Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh Constituency   : Mandla (ST) (Madhya Pradesh) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : fskulaste[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in fskulaste[AT]yahoo[DOT]com fskulaste[AT]gmail[DOT]com Website : http://www[DOT]fskulaste[DOT]in

Father’s Name Shri Shobhan Singh Kulaste Mother’s Name Smt. Hero Bai Date of Birth 18 May 1959 Place of Birth Barbati, Distt. Mandla (Madhya Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 15 May 1985 Spouse’s Name Smt. Savitri Kulaste No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications M.A., B.Ed. and LL.B. Educated at Mandla College, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar and Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist Teacher, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Village – Jewara, P.O. – Dewari Kala (Bablia), Tehsil – Niwas, Distt. Mandla – 481661, Madhya Pradesh Tel : (07641) 271350, 09425163775 (M) Present Address 8, Talkatora Road, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. : (011) 23320158, 23320159, 09868180495 (M) Positions Held

1990-92 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Member, Planning Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh

1993 onwards Member, Panchayat Board, Distt. – Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996-97 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-II

Member, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Oct.-Nov. 1999 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs

22 Nov. 1999 -May 2004 Union Minister of State, Tribal Affairs

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

2004 – 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

April 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha

May 2012 Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Aug. 2012 Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development

2013 Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)

14 Aug. 2014 – 5 July 2016 Chairperson, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

1 Sep. 2014 – 5 July 2016 Member, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

29 Jan. 2015 – 5 July 2016 Member, General Purposes Committee

5 July 2016 – 3 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

1 Sept. 2017 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

1 Sept. 2017 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

Social And Cultural Activities Working for the propagation of education in society; encouraging tribals to keep alive their cultural activities by forming several committees; founder and organiser of educational units; providing free education to the weaker sections of the society; established Babalia Development Block for the upliftment of Adivasis and promotion of education Special Interests Promotion of education and public health Favourite Pastime and Recreation Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Volley Ball Sports and Clubs Archery, Basketball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho , High Jump, (Represented University and State levels in Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Volleyball) Countries Visited Nepal and U.K. Other Information President : Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Madhya Pradesh, 1980; Member : State Working Committee, Madhya Pradesh since 1990; General Secretary (In-charge) : BJP (ST Cell), 1993; National Secretary (In-charge) : BJP (ST Cell), 1996; Vice-President : (i) Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Delhi, 1996; (ii) Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, Madhya Pradesh, 2000; National President : BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha, 2004 and 2010 (two terms); General Secretary : BJP, Madhya Pradesh, 2006-2010 (two terms) and Patron : Akhil Bharatiya Gond Sangh since 1998

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