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Indian politician (born 1951)

Rao Inderjit Singh
Singh in May 2014
Union Minister of State for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2024
President	Ramnath KovindDroupadi Murmu
Minister	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by	Meenakshi Lekhi
17 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics & Programme Implementation and 8Planning
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
In office26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Srikant Kumar Jena
Succeeded by	V K Singh
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers
In office3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Minister	Ananth Kumar (till 2018)D. V. Sadananda Gowda (from 2018)
Preceded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Succeeded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2021
Minister	Nirmala Sitharaman
Preceded by	Anurag Singh Thakur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Gurgaon, Haryana
In office2004–2009
Preceded by	Sudha Yadav
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Mahendragarh, Haryana
In office1998–1999
Preceded by	Col. Rao Ram Singh
Succeeded by	Sudha Yadav
Constituency	Mahendragarh, Haryana
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-11) 11 February 1951 (age 74)Rewari, Punjab, India(present-day Haryana)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other politicalaffiliations	Indian National Congress (until April 2014)
Spouse	Manita Singh ​(m. 1976)​
Children	2 (including Arti Singh Rao)
Parent	Rao Birender Singh (father)
Residence	6, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Education	Hindu College, University of Delhi
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Occupation	Social workerpoliticianagriculturistlawyer
Website	Rao Inderjit Singh
As of 28 March, 2009Source: [Biodata]

Rao Inderjit Singh (born 11 February 1951) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 17th minister of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation and minister of state in the ministry of Culture since 2024. He is also a member of the Lok Sabha . He represents the Gurgaon constituency in Haryana and is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]

Rao was born in royal family of Rewari (Ahirwal) and is the son of Rao Birendra Singh, who served as a second Chief Minister of Haryana.[4] Rao studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar[5] 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.[6]

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

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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.[7]

Parliamentary Positions in the Lok Sabha

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

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Singh was a Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation and Planning in the first Modi government.[8] 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]

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]

Against Bhupinder Singh Hooda

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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]

• Birender Singh
• Arti Singh Rao
• Third Modi ministry

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2. ^ "Yogendra Yadav to shift base from Delhi to Gurgaon". Hindustan Times. No. daily. Hindustan Times, New Delhi. Hindustan Times. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
3. ^ "Former Shooter, Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh Gets Ministry of Statistics and Programmme Implementation Along with Planning". 31 May 2019.
4. ^ "List of Haryana Chief Ministers from November 1, 1966 till date". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. ^ Gayatri, Geetanjali (26 June 2005). "Himachal Pradesh Residential schools: Smart learning". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
6. ^ "Rao Inderjit Singh Profile" (PDF). niti.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
7. ^ R.K. Jasbir Singh (2007). Indian defence year book. Natraj Publishers. p. 595. ISBN 9788186857113. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
8. ^ "Inderjit Singh Rao takes charge of Planning, Statistics ministries". The Economic Times. 27 May 2014. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
9. ^ "Rao Inderjit Singh: Gurgaon stalwart with unflinching pulse on electorate". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 9 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
10. ^ "Shri Rao Inderjit Singh takes charge as Union Minister of State in Ministry of Corporate Affairs". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
11. ^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
12. ^ Rao Inderjit Singh Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
13. ^ Chander Suta Dogra (5 March 2013). "Rao Inderjit Singh's move may give impetus to new alignments". The Hindu.
14. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana". tribuneindia.com.
15. ^ "Vadra baiter Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh quits Congress". Zee News. 23 September 2013.