Sethi, Shri Arjun Charan Constituency   : Bhadrak (SC) (Odisha) Party Name     : Biju Janata Dal(BJD) Email Address : ac[DOT]sethi[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in nama[DOT]kmm[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Late Shri Srimukha Sethi Mother’s Name Late Smt. Para Dei Date of Birth 18 Sep 1941 Place of Birth Vill. Odang, Distt. Balasore (now known Bhadrak), Odisha Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 06 Jul 1966 Spouse’s Name Smt. Subhadra Sethi No. of Sons 3 No.of Daughters 2 Educational Qualifications M.A. Educated at Bhadrak College, University College, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Profession Agriculturist Teacher, Educationist Permanent Address P.O. Odang, Via Randhiahat, Distt. – Bhadrak – 756 135, Odisha 09868180238 (M) Present Address 21, Canning Lane, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. : (011) 23782760, 23782745, 9868180238 (M) Positions Held

1971 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha

1971-77 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

1973-74 and 1974-75 Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)

1974 Member, Pradesh Election Committee, Orissa

1974-77 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Orissa

1975-78 Member, Committee of Privileges

President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Balasore

1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1990-91 Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly

Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Orissa

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1991-95 Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

1995-98 Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (2nd term)

1995-96 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

Deputy Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party

1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party

1999-2000 Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, General Purposes Committee

Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party

2000 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications.

27 May 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)

Member, Pannel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha

Chairman, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party

Member, Standing Committee on Water Resources

Member, Committee on Estimates

Member, Joint-Parliamentary Committee on Wakf

Member, General Purposes Committee

Co-Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board, Orrisa

Member, Standing Committee on Defence

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications

2005 onwards District President, Biju Janata Dal, Bhadrak

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party

Jun 2009 Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha

31 Aug 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Industry

1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Estimates

9 Jun. 2013 Member, House Committee

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term)

9 June 2014 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha

1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions.

Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture

29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation

1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 Member, Committee on Estimates

7 June 2018 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Contributed several articles to newspapers and magazines Social And Cultural Activities 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 Special Interests Agriculture Sports and Clubs Football and Volleyball Countries Visited 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 Other Information 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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