AGARTALA, Oct 14 (TIWN) : Union Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar arrived here in Tripura on Saturday morning.

The Minister has arrived here to inaugurate Mudra promotion camp to motivate self-employment among the unemployed youths. 

The programme was conducted at Agartala Town Hall.

Tripura Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha, DM West Millid Ramteke, MP Sankar Prasad Dutta, Principal Secretary M Nagaraju remained present on that occasion.

Born on November 1, 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been an alumnus of the Agra University and the Rohilkhand University in Uttar Pradesh from where he completed his B Sc and LLB Degrees.

Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, state-of-the-art library and mini bye pass, etc.