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Father's Name
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Shri Amar Singh
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Sumat Rani
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Date of Birth
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27 Feb 1954
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Place of Birth
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Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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21 Feb 1987
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Kamal Virendra
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational
Qualifications
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M.A. (Economics), Ph.D (Child Labour)
Educated at Dr. Harisingh Gaur University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
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Profession
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Social Activist
Agriculturist
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Permanent Address
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224, Chakra Ghat, Near Singhai Jain Mandir,
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Sagar-470 002, Madhya Pradesh
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Tel : (07582) 224000, 08989235225 (M)
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Present Address
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22, Mahadev Road,
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New Delhi - 110 001
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Tels : (011) 23352218, 23719498 (R), 08989235225 (M)
(011) 23381001, 23381390, 23782132 (O)
Fax: (011) 23381902 (O)
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Positions Held
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1977-79
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Convenor, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
(A.B.V.P.), District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
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1979-82
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Divisional Organising Secretary, A.B.V.P., Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
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1982-84
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General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (B.J.Y.M.), District Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh
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1987
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Convenor, Bajrang Dal, District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
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1991
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Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
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1994
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State Representative, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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1996-97
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1999-2004
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Chairman, Joint Committee on Office of Profit
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Member, Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Member, Committee on Privileges
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour
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25 Aug. 2006
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Member, Committee on Privileges
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2006-2008
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President, B.J.P. Anusuchit Jaati Morcha, Madhya Pradesh
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5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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6 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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Member, National Social Security Board
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Children
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2009 - 2014
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Deputy Whip in Lok Sabha (BJP)
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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1 Sep. 2014 - 31 Aug. 2016
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour
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Sep. 2014
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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1 Sep. 2016 - 3 Sept. 2017
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy
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3 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Ministry of Minority Affairs
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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17 June 2019 - 19 June 2019
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Speaker Pro-tem
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13 Sept. 2019 - 7 July 2021
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour
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01 Oct. 2019 - 7 July 2021
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Member, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
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09 Oct. 2019 - 7 July 2021
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Chairperson, Committee on Petitions
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21 Nov. 2019 - 7 July 2021
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Women and Child Development
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07/07/2021 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Closely associated with the successful management and functioning of Gaushala; played an active role in
Gau-Seva Sangh Sanstha, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh for the cause of cow protection; engage youth in the constructive work for removing the barriers of caste and class;and making efforts for the development of orphanages and Deaf and Dumb schools and old age homes
Regular participation in social and cultural activities and promoting such activities, helping in providing opportunities to talented people to progress, campaign to unite people to be vegetarian, making society aware against drinking and smoking. Making efforts for social, economic and educational improvement of the people and encouraging them to be self-dependent.
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Special Interests
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Helping the people in distress by raising their economic and social status; and providing medical facilities and also by extending social and economic support to the lowest of the lowest strata of society and instil a sense of self respect in them.
Launching campaign against child labour, encouraging parents to send their wards to school who could not get education and obtaining information regarding educational standard of students and schools after visiting schools from time to time and drawing attention towards improvement in them. Enhancing cooperation and social participation of doctors with a view to improving the healthcare facilities.
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Singing and playing Mouth-organ
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Sports and Clubs
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Hockey, kabaddi, chess and cricket; won a number of prizes in race events at State level
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Countries Visited
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Australia, China, Mongolia, Russia and Thailand
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Other Information
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RSS worker since childhood; Branch Head, RSS; Actively participated in the Total Revolution movement started by Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan
in 1975; went to Sagar and Jabalpur jails for 16 months under Maintenance of Internal Security
Act (MISA) in protest against imposition of Emergency; started movement for solving the
problems faced by students and opened library for their assistance; joined politics in 1982 and
since then actively associated with the National, State, local movements and programmes
initiated by B.J.P.
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