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List of Successful Candidates
11 - LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY Andhra Pradesh 1 Nagarkurnool Dr. Manda Jagannath INC 2 Nalgonda Gutha Sukender Reddy INC 3 Bhongir Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy INC 4 Warangal Rajaiah Siricilla INC 5 Mahabubabad P. Balram INC 6 Khammam Nama Nageswara Rao TDP 7 Aruku Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana INC Deo Vyricherla 8 Srikakulam Killi Krupa Rani INC 9 Vizianagaram Jhansi Lakshmi Botcha INC 10 Visakhapatnam Daggubati Purandeswari INC 11 Anakapalli Sabbam Hari INC 12 Kakinada M.M.Pallamraju INC 13 Amalapuram G.V.Harsha Kumar INC 14 Rajahmundry Aruna Kumar Vundavalli INC 15 Narsapuram Bapiraju Kanumuru INC 16 Eluru Kavuri Sambasiva Rao INC 17 Machilipatnam Konakalla Narayana Rao TDP 18 Vijayawada Lagadapati Raja Gopal INC 19 Guntur Rayapati Sambasiva Rao INC 20 Narasaraopet Modugula Venugopala Reddy TDP 21 Bapatla Panabaka Lakshmi INC 22 Ongole Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy INC 23 Nandyal S.P.Y.Reddy INC 24 Kurnool Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy INC 25 Anantapur Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy INC 26 Hindupur Kristappa Nimmala TDP 27 Kadapa Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy INC 28 Nellore Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy INC 29 Tirupati Chinta Mohan INC 30 Rajampet Annayyagari Sai Prathap INC 31 Chittoor Naramalli Sivaprasad TDP 32 Adilabad Rathod Ramesh TDP 33 Peddapalle Dr.G.Vivekanand INC 34 Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar INC 35 Nizamabad Madhu Yaskhi Goud INC 36 Zahirabad Suresh Kumar Shetkar INC 37 Medak Vijaya Shanthi .M TRS 38 Malkajgiri Sarvey Sathyanarayana INC 39 Secundrabad Anjan Kumar Yadav M INC 40 Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM 41 Chelvella Jaipal Reddy Sudini INC 1 GENERAL ELECTIONS,INDIA 2009 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY Andhra Pradesh 42 Mahbubnagar K. -
The Journal of Parliamentary Information
The Journal of Parliamentary Information VOLUME LIX NO. 1 MARCH 2013 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor : T.K. Viswanathan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Associate Editors : P.K. Misra Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Kalpana Sharma Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Assistant Editors : Pulin B. Bhutia Additional Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Parama Chatterjee Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Sanjeev Sachdeva Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat © Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi THE JOURNAL OF PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VOLUME LIX NO. 1 MARCH 2013 CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL NOTE 1 ADDRESSES Addresses at the Inaugural Function of the Seventh Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments, Central Hall, 3 October 2012 3 ARTICLE 14th Vice-Presidential Election 2012: An Experience— T.K. Viswanathan 12 PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Conferences and Symposia 17 Birth Anniversaries of National Leaders 22 Exchange of Parliamentary Delegations 26 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 28 PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 30 PRIVILEGE ISSUES 43 PROCEDURAL MATTERS 45 DOCUMENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 49 SESSIONAL REVIEW Lok Sabha 62 Rajya Sabha 75 State Legislatures 83 RECENT LITERATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 85 APPENDICES I. Statement showing the work transacted during the Twelfth Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha 91 (iv) iv The Journal of Parliamentary Information II. Statement showing the work transacted during the 227th Session of the Rajya Sabha 94 III. Statement showing the activities of the Legislatures of the States and Union Territories during the period 1 October to 31 December 2012 98 IV. -
48 RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, the 29TH APRIL, 2016 (The Rajya
RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, THE 29TH APRIL, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation Shri Suresh Gopi (Nominated) made and subscribed oath and took his seat in the House. 11-02 a.m. 2. Felicitations to the Scientists, Engineers and Technicians of ISRO on the successful launch of IRNSS-1G The Chairman, on behalf of the whole House and on his own behalf, offered felicitations to the scientists, engineers and technicians, who were associated with the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh Satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) by PSLV C-33, on the 28th of April, 2016. 11-03 a.m. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Law and Justice. Shri Ramvilas Paswan (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution), under sub-section (3) of Section 6 of the Sugar Cess Act, 1982:— (1) S.O. 258 (E), dated the 28th January, 2016, regarding levying and collection of duty of excise as a cess for the purpose of Sugar Development Fund Act, 1982, on all sugar produced by any sugar factory in India at a rate of one hundred twenty four rupees per quintal of sugar w.e.f. -
Raised a Discussion on the Statement Made by the Minister of Home Affairs Regarding Deportation of Certain People by Maharashtra Government
nt> Title: Raised a discussion on the statement made by the Minister of Home Affairs regarding deportation of certain people by Maharashtra Government. (Not concluded) 18.43 hrs. ºÉ¦ÉÉ{ÉÊiÉ ¨É½þÉänùªÉ : +¤É ÊxÉªÉ¨É 193 Eòä +ÆiÉMÉÇiÉ ¤É½þºÉ |ÉÉ®úÆ¦É ½þÉäiÉÒ ½þè* ¸ÉÒ¨ÉiÉÒ MÉÒiÉÉ ¨ÉÖJÉVÉÒÇ ¤É½þºÉ ¶ÉÖ°ü Eò®úäÆMÉÒ* SHRIMATI GEETA MUKHERJEE (PANSKURA): Hon. Chairman, Sir, my name is first in the list, but my brother Hannan Mollah has requested that he may be given the first chance to speak. I have agreed to that. His name is also there in the list. So, kindly call him first, and I will speak later. ¸ÉÒ ½þxxÉÉxÉ ¨ÉÉä±±Éɽþ (=±ÉÚ¤ÉäÊ®úªÉÉ) : ºÉ¦ÉÉ{ÉÊiÉ ¨É½þÉänùªÉ, ¨ÉèÆ +É{ÉEòÉ +ɦÉÉ®úÒ ½þÚÆ +Éè®ú MÉÒiÉÉ nùÒ EòÉ ¦ÉÒ ¤É½þÖiÉ +ɦÉÉ®úÒ ½þÚÆ ÊEò =x½þÉäÆxÉä ¨ÉÖZÉä <ºÉ Ê´É¹ÉªÉ EòÉä ¶ÉÖ¯û Eò®úxÉä EòÉ ¨ÉÉèEòÉ ÊnùªÉÉ* ¨ÉèÆ ¤É½þÖiÉ nùÖJÉ Eòä ºÉÉlÉ Eò½þxÉÉ SÉɽþiÉÉ ½þÚÆ ÊEò ¤ÉÆMÉɱÉÒ ¦ÉɹÉÉ ¤ÉÉä±ÉxÉä ´ÉɱÉä ±ÉÉäMÉÉäÆ EòÒ ºÉ¨ÉºªÉÉ +ÉVÉ xÉ<Ç xɽþÒÆ =`ö ®ú½þÒ ½þè* Ê{ÉUô±Éä ºÉÉiÉ-+É`ö ºÉÉ±É ºÉä ¨ÉèÆ <ºÉ ½þÉ=ºÉ ¨ÉäÆ +Eòä±ÉÉ ÊSɱ±ÉÉiÉÉ ®ú½þÉ ½þÚÆ* ... (´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) Eò¦ÉÒ-Eò¦ÉÒ ÊEòºÉÒ xÉä VÉÉä<xÉ ÊEòªÉÉ ½þè, ½þ¨Éä¶ÉÉ xɽþÒÆ ÊEòªÉÉ* +É{ÉxÉä ¦ÉÒ ÊEòªÉÉ, <ºÉ ½þÉ=ºÉ ¨ÉäÆ ºÉ¤É ±ÉÉäMÉÉäÆ xÉä ÊEòªÉÉ* ¨ÉMÉ®ú ¤ÉÉiÉ ªÉ½þ ½þè ÊEò ªÉ½þ ºÉ´ÉÉ±É +ÉVÉ BäºÉÒ {ÉÊ®úʺlÉÊiÉ ¨ÉäÆ {ɽþÖÆSÉ SÉÖEòÉ ½þè ÊEò <ºÉEòä ¤ÉÉ®úä ¨ÉäÆ {ÉÉʱÉǪÉɨÉäÆ]õ ¨ÉäÆ BEò ºÉ½þ¨ÉÊiÉ, BEò ®úÉªÉ ¤ÉxÉxÉÉ ¤É½þÖiÉ Vɰü®úÒ ½þÉä MɪÉÉ ½þè* ¨ÉèÆ {ɽþ±Éä BEò ¤ÉÉiÉ ºÉÉ¡ò Eò®úxÉÉ SÉɽþÚÆMÉÉ ÊEò BEò <Æ]õ®úèº]õäb÷ E´ÉÉ]õÇ®ú ºÉä ±ÉMÉÉiÉÉ®ú ¤ÉÆMɱÉÉnùä¶ÉÒ +Éè®ú ¤ÉÆMɱÉɦÉɹÉÒ ¨ÉäÆ Eòx¡ªÉÚWÉ Eò®úxÉä EòÒ BEò EòÉäÊ¶É¶É ½þÉäiÉÒ -
Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee (RS)
Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee (RS) Committee on HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Rajya Sabha Member : 6 Vacant : 4 S.NO. Member Name State Party 1 Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party 2 Shri Derek O Brien West Bengal ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS 3 Shri Sasmit Patra Odisha Biju Janata Dal 4 Dr. Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party 5 Shri Gopal Narayan Singh Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party 6 Shri Akhilesh Prasad Singh Bihar Indian National Congress Lok Sabha Member : 21 Vacant (LS) : 0 S.NO. Member Name State Constituency Party 1 Shri Rajendra Agrawal Uttar Pradesh Meerut BJP 2 Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen Madhya Pradesh Balaghat BJP 3 Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary Punjab Jalandhar INC 4 Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu Andhra Pradesh Narasaraopet YSR Cong.Party 5 Shri Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh BJP 6 Shri S. Jagathrakshakan Tamil Nadu Arakkonam DMK 7 Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande Maharashtra Shirdi SS Dr. Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya 8 Maharashtra Solapur BJP Mahaswamiji 9 Shri Asit Kumar Mal West Bengal Bolpur AITC 10 Ms. Chandrani Murmu Odisha Keonjhar BJD 11 Shri Balak Nath Rajasthan Alwar BJP 12 Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar Tamil Nadu Perambalur DMK 13 Shri Chandeshwar Prasad Bihar Jahanabad JD(U) 14 Shri T.N. Prathapan Kerala Thrissur INC 15 Shri Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod Gujarat Panchmahal BJP 16 Shri Jagannath Sarkar West Bengal Ranaghat BJP 17 Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma Haryana Rohtak BJP 18 Shri Vishnu Dutt Sharma Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho BJP Bhiwani- 19 Shri Dharambir Singh Haryana BJP Mahendragarh 20 Shri S. Venkatesan Tamil Nadu Madurai CPI(M) 21 Shri Ashok Kumar Yadav Bihar Madhubani BJP Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee (RS) Committee on INDUSTRY Rajya Sabha Member : 9 Vacant : 1 S.NO. -
“Sex Workers Meet Law Makers” 1St March 2011, Constitution Club, New Delhi
“Sex Workers Meet Law Makers” 1st March 2011, Constitution Club, New Delhi Background India is home to an estimated 12.63 lakh female sex workers. In addition, there are considerable numbers of male and transgender persons engaging in sex work. The last two decades has seen the emergence of sex workers’ collectives, mobilizing around health, education, livelihood and social security, and protection from violence. To illustrate, sex workers’ in Kolkata have developed the renowned peer education model of prevention of HIV, built schools for their children’s education and opened banks and credit facilities to reduce indebtedness. In Mysore, sex workers run a popular restaurant, dispelling the social stigma attached to sex work. In Bengaluru, sex workers have formed a trade union and are demanding labour standards. Sex workers in Sangli use film and theatre medium of ‘Sangli Talkies’ to articulate their experiences to the world at large. Across the country, sex workers’ are asserting themselves in public spaces and claiming equal opportunity before law. While the above examples mark a welcome break from disempowerment, sex workers’ efforts to improve their lives are obscured by criminalization. Prostitution per se is not illegal but sex workers’ are restrained under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITPA) with dangerous consequences for the health, safety, livelihood and protection of sex workers. Between 2005-2009, sex workers engaged with Members of Parliament (MPs), including the then Minister of Women and Child Development, senior officials from the National AIDS Control Organisation and the Ministry of Health, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Child Development and the Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV and AIDS to share their concerns on the proposed amendments to ITPA. -
Annex I-A Notification
Annexes 179 ANNEX I-A No.F. 34/6/49-Public GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS New Delhi, the 16th May, 1949 NOTIFICATION The Governor General is pleased to announce the creation with immediate effect of a Department of Parliamentary Affairs under the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. This Department will take over from the Ministry of Law the work in connection with the functions of the Government Chief Whip and other Parliamentary Affairs. Sd: H.V.R. IENGER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 180 Handbook on the Working of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ANNEX I-B ALLOCATION OF FUNCTIONS TO THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS 1. Dates of summoning and prorogation of the two Houses of Parliament: Dissolution of Lok Sabha, President’s Address to Parliament. 2. Planning and coordination of Legislative and other Official Business in both Houses. 3. Allocation of Government time in Parliament for discussion of Motions given notice of by Members. 4. Liaison with Leaders and Whips of various Parties and Groups represented in Parliament. 5. Lists of Members of Select and Joint Committees on Bills. 6. Appointment of Members of Parliament on Committees and other bodies set up by Government. 7. Functioning of Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries. 8. Implementation of assurances given by Ministers in Parliament. 9. Government’s stand on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions. 10. Secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. 11. Advice to Ministries on procedural and other parliamentary matters. 12. Coordination of action by Ministries on the recommendations of general application made by parliamentary committees. -
