Know your Politician
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Father’s Name
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Shri Raghavaiah
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Date of Birth
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02.10.1943
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Place of Birth
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Dosapadu, Distt. Krishna (Andhra Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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17 Jun 1965
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Hemalata
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational Qualifications
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B.E.
Educated at Regional Engineering College, Warangal,
Andhra Pradesh
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Profession
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Agriculturist
Engineer, Industrialist, Political and Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
(i) Matruratna, 6-3-251/7/3 A&B, Balapura,
Road No. 1, Banjara Hills,
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Hyderabad – 500 482
Andhra Pradesh
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Tels. (040) 23392280, 23398402
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(ii) Office: 7th Floor, Raghava North Block,
Raghavaratna Towers,
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Chirag Ali Lane, Abids,
Hyderabad – 500 001,
Andhra Pradesh
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Tels. (040) 23204684, 23204685, 23204686
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Present Address |
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17, Lodhi Estate,
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New Delhi – 110 003
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Tels. (011) 23061385, 23063779 (O)
24629241, 24629242, 24629243 (R)
9868180648, 09490218999 (M)
Fax. (011) 23061575 (O)
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Position Held |
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1984
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Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
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1985
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Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
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1985-87
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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1985-89
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
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1987-89
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1989-90
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Member, House Committee
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1989-94
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General-Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)
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1990-91
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
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1998
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Vice-President, A.P.C.C.
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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2004-07
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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2004-09
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
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2006-07
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Member, Rules Committee
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2007-09
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy
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Member, Committe on Public Accounts
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Member, Committee on Energy
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2010
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Member, Co-Ordination Committee, Andhra Pradesh
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17 Jun. 2013 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Welfare of the poor; provision of drinking water facilities by digging borewell in villages and construction of community halls in slum areas; donated a building to Andhra Mahila Sabha for a Cardiac Cathedrisation Unit; running charitable institutions for providing good education to the rural poor and for imparting professional skills to the unemployed youth;
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading and social service
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled (40 countries); (i) Indian Delegation to U.N. General Assembly, 1987;(ii) Delegation of Friends of Soviet Union, 1987;and (iii) A.I.C.C. Delegation, China, 1991; Leader, Delegation of CIDC to China, 2007;President, Delegation of Network of Parliamentarians of World Bank (India Group) Conference to Paris, 2008;Member (i) Delegation of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, 2005; (ii) Speaker`s Delegation to China, 2006; (iii) Delegation of IPC to Vietnam, 2006; (iv) Delegation of Indo-Korean Frendship Association of Parliamentarians to DPRK, 2007; (v)Delegation of Network of Parliamentarians of World Bank to South Africa, 2007; (vi)Delegation of Parliamentrians for Global Action to Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2007; (vii) Delegation of Parliamentarians for Global Action to Abuja, Nigeria, 2007; (viii) India-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group; (ix)India-Iraq Parliamentary Friendship Group; (x) Parliamentarian meet on Climate Change at Buenos Aires, Argentina; (xi) Washington Energy Summit, 2009; (xii) Washington India-USA-Germany summit, 2009
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Other Information
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Chairman (i) Kavuru Charitable Trust, Gudivada; (ii) Progressive Educational Trust, Hyderabad; and (iii) Oldage Home, Hyderabad; President/Patron of several Trade Unions/Employees Associations; Director, Andhra Bank, 1982-84; Member, (i) Board of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 1985-87; (ii) Court of Hyderabad University; (iii) Tobacco Board; (iv) Board of Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad; (v) Informal Consultative Committee, South Central Railway Zones; (vi) Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99; and (vii) All India Council of Technical Education (A.I.C.T.E.), 1998-99; set up institutes on science and technology, research and management etc.; engaged in construcntion of major irrigation and power projects and multi-storied urban housing complexes, etc.
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Reference: Loksabha