Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Begusarai
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Ramavtar Singh
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Tara Devi
Date of birth : 08 Sep 1952
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
2002 - May 2014 Member, Bihar Legislative Council2008 - 2010 Cooperative Minister, Govt. of Bihar2010 - 2013 Minister, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resource Development, Govt. of BiharMay, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Nawada, Bihar1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Labour2 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament9 Nov. 2014 - 3 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises3 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term) from Begusarai, Bihar30 May 2019 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
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Special Interests
i) Village Development based on Agriculture and Live stock ii) Solar Energy iii) Undertook Research on animal feed based on `Morringa Biomass` with the help of Scientists at ICAR, Mathura. (Research paper publication and patent application are under process)
