Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Tikamgarh
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Amar Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Sumat Rani
Date of birth : 27 Feb 1954
Profession : Social Activist Agriculturist
Positions held :
1977-79 Convenor, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh1979-82 Divisional Organising Secretary, A.B.V.P., Rewa, Madhya Pradesh1982-84 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (B.J.Y.M.), District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh1987 Convenor, Bajrang Dal, District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh1991 Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh1994 State Representative, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2004 Chairman, Joint Committee on Office of ProfitMember, Standing Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, General Purposes Committee2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family WelfareMember, Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on Labour25 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Privileges2006-2008 President, B.J.P. Anusuchit Jaati Morcha, Madhya Pradesh5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Labour2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, National Social Security BoardMember, Parliamentary Forum on Children2009 - 2014 Deputy Whip in Lok Sabha (BJP)1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1 Sep. 2014 - 31 Aug. 2016 Chairperson, Standing Committee on LabourSep. 2014 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, General Purposes Committee1 Sep. 2016 - 3 Sept. 2017 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy3 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Ministry of Minority AffairsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (7th term)17 June 2019 - 19 June 2019 Speaker Pro-tem13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Labour01 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)09 Oct. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Committee on Petitions21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Social And Cultural Activities
Closely associated with the successful management and functioning of Gaushala; played an active role in Gau-Seva Sangh Sanstha, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh for the cause of cow protection; engage youth in the constructive work for removing the barriers of caste and class;and making efforts for the development of orphanages and Deaf and Dumb schools and old age homes Regular participation in social and cultural activities and promoting such activities, helping in providing opportunities to talented people to progress, campaign to unite people to be vegetarian, making society aware against drinking and smoking. Making efforts for social, economic and educational improvement of the people and encouraging them to be self-dependent.
Special Interests
Helping the people in distress by raising their economic and social status; and providing medical facilities and also by extending social and economic support to the lowest of the lowest strata of society and instil a sense of self respect in them. Launching campaign against child labour, encouraging parents to send their wards to school who could not get education and obtaining information regarding educational standard of students and schools after visiting schools from time to time and drawing attention towards improvement in them. Enhancing cooperation and social participation of doctors with a view to improving the healthcare facilities.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Singing and playing Mouth-organ
Sports and Clubs
Hockey, kabaddi, chess and cricket; won a number of prizes in race events at State level
Countries Visited
Australia, China, Mongolia, Russia and Thailand
Other Information
RSS worker since childhood; Branch Head, RSS; Actively participated in the Total Revolution movement started by Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan in 1975; went to Sagar and Jabalpur jails for 16 months under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) in protest against imposition of Emergency; started movement for solving the problems faced by students and opened library for their assistance; joined politics in 1982 and since then actively associated with the National, State, local movements and programmes initiated by B.J.P.
