Name of Member: Shri Ravneet Singh
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Ludhiana (Punjab)
Lok Sabha Experience: 15,16
Sixteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Ludhiana (Punjab) |
Party Name : |
Indian National Congress(INC) |
Email Address : |
ravneet[DOT]bittu[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in
ravneetbittu[AT]gmail[DOT]com |
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Father’s Name |
Shri Swaranjit Singh |
Mother’s Name |
Smt. Jasvir Kaur |
Date of Birth |
10 Sep 1975 |
Place of Birth |
Kotli, Distt. Ludhiana (Punjab) |
Marital Status |
Married |
Date of Marriage |
16 Apr 2005 |
Spouse’s Name |
Smt. Anupama |
No. of Sons |
1 |
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Educational
Qualifications |
B.C.A.
Educated at Guru Nanak Public School, and Government College (Sector 11) Chandigarh and Eastern Institute of Integrated Learning in Management University |
Profession |
Agriculturist |
Permanent Address |
(i) H.No. 33, Sector-5, |
Chandigarh-160008 |
09815700519 (M) |
(ii) Vill. Kotla Afghana,Teh. Payal, |
Distt. Ludhiana, Punjab |
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Present Address |
28, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, |
New Delhi – 110 001 |
Telefax : (011) 23782535, 9013180339 (M) |
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Positions Held |
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2009 |
Elected to 15th Lok Sabha |
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2009 – 2014 |
Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
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2013 – 2014 |
Whip of the Congress Party (15th Lok Sabha) |
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May, 2014 |
Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards |
Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
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Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society |
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1 May 2017 onwards |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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Social And Cultural Activities |
In 2009, as President of Punjab Youth Congress, started drive against menace of drug addiction among youth of Punjab; In May 2011, after 121 hours of Indefinite Hunger Strike along with 11 activists, the State Government had set up Drug Prevention Board; With the help of this Board and by opening De-Addiction Centres in all Districts, the State Government is trying to control drug abuse and thousands of youth have been benefited; In 2013, organised camps for Differently-Abled Citizens in the Constituency, where 1631 persons were given Wheel-Chairs, Tri-Cycles, Artificial Limbs free of cost |
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Special Interests |
Greatly Interested in agriculture, rural economy and its infrastructure; promoting drip irrigation, pollution control, waste management, rain water harvesting, renewable energy projects, urban transport |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Spending quality time with family and playing with children; Working out for physical fitness |
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Sports and Clubs |
Hockey and Kabaddi; was Sports Prefect in school represented School and College in many sports event; and has been a National Hockey Player. |
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Countries Visited |
Nepal, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A. |
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Other Information |
Became the first democratically elected President of Punjab Youth Congress on 23 December 2008, following the initiative of Shri Rahul Gandhi ji to bring inner party democracy in Youth Congress.
To know the problems being faced by the Aam Aadmi in the countryside, undertook a 45-day Pad Yatraon 1st November 2010, on the issue of “Jawani te kisani nu Bachaiye, nawan Punjab Banaiya”; Crisscrossing all districts, all 13 Parliamentary constituencies and around 72 assembly segments covered 1500 Kms on foot; Also worked extensively on the issue of female foeticide;
Being a grandson of Late Sardar Beant Singh (former Chief Minister of Punjab), feels proud of following his footsteps and taking forward his legacy. |
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