Pravind jugnauth

Kobita ramdanee

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth [ 1 ] [ 2 ] born 25 December is a Mauritian politician and former Prime Minister , succeeding, Aneerood Jugnauth , his father, who retired as leader of the majority in Following the victory of his, Alliance Morisien, coalition in the Mauritian General Elections , he remained in office, eventually losing the Mauritian general election.

He has held a number of ministerial portfolios and also been Leader of the Opposition. He has an elder sister, Shalini Jugnauth-Malhotra. He then went on to study law at the University of Buckingham , thus joining the Lincoln's Inn , and became a barrister. He then joined Aix-Marseille University in France where he graduated with a " diploma in civil law.

Pravind Jugnauth entered the political arena in and officially joined the MSM in As Minister of Agriculture from 7 September to 7 October under MSM-MMM government , Jugnauth reformed the sugar sector by diversification with the production of ethanol , agricultural rhum , special sugars, electricity generation from bagasse and other high value-added products.

Besides production costs were significantly reduced in response to a drop in the protected sugar price under the Sugar Protocol with the European Union. He also negotiated a package for workers under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme which enabled around workers to retire with cash compensation exceeding 2. Jugnauth also encouraged hydroponics and other modern methods of agricultural production as well as agricultural biotechnology research.

The fund caters to the welfare of planters and their families and provides crop insurance schemes designed to financially support planters whose crops are affected by unfavourable weather conditions.