229 Writton Answers AGRAHAYANA (A) Whether the Navy Has Any Plans
229 Writton Answers AGRAHAYANA 1,1913 {SAKA) Wrkten Answers 230 (a) whether the Navy has any plans to aware that jute growers have been com- extended the runway as well as to provide pelled to sell their production betow the night landing facilites at Visakhapatnam air- minimum support price this year due to non- port to enable the Airbus to become opera- intervention by the Jute Corporation of India; tional to meet the passenger-traffic demand; and (b) if so, the reasons for non-interoen- tion by the JCI; (b) if so, the details thereof? (c) the quantum of raw jute purchased THE [\^INISTER OF STATE OF THE by the JCI in the current jute season till date MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (SHRI SHARAD against the total production State-wise; and PAWAR): (a) and (b). Yes, Sir. There are plans to re-orient/extend the secondary (d) the steps being taken by the Govern- runway at the Visakhapatnam Airport, sub- ment to stem the prices of raw jute at reason- ject to the availability of land for the purpose able level? from the Visakhapatnam Port Trust. In the meantime, action has been initiated to pro- THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE vide night landing facilities on the existing MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (ASHOK runway. GEHLOT): (a) and (b). Jute growers have not been compelled to sell their produce below minimum support prices due to timely Procurement of Raw Jute by JCI market intervention of JCI whenever prnes of raw jute touched minimum support levels 313. SHRI HANNAN MOLLAH: as per report. SHRI INDRAJIT GUPTA: SHRI CHITTA BASU; (c) and (d). -
C on T E N T S
C ON T E N T S Fourteenth Series, Vol. XXXVI, Fourteenth Session (Part-II), 2008/1930 (Saka) No.14, Wednesday, December 17, 2008/ Agrahayana 26, 1930 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS *Starred Question Nos.261 to 265 1-50 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 266 to 280 51-93 Unstarred Question Nos.2683-2912 94-455 * The sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the Question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 456-491 MESSAGES FROM RAJYA SABHA 492-493 ESTIMATES COMMITTEE 19th and 20th Reports 494 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 78th to 80th Reports 494 COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS 43rd to 45th Reports 495 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 212th Report 496 STATEMENT BY MINISTERS 497-508 (i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 70th Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2008-09), pertaining to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Shri G.K. Vasan 497-499 (ii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 204th Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on Demands for Grants (2007-08), pertaining to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Dr. M.S. Gill 500 (iii) Status of implementation of the (a) recommendations contained in the 23rd Report of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Government's policy of appointment on compassionate ground, pertaining to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (b) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 189th Report of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants (2008-09), pertaining to the Department of Space. -
Olitical Amphlets from the Indian Subcontinent Parts 1-4
A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of olitical amphlets from the Indian Subcontinent Parts 1-4 UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA fc I A Guide to the Microfiche Collection POLITICAL PAMPHLETS FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT Editorial Adviser Granville Austin Associate Editor and Guide compiled by August A. Imholtz, Jr. A microfiche project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicaîion Data: Indian political pamphlets [microform] microfiche Accompanied by a printed guide. