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Father's Name
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Late Jwala Prasad Singh
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Kaushalya Devi
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Date of Birth
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24 Jan 1955
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Place of Birth
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Patna (Bihar)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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14 Jun 1977
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Renu Devi
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.A. (Hons.), History
Educated at T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur University, Bihar
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address
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B-85, Budha Colony,
East Boring Canal Road,
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Patna - 800 001, Bihar
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Tels. (0612) 2523628, 09431821284
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Present Address
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AB-11, Pandara Road,
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New Delhi-110003
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09013997069 (M)
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Positions Held
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April 2000-04
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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2004
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Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009
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Member, Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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6 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
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23 Sep. 2009
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2014 - 2019
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Minister, Government of Bihar
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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20 June 2019 onwards
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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24 July 2019 onwards
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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13 Sept. 2019 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Energy
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11 Dec. 2019 onwards
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Member, Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
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21 Nov. 2019 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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13 Sept. 2020 onwards
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Participated in student movement of 1974 led by Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan; Fought against Corruption
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Special Interests
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Study
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled,Moscow (U.S.S.R) to represent the country in World Youth Festival in 1985; Mexico, U.S.A. and the Netherlands, France and Switzerland - as member of delegation of farmers in 2001; London (U.K.), as member of U.N. AIDS delegation; New York, as a member of Indian delegation to UN General Assembly in 2003; Barcelona (Spain) and Bangkok in World AIDS Conference
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Other Information
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General Secretary, College Students Union; actively participated in the movement led by Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain in 1974; brought many important public issues through Public Interest Litigation (PIL) including A.H.D. Scam, Bihar to the High Court and Supreme Court
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