Shri S.S. Ahluwalia political profile

Name of Member: Shri S.S. Ahluwalia

Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Constituency & State: Darjeeling (West Bengal)

Lok Sabha Experience:

Members Biography

Sixteenth Lok Sabha

Members Bioprofile

Ahluwalia, Shri S.S.

Constituency :	Darjeeling (West Bengal)
Party Name :	Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Email Address :	ssa[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in tengrg[AT]gmail[DOT]com 2014darjeeling[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name

Late Shri Sardar Singh

Mother’s Name

Late Smt. Dilmohan Kaur

Date of Birth

04 Jul 1951

Place of Birth

Jaykay Nagar, Distt. Burdwan (West Bengal)

Marital Status

Married

Date of Marriage

02 Feb 1972

Spouse’s Name

Smt. Monica Ahluwalia

No. of Sons

No.of Daughters

Educational
Qualifications

B.Sc., LL.B.
Educated at St. Joseph School, Asansol, Bidhan Chandra College, Burdwan University and University College of Law, Calcutta University, West Bengal

Profession

Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address

(i) Prakash Niwas, B.C. Road (West),

Patna, Bihar

(ii) 11/B, Hermitage Road,

Darjeeling-734101, West Bengal

Tel : (0354) 2257999,09609930158 (M)

Present Address

10, G.R.G. Road,

New Delhi-110001

Tel : (011) 23722826, 23327903
Fax : (011) 23311955

Positions Held

July, 1986

Elected to Rajya Sabha

1986-92

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology

Member, General Council of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

1987-88

Member, Select Committee on Medical Council Bill

Aug. 1992 – Dec. 1993

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions

15 Sept. 1995 – 16 May, 1996

Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and Parliamentary Affairs

July, 1992

Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2^nd term)

April, 2000

Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3^rd term)

April, 2000 – 2001

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2004

Member, Standing Committee on Finance

April, 2001 – Dec. 2002

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto

2001	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology

Aug. 2001 – April, 2006

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Jan. 2002 – Feb. 2004

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2004

Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology

Jan. 2003 – July, 2004

Member, Committee of Privileges

Aug. 2004 – April, 2006

Member, House Committee

Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

Sept. 2004 – Oct. 2007

Member, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities’ Education

Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament

Oct. 2004 – 2006

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

April, 2006

Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4^th term)

July, 2009

Member, Committee on Ethics

May, 2006 – May, 2009 and Aug. 2009

Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

June, 2006

Member, House Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee

June, 2006 – Sept. 2006

Member, Committee on Rules

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Sept. 2006

Member, Committee of Privileges

April 2007 – May 2009

Convenor, Sub-Committee on Civil Defence & Rehabilitation of J & K Migrants of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs

Sep. 2007 – May, 2009 and Aug. 2009

Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Sept. 2009

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security matters in Parliament House Complex

Dec. 2009

Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2010

Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010

Nov. 2010

Member, Committee on Provision of Computer Equipment to Members of Rajya Sabha

March, 2011

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Examine Matters Relating to Allocation and Pricing of Telecom Licences and Spectrum

April, 2011

Convenor, Sub-Committee to Examine Various Provisions of the Enemy Property (Amendment & Validation) Second Bill, 2010 of the Committee on Home Affairs

May, 2014

Elected to 16^th Lok Sabha

14 Aug. 2014 – 30 April 2016

Member, Public Accounts Committee

1 Sep. 2014 – 18 July 2016

Chairperson, Committee on Privileges

Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Culture

28 Jan. 2015 onwards

Member on the Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati

29 Jan. 2015 – 5 July 2016

Member, General Purposes Committee

13 May 2015 – 18 July 2016

Chairperson, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015

4 Sep. 2015 – 30 April 2016

Member, Sub-Committee-VI (XIX Commonwealth Games 2010) of the Public Accounts Committee (2015-16)

5 July 2016 – 3 Sept. 2017

Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

3 Sept. 2017 – 14 May 2018

Union Minister of State, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

14 May 2018 onwards

Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Books Published

(i) Co-authored the book entitled “Mandal Report X-rayed“, 1990, dealing with the emerging hindrances for the society`s march towards egalitarianism and the potential reversal of the gains accrued by dint of the Indian Independence movement due to vested interests who thrived on social divides; published articles on the Constitution of India and its reforms; and (ii) “Democracy – Peoples` Welfare: The Role Legislators played” (Published under the aegis of the Press Council of India), November 2004.

Social And Cultural Activities

Socio-political activities commenced with joining the student movements in the 1970s with emphasis on prevailing issues, including demands for uniform education policy, equal opportunity to acquire education and job- oriented education system; has been working for the upliftment of the oppressed and the depressed sections of the society and to secure social justice for them; working for preservation of rich national heritage and contributing to promotion and propagation of social, cultural and spiritual values of Indian life; dedicated social worker;

Special Interests

Avid reader of history, law and social sciences; has written articles and features published in the Economic Times, publications of Press Council of India and others from time to time; interested in the use of technology for the welfare of mankind especially in alleviation of mass poverty

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading books, especially on history of Indian civilization, domestic and international laws on human rights and environmental issues, economics, comparative studies with a thrust on preservation of natural resources and exploration of non-conventional sources of articles of human consumption; listening to Indian classical and devotional music and meditation.

Countries Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Mauritius, Namibia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Romania, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.

Other Information

Member, the G.S. Dhillon Committee constituted by Government of India for providing relief and rehabilitation to the victims of the November 1984 riots in the country.

Served as elected President in the Management Board of the Gurudwara Takht Shri Harimandirji, Patna Sahib, in consecutive terms from 1994-2001 and as a nominee of Parliament in the Board of Management of Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib, Nanded (Maharashtra), 1998-2000; Member, (i) Indian National Congress, 1986-98 and (ii) Bharatiya Janata Party since 2000

Visited U.K., to address Peace Rally, 1986; Geneva (Switzerland), to participate as alternate leader of the Indian delegation to the Conference of United Nations Human Rights Commission, 1989; Mauritius, as a member of the Indian Parliamentary delegation to attend the 43^rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, 1997; Brussels (Belgium), as member of the delegation to Parliament of European Union (E.U.) in January, 2002, to apprise the E.U. of the terrorist attack on Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001; New York (U.S.A.), to attend General Assembly session of the United Nations in October, 2002, issues addressed included “Social Development”; Seoul (Republic of Korea), to lead the Indian delegation to the Inaugural Assembly of the International Parliamentarians` Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) held from 23-26, July 2002, principal issue addressed was the concern about the “Growing Digital Divide”; Windhoek (Namibia), to lead the Indian delegation to the 48^thCommonwealth Parliamentary Conference inaugurated on 31 August 2002; Geneva (Switzerland) to attend the 109^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 1-3, October 2003 and served as Rapporteur on the “Role of Parliaments in Assisting Multilateral Organisations in ensuring peace and security in building an international coalition for peace”; visited Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania from 5-13, June 2003, as a member of the Goodwill Delegation from Indian Parliament led by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India

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