Minister of Power (Independent Charge) Minister of New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
NAME – Raj Kumar Singh
PROFESSION– Civil Servant, Lawyer and Politician
BORN – 20 December,1952 (Age 68 )
PLACE OF BIRTH – Supaul, Bihar, India
FATHER’S NAME – Haldhar Prasad Singh
MOTHER’S NAME – Chandrakala Devi
SPOUSE – Sheila Singh
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – Shweta Singh and Samir Singh
EDUCATION – B.A English Hons., L.L.B and Diploma in management from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, Magadh University and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE– https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/raj-kumar-singh
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- He is famously known for capturing BJP veteran pioneer L K Advani during his Rath Yatra, when he was the region judge of Samastipur in October, 1990.
Raj Kumar Singh is an Indian Bureaucrat and currently Minister of Power (Independent Charge) Minister of New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge). He is broadly known for catching BJP veteran pioneer L K Advani during his Rath Yatra, when he was the area judge of Samastipur in October, 1990. He is popularly known as “Man picking the right side”.
AWARDS – N/A.
UPBRINGING & EDUCATION – Raj Kumar Singh took birth in the family of Haldhar Prasad Singh and Chandrakala Devi in Bihar. He studied B.A English Hons., L.L.B and Diploma in management from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, Magadh University and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands respectively. Later he was married to Shiela Singh and have two children.
WALK OF LIFE- In the mid 1970s or during Raj Kumar Singh’s 38-year spell in different limits as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official in Bihar and New Delhi. In any case, Singh, who resigned as the Union home secretary in 2013 and months after the fact joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has remained dispatched to the back seats of the Lok Sabha in his first year as a Member of Parliament (MP).
His commitment to parliamentary procedures, or its absence, is in some difference to his celebrated lifetime. Singh has been known to take care of business of individual uprightness and pursued by legislators of all shades for authoritative abilities. In May 2019 he was re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
Finally on 30 May, 2019 he was made Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and Minister of State under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
MAJOR INITIATIVES TAKEN- The Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh announced a cumulative target of 175 GW renewable energy based electric installed capacity of 100 GW solar power installed capacity, issued guidelines for procurement of solar and wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process;
Declared Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2018-19; Declared Renewable Generation Obligation on new coal/lignite based thermal plants; Notified National Offshore Wind Energy Policy; Notified policy for Repowering of Wind Power Projects; Notified standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic systems/devices;
Issued order for waiving the Inter State Transmission System charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by March 2019; Launched Atal Jyoti Yojna for Solar LED Street Lights in five States and Launched Surya Mitra programme for developing a cadre of trained manpower for deployment of solar energy projects.
CAREER TIMELINE/POSITION HELD-
In May 2014, Raj Kumar Singh was elected to 16th Lok Sabha.
From September 1, 2014 onwards he was member of Committee of Privileges, member of Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and member of Consultative Committee under Ministry of Defence.
From September 15, 2014 to May 25, 2019 he was made a member of Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with members of Lok Sabha and a member of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR).
From 1 May, 2015 to 7 June, 2018 he was a member of Jonit Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex, a member of The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Standing Committee on International Peace and Security and member of India China Parliamentary Friendship Group.
From 19 October, 2016 to 3 September, 2017 he was made a member of Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
From 3 September 2017 to 25 May 2019 he took a position as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) under Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
In May 2019 he was re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
Finally on 30 May, 2019 he was made Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and Minister of State under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
CONTROVERSIES/CASES- It was during the residency of R.K. Singh as the Union home secretary that 26/11 Mumbai assault psychological militant Ajmal Kasab and Parliament assault case convict Afzal Guru were hanged. R.K. Singh after retirement likewise uncovered Shinde’s association in the IPL Spot-fixing case and how Shinde had meddled in that examination.