Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Rajkot
State : Gujarat
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Kalyanji
Mother's Name : Smt. Nakuben
Date of birth : 06 Sep 1951
Profession : Agriculturist Social Service
Positions held :
1995 - 25 Dec, 2012 Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Five Terms)1998 - 2001 Chairman, Gujarat Seeds Corporation2001 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012 Minister for Rural Development (Independent Charge), Govt. of Gujarat2003 - 2011 Member of various Committees in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly viz. Panchayat Rajya Samiti, Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee, Committee on IndustriesMay 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers9 Nov. 2014 - 27 Aug. 2015 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture27 Aug. 2015 - 5 July 2016 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare1 Sept. 2016 - 18 Oct. 2016 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment19 Oct. 2016 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Water ResourcesMay 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Culture and Tourism09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
As a social worker trying to help the needy persons of the society
Special Interests
Social service, reading articles on rural development and issues relating to agriculture
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to news; devotional songs and visiting pilgrim centres
Countries Visited
Belgium, Burkina Faso, China, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Russia, Togo, U.K. and U.S.A.
