Shri Rakesh Singh

Singh, Shri Rakesh Constituency   : Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : rakesh[DOT]singh[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in mpjbp[AT]yahoo[DOT]com

Father’s Name Late Thakur Surendra Singh Mother’s Name Smt. Gomti Devi Date of Birth 04 Jun 1962 Place of Birth Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 05 Dec 1993 Spouse’s Name Smt. Mala Singh No.of Daughters 2 Educational Qualifications B. Sc. Educated at Govt. Model Science College, Jabalpur Profession Agriculturist Permanent Address 578, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur – 482 001 Madhya Pradesh Tels. (0761) 2410099, 09425150851 (M) Fax. (0761) 4017799 Present Address 2, K. Kamraj Lane, New Delhi – 110 011 Tel : (011) 23010108, 09868180233 (M) Telefax : (011) 23011911 Positions Held

2000 onwards President, BJP, Distt Jabalpur

2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha

Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism

5 Aug. 2007 – May 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Petitions

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

Member, Central Advisory Committee for NCC

Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti Raksha Vibhag, Raksha Anusandhan Vibhag Aur Bhootpurva Sainik Kalyan Vibhag

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

12 June 2014 onwards Member, House Committee

1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Privileges

Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

27 Nov. 2014 – 31 Aug. 2018 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Coal & Steel

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Hindi Advisory Committee on Defence

12 Aug. 2016 onwards Member, Committe on Ethics

1 Sept. 2018 onwards Member, Standing Committee on IndustryDefence

Social And Cultural Activities Interested in Water Conservation Movement; Floated a campaign for water conservation in Jabalpur Lok Sabha Constituency; It was a massive awareness campaign in which he did `Padyatra` for 15 days and visited more than 250 villages; Walked more than 180 kms. under `Jal Raksha Abhiyan`; Encouraged construction of stop dams by giving required funding; Water conservation schemes were unformed to urban population as well Special Interests Developments in Infrastructure, reading and visiting historical places Favourite Pastime and Recreation Watching cultural programmes, watching television programes and going on long drives Sports and Clubs Hockey Countries Visited France (Paris), Germany(Frankfurt), Mauritius, Russia, and Switzerland (Geneva) Other Information He was a Member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 131st Inter Parliamentary Union Assembly and related meetings held in Geneva (Switzerland) in October 2014

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