Shri Sompal
Member, Twelfth Finance Commission & Planning Commission

Telephone Nos:  
  Office:
23096568
Residence: 24624886, 24629147,
Fax 23096569,  
E-mail sompal@yojana.nic.in

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

 

 

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.

Extra Curricular

  • Member and Finance Minister, Students' Parliament, Hansraj College, Delhi-1959-60 Member,
  • Executive Committee, United
  • Nations Students' Association,
  • Delhi University 1960-61.

Occupation

  • Farming and Business

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.

Hobbies

Photography, travel, reading books on religion and philosophy

Books published

Pathik (Hindi)

 

 

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.

 

 

Social Activities

  • 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.

Political Activities &
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.

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.

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.

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.