Shri Ravneet Singh

Singh, Shri Ravneet 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

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 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 Present Address 28, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi – 110 001 Telefax : (011) 23782535, 9013180339 (M) Positions Held

2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha

2009 – 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

2013 – 2014 Whip of the Congress Party (15th Lok Sabha)

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society

1 May 2017 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

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 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 Favourite Pastime and Recreation Spending quality time with family and playing with children; Working out for physical fitness 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. Countries Visited Nepal, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A. 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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