD leader Jayant Singh meets BJP leaders as Nadda, Shah welcome him to NDA

Nadda said on X that he heartily welcomed Singh's entry into the NDA fold and expressed confidence that he will make important contribution to the country's development journey

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Updated On : 02 Mar 2024 | 10:57 PM IST

Jayant Sinha becomes second BJP MP to opt out of 2024 general elections

In a post on social media platform X, the MP from Jharkhand's Hazaribagh said he will continue to work with the party on economic and governance issues

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Updated On : 02 Mar 2024 | 3:51 PM IST

Need to create more quality jobs, current rate insufficient: Jayant Sinha

"When you ask people in rural India, in tier III, IV cities, they all want formal, high quality jobs. And we are not creating enough high quality jobs for them," he rued

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Updated On : 28 Jun 2023 | 5:50 PM IST

Digital competition Bill based on standing committee report: Sinha

The parliamentary panel on finance, chaired by Sinha, presented a report in December identifying 10 anti-competitive practices in digital markets and a need for ex-ante regulations to address them

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2023 | 9:22 PM IST

Jayant Sinha says will table digital competition Bill on Friday

Sinha said that was not the case, and that the Centre was bringing its own amendments to the competition law

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Updated On : 16 Mar 2023 | 10:25 PM IST

Jayant Sinha to introduce Competition (Amendment) Bill 2023 on Friday

The list of private members business on the Lok Sabha's website mentions this bill to be introduced on March 17

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Updated On : 16 Mar 2023 | 12:00 AM IST

Standing Committee to take view on Competition Amendment Bill 2022

The Standing Committee of Finance headed by Jayant Sinha will meet on December 8 to consider and adopt the draft report on Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2022 | 10:37 PM IST

Delay could make 7th Economic Census data trivial, says House panel

The committee in its 44th report tabled in Parliament in March had recommended that MoSPI should release the Economic Census without any further delay lest the data becomes infructuous

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Updated On : 08 Aug 2022 | 11:23 PM IST

Parliamentary panel wants banks to compensate customers hit by cyber fraud

The hapless customers should not be made to suffer and forced to run from pillar to post for redressal, the panel headed by BJP leader Jayant Sinha said

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Updated On : 03 Aug 2022 | 11:54 PM IST

Standing Committee on Finance to discuss big tech firms' practices Thursday

The panel, headed by former minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha, will also hear the views of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on the subject

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Updated On : 19 May 2022 | 2:46 AM IST

Govt working to bring changes in GST Act, public platforms: Jayant Sinha

He said GST is fast becoming the commercial backbone of this country, and the government is doing all the necessary changes that will be required to support the businesses

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2021 | 4:16 PM IST

Parliamentary panel, Sebi likely to discuss action in key cases

Franklin Templeton fiasco, brokers' default, outcomes of IL&FS & DHFL may be taken up during today's meet

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Updated On : 06 Sep 2021 | 6:08 AM IST

Divestment to help both LIC and government, says Jayant Sinha

Sinha praised Sitharaman saying she addressed the economic situation, fiscal deficit and macro-economics very well

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2020 | 7:47 PM IST

FIR against Union min Jayant Sinha for violation of model code of conduct

Addressing the students at IIM-Ranchi on Saturday, Sinha had allegedly sought their 'blessings' for another five years

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Updated On : 19 Mar 2019 | 10:22 PM IST

There is no proposal to cap the prices of airine tickets, says Jayant Sinha

Sinha said there was a lack of captains to man the aircrafts designed for the government's ambitious regional connectivity scheme, known as UDAN

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Updated On : 02 Oct 2018 | 7:48 AM IST

Jayant Sinha expresses 'regret' for garlanding Jharkhand lynching convicts

On July 6, a photograph went viral in which the minister could be seen felicitating eight convicts, who came out on bail, of lynching a meat trader in Jharkhand

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2018 | 5:36 PM IST

Letter to BS: Jayant Sinha garlanding lynching convicts is indefensible

The minister's gesture sends out wrong signals to the public

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2018 | 12:10 AM IST

Garlanding bigotry

Openly feting convicts is a dangerous trend

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Updated On : 10 Jul 2018 | 5:59 AM IST