July, 1986 |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
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1986-92 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology |
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Member, General Council of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad |
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1987-88 |
Member, Select Committee on Medical Council Bill |
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Aug. 1992 – Dec. 1993 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions |
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15 Sept. 1995 – 16 May, 1996 |
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and Parliamentary Affairs |
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July, 1992 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) |
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April, 2000 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term) |
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April, 2000 – 2001 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture |
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Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2004 |
Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
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2001 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology |
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April, 2001 – Dec. 2002 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto |
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Aug. 2001 – April, 2006 |
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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Jan. 2002 – Feb. 2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
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Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2004 |
Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology |
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Jan. 2003 – July, 2004 |
Member, Committee of Privileges |
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Aug. 2004 – April, 2006 |
Member, House Committee |
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Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
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Sept. 2004 – Oct. 2007 |
Member, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities’ Education |
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament |
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Oct. 2004 – 2006 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance |
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April, 2006 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4th term) |
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July, 2009 |
Member, Committee on Ethics |
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May, 2006 – May, 2009 and Aug. 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
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June, 2006 |
Member, House Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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June, 2006 – Sept. 2006 |
Member, Committee on Rules |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
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Sept. 2006 |
Member, Committee of Privileges |
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April 2007 – May 2009 |
Convenor, Sub-Committee on Civil Defence & Rehabilitation of J & K Migrants of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
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Sep. 2007 – May, 2009 and Aug. 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
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Sept. 2009 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security matters in Parliament House Complex |
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Dec. 2009 |
Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit |
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Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2010 |
Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 |
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Nov. 2010 |
Member, Committee on Provision of Computer Equipment to Members of Rajya Sabha |
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March, 2011 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Examine Matters Relating to Allocation and Pricing of Telecom Licences and Spectrum |
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April, 2011 |
Convenor, Sub-Committee to Examine Various Provisions of the Enemy Property (Amendment & Validation) Second Bill, 2010 of the Committee on Home Affairs |
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May, 2014 |
Elected to 16th Lok Sabha |
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14 Aug. 2014 – 30 April 2016 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee |
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1 Sep. 2014 – 18 July 2016 |
Chairperson, Committee on Privileges |
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Culture |
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28 Jan. 2015 onwards |
Member on the Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati |
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29 Jan. 2015 – 5 July 2016 |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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13 May 2015 – 18 July 2016 |
Chairperson, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 |
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4 Sep. 2015 – 30 April 2016 |
Member, Sub-Committee-VI (XIX Commonwealth Games 2010) of the Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) |
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5 July 2016 – 3 Sept. 2017 |
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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3 Sept. 2017 onwards |
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
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