Nityanand Rai is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. From Wikipedia
Minister Nityanand Rai set October 1, 2026 as the reference date for snow-bound regions, assigning March 1, 2027 to the rest of India.