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-55655-206-8 (microfiche) 1. Political parties-India. I. UPA Academic Editions (Firm) JQ298.A1I527 1989<MicRR> 324.254~dc20 89-70560 CIP International Standard Book Number: 1-55655-206-8 UPA An Imprint of Congressional Information Service 4520 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD20814 © 1989 by University Publications of America Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. TABLE ©F COMTEmn Introduction v Note from the Publisher ix Reference Bibliography Part 1. Political Parties and Special Interest Groups India Congress Committee. (Including All India Congress Committee): 1-282 ... 1 Communist Party of India: 283-465 17 Communist Party of India, (Marxist), and Other Communist Parties: 466-530 ... 27 Praja Socialist Party: 531-593 31 Other Socialist Parties: -
Union Cabinet Minister, India.Pdf
India gk World gk Misc Q&A English IT Current Affairs TIH Uninon Cabinet Minister of India Sl No Portfolio Name Cabinet Minister 1 Prime Minister Minister of Atomic Energy Minister of Space Manmohan Singh Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Planning 2 Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram 3 Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid 4 Minister of Home Affairs Sushil Kumar Shinde 5 Minister of Defence A. K. Antony 6 Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar Minister of Food Processing Industries 7 Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal Minister of Law and Justice 8 Minister of Human Resource Development Dr. Pallam Raju 9 Ministry of Mines Dinsha J. Patel 10 Minister of Civil Aviation Ajit Singh 11 Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma Minister of Textiles 12 Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily 13 Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh 14 Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch 15 Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken 16 Minister of Water Resources Harish Rawat 17 Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 18 Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi 19 Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad 20 Minister of Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge 21 Minister of Road Transport and Highways Dr. C. P. Joshi Minister of Railway 22 Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Manoharbhai Patel 23 Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah 24 Minister of Panchayati Raj Kishore Chandra Deo Minister of Tribal Affairs 25 Minister of Science and Technology Jaipal Reddy Minister of Earth Sciences 26 Ministry of Coal Prakash Jaiswal 27 Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma 28 Minister of Shipping G. -
Annual Report | 2019-20 Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi
Ministry of External Affairs Annual Report | 2019-20 Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi Annual Report | 2019-20 The Annual Report of the Ministry of External Affairs is brought out by the Policy Planning and Research Division. A digital copy of the Annual Report can be accessed at the Ministry’s website : www.mea.gov.in. This Annual Report has also been published as an audio book (in Hindi) in collaboration with the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) Dehradun. Designed and Produced by www.creativedge.in Dr. S Jaishankar External Affairs Minister. Earlier Dr S Jaishankar was President – Global Corporate Affairs at Tata Sons Private Limited from May 2018. He was Foreign Secretary from 2015-18, Ambassador to United States from 2013-15, Ambassador to China from 2009-2013, High Commissioner to Singapore from 2007- 2009 and Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2000-2004. He has also served in other diplomatic assignments in Embassies in Moscow, Colombo, Budapest and Tokyo, as well in the Ministry of External Affairs and the President’s Secretariat. Dr S. Jaishankar is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College at the University of Delhi. He has an MA in Political Science and an M. Phil and Ph.D in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award in 2019. He is married to Kyoko Jaishankar and has two sons & and a daughter. Shri V. Muraleedharan Minister of State for External Affairs Shri V. Muraleedharan, born on 12 December 1958 in Kanuur District of Kerala to Shri Gopalan Vannathan Veettil and Smt.