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Hansraj Ahir


Chairman for National Commission for Backward Classes
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2022
Preceded by	Bhagwan Lal Sahani
Minister of State, for Home Affairs
In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Rajnath Singh
Preceded by	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Succeeded by	G Kishan Reddy Nityanand Rai
MoS for Chemicals & Fertilizers
In office 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ananth Kumar
Preceded by	Nihalchand
Succeeded by	Mansukh Mandaviya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2019
Preceded by	Naresh Puglia
Succeeded by	Suresh Dhanorkar
Constituency	Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Shantaram Potdukhe
Succeeded by	Naresh Puglia
Constituency	Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 1994–1996
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members

Personal details
Born	Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954 (age 70) Nanded, Bombay State, India
Spouse	Lata Ahir (m. 1990)
Children	Raghuveer, Shyamal, Sanjivani Ahir
Residence	Chandrapur
Source: [1]

Hansraj Ahir is an Indian politician and current Chairman of the National Commission for Backward classes.^[1] He is a former Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers in the First Modi Ministry. He was the former member of the 16th Lok Sabha in India.^[2]^[3]^[4] He was member of 11th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha.^[5] He is famous for exposing Coal Mining Scam specially pouni-3 in WCL.

Ahir frequently requested details of coal mining to Prime Minister of India office but he didn't succeed^{[citation needed]}. Finally he (along with Prakash Javadekar) requested Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for an inquiry. Based on this, CVC ordered a CBI inquiry.^[6]^[7]

He has been honoured with Sansad Ratna Award in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Political career

He represented the Chandrapur constituency of Maharashtra 4th time from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He had been re-elected from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha Constituency as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the results of which were declared on 16 May 2009.^[8] In the 14th Lok Sabha, then Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had hailed Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, member of BJP from Chandrapur in Maharashtra as role model for MPs^{[citation needed]}. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam told Hansraj Ahir is no.1 Member of parliament and role model MP for youth.

Achievements

Prime Point Foundation (PPF) has rated BJP MP from Chandrapur, Hansraj Ahir as the best parliamentarian for introduction of 24 private bills out of a total of 288 bills that were introduced so far in the 15th Lok Sabha and Shri Ahir was felicitated with Sansad Ratna Award.^[9] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave him a position in his cabinet as the Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers.

Political career

Positions held

In Parliament

2004: Member, Committee on Coal & Steel
2004: Member, Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex
2004: Member, Committee on Agriculture
2 Jan. 2006: Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
5 Aug. 2007: Member, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel
31 Aug. 2009: Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
23 Sep. 2009: Member, Committee on Privileges
15 Mar. 2010: Member, Railway Convention Committee
1 May 2013: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
3 May 2013: Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
13 June 2014: onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee
1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel ^[10]
Tobacco Board;
Panchayati Raj Samiti;
Rojgar Hami Yojana;
Bhatkya Vimukta Jati Ashram Shala Samiti

Within BJP

District President: Chandrapur (1991 to....

Legislative

Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council - 1994 to 1996^[10]
1996: First Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
2004: Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
2009: Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
2014: Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
2019 Lost the Loksabha election to Balu (Suresh) Dhanorkar of Congress

^[10]

Countries Visited as Delegate Member

With Hon. President of India visited countries Sweden and Belarus^[11]
Mauritius, South Africa and U.A.E as Member of Parliament.

References

^ "National Commission for Backward Classes". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Hansraj Ahir: The Man Who Exposed the Coal Scam".
^ "हंसराज गंगाराम अहीर ने संभाला गृह राज्य मंत्री का कार्यभार – Abhay Banga Patrika". 11 July 2016.
^ "Home Page | Department of Fertilizers". Fert.nic.in. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "CVC asks CBI to probe alleged coal scam despite UPA govt's attempt to brush it under the carpet". 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^ "CVC Refers Coal Block Allocation Case to CBI". Outlook India. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^ Results are available for 297 Seats Archived 19 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine 15th Lok Sabha Election Results
^ Sansad Ratna Award
^ ^a ^b ^c "Detailed Profile - Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
^ "The President of India".

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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First Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

Cabinet Ministers

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Radha Mohan Singh
Atomic Energy	Narendra Modi
Chemicals and Fertilizers	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Civil Aviation	Suresh Prabhu
Commerce and Industry	Suresh Prabhu
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Ram Vilas Paswan
Corporate Affairs	Arun Jaitley
Defence	Nirmala Sitharaman
Drinking Water and Sanitation	Uma Bharati
Earth Sciences	Harsh Vardhan
Electronics and Information Technology	Ravi Shankar Prasad
External Affairs	Sushma Swaraj
Finance	Arun Jaitley
Food Processing Industry	Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Coal	Piyush Goyal
Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Harsh Vardhan

Health and Family Welfare	Jagat Prakash Nadda
Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	Anant Geete
Home Affairs	Rajnath Singh
Human Resource Development	Prakash Javadekar
Information and Broadcasting	Smriti Irani
Law and Justice	Ravi Shankar Prasad
Overseas Indian Affairs	Sushma Swaraj
Panchayati Raj	Narendra Singh Tomar
Parliamentary Affairs	Narendra Singh Tomar
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Narendra Modi
Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dharmendra Pradhan
Railways	Piyush Goyal
Rural Development	Narendra Singh Tomar
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Dharmendra Pradhan

Science and Technology	Harsh Vardhan
Social Justice and Empowerment	Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Space	Narendra Modi
Statistics and Programme Implementation	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Steel	Chaudhary Birender Singh
Shipping and Road Transport and Highways	Nitin Gadkari
Textiles	Smriti Irani
Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Nitin Gadkari
Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi
Minority Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Mines	Narendra Singh Tomar

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

AYUSH	Shripad Yasso Naik
Communications	Manoj Sinha
Culture	Mahesh Sharma
Development of North Eastern Region	Jitendra Singh

Labour and Employment	Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Giriraj Singh
New and Renewable Energy	Raj Kumar Singh
Planning	Rao Inderjit Singh

Power	Raj Kumar Singh
Tourism	Alphons Kannanthanam
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Hardeep Singh Puri
Youth Affairs and Sports	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Ministers of State

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat
Atomic Energy	Jitendra Singh
Chemicals and Fertilizers	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Civil Aviation	Jayant Sinha
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution	Chhotu Ram Chaudhary
Corporate Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal
Defence	Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
Drinking Water and Sanitation	Ramesh Jigajinagi
Earth Sciences	Y. S. Chowdary
Electronics and IT	P. P. Chaudhary
External Affairs	V. K. Singh
Finance	Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar
Food Processing Industry	Niranjan Jyoti
Health and Family Welfare	Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	G. M. Siddeshwara
Home Affairs	Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh
Human Resource Development	Satya Pal Singh
Information and Broadcasting	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Law and Justice	P. P. Chaudhary
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh
Minority Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Overseas Indian Affairs	V. K. Singh
Panchayati Raj	Parsottambhai Rupala
Parliamentary Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal Vijay Goel
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Jitendra Singh
Prime Minister's Office	Jitendra Singh

Railways	Manoj Sinha
Road Transport and Highways	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan
Rural Development	Ram Kripal Yadav
Science and Technology	Y. S. Chowdary
Social Justice and Empowerment	Krishan Pal Gurjar Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla
Steel	Vishnudeo Sai
Shipping	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan
Space	Jitendra Singh
Textiles	Ajay Tamta
Tribal Affairs	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Satya Pal Singh Arjun Ram Meghwal
Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi
Urban Development	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh