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Father's Name
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Shri Anand Singh
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Mother's Name
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Smt Veena Singh
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Date of Birth
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01 Mar 1966
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Place of Birth
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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16 Nov 2002
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Madhushree Singh
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No. of Sons
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1
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Educational
Qualifications
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M.Sc. (Geology)
Educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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Profession
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Agriculturist
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Permanent Address
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Mankapur Kot, Teh. Mankapur,
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Dist. Gonda, Uttar Pradesh-271302
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Tel:(05265) 230021
09919442444,
09013869462 (M)
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Present Address
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23, B.R. Mehta Lane,
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New Delhi - 110 001
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Tel: (011) 23782979
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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, Standing Commitee on Industry
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Defence
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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5 Aug. 2007
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Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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23 March, 2009
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Resigned on 23 March, 2009
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May 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2015
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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2014-2019
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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19 Oct. 2016 - 31 Aug. 2018
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Member, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
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1 Sept. 2018 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Standing Committee on Commerce
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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13 Sept. 2019 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Promotion of new techniques in agriculture, tree-plantation and fisheries, successfully counducted a three year pilot project of cage-Farming of fish which was sponsored by the Ford foundation, with the objective of the optimum use of large water bodies and also the equi-distribution of the natural wealth among the weaker and economically backward sections of society
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Gonda is amongst the most backward district of UP with a very low literacy rate;
To encourage education among the masses in this rural area, have set up a girl`s Intermediate college and also a Post —Graduate College for higher studies; Currently manage 4 Educational institutes; have actively fought against the education mafia in this district and succeeded in having strict curbs put on the rampant practice of organized cheating /mass copying during Board Exams;
To enhance rural livelihood of local fishermen , was instrumental in setting up a Pilot —Project of Cage —culture of fish rearing under the aegis of FORD Foundation of India, in 1988, the first of its kind in the country;
Regularly held workshops with local fishermen co-operatives to impart latest information on fish rearing and fish breeding techniques and also provided technical knowledge how to farmers to set up their own fish breeding hatcheries
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Special Interests
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Protection of the environment has always been an important issue;
Organised village level groups, to protect the flora and fauna of our local forest from timber mafias and poachers; Currently working on a project to rejuvenate our local lakes; Successfully fought for the cause of settlement of the Van Tangiya labour families living in the forests; Spearheaded the fight against the local Sand-Mafia at the ground level as well as in National Green Tribunal which ultimately resulted in heavy fines imposed on the offenders and the curbing of this ecologically harmful activity; work against local sand mafia
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, photography, painting, wild-life and Eco-tourism and aero-modelling
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Sports and Clubs
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Archery, Water sports, Sport-fishing and Aero sports; To encourage the unique activity of aero sports in my rural area, have set up an Avadh Aero Sports Society and established an air strip which is registered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, where provide free air time experience to local youths and NCC cadets on Ultra-lite aircrafts
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled
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Other Information
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Education is an important issue for him as his district is economically backward and with a low literacy rate; with the object of economic development and upliftment of the weaker sections of the population, constantly tried for improvement in the standard of education being imparted as well as promoting education in the remote and interior areas of his constituency; actively assisted and organized the educated and unemployed youth to establish schools in remote villages and encourage these activities by organising cultural programmes and mobilising local support with the increasing realization of the importance of the education of girls in the rural society, established a Girls Inter college and also a degree college to impart higher education; apart from these, established two institutions, managing two inter colleges, and a higher secondary school
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