1980 |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
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1986 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) |
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1986-1989 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha |
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Member, Committee on Previleges, Rajya Sabha |
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Member, Commitee on Public Undertakings, Rajya Sabha |
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1987 |
Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State |
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1989-1991 |
Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 |
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1990 |
Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
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1991-1996 |
Chairman, Estimate Committee |
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1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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Chairman, Committee on Environment and Forests |
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1992 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions |
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1993 |
Chairman, Committee on Energy |
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1996-97 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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May 1996 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
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25 Mar. 1998-4 Feb. 1999 |
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission |
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Jul. 1998 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term) |
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Dec. 1998-1 Jul. 2002 |
Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs |
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Feb-Oct. 1999 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Electronics (Simultaneous charge) |
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6 Aug.-13 Oct. 1999 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (Simultaneous charge) |
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15 Oct. 1999 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4th term) |
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18 March-15 Oct. 2001 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Defence (Simultaneous charges) |
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1 Jul. 2002-9 Apr. 2003 |
Minister of Finance & Company Affairs, Govt. of India |
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10 April 2002-21 May 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
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2004 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (5th term) |
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Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha |
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Aug. 2004-Aug. 2006 |
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests |
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Aug. 2004-May 2009 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Installation of Portraits/Stautes of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex |
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Aug 2005 |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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6 Aug. 2009 – 31 Dec. 2009 |
Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts |
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1 Jan. 2010 |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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10 Sep. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Budget |
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