Rao Inderjit Singh | |
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_for_Planning_in_May_2014_(cropped).jpg) Singh in May 2014 | |
| Union Minister of State forCulture | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| President | Ramnath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Minister | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
| Preceded by | Meenakshi Lekhi |
| 17Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) forStatistics & Programme Implementation and 8Planning | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Srikant Kumar Jena |
| Succeeded by | V K Singh |
| Union Minister of State forChemicals and Fertilisers | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Minister | Ananth Kumar (till 2018) D. V. Sadananda Gowda (from 2018) |
| Preceded by | Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
| Succeeded by | Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
| Union Minister of State forCorporate Affairs | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2021 | |
| Minister | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Preceded by | Anurag Singh Thakur |
| Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Constituency | Gurgaon, Haryana |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sudha Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Mahendragarh, Haryana |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Col.Rao Ram Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sudha Yadav |
| Constituency | Mahendragarh, Haryana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-02-11)11 February 1951 (age 74) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress(until April 2014) |
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| Children | 2 (includingArti Singh Rao) |
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| Education | Hindu College,University of Delhi |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law, University of Delhi |
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| Website | Rao Inderjit Singh |
As of 28 March, 2009 Source: [Biodata] | |
Rao Inderjit Singh (born 11 February 1951) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 17thMinister of Planning, 13thMinister of Statistics and Programme Implementation and minister of state in theministry of Culture since 2024. He is also a member of theLok Sabha . He represents theGurgaon constituency inHaryana and is a member ofBharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]
Rao was born in royal family ofRewari (Ahirwal) and is the son ofRao Birendra Singh, who served as a second Chief Minister of Haryana.[4] Rao studied at theLawrence School, Sanawar[5] and theFaculty of Law, University of Delhi where he took a law degree. He is the great-great grandson ofRao Tula Ram, a freedom fighter of India's first war of independence in 1857.[6]
Rao was an MLA in the Haryana assembly for four terms, beginning in 1977. From 1982 to 1987 he was a provincial Minister of State responsible for Food and civil supplies.[7]
| # | From | To | Position | Party |
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| 1. | 1998 | 1999 | Member of Parliament in12th Lok Sabha fromMahendragarh | INC |
| 2. | 2004 | 2009 | Member of Parliament in14th Lok Sabha fromMahendragarh | INC |
| 3. | 2009 | 2014 | Member of Parliament in15th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon | INC |
| 5. | 2014 | 2019 | Member of Parliament in16th Lok Sabha fromGurgaon Lok Sabha constituency | BJP |
| 6. | 2019 | 2024 | Member of Parliament in17th Lok Sabha fromGurgaon Lok Sabha constituency | BJP |
| 7. | 2024 | Incumbent | Member of Parliament in18th Lok Sabha fromGurgaon | BJP |
He was elected to theLok Sabha as a Member of Parliament in 1998, serving in the parliaments of 1998 - 1999, 2004 –2009, 2014 - 2019, 2019 - 2024, 2024 - 2029. From 1991 to 1996 he served as Cabinet Minister for the Environment, Forest, Medical and Technical Education, then as Minister of State for External Affairs (2004–2006) and as Minister of State for Defense Production from 2006 to 2009. He was the chairman of Parliamentary Information technology committee since 2009.
Singh was a Minister of State (Independent Charge) forStatistics and Programme Implementation andPlanning in the first Modi government.[8] Singh became the Minister of State forChemicals and Fertilisers, Minister of State forCorporate Affairs.[9][10] Singh became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) forStatistics and Programme Implementation andPlanning in May 2019.[11]
Rao Inderjit Singh was a member of the Indian shooting Team from 1990 to 2003 and won a Bronze Medal at theCommonwealth Shooting Championship. He was also a National Champion inSkeet for three consecutive years and won three gold medals in theSAF Games.[12]
Rao Inderjit Singh, who hails fromSouth Haryana, alleged that the Haryana Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda was developing his own constituencyRohtak at the cost of other parts of the state.
He presented the data procured through RTI to support his allegation: Out of a total of 5,135 announcements of schemes in Haryana, 2,045 were for the three districts of Rohtak,Jhajjar andSonepat that comprise areas of Hooda's own constituency and that of his sonDeepender Singh Hooda. Of the 3,356 completed schemes, 1,560 were from these three districts.[13][14] On 23 September 2013, he resigned from Congress.[15]
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| Preceded by Col.(Retd.) Rao Ram Singh | Member of Parliament forMahendragarh 1998 – 1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forMahendragarh 2004– 2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forGurgaon 2009 – Present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Minister of State with Independent charge) 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Minister of State with Independent charge) 30 May 2019 – Present | Incumbent |
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