Bhupender Yadav

Bhupender Yadav (born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Rajasthan, a position he has held since 2012.[1] He was re-appointed in April 2018.[2] He is the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]

Bhupender Yadav
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2012
Personal details
Born	30 June 1969 (1969-06-30) (age 51) Ajmer, Rajasthan
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Babita Yadav[1]
Residence	Pandara Park, New Delhi

Early life and career

Yadav was born in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 30 June 1969. He received his bachelor's degree and Bachelor of Laws degree from Government College, Ajmer.[1] In 2000, he was appointed the all India General Secretary Of Akhil Bhartiya Adhivakta Parishad (All India Lawyers Council). He held this position until 2009. He was the government council for the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry and the Justice Wadhwa Commission (Graham Staines inquiry). He has also filed a number of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) in the Supreme Court.[4]

Politics

Yadav was appointed as National Secretary of Bhartiya Janata Party in 2010 by Nitin Gadkari, the then national party President.[4] On 4 April 2012 he was elected as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.[4] 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).[5] His electoral success is irrespective of state, demography or culture.[5] Yadav is the election in-charge for Bihar.

Parliamentary Committees

Yadav's reputation as an expert on Parliament Select Committees has earned him the title of "Committee Man".[6] He was the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015.[6] At present, he is the chairman of Rajya Sabha Select Committee on Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019.[7]

Joint Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC"), which came into effect on May 28, 2016, is considered as an important legislation for early detection of financial sickness of any corporate debtor and to deal with such sickness in a time bound manner by allowing the implementation of the effective resolution plan, if the same is viable.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] The Code is being hailed for providing a mechanism for time-bound recovery of dues from insolvent debtors in India and for contributing to the ease of doing business in India.[9] In the World Bank's latest Doing Business Report (DBR, 2019), India has recorded a jump of 23 positions against its rank of 100 in 2017 to be placed now at 77th rank among 190 countries assessed.[11] In 2014, India had dropped to a dismal 142nd rank in DBR.[12]

The IBC Parliamentary Panel also pitched for faster and enhanced payment of workmen dues and employee wages in the corporate insolvency process.[13]

Other Committees

Yadav has chaired 12 Parliamentary Committees, and been a member in multiple Parliamentary Committees:

Parliamentary Committee[14][15][1]	Capacity[15][1]	Duration/ Time[15]
Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, 2018	Chairman	September 2018 – Present
General Purposes Committee, 2018	Member	October 2018 – Present
Business Advisory Committee, 2018	Member	June 2018 – Present
Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017	Chairman	Aug 2017
Content Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha Television	Member	May 2017
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Third Amendment) Bill, 2017	Chairman	April
Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex	Member	Aug 2016
Committee on Public Accounts	Member	Aug 2016
Committee on Commerce Member, General Purposes Committee	Chairman	July 2016
Committee of Transport, Tourism and Culture	Member	July – Aug 2016
Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016	Chairman	May – July 2016
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016	Chairman	March – May 2016
Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015	Chairman	Jan – April 2016
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013	Chairman	Dec 2015 – Aug 2016
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014	Chairman	May 2015 – July 2015
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015	Chairman	March 2015
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2014	Chairman	Dec 2014 – Feb 2015
Rajya Sabha Select Committee on GST Bill	Chairman	2014 – May 2015
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence	Member	Sept 2014
Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice	Member	Sept 2014 – July 2016
Committee on Subordinate Legislation	Member	Sept 2014 – July 2016
Committee on Industry	Member	Sept 2014 – July 2016
Business Advisory Committee	Member	June 2014
Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011	Member	June 2012 – Nov 2012
Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice	Member	May 2012 – May 2014
Committee on Subordinate Legislation	Member	May 2012 – May 2014

Publication

He is the coauthor, along with Ritwick Dutta, of Supreme Court on Forest Conservation (the second edition of which was published in 2007), a study of forest conservation in India.[16]

References

1. "Bhupender Yadav, Shri". India.gov.in. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
2. "Bhupender Yadav". PRS. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. "National office bearers". Bharatiya Janata Party. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
4. "Biography | Bhupender Yadav". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
5. "The rise & rise of Bhupendra Yadav". dna. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
6. "Delhi Confidential: Committee Man". The Indian Express. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
7. "Surrogate mother need not be a close relative, Rajya Sabha committee recommends". The Hindu. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
8. "IBC: Committee Of Creditors Should Include Operational Creditors - Insolvency/Bankruptcy - India". www.mondaq.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
9. "Cross-Border Insolvency: Breaking Down The Indian Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Insolvency/Bankruptcy - India". www.mondaq.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
10. "Insolvency code passes Supreme Court muster". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
11. "India Improves Rank by 23 Positions in Ease of Doing Business". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
12. "India drops to dismal 142nd in 'ease of doing business' rankings - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
13. Srivats, K. R. "Corporate Insolvency: Parliamentary Panel seeks better deal for workmen". @businessline. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
14. "Committee : Loksabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
15. "Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice". PRS. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
16. Ahmad, Furqan (2009). "Review of Supreme Court and Forest Conservation (2nd ed.) by Ritwick Dutta and Bhupender Yadav". Journal of the Indian Law Institute. 51 (1): 114–117. JSTOR 43953431.