India’s richest woman, Savitri Jindal, was Tuesday Oct 29,2013 inducted as a minister in the Haryana cabinet by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
This is the second time that she has become a minister in the Hooda
government. She was earlier a minister of state in the 2005-09 Hooda
government.
Ms. Jindal is a legislator from the ruling Congress from Hisar assembly
constituency and is the mother of industrial tycoon and high-profile
parliament member Naveen Jindal (Lok Sabha member from Kurukshetra)
Savitri Jindal’s industrialist-cum-politician husband O.P.Jindal, who
too was a minister in the Hooda government, was killed when his private
helicopter crashed near the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border March 2005
Savitri Jindal was listed by a leading business publication as the
country’s richest woman as she lords over a multi-billion rupee steel
and power sector empire and is the chairperson of the Jindal Group.
Savitri Jindal is the richest women in India with a net worth of $4.9 billion
Her name also figures in the Top-100 richest people in the world.
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