Prakash Javadekar noted that vehicles contribute 20-22 per cent of pollution in the country. 

This practise tends to deprive people versed with Hindi and regional languages of the valuable information about casting of TV serials or programmes, it said.

Media campaigns on yoga from June 10 to June 25 will be considered for International Yoga Day, celebrated annually on June 21.

The minister said Modi has a special and keen interest in environment, forests and climate change, and also has a vision for it.

After playing different roles in the party's youth wing - Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Prakash Javadekar later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving in various positions including state party Secretary, was elected twice to the Maharashtra Legislative Council, and later to the Rajya Sabha.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Prakash Javadekar are set to take oath as ministers in Modi Sarkar 2.0 on Thursday when Narendra Modi will be sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India.

"This is murder of democracy. The EC should take cognizance of the matter. If important leaders are not allowed to hold rallies then what is the meaning of elections," Prakash Javadekar said.

Hitting back after Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling his father "corrupt number 1", the BJP on Sunday said every single word the PM had said about Rajiv Gandhi was true and that the Congress chief was rattled due to his party's imminent defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.

​HRD Minister Prakash Javdaekar on IndiaTV’s Chunav Manch on Thursday said that the public is with them and in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 BJP will come out with flying colors.

He said it is the Modi government that can take on terrorism and provide a strong leadership to the country.

The HRD Ministry has sent an ordinance on reservation mechanism for faculties in universities for Cabinet approval, officials said on Friday.

Banerjee began her sit-in protest at a city landmark on Sunday night over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fund scams, insisting it stifled the spirit of "Constitution and federalism".

The HRD minister referred to the coalition rules of IK Gujral, Chandrashekhar and HD Deve Gowda in the past and said people suffered during the days of those "weak governments".

He said that no one's reservation was abolished and additional 10 per cent reservation was given to economically backward sections of general category.

In the new National Education Policy (NEP), no language is being given a compulsory status, clarified the minister.

He also accused the previous Congress government of corruption, saying it compromised with the national security.

Javadekar, who visited NTA's head office in Noida, interacted with officials there and discussed with them the need for conducting the examination in a transparent and user-friendly manner.

Speaking at IndiaTV-Lokmat conclave, Javadekar said MUDRA loans have helped so many people become self-employes and job givers.

"Congress has lost all hopes of becoming relevant and it has also lost patience. And therefore in their dreams also they are dreaming only about Rafale", Javadekar told reporters at the party headquarters.

Congress is the party of one family while "the BJP is a party which itself is a family,” he said.