Rao Inderjit Singh

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Rao Inderjit Singh
Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the Meeting with the StatesUTs on the Implementation of "The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016", in New Delhi.jpg
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Culture & Ministry of Planning
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Residence Rewari
Education Hindu College, University of Delhi
Alma mater Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
OccupationPolitical & Social Worker, Agriculturist, Lawyer
Website Rao Inderjit Singh
As of 28 March, 2009
Source: [Biodata]

Raja Rao Inderjit Singh is an Indian politician who serving as the 17th Minister of Planning and Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation since 2024. He is also a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He represents the Gurgaon constituency in Haryana and is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] [2] [3] He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon with a majority of 75,079 votes. [4]

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Early life

Rao was born in Rewari (Ahirwal) and is the son of Maharaja Rao Birendra Singh, who served as a second Chief Minister of Haryana. [5] Rao studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar [6] and the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi where he took a law degree. He is the great-great grandson of Rao Tula Ram, a freedom fighter of India's first war of independence in 1857. [7]

Political career

Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the inauguration of the National Workshop on Urban Development to discuss the major urban sector reforms and six new initiatives with States and UTs, in New Delhi. Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the inauguration of the National Workshop on Urban Development to discuss the major urban sector reforms and six new initiatives with States and UTs, in New Delhi.jpg
Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the inauguration of the National Workshop on Urban Development to discuss the major urban sector reforms and six new initiatives with States and UTs, in New Delhi.

Haryana Legislative Assembly

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. [8]

Parliamentary Positions in the Lok Sabha
#FromToPositionParty
1.19981999 Member of Parliament in 12th Lok Sabha from Mahendragarh INC
2.20042009 Member of Parliament in 14th Lok Sabha from Mahendragarh INC
3.20092014 Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon INC
5.20142019 Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon BJP
6.20192024 Member of Parliament in 17th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon BJP
7.2024Incumbent Member of Parliament in 18th Lok Sabha from Gurgaon BJP

He was elected to the Lok 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.

Union minister in Modi governments

Singh became the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs. [9] [10] Singh became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation and Planning in May 2019. [11]

Shooting career

Rao Inderjit Singh was a member of the Indian shooting Team from 1990 to 2003 and won a Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championship. He was also a National Champion in Skeet for three consecutive years and won three gold medals in the SAF Games. [12]

Controveries

Against Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Rao Inderjit Singh, who hails from South Haryana, alleged that the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was developing his own constituency Rohtak 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 and Sonepat that comprise areas of Hooda's own constituency and that of his son Deepender 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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Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Col.(Retd.) Rao Ram Singh
Member of Parliament
for Mahendragarh

1998 – 1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Mahendragarh

2004– 2008
Succeeded by
N/A
Constituency split between
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and
Gurgaon constituencies
Preceded by
N/A
Constituency created from Mahendragarh
and Faridabad constituencies
Member of Parliament
for Gurgaon

2009 – Present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Srikant Kumar Jena
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)

26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Succeeded by
V K Singh
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)
Preceded by Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)

30 May 2019 – Present
Incumbent