Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Mandi
State : Himachal Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1962-63 Member, Territorial Council, Himachal Pradesh 1963-85 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1967-72 and 1980-85 Minister, Himachal Pradesh (held various portfolios viz. Finance, Development, Power, P.W.D. Social Welfare, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Housing, Excise and Taxation, Irrigation and Public Health) 1972-77 General Secretary, P.C.C. (I), Himachal Pradesh 1985 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) Sept. 1985-Oct. 1986 Union Minister of State, Defence Production and Supplies Oct. 1986-Feb. 1988 Union Minister of State, Planning Feb. 1988-Dec. 1989 Union Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies (Independent Charge) 1991 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) July 1992-Jan. 1993 Union Minister of State, Planning and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) and Minister of State, Non-conventional Energy Sources Jan. 1993-May 1996 Union Minister of State, Communications (Independent Charge) 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
Social and Cultural Activities :
Special Interests : Yoga exercise and health hygiene
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Study of various subjects, gardening, floriculture, Himachali songs and music
Sports and Clubs : Badminton and table tennis
Countries Visited : Cyprus, France, F.R.G., Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.S.R.; led Central Government and Himachal Pradesh Government Delegations to France, F.R.G. and U.K. in 1970 and 1980 and to Cyprus, Hungary, Netherlands, U.K. and U.S.S.R. in 1986 and 1988
Other information : As Minister of Communications brought revolutionary changes in the country's Communication network by modernising Postal services and getting installed about 50 lakhs telephone lines during his tenure
