Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Khunti
State : Jharkhand
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Hadwa Munda
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Chambri Devi
Date of birth : 20 Apr 1936
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker
Positions held :
Till 1977 Joint Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bihar1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha1977-79 Chairman, Sub-Committee on Hindi, Department of Steel and MinesUnion Minister of State, Steel and MinesMember, Janata Party1980 onwards Member, Central Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)1982-84 Member, Bihar Legislative AssemblyMember, Tribal Welfare Committee1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1990-91 Member, Standing Committee on Science and Technology; and Environment and ForestsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1991-93 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1992 onwards President, Tribal Cell, B.J.P.1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development1994-98 President, All India Scheduled Tribes Front, B.J.P.1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)16 May-1 Jun. 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Welfare1996-97 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Standing Committee on EnergyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)Vice-President, B.J.P.1998-99 Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and its Sub-Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of reservation orders in respect of SCs and STsMember, Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; and its Sub-Committee-B on Department of Sugar and Edible OilsMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)1999-2000 Member, Standing Committee on Communications2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes2000- Sep. 2001 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines and Minerals1 Sep. 2001 - 29 Jan. 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Agro and Rural Industries29 Jan. 2003 - 09 Jan. 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal9 Jan. 2004-22 May 2004 Minister, Non-Conventional Energy Sources2005-2009 Member, Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)8 Jun. 2009 Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha04 Sep. 2009 Chairman, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament Complex10 Sep. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Budget23 Sep. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Private Members` Bills and ResolutionsChairman, Library Committee19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purposes Committee21 Dec. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Political Parties in Lok Sabha and Officers of Lok Sabha SecretariatVice-President, Executive Committee of Indian Parliamentary GroupVice-President, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenVice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and ManagementVice-President, Parliamentary Forum on YouthVice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public HealthVice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate ChangeMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016 Member Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal15 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Ethics
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Social And Cultural Activities
Struggle against exploitation, social evils, promotion of education, folk songs and dance
Sports and Clubs
Hockey and football
Countries Visited
China, France, London, Nepal, North Korea, Singapore, Thailand, U.A.E. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Attended 20th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth(CSPOC), New Delhi
