Name of Member: Shri Kashi Ram Rana
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency & State: Surat (Gujarat)
Lok Sabha Experience: 9,10,11,12,13,14
Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Surat (Gujarat) |
Party Name : |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
Email Address : |
krana[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in |
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Father’s Name |
Shri Chhabildas |
Mother’s Name |
Smt. Kashiben |
Date of Birth |
07 Apr 1938 |
Place of Birth |
Surat (Gujarat) |
Marital Status |
Widower |
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Spouse’s Name |
Late Smt. Pushpa |
No. of Sons |
2 |
No.of Daughters |
4 |
Educational
Qualifications |
B.Com., LL.B.
Educated at South-Gujarat University, Surat (Gujarat) |
Profession |
Advocate
Social Worker |
Permanent Address |
78-79, `Vijay Deep`, Atal Road, Adajan, |
Surat – 395 009 (Gujarat) |
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Present Address |
AB- 12, Pandara Road, |
New Delhi – 110 003 |
Tel. (011) 23782196,23782144, 9868180486 (M) |
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Positions Held |
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1975-80 |
Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
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1977-80 |
Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
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1983-84 and 1987 |
Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Surat |
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1985-87 and 1993-96 |
President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Gujarat |
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1989 |
Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
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1990-91 |
Member, Rules Committee |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways |
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1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1991-92 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry |
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1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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1996-97 |
Member, Estimates Committee |
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Member, Committee on Commerce |
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting Bill |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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1998-99 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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13 Oct. 1999 – 23 May 2003 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles |
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24 May 2003- May 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Development |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term) |
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Member, Committee on Commerce |
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs |
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5 August 2006-onwards |
Member, Committee on Commerce |
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards |
Member, Committee on Commerce |
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1 May 2008 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
Founder, Ex-Editor, Rana Jagat (Monthly) |
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Social And Cultural Activities |
President, (i) All India Rana Samaj; (ii) South Gujarat Medical Education Trust; and (iii) Chief Trustee, Deendayal Smarak Trust, Surat |
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Special Interests |
Reading, writing and sight-seeing |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Old film songs, mushaira, classical music and ghazals |
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Sports and Clubs |
Wrestling , weight lifting and Yoga |
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Countries Visited |
Visited Chile and U.S.A. as a delegate of IPU; visited Kuala Lumpur as Parliamentary delegate to Commonwealth Conference; Visited Croatia and West Germany as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation; and visited Brazil, Egypt, France, Ghana, Ivory-Coast, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., U.K., and U.S.A. as head of the jute delegation; visited Paris, Rio, Miami, London for promotion of food grade jute products in USA and also visited London College of Fashion; visited Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok for promotion of wool products; visited Paris, New York, Atlanta, London for inaguration of International Carpet Fair, Atlanta; attended FIT, New York; visited Vienna, Barcelona, Madrid, London for Annual Congress of International Wool Textile Organisation; visited Port Louis and Clothing Technology Centre, Dubai; visited Frankfurt, Tunis, Milan, Pisa, Caracas, Paris for inaguartion of Festival of India and Food Festival, Caracas; visited Frankfurt, Hanover, Atlanta, Dallas, London for DOMOTEX 2003 Fair; inaguration of UNDP Exhibition of Indian Carpet Fair and Handicraft Gift Fair; visited Tokyo, Auckland, Rotorva, Christchurch, Wellington, Sydney and Dubai for meeting with the Forest and Trade Negotiation Minister of New Zealand, Signing of MoU between WRONZ and IICT; attended Plenary Session of UN Economic & Social Council at Geneva; visited Indonesia (Jakarta) as head of the delegation and attended CIRDAP meeting and visited Dhaka (Bangladesh) to attend Conference on Sanitation |
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