Biography

Father's Name  		Late Choudhary Pratap Singh

Date of Birth  		5 July 1956

Place of Birth 		Dudhwakhara, Distt. Churu (Rajasthan)

Marital Status 		Married on 2 March 1980

Spouse's Name  		Smt. Kanak Budania

Children       		Two sons

Educational Qualifications 	

		B.Sc., LL.B.
	
		Educated at Lohia P.G. College, Churu and University
		of Rajasthan, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Profession 

		Agriculurist, Advocate and Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address 

		Budania Bhavan, Near Dharam Stupa, 
		Churu (Rajasthan)
	
		Tel. (01562) 50022

Present Address 	

		9, Canning Lane, 
		New Delhi-110001

		Tels. (011) 3782675, 3782738
		Fax (011) 3782675

Positions Held 

1982-85		Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Dudhwakhara, Churu
		(Rajasthan)

		Chairman, Agriculture Committee, P.S. Churu

1983-85		Convenor, Kisan Congress, Churu

1984		Elected to 8th Lok Sabha  

1985-89		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Agriculture

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

		Member, House Committee

1987-90		General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress
		(A.I.Y.C.)

1991-93		Organising-Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress
		Committee (R.P.C.C.)

1993-96		Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

		Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party

1996		Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
 
1996 		Convenor, Congress Parliamentary Party, Rajasthan
onwards	

1996-97		Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum

1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99 and	Member, Committee on Estimates
1999-2000

1998-99		Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Chemicals and Fertilizers

Special Interests 	

Upliftment  of  the  poor, Scheduled  Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 
minorities and farmers

Sports and Clubs 

Hockey

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Travelling and watching movies

Countries Visited 	

North Korea and U.S.A.

Other Information 

Belongs  to  a  family  of  freedom  fighters;  Joint-Secretary, 
Students  Union,  Science  Faculty,  Bagla  H.S.  School,  Churu, 
1970-71;  Vice-President,  Students  Union,  Lohia  P.G. College, 
Churu,  1973-74;  President, Students  Union, Lohia P.G. College, 
Churu, 1974-75; Member, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, 
1998-99