Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bolangir
State : Odisha
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Amar Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Prabha Singh
Date of birth : 03 Dec 1961
Profession : Social Worker Publisher
Positions held :
1992-95 Chairperson, Municipal Council1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998 onwards Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha1998-99 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub- Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal LawsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 and 2002 Member, Committee on Defence1999-2004 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings2000-2001 Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology2003-2004 Member, Committee on Railways2002-2004 Member, Committee on DefenceMember, Committee on Public Undertakings2004 Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Committee on DefenceMember, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Techonology5 August 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs5 Aug. 2007 May 2009 Member, Committee on Home Affairs1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)25 June 2019 onwards Member, House Committee24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Railways09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Worked exclusively in the rural sector in the State of Odisha in the field of poverty alleviation, HIV AIDS, Women empowerment, Prevention of atrocities on women and minors, Mitigation of drought, financed community halls for SHG`s, Afforestation, Adult Literacy, Eradication of female foeticide and family planning
Special Interests
Welfare Schemes concerning women and children; fighting for the rights of women; and women empowerment; development of backward and underdeveloped areas; upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and weaker sections of the society; stopping mass migration by providing employment opportunities
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Sports, Culture, Interior Decoration and design, Reading, Listening to music, Playing the piano
Sports and Clubs
Tennis, Represented the school in Basketball; was selected for the Nationals; Member, (i) Bhubaneswar Club, Bhubaneswar; and (ii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
1. Leader of the Mahila Suraksha Yatra in Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Balangir Parliamentary constituencies to protest against atrocities being committed on women and minors in 2018 2. Addressed the General Assembly of the UN in 2008. As a representative of the Indian Parliament spoke on human rights and functioning of the International Court of Justice.
