1978-83 |
Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Raipur |
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1980-84 |
Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
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1980-82 |
Member, Estimates Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
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1982-85 |
Member, Library Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
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1982-88 |
Pradesh Mantri, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Madhya Pradesh |
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1989 |
Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
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1989-90 & 1994-96 |
Vice-President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh |
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1990-91 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines |
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1993 onwards |
Member, National Executive, B.J.P. |
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1994 onwards |
Member, Executive Committee, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh |
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1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1996-97 |
Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture |
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Member, Committee on Petitions |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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1998-99 |
Union Minister of State, Steel and Mines |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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13 Oct. 1999 – 30 Sep. 2000 |
Union Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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30 Sep. 2000 – 29 Jan. 2003 |
Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting |
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29 Jan. 2003 – 8 Jan. 2004 |
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Mines |
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9 Jan. 2004 – May 2004 |
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Environment & Forests |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha ( 5th term) |
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas |
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power |
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Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Coal and Mines |
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5 Aug. 2007 |
Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas |
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1 May 2008 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term) |
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Member, Joint Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Science and Technology |
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Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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2009 |
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament |
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Member, Committee of Parliament on Official Language |
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2009 – 2014 |
Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament (Lok Sabha) |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power |
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6 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Committe on Public Undertakings |
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31 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas |
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23 Sep. 2009 |
Member, Rules Committee |
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1 May 2010 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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May, 2014 |
Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term) |
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13 June 2014 onwards |
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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14 Aug. 2014 onwards |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards |
Chairperson, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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