Milind Deora

Milind Murli Deora (born 4 December 1976) is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State (MoS) for Communications & Information Technology and Shipping.

Deora was born in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to veteran politician Murli Deora, who was a Member of Parliament for the same constituency between 1984 and 1996, and once again in 1998 in the 12th Lok Sabha.

Deora studied at Cathedral and John Connon School, Sydenham College.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Questrom School of Business at Boston University.

He won the 2004 elections with a margin of 10,000 votes against BJP's Jaywantiben Mehta.

He won the 2004 elections with a margin of 10,000 votes against BJP's Jaywantiben Mehta.

He was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence along with the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Defence in 2004.

From 7 August 2006 onwards he was a member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Urban Development.

Soon after being elected, he called for increased central assistance to fund urban infrastructure projects.

Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Mumbai and Maharashtra have been among the greatest beneficiaries.

After raising the issue in Parliament he obtained twelve-hundred crore (12 billion) rupees for the BMC to completely revamp its Storm Water Drain Project.

He also initiated the debate on Right to Information in the Parliament, on behalf of the UPA-1 Government and made use of the MPLADS funds for issues such as public toilets, drainage lines, repairing of roads, and initiating the beautification of destinations including the Marine Drive, the Gateway of India and the Jhaveri Bazar.

He persuaded the state government to expedite projects including the Bandra-Worli sea link and the Mumbai Metro and obtained funds from the Central and State government for hospitals including G.T. and J.J.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Deora was again elected from Mumbai South Constituency, this time by a margin of 1,12,682 votes.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Deora was again elected from Mumbai South Constituency, this time by a margin of 1,12,682 votes.

He has an overall 88% attendance in the parliamentary proceedings and has raised 274 questions ranging from Home Affairs to Finance and from Urban Development to Environment and Forests.

He was a member of the Committee on Information Technology and of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Since 1 May 2010, he had been a member of the Committee on Estimates.

Through the ministry, Deora has been committed to activities like strengthening the regulator, providing sufficient e-infrastructure and provide value-for-money services.

Milind Deora was inducted in the Union Government of India as the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in 2011.

Milind Deora was given this additional charge in October 2012.

In an effort to promote the maritime traditions of the state, he proposed to establish a heritage museum and an elevator as part of the Vizhinjam lighthouse tourism project that has been undertaken by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (subordinate office under the Ministry of Shipping) in association with the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation on public-private-participation model.

Deora hosted a live Google+ Hangout about the future of IT and Communication in India on 6 June 2013.

The Hangout session was moderated by TV anchor Cyrus Broacha.

Milind Deora was one of the youngest members of the 14th Lok Sabha.

Milind Deora was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha.

He was a Member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, from the Mumbai South constituency and also President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee.

He currently serves as a member of Dean’s Advisory Board at Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies in Boston University.

Deora was one of the youngest members of the 15th Lok Sabha.

He became MP at the age of 27.

Following the resignation of Rahul Gandhi and losses in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Deora resigned as the Mumbai Congress party president.

Deora recommended the temporary establishment of a group of three senior leaders to monitor the Mumbai City unit till the Vidhan Sabha elections.

He said he will look forward to play a national role to help stabilise the party.

On 14 January 2024, Deora resigned from the Congress party, effectively ending his membership in the party and also terminating his family's 55-year old association with the Congress party.

After resigning from the Congress party, Deora joined Shiv Sena in the presence of party president and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde.

The DMDA campaign seeks to empower Mumbai’s mayor with accountability to Mumbai’s voters in order to ensure greater transparency and a more coordinated way to govern Mumbai.

A delegation of the trading community had met Milind Deora to forward their grievances to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

He had met then CM Prithviraj Chavan thrice on this issue.

Finally, it was announced in a meeting with traders' representatives arranged by Deora that LBT will not be enforced in Mumbai until there is a consensus between the trading community and the Maharashtra Government.

Ever since the announcement of "in-principle" decision to disband the TAMP, Milind Deora stated that the Shipping Ministry is mulling more relaxations to bring about greater parity in pricing at all ports soon.