Amar Agrawal

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|09|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh), India

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Minister of Commercial Taxes,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Raman Singh

| successor = Kawasi Lakhma

| predecessor = Ramchandra Sigh Dev

| term_start = December 2003

| term_end = 11 December 2018

| office1 = Minister of Urban Administration,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Raman Singh

| successor1 = Shiv Kumar Dahariya

| predecessor1 = Rajesh Munat

| term_start1 = December 2013

| term_end1 = December 2018

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = Raman Singh

| successor2 = Rajesh Munat

| predecessor2 = Ravindra Chaubey

| term_start2 = December 2003

| term_end2 = December 2008

| office3 = Minister of Labour,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3 = Raman Singh

| successor3 = Bhaiyalal Rajwade

| predecessor3 = Hemchand Yadav

| term_start3 = December 2008

| term_end3 = 22 May 2015

| office4 = Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata4 = Raman Singh

| successor4 = Ajay Chandrakar

| predecessor4 = Dr. Krishnamurti Bandhi

| term_start4 = 2007

| term_end4 = 22 May 2015

| office5 = Minister of Revenue, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata5 = Raman Singh

| successor5 = Prem Prakash Pandey

| predecessor5 = Brijmohan Agrawal

| term_start5 = 8 December 2008

| term_end5 = 9 December 2013

| office7 = Minister of Finance,
Government of Chhattisgarh

| 1blankname7 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata7 = Raman Singh

| successor7 = Raman Singh (Chief Minister)

| predecessor7 = Ramchandra Sigh Dev

| term_start7 = 2003

| term_end7 = 2007

| office8 = Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

| successor8 =

| predecessor8 = Shailesh Pandey

| constituency8 = Bilaspur

| term_start8 = 3 December 2023

| term_end8 =

| successor9 = Shailesh Pandey

| predecessor9 =

| constituency9 = Bilaspur

| term_start9 = 2000

| term_end9 = 2018

| office10 = Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| successor10 =

| predecessor10 = B.R. Yadav

| constituency10 = Bilaspur

| term_start10 = 1998

| term_end10 = 2000

| alma_mater = C.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur
Durga Mahavidyalaya, Raipur{{Cite web |url=http://www.amaragrwal.in/about/profile |title=Amar Agrawal - Chhattisgarh Urban Development Minister | Biography |access-date=19 April 2019 |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419074856/http://www.amaragrwal.in/about/profile |url-status=dead }}

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = Shashikala Agrawal

| children = 3

| website = {{URL|amaragrwal.in}}

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Amar Agrawal (born 22 September 1963) is an Indian politician and former Cabinet Minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/2008Chhattisgarh/candidate.php?candidate_id=25|title=AMAR AGRAWAL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Bilaspur(Bilaspur) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|author=ADR|publisher=}}

Agrawal represented Bilaspur in the Madhya Pradesh assembly (later Chhattisgarh assembly) from 1998 to 2018. After his victory in the 2013 Assembly elections, Agrawal represented his constituency for the third successive tenure as Minister of Health and Medical Education in the Legislature Assembly of Chhattisgarh.{{cite web | url=http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/cabinet.html | title=Cabinet | publisher=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | accessdate=27 June 2018}} There are a number of schemes and projects in which he is involved such as 108 Sanjeevani Express, 102 Mahtari Express, 104 Medical Consultation and Online Jan Shikayat Kendra.{{cite web|url=http://health.cg.gov.in/ehealth/welcome.htm|title=.::Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Chhattisgarh.|publisher=|access-date=3 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217053518/http://health.cg.gov.in/ehealth/welcome.htm|archive-date=17 December 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/tags/amar-agrawal.html|title=Amar Agrawal|work=Zee News}}

Political career

In 1998, Agrawal contested 1998 assembly election from Bilaspur Assembly constituency and won by margin of 10,995 votes. After creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he won 2003 Chhattisgarh Assembly election from same constituency and became Cabinet Minister in Raman Singh's Ministry and retained his constituency till 2018.{{cite web |title=श्री अमर अग्रवाल, भारतीय जनता पार्टी बिलासपुर (30) |language=Hindi |url=http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/mla_biodata_4th/30.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726064148/http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/mla_biodata_4th/30.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}

Agrawal held various portfolios such as Finance, Health and family welfare, commercial tax, revenue during his tenure from 2003 to 2018.

In 2023, he regained his seat from Bilaspur.

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