Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bareilly
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Ram Lal Gangwar
Mother's Name : Smt. Sheela Devi Gangwar
Date of birth : 01 Nov 1948
Profession : Agriculturist Businessperson, Advocate
Positions held :
1989 onwards Member, State Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.),Uttar Pradesh1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990 Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommerceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Transport and Tourism1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-96 Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary PartyMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on EstimatesMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996 onwards General Secretary, B.J.P., Uttar Pradesh1996-97 Chairman, Standing Committee on Agriculture1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas with additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)Special Invitee, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaOct.-Nov. 1999 Union Minister of State, Science & Technology in addition, assisted Minister of Parliamentary Affairs22 Nov. 1999- 29 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Petroleum & Natural Gas; and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs29 Jan. 2003-24 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas24 May 2003- 8 Sept. 2003 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs; Labour8 Sept. 2003- May 2004 Union Minister of State, Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party in Lok Sabha, Member, Committee on Petroleum & Natural GasMember, Business Advisory Committee5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on DefenceMember,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & ManagementMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)27 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Union Minister of State, (Independent Charge), Ministry of Textiles; Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs; Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation9 Nov. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Union Minister of State, (Independent Charge), Ministry of Textiles5 July 2016 - 3 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance3 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and EmploymentMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (8th term)30 May 2019 onwards Union Minister of State, (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and Employment
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Chairman: (i) Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bareilly; Member, (ii) Court of the Aligarh Muslim University; (iii) Governing Body, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (I.C.A.R.)
