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:
Permanent Address:
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
