Centre appoints J P Nadda as Union Minister for Health and Chemical & Fertilizer Ministries

 Nadda is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024.

BJP Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda has been given the charge of Health Ministry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led coalition government. Nadda was Health Minister in PM Modi’s first term. Nadda, 63, additionally has also been made Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Nadda, who holds a degree in law, started his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students’ wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He became president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP’s youth wing, in 1991.

J.P. Nadda, born 2 December 1960, is an Indian lawyer and politician who serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024.