| Vinod Narayan Jha | |
| Office: | Minister of Public Health Engineering Department Government of Bihar |
| Term Start: | 29 July 2017 |
| Term End: | 16 November 2020 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Nitish Kumar |
| Predecessor: | Krishnanandan Prasad Verma |
| Successor: | Ram Prit Paswan |
| Office1: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 2020 |
| Constituency1: | Benipatti |
| Predecessor1: | Bhawana Jha |
| Term Start2: | 2010 |
| Term End2: | 2015 |
| Constituency2: | Benipatti |
| Predecessor2: | Shaligram Yadav |
| Successor2: | Bhawana Jha |
| Term Start3: | 2005 |
| Term End3: | 2010 |
| Constituency3: | Pandaul |
| Predecessor3: | Naiyar Azam |
| Successor3: | constituency defunct |
| Office4: | Member of Bihar Legislative Council |
| Term Start4: | 3 June 2016 |
| Term End4: | 11 November 2020 |
| Constituency4: | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Successor4: | Mukesh Sahani |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Ghonghour, Madhubani, Bihar |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Smt Meena Jha |
| Children: | Son – Vibhay Kumar Jha & 2 daughters |
Vinod Narayan Jha is an Indian politician and currently cabinet minister of PHED department, Government of Bihar. He has served as vice-president and chief spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. On 3 June 2016 he was elected unopposed to the Bihar Legislative Council and served as cabinet minister in Government of Bihar.[1]
He is one of the senior most politicians from Bihar who participated actively in Jayaprakash Narayan – Bihar Movement. He was jailed for three months in Buxar central jail as political prisoner. On the invitation of American council of young political leaders https://www.acypl.org/ he visited America to cover George H. W. Bush presidential election and travelled eleven states of United States to participate in Democratic Party (United States) conferences.
He is known for successful implementation of comprehensive "Nal Jal Yojna – हर घर नल-हर घर जल" https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/union-budget-2019-nirmala-sitharaman-water-har-ghar-nal-har-ghar-jal-2024-potable-water-available-all-rural-house-tpt-1-1098913.html and his commitment on providing Arsenic-free water across Bihar by 2020. He created a controversy in 2019 General elections in India by stating only beauty can win the election referring to Priyanka Gandhi.[2] Under his tenure 110 quality-testing labs across its 38 districts were set-up and arrangements were made to provide drinking water from the surface of Ganges instead of sourcing from underground water.[3] As a minister of PHED, he campaigned for mass awareness on water quality and ensured that all citizens can get certificate about quality of drinking water within 24 hrs of submitting samples.[4] His effort on maintaining water hygiene and consuming clean drinking water among all people of the state was appreciated by many established NGOs in the region.