Nitin Raut | |
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| Cabinet Minister of Renewable Energy and Energy Department of Maharashtra[1] | |
| In office 28 November 2019 – 29 June 2022 | |
| Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Chief Minister | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Deputy CM | Ajit Pawar |
| Preceded by | Chandrashekhar Bawankule |
| Succeeded by | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Guardian minister of Nagpur District Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 09 January 2020 – 29 June 2022 | |
| Constituency | Nagpur North |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Milind Mane |
| Constituency | Nagpur North |
| In office 1999–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Badhel Bhola Janglu |
| Succeeded by | Milind Mane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1952 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party |  Indian National Congress |
| Occupation | Business |
| Profession | Politician, Social activism |
Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry, Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC (All India Congress Committee) for SC Department. He was the Cabinet Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation in the Government of Maharashtra, India until 2014.[2][3]
He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nagpur North constituency, in Nagpur district consecutively in the 1999,[4] 2004[5] and 2009 elections.[6] As of 2014 he served as a Maharashtra Cabinet Minister for Employment Guarantee Scheme and Water Conservation. He was former Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries, Home, Jail, State Labor and Excise Department.[6]
He became the Vice President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) in 2001.[citation needed]
He served as the General Secretary MPCC.[citation needed]
He is an active member of the MPCC Core Group and Media Committee.[citation needed]
He began serving as a member of the All India Congress Committee in 2001.[citation needed]
His family, inspired by B. R. Ambedkar, follows Buddhism and he strongly believes in Buddhist philosophy.[12]
Nitin Raut carries out social work through 'Sankalp', an NGO that works to aid Dalits and other downtrodden people. It provides relief to victims of natural and man-made calamities such as floods and communal riots.[13]