Yadav Balram Singh Biography

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Yadav,Shri Balram Singh
Constituency   : Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh )
Party Name : Samajwadi Party(SP)
Email Address : [email protected]
Father’s Name Late Shri Mahendra Singh Yadav
Mother’s Name Late Smt. Kaushilya Devi
Date of Birth 22.04.1939
Place of Birth Vill. & P.O. Kharagpur Saraiya, Distt. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 22 May 1955
Spouse’s Name Smt. Krishna Devi Yadav
No. of Sons 2
No.of Daughters 1
Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.

Educated at S.A.V. Inter College, Bharthana, Etawah, K.K. Degree College,
Etawah and Lucknow University, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession Agriculturist

Advocate, Social Worker

Permanent Address
Vill. & Post Kharagpur Sarai,
Distt. Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Present Address
23, Balwant Rai Mehta Lane,
New Delhi – 110001
(011) 23782080
Position Held
1969-74 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1969-70 Deputy Minister, Uttar Pradesh
1971-73 Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh
1972-97 Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
1980-84 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh
1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
1984-88 Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C. (I)], Uttar Pradesh
Member, Congress Parliamentary Board (C.P.B.), Uttar Pradesh
1988-90 President, P.C.C. (I), Uttar Pradesh
1990-96 Member, Rajya Sabha
1990 Member, C.P.B., Uttar Pradesh

Vice-President, P.C.C., Uttar Pradesh
1991-95 Union Minister of State, Mines (Independent Charge)
1995-96 Union Minister of State, Planning and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge)
1998 Rashtriya Mahasachiv, Samajwadi Party
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, Committee on Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Member, House Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1999-2000 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

Social And Cultural Activities
Upliftment of the weaker sections of the society and rural development

Special Interests
Travelling, social service, music and acquisition and study of books on various subjects

Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Swimming
Sports and Clubs
Hockey, football, badminton and P.T. Captain, S.A.V. Inter College, Bharthana, Etawah, 1957,
Member; National Sports Club, Delhi

Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Yugoslavia, 1986; and (ii) Turkey, 1992
and 1998; inaugurated (i) 5th International Conference of Resident and Non-Resident Indians, 1992, and
(ii) 6th International India-NRI Conference, Bangkok, 1992; participated, (i) 14th International Marble
and Machinery Equipment Exhibition, Carrara, Italy; visited, (i) Austria, Malaysia and Singapore for
presenting keynote address in 2nd Annual Asian Mining Conference, 1994; (ii) France, Canada, Switzerland
for presenting keynote address at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Mining
Equipment and Service for Export, 1994; (iii) Bulgaria, Netherlands, Australia and Switzerland to attend
16th World Mining Congress, 1994; (iv) Uzbekistan, Kazakhistan, Moscow to meet major mining companies,
1995; and (v) Turkey as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation, 1998; and also visited Nepal and
Czechoslovakia; visited Japan in 2000

Other Information
Chairman, (i) Uttar Pradesh Mandi Parishad Ltd.; and (ii) Uttar Pradesh Agro-Industrial
Corporation Ltd. Lucknow, 1980-82; Senior Deputy Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Youth Welfare Board;
Director, (i) Cooperative Marketing Society, Bharthana, Etawah, 1960; (ii) District Cooperative
Development Federation Ltd., Etawah, 1962-70; and (iii) District Cooperative Bank Ltd., Etawah,
1964-70; President, Large Size Cooperative Society Ltd., Usrahar, Etawah, 1960; Senior
Vice-President, Yuva Kalyan Board, Uttar Pradesh, 1982-84; Vice-President, 20-point Programme
Committee, Uttar Pradesh, 1988-89; Manager, (i) Smt. Indira Gandhi Inter-College, Kharagpur
Saraiya, Etawah; and (ii) Dehati Inter-College Nevil Ganj Achhalda, Etawah, 1969 onwards;
Congress (I) Party Observer for holding party elections, (i) Madhya Pradesh, 1982; (ii) Tamil
Nadu and Pondicherry, 1985 (iii) Himachal Pradesh, 1990 and 1997; (iv) West Bengal for Rajya
Sabha Elections, 1994; (v) Karnataka for selection of candidate for Chief Minister, 1993; (vi)
Arunachal Pradesh for selection of Chief Minister, 1995; (vii) Orissa Assembly Elections, 1994;
(viii) Returning Officer for election of Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.); (ix) Convenor for
resolving organisational disputes in P.C.C. Rajasthan; and (x) Member of the 3-Men Committee
for resolving disputes of Congress Legislature Party, Arunachal Pradesh; elected Education
Minister, Students Union S.A.V. Inter-College, Bharthana, Etawah, 1957, Member, Proctorial
Board, K.K. Degree College, Etawah, 1962; and imprisoned several times, (i) during Janata Party
regime, 1977-79; and (ii) while participating in agitation against the atrocities on the
Harijans and weaker sections of the society during Janata Dal regime, 1990


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