India’s richest woman now in Hooda cabinet

India’s richest woman now in Hooda cabinet
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country's richest woman, Savitri Jindal , The country's richest woman, Savitri Jindal , was on Tuesday inducted as a minister in the Haryana cabinet by CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

The country's richest woman, Savitri Jindal , was on Tuesday inducted as a minister in the Haryana cabinet by CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

She was earlier a minister of state in the 2005-09 Hooda government. Jindal is a legislator from the ruling Congress from Hisar and is the mother of industrial tycoon and high-profile parliament member Naveen Jindal.
She lords over a multi-billion rupee steel and power sector empire and is the chairperson of the Jindal Group. Her name also figures in the Top-100 richest people in the world.
Earlier this year, Savitri Jindal was directed by the Punjab and Haryana high court to vacate her government accommodation, which she had been occupying even though she had ceased to be a minister in 2009.
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