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Shripad Yesso Naik (born 4 October 1952) is an Indian politician.
He is the member of parliament from North Goa constituency, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He's held the role since 1999. He is currently Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy, and previously held a number of other ministerial positions.
He was named Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH in 2014. He was appointed Minister of State for Defence in 2019. He was also the union minister of state for Health and Family Welfare and the minister of state for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India, (in Second Modi ministry).
Shripad Yesso Naik was born on 4 October 1952 in Adpai, Portuguese Goa.[citation needed]
In 1999, Naik was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from North Goa constituency in Goa. As of 2019, he had held his seat in this constituency consistently, winning in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 elections. As of 2019, he was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, he won with a margin of 105,000 votes, considered very high for the small state of Goa.
In Mar. 2024, he was also a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from North Goa for the sixth time in a row. He had held the position since '99, keeping it through a number of name changes and different parties' support. Also in 2025, he was a North Goa MP.
Further, as advised by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President has appointed Naik as Minister for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) in the 16th Lok Sabha. He was one of probable candidates for Goa CM while Manohar Parrikar made as Union/Central minister.
Naik was appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, on 9 November 2014. On 25 March 2016, Naik publicly stated he had access to research which proved that diseases such as cancer could be cured by yoga. He further stated that his Ministry was a year away from granting an endorsement to such techniques and research. The statement was challenged by medical researchers, scholars and doctors, who advocated caution in claiming a cure to cancer on the basis of unproven and unpublished research with no scientific evidence.
Shripad Naik
Shripad Yesso Naik (born 4 October 1952) is an Indian politician.
He is the member of parliament from North Goa constituency, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He's held the role since 1999. He is currently Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy, and previously held a number of other ministerial positions.
He was named Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH in 2014. He was appointed Minister of State for Defence in 2019. He was also the union minister of state for Health and Family Welfare and the minister of state for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India, (in Second Modi ministry).
Shripad Yesso Naik was born on 4 October 1952 in Adpai, Portuguese Goa.[citation needed]
In 1999, Naik was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from North Goa constituency in Goa. As of 2019, he had held his seat in this constituency consistently, winning in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 elections. As of 2019, he was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, he won with a margin of 105,000 votes, considered very high for the small state of Goa.
In Mar. 2024, he was also a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from North Goa for the sixth time in a row. He had held the position since '99, keeping it through a number of name changes and different parties' support. Also in 2025, he was a North Goa MP.
Further, as advised by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President has appointed Naik as Minister for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) in the 16th Lok Sabha. He was one of probable candidates for Goa CM while Manohar Parrikar made as Union/Central minister.
Naik was appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, on 9 November 2014. On 25 March 2016, Naik publicly stated he had access to research which proved that diseases such as cancer could be cured by yoga. He further stated that his Ministry was a year away from granting an endorsement to such techniques and research. The statement was challenged by medical researchers, scholars and doctors, who advocated caution in claiming a cure to cancer on the basis of unproven and unpublished research with no scientific evidence.
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