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Father's Name
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Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Subhadra Mahtab
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Date of Birth
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08 Sep 1957
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Place of Birth
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Agarpara, Distt. Bhadrak (Orissa)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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26 Apr 1982
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Mahasweta Mahtab
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational
Qualifications
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M.A. (English)
Educated at Utkal University, Odisha
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Profession
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Journalist
Writer
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Permanent Address
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Beharibag, Chandini Chowk,
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Cuttack - 753 002, Odisha
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Tels. : (0671) 2507568, 2508003, 09437228455 (M)
Fax : (0671) 2508001
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Present Address
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AB-94, Shahjahan Road,
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New Delhi - 110 011
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Tels. : (011) 23782589, 23782742, 09868180308 (M)
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Positions Held
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Central Advisory Board of Education
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the functioning of Wakf Boards
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
Member, Standing Committee on Commerece
Member, Standing Committee on Labour
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Member, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
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Member, Joint Committee on the Central Vigilance Commission
Bill, 1999
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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2004-2005
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Culture
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2005-2006
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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5 Aug. 2007
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
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Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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Member, Youth Affairs & Sports and Development of North Eastern Region
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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6 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment & Forests
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Vice-President, India-Mexico Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Vice President, India-Cyprus Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Member, India-Botswana Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate change
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Rules Committee
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
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15 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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8 Oct. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Committee on Installation of Potraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex
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29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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27 April 2015 - 25 May 2019
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Chairperson, Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.)
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13 May 2015 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
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15 July 2015 - 30 April 2016
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Member, Sub-Group on other Miscellaneous Matters, Public Accounts Committee
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4 Sep. 2015 - 30 April 2016
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Member, Sub-Committee-VI (XIX Commonwealth Games 2010) of the Public Accounts Committee (2015-16)
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11 May 2016 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provision (Amendment) Bill, 2016
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23 Sep. 2016
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Member, Sub-Committee-VII (PPP Project) of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17)
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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26 June 2019 onwards
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Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
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24 July 2019 - 30 April 2020
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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13 Sept. 2019 onwards
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development
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14 Sept. 2019 onwards
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Vice-President, Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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21 Nov. 2019 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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1 May 2020 onwards
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Books Published
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(i) Chalish Varshar Ganatantra; (ii) Dharma, Darshan, Drustikon; (iii) Diary-RU-Kiyadansa; (iv) Shesh-Prustha- Vol. I and Vol. II and Vol. III and (v) Walking into Twilight with Dignity
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Organising literary and cultural meetings at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur through Prajatantra
Prachar Samiti, Bisuv Milan and Basant Milan, Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, Bhubaneswar and Subhadra Mahtab Library, Puri
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Organising farmers through Pragati Orissa Krushak Parishad; Chairman, Prajatantra
Prachar Samiti the pioneering house of culture in Orissa; Managing Trustee, HKM Foundation; and Chairman Swadhinata Sangrami Sadan Trust
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Special Interests
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Cultural and literary activities, rural development and international understanding
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, writing and travelling
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; attended UN Summits at Copenhagen in Denmark and Rome in
Italy; and 50th Anniversary of UN at New York in U.S.A.; visited U.S.A. through USIS;
accompanied Prime Minister during his visit to Iran, Russia, Senegal, Tunisia and Venezuela;
attended IXth and XIth NAM Conferences at Belgrade in Yugoslavia in 1989 and Cartegena in Columbia in 1995;
and attended 52nd UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) in October 1998 as unofficial Member for two weeks representing Indian Mission in U.N.; visited Mexico as Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation in May 2001; attended special session of UN for Children, as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation in May 2002; also attended 56th, 57th and 58th UN General Assembly as an unofficial delegate for two weeks representing Indian Mission in United Nations in October 2002, October 2003 and November 2004 respectively; participated in Commonwealth Parliamentary Union Workshop on "Right to Information" at Accra (Ghana) in July 2004; attended CPU at Fiji in Sept. 2007 as Indian Parliamentary Delegate; and attended IPU in Zeneva, Sept. 2008 as Indian Delegate; attended the 64th UNGA as an unofficial Indian delegate representing Indian Mission in United Nations; in Oct. 2009; led Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Dhaka to attend CPU-World Bank Institute sponsored Role of Public Accounts Committee in SAARC Countries in Nov. 2009; attended Climate Change Summit as Indian Delegate at Copenhagen in Dec. 2009. ; Member (i) Delegate France, Switzerland in 2010,(ii) Japan in 2011; (iii) New Zealand on Goodwill Mission in 2012 with Hon`ble Speaker, Lok Sabha; (iv) Member Parliamentary Delegate Australia, 2013; Led Indian Parliamentary Team to London to attend Commonwealth Countries` Oversight Committee workshop in 2013; Turkmenistan, Armenia on Goodwill Mission in 2014; (v) Vietnam with Hon`ble President of India 2014; Led Indian Parliamentary Delegation to WTO Conference, Geneva, 2015; Attended 70th Regular Session of UN General Assembly and Security Council Session in New York(USA) in September 2015; Attended 6th Westminster Workshop, Parliamentary Financial Oversight of Aid Effectiveness in House of Parliament in London( UK) in July, 2016; Member of Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarians to Portugal and Spain in October, 2016; Indian Delegate represented India in Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) in Abu Dhabi(UAE), May 2017; Member of Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarians to Sweden, Norway and Israel in June, 2017; Attended United Nations General Assembly in New York(USA in October, 2017; Attended Asian Parliamentary Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey in November, 2017; Accompanied Government Delegation to attend 11th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan in Mauritius in August, 2018; Represented India in Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) at Baghdad (Iraq) in September, 2019
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Other Information
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Actively participated in the All India Freedom Fighters Samiti; Head, Youth Wing of All India Freedom Fighters Samiti; and Chief Whip, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party, 2004; Leader BJD Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha, since 2014; Leader BJD Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha, 2014-2019; Received Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2017 from Hon`ble President of India on 1st August, 2018
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