Harivansh Narayan Singh Contact Number, Mobile Number, Helpline, Whatsapp Number, Office Address, Em

Rajya Sabha Member Date: 11/27/2020

Harivansh Narayan Singh is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar. In 2014, the Janata Dal (United) nominated Singh to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar for a six-year term.


On 8 August 2018, he was elected as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term as the candidate of the National Democratic Alliance, winning the election by a vote of 125 to 105 against the opposition candidate. He is the third person ever and first in forty years to hold this post who is not from the Indian National Congress. He was re-elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 14 September 2020 after he returned to the Rajya Sabha for his second term from Bihar.


Name : Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh


State: Bihar


Party: Janata Dal (United)


Father's Name : Late Shri Banke Bihari Singh


Mother's Name : Late Shrimati Devjani Devi


Date of Birth : 30 June 1956


Place of Birth : Vill. Sitabdiara, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)


Marital Status : Married on 23 April 1978


Spouse's Name : Shrimati Asha Singh


Children : One son and one daughter


Educational Qualification : B.A., M.A. (Economics), Diploma in Journalism Educated at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi


Profession : Journalist/Writer


Present Address : 14, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110011 


Tel.- 23010279, 23016332 


Telefax: 23016180 


Mobile: 9013181002


E-mail : hari.vansh@sansad.nic.in


Positions Held :
April 2014 : Elected to Rajya Sabha
Sept. 2014 - June 2018 : Member, House  Committee
Sept. 2014 - Aug. 2018 : Member, Standing Committee on Defence 
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
July - Aug. 2016 : Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Aug. 2016 - Sept.  2018 : Member, Joint Committee on the Bill to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955
June 2017 onwards : Member, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Aug. - Dec. 2017 : Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017
May - Aug. 2018 : Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
9 Aug. 2018 - 9 April 2020 and 14 Sept. 2020 onwards : Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2019 : Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Rajya Sabha (PCMRS)
Aug. 2018 - April 2020  and Sept. 2020 onwards : Chairman, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
Chairman, Committee of Privileges
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Member, Committee on Rules
10 Oct. 2018 - April 2020 : Member, Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex
27 Oct. 2018 - April 2020 and Sept. 2020 onwards : Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
May 2019 - April 2020 : Chairman, Content Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha Television
April 2020 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
July 2020 - Sept. 2020 : Member, Committee on Agriculture
March 2021 onwards : Chairman, Rajbhasha, Kshetriya Bhasha Shabdawali Samiti

Contact Number : 09013181002

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