Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Ratlam
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Nanu Ram Bhuria
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Ladki Bai
Date of birth : 01 Jun 1950
Profession : Agriculturist Advocate, Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1976-77 District President, Congress Seva Dal, Distt. Jhabua1977 Secretary, M.P. Congress Committee1978 President, Ranapur Block, Distt. Jhabua1980-97 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1987-90 Parliamentary Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh1987-90 Minister of State, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh1993-98 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1998-2003 Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Parliamentary Cell, Government of Madhya Pradesh1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2004 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)22-23 May 2004 Union Minister of State without portfolio23 May 2004 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 May 2009-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Tribal Affairs24 Nov. 2015 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha in a bye Election (5th Terms)1 Sept. 2017 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
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Social And Cultural Activities
Participated in various social and cultural activities
Special Interests
Upliftment of SC/ST/Backward Class and poor people
Sports and Clubs
Athletics Champion, Vikram University (1971-74), Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
President, Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua, 1973-74; Senate Member, University of Ujjain, 1980-81; attended Executive Meeting of Asia Forum of Parliamentarians on “Population and Development”, Japan