Shri Kamal Nath Member of Parliament (MP) from Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Biodata

Name of Member: Shri Kamal Nath

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

Lok Sabha Experience: 7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16

 


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Shri Kamal Nath Member of Parliament (MP) from Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Biodata

Name of Member: Shri Kamal Nath

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

Lok Sabha Experience: 7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16

Sixteenth Lok Sabha

Members Bioprofile
Kamal Nath, Shri
Constituency   : Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)
Party Name     : Indian National Congress(INC)
Email Address : knshikarpur[AT]gmail[DOT]com
Father’s Name Late Shri Mahendra Nath
Mother’s Name Smt. Leela Nath
Date of Birth 18 Nov 1946
Place of Birth Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 27 Jan 1973
Spouse’s Name Smt. Alka Nath
No. of Sons 2
Educational
Qualifications
B.Com.
Educated at St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta (now Kolkata),West Bengal
Profession Political and Social Worker
Agriculturist
Permanent Address
Vill. Shikarpur, P.O. Linga,
Distt. Chhindwara – 480 001, Madhya Pradesh
Telefax.(07162) 242233
Present Address
1, Tuglak Road,
New Delhi – 110 011
Tels. (011) 23792233, 23792234, 23792236
Fax: (011) 23793396
Positions Held
1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1991-95 Union Minister of State, Environment and Forests (Independent Charge)
1995-96 Union Minister of State, Textiles (Independent Charge)
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1999-2000 Member, Standing Committee on Finance
2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines and Minerals
2001-2004 General Secretary, Indian National Congress
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 7th term)
23 May 2004 – 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Commerce & Industry
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (8th term)
2009 – 18 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Road Transport and Highways
19 Jan 2011 – 26 May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Urban Development
28 Oct. 2012 – 26 May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs
May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (9th term)
04 June – 06 June 2014 Speaker Pro-tem
1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Commerce
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs
Books Published
(i) India’s Environmental Concerns;(ii) India`s Century ; and (iii) Bharat Ki Shatabdi
Special Interests
Development of Tribals and the oppressed classes, Wild life, Horticulture and Socio-economic issues
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to Music
Sports and Clubs
Member, (i) Calcutta Cricket and Football Clubs; (ii) Tollygunj Club, Calcutta; (iii) Delhi Flying Club, and Ex-Chief Patron, Delhi Distt. Cricket Association
Countries Visited
Widely Travelled
Other Information
Member (i) Indian Delegation to U.N., 1982, 1983; (ii) NAM Summit, 1983; (iii) I.P.U. Conferences, Nicaragua, 1987, Guatemala, 1988 and Cyprus, 1990; Member Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Tokyo, 1989; (ii) Cyprus, and (iii) U.K., 1990; Leader, Indian Delegation to the Tenth World Forestry Conference in Paris, 1991; the UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi, the PREPCOM IV discussion in New York and Kuala Lampur Conference, all in 1992; hosted the SAARC Environment Ministers` Conference in New Delhi and emerged as one of the chief spokesmen for developing countries at the UNCED in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992; Leader, National delegations to Finland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Dubai and UK and also to UNCTAD and UNEP and World Economic Forum meetings at Davos, Switzerland;Participated in WTO Ministerial/mini-Ministerial and other related meetings around the world.

During his tenure as Minister of Environment & Forests, he made a remarkable contribution to the enunciation and development of the National Policy on Ecological Conservation and the Abatement of Pollution; his policy initiatives include: estabilishment of Environment Tribunal, the concept of Environment Audit, special measures for the further protection and conservation of wild life-fauna as well as flora and the establishment of Environment Brigades and Afforestation Brigades (the afforestation and development of degraded wastelands in India was taken up on a massive scale under his stewardship); enunciated global concepts on Environmental Tariffs and conceptualised Global Emission Quotas; chief spokesman for the developing countries at the UNCED in Rio De Janeiro in 1992: During his tenure as Minister of State, textiles, the country touched new heights in production and export of cotton: the New Textile Policy was successfully launched. As Commerce and Industry Minister of India, he enunicated India`s first comprehensive Foreign Trade Policy in 2004, laying out a coherent roadmap with twin focus on exports as well as employment. He was sucessful in tripling India`s foreign trade wtihin this period and engineering a seven-fold increase in FDI inflow to India. Significant strides were made in the areas of intellectural Property and industrial Design.SEZ Act was enacted with his initiative. His firm grasp of economic issues and consummate diplomatic skills were evident in the World Trade Organisation negotiations, where he emerged as one of the chief architects of the G-20 adn G-33 Alliances and the NAMA 11. The WTO Ministerial Meeting at Hong Kong in 2005 was marked by his championship of the cause of developing countries. President, (i) Board of Governors, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad; (ii) Lajpatrai Smarak Mahavidyalaya Samiti, Ghaziabad; Chairman, Centre for Advanced Education, Nagpur;served on Board of Directors, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO); Patron; (i) National Colliery Workers Federation; (ii) Bharat Yuvak Samaj; Awarded (i) FDI personality of the year 2007 for Asia and world; (ii) National Colliery Workers Federation; and (iii) Bharat Yuvak Samaj; Joined Indian National Congress, 1968; General Secretary, Indian National Congress; Member,Congress Working Committee, September 2002-July 2004

Elected to the Lok Sabha 9 times, he is one of the senior most Member of 16th Lok Sabha.
The Hon`ble President appointed him as Speaker Pro-tem to perform the duties of the Office of Speaker from the commencement of sitting of House on 4 June 2014 till the election of Speaker on 6 June 2014.

 


Disclaimer:
These Biodata of present and past Members of Parliament are taken from https://loksabha.nic.in/. Also any reference to the location of a particular State, or Country in the bio-profile of Members (particularly in the columns ‘place of birth’ or ‘Educated at’) is given by the Members themselves while filling up of the Proforma after their election to the Lok Sabha. Any discrepancy in data should be brought to our notice for correction. Our Email: [email protected]

Important Links:

Go to Chhindwara MP Constituency Page

Go to Madhya Pradesh MP Election Page

Go to Indian Election and Politics Master Page

Go to Yearbook Page

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