Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Mandla
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Shobhan Singh Kulaste
Mother's Name : Smt. Hero Bai
Date of birth : 18 May 1959
Profession : Agriculturist Teacher, Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1990-92 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Planning Board, Government of Madhya PradeshParliamentary Secretary, Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh1993 onwards Member, Panchayat Board, Distt. - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Standing Committee on External Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-IIMember, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Oct.-Nov. 1999 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs22 Nov. 1999 -May 2004 Union Minister of State, Tribal Affairs2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)2004 - 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Coal and SteelMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysApril 2012 - 2014 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 Member, Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesAug. 2012 Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development2013 Member, Standing Committee on Rural DevelopmentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Chairperson, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1 Sep. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Member, Standing Committee on Coal and SteelMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation29 Jan. 2015 - 5 July 2016 Member, General Purposes Committee5 July 2016 - 3 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)30 May 2019 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Steel
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Social And Cultural Activities
Working for the propagation of education in society; encouraging tribals to keep alive their cultural activities by forming several committees; founder and organiser of educational units; providing free education to the weaker sections of the society; established Babalia Development Block for the upliftment of Adivasis and promotion of education
Special Interests
Promotion of education and public health
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Volley Ball
Sports and Clubs
Archery, Basketball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho , High Jump, (Represented University and State levels in Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Volleyball)
Countries Visited
Bhutan, Cuba, Germany, Nepal, Netherlands and U.K.
Other Information
President : Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Madhya Pradesh, 1980; Member : State Working Committee, Madhya Pradesh since 1990; General Secretary (In-charge) : BJP (ST Cell), 1993; National Secretary (In-charge) : BJP (ST Cell), 1996; Vice-President : (i) Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Delhi, 1996; (ii) Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Madhya Pradesh, 2000; National President : BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha, 2004 and 2010 (two terms); General Secretary : BJP, Madhya Pradesh, 2006-2010 (two terms) and Patron : Akhil Bharatiya Gond Sangh since 1998
