Accountability Action Awareness

Shri Arjun Charan Sethi

Father's Name: 
Late Shri Srimukha Sethi
Mother's Name : 
Late Smt. Para Dei
Gender: 
Male
Birth Place: 
Vill. Odang, Distt. Balasore (Orissa)
Marital Status: 
Married
E-Mail ID: 
acsethi@sansad.nic.in
Profession: 

agriculturist Teacher Educationist

Present Address: 
  • 21, Canning Lane,
  • New Delhi - 110 001
  • Tels.(011) 23782760, 23782745, 9868180387 (M)
  • Permanent Address: 
  • Vill. & P.O. Odang via Randhiahat,
  • Distt. Bhadrak - 756 135 (Orissa)
  • Profile: 
    • 1971
    • Elected to 5th Lok Sabha
    • 1971-77
    • Member, Committee on Offices of Profit
    • 1973-74 and 1974-75
    • Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)
    • 1974
    • Member, Pradesh Election Committee, Orissa
    • 1974-77
    • Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Orissa
    • 1975-77
    • Member, Committee of Privileges
    • President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Balasore
    • 1980
    • Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
    • 1990-91
    • Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly
    • Member, Public Accounts Committee
    • Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Orissa
    • 1991
    • Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
    • 1991-95
    • Member, Committee on Agricliture
    • Member, Conslitative Committee, Ministry of Railways
    • 1995-96
    • Member, Public Accounts Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly
    • 1995-98
    • Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
    • 1998
    • Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
    • Deputy Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
    • 1998-99
    • Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
    • Member, General Purposes Committee
    • Member, Committee on Government Assurances (Resigned on 20 August 1998)
    • Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
    • Member, Conslitative Committee, Ministry of Railways
    • 1999
    • Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
    • Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
    • 1999-2000
    • Chairman, Committee on Papers laid on the Table
    • Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
    • Member, General Purposes Committee
    • 2000
    • Member, Conslitative Committee, Ministry of Communications
    • 27 May 2000-May 2004
    • Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
    • 2004
    • Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
    • 2005
    • District President, Biju Janata Dal, Bhadrak
    • Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha Member, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on Water Resources
    • 2 January 2006
    • Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
    • 5 Aug. 2007 onwards
    • Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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    • Member,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management
    • 1 May 2008
    • Member, Financial Committee on Estimates