Name of Member: Smt. Suryakanta Patil
Political Party: Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency & State: Hingoli (Maharashtra)
Lok Sabha Experience: 10,12,14
Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Hingoli (Maharashtra) |
Party Name : |
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) |
Email Address : |
suryakanta[DOT]patil[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in |
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Father’s Name |
Late Shri Jayawantrao Patil |
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Date of Birth |
15 Aug 1948 |
Place of Birth |
Umerkhed, Distt. Yeotmal (Maharashtra) |
Marital Status |
Married |
Date of Marriage |
02 Jan 1966 |
Spouse’s Name |
Shri R. B. Maske |
No. of Sons |
1 |
No.of Daughters |
1 |
Educational
Qualifications |
B.A. |
Profession |
Agriculturist
Social Worker, Journalist, Trade Unionist |
Permanent Address |
`Priyadarshini`, Kailashnagar, Nanded, |
Distt. Nanded-431 605 (Maharashtra) |
Tels. (02462) 251111
Fax: (02462) 253111 |
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Present Address |
5 & 7, Mahadev Road, |
New Delhi-110 001 |
Tels. (011) 23359542, 23359574 (R), 23782063, 23782211, 23010895, 23011824, 23034638 (O)
Fax: (011) 23359542, 23359574 (R), 23782328 (O) |
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Positions Held |
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1971 onwards |
President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (Women`s Wing), Nanded |
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1972-74 |
General-Secretary, Distt. Youth Congress, Nanded |
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1974-82 |
Member, Municipal Council, Nanded |
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Chairperson, Education Committee, Municipal Council, Nanded |
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1977-78 |
Founder-Member, D.C.C. (Indira), Nanded |
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1980-85 |
Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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1981-82 |
Chairperson, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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1981-85 |
General-Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra |
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1986-91 |
Member, Rajya Sabha |
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1988-89 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests |
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1988-90 |
Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha |
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1991 |
Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
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1991-96 |
Executive Member, Congress Parliamentary Party (Indira) |
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1997-98 |
Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (I), Maharashtra |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1998-99 |
Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committees |
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Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal Laws |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism |
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2000-2002 |
Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra |
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2002 onwards |
Member, Central Working Committee, NCP |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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May 2004 onwards |
Union Minister of State, Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs |
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
Editor, Godawari Times- a Marathi daily , 1976-92; Owner, Jagrati Mudranalaya, Nanded |
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Special Interests |
Solving the problems of women; labour movements; rural development and upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden, agricultrue |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Reading, listening to music, enjoying nature and tourism |
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Sports and Clubs |
Swimming, shooting and table tennis |
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Countries Visited |
China, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, New Zealand, Nicaragua, U.A.E., U.K. and .U.S.A. |
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Other Information |
Took initiative in building women`s labour union; imprisoned thrice during the Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission; President, District Journalists Association (associated with Akhil Bharatiya Patrakar Parishad) since 1980; Chairperson, (i) Maharashtra Council for Agriculture Education & Research, Government of Maharashtra, Pune (Cabinet status) for four years; (ii) Marathwada Rural Education Society, Nanded; (iii) Shard Pratibha Pratisthan, Nanded; (iv) Mahila Udyog Vikas Sanstha, Nanded since its formation in 1977-78; and (v) Multipurpose Labour Union, Nanded; Founder Chairman, Hutatma Jayawantrao Patil Cooperative Sugar Factory, Suryanagar, Hadgaon, Distt. Nanded; Director, (i) Distt. Nanded Cooperative Consumer Federation since 1988; and (ii) Maharashtra State Co- operative Bank, Mumbai for ten years from 1994-2004; Member, (i) Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of Steel and Mines and Ministry of Water Resources; and (ii) Central Advisory Committee for Light House, Ministry of Surface Transport, 1988-90; Runs schools and colleges in tribal and rural areas of Nanded district |
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