Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Fatehgarh Sahib
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Malkiat Singh
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Gurdev Kaur
Date of birth : 26 May 1953
Profession : Social-cum-Political Worker Civil Servant,Medical Practitioner
Positions held :
1987 - 1992 District Collector, Government of Madhya Pradesh1997 - 2004 Principal Secretary/Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh2004 - 2010 Joint Secretary, Government of India2010 - 2012 Executive Director, Food Corporation of India2012 - 2012 C.M.D., Food Corporation of India2014 onwards Vice-President, PCC, Punjab2017 onwards Spokesperson, PCC, Punjab2018 onwards Member, All India Congress CommitteeMay, 2019 Elected to 17th Lok Sabha13 Sept. 2019 -12 Sept. 2020 Member, Standing Committee on Commerce13 Sept. 2020 onwards Member, Standing Committee on RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Member, Jang-e-Azadi Memorial Trust, Jalandhar
Special Interests
Yoga, meditation, creation of core infrastructure in education and health
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and watching sports especially Tennis
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Member, Senate, Panjab University, Chandigarh, CMD-Food Corporation of India,Implementation of National Food Security Act, 2003, Oversaw the creation of infrastructure for 150 lac MT of foodgrains storage godowns, conceptualised and organised the change of SGSY Programme into National Rural Livelihood Mission, Worked in creation of MNREGA in 2004-05, Prepared concept paper for Skill Development and Placement in Private Sector for rural youths, Member of Govt of India delegation to UN, WB, IFAD, AARDO, CIRDAP etc
