Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Hardwar
State : Uttarakhand
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Rajendra Singh Rawat
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Devaki Devi
Date of birth : 27 Apr 1948
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1980-84 Elected to 7th Lok SabhaMember, House Committee and Public Accounts Committee1980 Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C)1984-89 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)28 Dec. 1989 Member, House Committee23 Mar. 1990 Member, Committee on Official Language1990 Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications2001-2007 President, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)2009 - 18 Jan 2011 Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment19 Jan 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing IndustriesJuly 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs28 Oct. 2012 - 1 Feb. 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Connected with various social organisations
Special Interests
Working in rural areas
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, sports and games
Sports and Clubs
Represented college and university in many sports i.e. football, hockey, kabaddi and athletics, etc.
Countries Visited
Widelly travelled
Other Information
Block Pramukh; District President, Youth Congress; Held various posts in Youth Congress including its National Joint Secretary and General Secretary; District Congress President; Chairman, Congress Seva Dal (a frontal organization of the Congress); National President of an apex Trade Union- ` The National Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers` for many years; Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha; President, Uttarakhand Sanyukta Sangharsha Samiti(which spearheaded the statehood movement from December, 1999 onwards
