Shri Sompal
Member, Twelfth Finance Commission & Planning Commission
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Office:
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23096568 |
Residence: |
24624886, 24629147, |
Fax |
23096569, |
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E-mail |
sompal@yojana.nic.in |
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Father's Name |
Late Shri Raghuvir Singh Shastri |
Delhi's Address |
28, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110
003. |
Permanent Address |
Village & PO Kakor Kalan,
Block Chhaprauli, Distt. Baghpat-250 609 (Uttar Pradesh) |
Date of Birth |
20th January, 1942 |
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Education |
- LL.B. Delhi University, 1967
- M.A. (Economics), Delhi University, 1964
- B.A. Hons. (Economics), Delhi University, 1961.Prep.
Delhi University, 1958
- High School, U.P. Board, 1957.
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Extra Curricular
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- Member and Finance Minister, Students' Parliament,
Hansraj College, Delhi-1959-60 Member,
- Executive Committee, United
- Nations Students' Association,
- Delhi University 1960-61.
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Sports |
- Shooting
- Life Member, Delhi Rifles Association
- Secured Silver Medal, N.R.A. XXXIV
- Shooting championship 1990 in item 40,
- Open Sight .22 rifle shooting in prone position.
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Hobbies |
Photography, travel,
reading books on religion and philosophy |
Books published |
Pathik (Hindi) |
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Family |
- Married Radha D/o late Shri Balmukand Bhambhu R/o
Village Abubshahar, Distt. Sirsa, Haryana In 1964.
- One son and two daughters.
- Father late Shri Raghuvir Singh Shastri was Member
of Parliament, 4th Lok Sabha 1967-70;Vice-Chancellor,
Gurukul Kangri University,Hardwar 1971-76; Chancellor,
Gurukul Kangri University, 1980-82; Secretary General,
Punjab Arya Pratinidhi Sabha and Sarvadeshik Arya
Pratinidhi Sabha; a renowned scholar of Sanskrit,
Hindi and History, an eminent educationist and a social
reformer.
- Mother late Smt. Gangadevi, a social worker.
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Social Activities
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- Senate and Academic Council, Gurukul Kangri University,
Hardwar - Member.
- Central Avion Research Institute (I.C.A.R.), Bareilly
- Member, Managing Committee 1986-89.
- Maharaja Surajmal Education Society and Institute,
New Delhi - Life Member and Member, Executive Committee.
- New Delhi Tae-Kwan-Do Training Institute, New Delhi
- President.
- Arya Mahavidyalaya Kirthal, Distt. Meerut - Life
Member.
- Swami Keshavanand Smriti Charitable Trust, Sangaria,
Rajasthan - Life Member.
- Shradhanand Seva Trust and Pichhde Warg Sewa Sangh
- Member, Managing Committee 1994-97 and President
1997- till date.
- SEARCH - a voluntary organization of renowned intellectuals
- Member, Executive Committee.
- Swaralaya Music and Fine Arts Society - Life Member.
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Political Activities
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Parliamentary Assignments |
- Member, Planning Commission, Presently.
- Minister of State for Agriculture, Govt. of India
(1998-99), with additional charge of Ministry of water
sources.
- Member, 12th Lok Sabha from Baghpat,
U.P. 1998-99.
- Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) April 1990-92
and 1992-98.
- Secretary, Farm Cell, All India Janta Dal, 1990-94.
- Member, Political Affairs Committee, U.P. Janata
Dal 1991-95.
- Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee for
Punjab State Legislature, 1990.
- Life Member, Inter Parliamentary Group.
- Member, Indo-German Parliamentary Group.
- Member, All India Indo-Arab Friendship Association.
- Member, All India Prohibition Council Executive
Committee.
- Founder Member and Member Executive Committee, Federation
of Legislators of India.
- Member, Central Council of Indian Institutes of
Technology, 1990.
- Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee for
the Ministry of Defence, 1990.
- Minister, Executive Committee Bharatiya Cattle Resource
Development Foundation since 1992.
- Member, Drafting Committee of Parliamentary Committee
on Agriculture on Draft Agriculture Policy Resolution,
1992.
- Member, Unity International Foundation Parliamentary
Group since 1993.
- Member, Forum of Parliamentarians on Intellectual
Property since 1994.
- Member, Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture,
1990-92.
- Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry
of Agriculture, Food Processing and Water Resources,
1993-96.
- Member, G.B. Pant Himalaya Paryavaran Avam Vikas
Samiti Sompal , Ministry of Environment and Forests
since 1996.
- Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Industry,
Govt. of India, 1996-98
- Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry
of Water Resources 1991-94.
- Member, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Offices
of Profit 1991-93.
- Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Society 1993-96.
- Member, Advisory Committee for Centrally Sponsored
Command Area Development Programme of Ministry of
Water Resources, 1994.
- Member, National Institute of Rural Development
(NIRD), Hyderabad - General Council.
- Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee on
the Uttar Pradesh Legislative (Delegation of Powers)
Action, 1993.
- Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Fertilizer
Pricing Policy, 1992.
- Member, Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade
Marks Bill, 1995.
- Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya
Sabha, 1995-96.
- Member, Parliamentary Select Committee on Employees'
Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment)
Bill, 1993.
- Member, Governing Body, Indian Council of Medical
Research 1996-98.
- Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
1996-98.
- Member, Department related Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Finance 1996-98.
- Member, Parliamentary Committee on Problems of Cotton
Growers 1996-97.
- Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee for
the Ministry of Environment & Forests 1996-97.
- Member, Informal Consultative Committee of M.Ps
for Northern Railway 1996-97.
- Member, Parliamentarians' Forum for Development
of Cooperative Movement.
- Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University,
Presently.
- Member, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, 1997.
- Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha,
1997.
- Member, Expert Committee on Agricultural Development
of Lower Productivity Regions, 1996.
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Convener |
Sub-Committee of Department
related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance for
the Approach Paper to Ninth Five Year Plan, 1997. |
Chairman &
Convener |
India-Japan Parliamentary Association
of Indian Parliament. |
Chairman |
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs,
1996-97.
- Social Audit Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Government of India, for Soil Salinity Research, 1997.
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Other activities |
Participated in Parliamentarians'
Workshop conducted by National Academy of Agricultural
Research Management in July, 1995 at Hyderabad |
International Conferences |
- Attended Inter Parliamentary Union Conference, April
6 - 11, 1992 at Younde, Cameroon, Africa.
- Attended Conference of SAARC Opposition Leaders
held at Karachi, Pakistan in September, 1992.
- Participated in the SAARC Conference of Members
of Parliament held in May, 1995 in Maldives.
- Visited Australia as Member of Indian Parliamentary
Delegation led by the Vice-President of India April
14 - 23, 1994.
- Represented Janata Dal at Nepal Communist Party
Conference held at Kathmandu, January, 1993.
- Participated in two Seminars organized by the International
Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm,
Sweden, March 6-11, 1997.
- Participated as Member of the Indian Parliamentary
Delegation in 52nd U.N. General Assembly
Session in U.S.A.
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Foreign Countries |
Australia, Indonesia,
Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, U.A.E.,
Pakistan, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Sweden, Denmark,
U.K., U.S.A., Germany, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Bulgaria, France,
Cuba, Argentina, Maldives. |
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