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Father's Name
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Late Shri Srimukha Sethi
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Mother's Name
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Late Smt. Para Dei
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Date of Birth
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18 Sep 1941
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Place of Birth
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Vill. Odang, Distt. Balasore (now known Bhadrak), Odisha
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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06 Jul 1966
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Subhadra Sethi
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No. of Sons
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3
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational
Qualifications
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M.A.
Educated at Bhadrak College, University College, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Profession
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Agriculturist
Teacher, Educationist
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Permanent Address
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P.O. Odang, Via Randhiahat,
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Distt. - Bhadrak - 756 135, Odisha
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09868180238 (M)
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Present Address
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21, Canning Lane,
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New Delhi - 110 001
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Tels. : (011) 23782760, 23782745, 9868180238 (M)
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Positions Held
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1971
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Elected to 5th Lok Sabha
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1971-77
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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1973-74 and 1974-75
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Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)
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1974
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Member, Pradesh Election Committee, Orissa
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1974-77
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Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Orissa
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1975-78
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Balasore
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1990-91
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Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Orissa
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1991-95
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1995-98
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Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
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1995-96
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Deputy Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
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1998-99
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Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
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1999-2000
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Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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2000
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications.
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27 May 2000
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Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Member, Pannel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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Member, Standing Committee on Water Resources
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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Member, Joint-Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Co-Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board, Orrisa
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Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
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2005 onwards
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District President, Biju Janata Dal, Bhadrak
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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Jun 2009
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Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha
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31 Aug 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Industry
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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9 Jun. 2013
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Member, House Committee
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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9 June 2014 onwards
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Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Member, Committee on Petitions.
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Contributed several articles to newspapers and magazines
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Upliftment of the rural poor, especially during the cyclone in Orissa, 1971; Patron (i)
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Committee; and (ii) Government Press, New Delhi,
1976-77
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Special Interests
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Agriculture
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Sports and Clubs
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Football and Volleyball
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Countries Visited
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Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) 34th Meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh; (ii) International Conference on Fresh Water, Bonn, Germany 3 and 4 December 2001; (iii) Meeting to discuss matters of Mutual Benefit in the interests of Advancing the Bilateral Relation in the Area of Water Resources Management, Sydney, Australia, April 2002; (iv) Third World Water Forum, Shiga, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan, March 2003; (v) 13th Stockholm Water Symposium and 8th Annual Meeting of Consulting Partnership of the Global Water Partnership, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2003; and (vi) 35th Meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), New Delhi, 2003; Member (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to 63rd Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Madrid, Spain, 1976; and (ii) Indian Delegation to UNO General Assembly, New York, December 2008
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Other Information
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Member, Land Reforms Committee, Distt. Balasore, 1975-77; Teacher in a private school, 1968-70; and Honorary Principal in a Private College, 1977-78
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