Mahant, Dr. Charan Das Constituency   : Korba (Chhattisgarh) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC) Email Address : (i) cdmahant[DOT]mp[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in (ii) mos-afpi[AT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Bisahu Das Mahant Mother’s Name Late Smt. Janki Devi Mahant Date of Birth 13 Dec 1954 Place of Birth Saragaon, Distt. Janjgir Champa (Chhatisgarh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 23 Nov 1980 Spouse’s Name Smt. Jyotsna Mahant No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications M.Sc., M.A., LL.B., Ph.D. Profession Agriculturist Social Worker Permanent Address P. O. – Saragaon, Teh. Champa, Distt. Janjgir Chhattisgarh Present Address 8, Teen Murti Marg New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23017447, 23014252 (R), 23074190, 23388165 (O) Fax. (011) 23016689 (R), 23382756 (O) Positions Held

1980-90 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)

1988-89 Minister of State, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

1993-95 Minister of State, Independent Charge, Department of Commercial Tax, Madhya Pradesh

1993-98 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (third term)

1995-98 Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs and Public Relations, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Food Technology

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1 Jan.-8 Apr. 2004 Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

1 May 2003-19 Aug. 2004 Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Jan.- Oct.2005 and May 2008 Nominated as working president, PCC, Chhattisgarh

Mar. 2006 Nominated President, PCC, Chhattisgarh

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

23 Sept. 2009 Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament

19 Oct. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal

Member, Central Rural Development Council

12 July 2011 – Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

Special Interests Reading, sports and painting Favourite Pastime and Recreation Music, debates, gossiping with family members and travelling Countries Visited France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, South Korea, Srilanka, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.

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