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LIFE & PUBLIC RECORD · Rajya Sabha MP
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Ghanshyam Tiwari is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan.
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- 194719 December 1947
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 19801980-1985, 1985-1989, 1993-1998, 2003-2008, 2008-2013 and 2013-2018
public service Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (six terms)
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Read the source ↗ - 19811981-1983
public service Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation;
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Read the source ↗ - 19831983-1988
public service Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 19931993-1998
public service Member, Business Advisory and Budgeting Committee;
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Read the source ↗ - 19941994-1995
public service Member, Panel of Chairmen, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
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Read the source ↗ - 19941994
public service Member, Drinking Water Problem Solution Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 19941994-1997
public service Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 19982 July 1998- 30 Nov. 1998
public service Minister of Energy; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Rajasthan
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Read the source ↗ - 20038 Dec. 2003-2007
public service Minister of Education, Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, Linguistic Minority Affairs and Language and Library, Government of Rajasthan
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Read the source ↗ - 20042004
public service Member, Delimitation Commission, Government of India
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Read the source ↗ - 2007Dec.- 2007-2008
public service Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Law and Justice, Government of Rajasthan
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Read the source ↗ - 2022July 2022
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Nov. 2022 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Rules
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Dec. 2022 onwards
public service Member, Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Dec. 2022 - March 2023
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
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Read the source ↗ - 2023May 2023 - June 2024
public service Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Read the source ↗ - 2023July 2023
public service Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons, Rajya Sabha (re-nominated in June 2024, July 2024, Nov. 2024, Feb. 2025, March 2025, July 2025 and April 2026)
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 - May 2025
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Dec. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty–Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
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Read the source ↗ - 2025May 2025 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of AYUSH
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Nov. 2025 onwards
public service Member, General Purposes Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India – Maxico Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-08-12
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public service Member, Joint Committee on the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022
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public service Chairman, Committee on Ethics
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Ghanshyam Tiwari’s date of birth as 19 December 1947. The birthplace is recorded as Khoor, Distt. Sikar (Rajasthan).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Com., LL.B. Educated at S.K. College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The professional background is listed as Legal practice, Farming.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1980-1985, 1985-1989, 1993-1998, 2003-2008, 2008-2013 and 2013-2018: Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (six terms). A later recorded entry is Feb. 2026 onwards: Member, India – Maxico Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
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- Education details in PRS
- B.Com., LL.B. Educated at S.K. College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- B.Com., LL.B. Educated at S.K. College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan Source ↗
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Interests, publications & public work
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- (i) Aarakshan Meri Bhumika (ii) Aarakshan, Sarvjan Hitay Sarvjan Sukhay (published in 2016) Source ↗
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Took active part in the construction of the Ram temple and led a batch of kar sevaks; conceptualized the formula of 'Sarvjanhitay, Sarvjan Sukhay' for the people of economically weaker sections in the year 2022; trained at R.S.S. for three years; conferred with (i) International "UNESCO Confucius 2006" in the field of literacy and (ii) "Rashtriya Satyen Mitra Award" in the field of literacy, during his tenure as Education Minister, Government of Rajasthan; achieved a 15 percent reservation formula, 2003 for all classes on economic basis; provided employment to more than 8000 widows and abandoned women; provided employment to 1.25 lakh youths through the Rajasthan Public Service Commission; the Supreme Court also remarked on the procedure followed in the appointment -"This is the way it should be"; under the Rajasthan Education Initiative, provided free computer education to government school children by starting the project "Education: Empowering the Future" in collaboration with Microsoft in the year 2005-2006; established, a private medical and technical university in Rajasthan for the first time after independence; upgraded all girls' primary schools to upper primary schools; took initiative towards teaching of Sanskrit language through Sanskrit medium; arranged free education and free textbooks for girl students
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Chairman, Sub-Committee on universalisation of Secondary Education, Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE); presided over a three-day conference on "Information and Communication Technology Education in India" under the auspices of U.N.O. in Dublin, (Ireland), 2005; responsibilities in Sangh Parivar: discharged various responsibilities in the Sangh Parivar; Leader, Vidyarthi Parishad, 1968-1972; led the first batch of 1500 kar sevaks on 22 November 1992; during the emergency, participated in a two-day hunger strike, observed by the opposition parties and volunteers in all the jails across the country; worked as a full-time worker for three years; honoured under 'Loktantrik Pakhwada' during the emergency; responsibilities and positions in student life: Mahamantri, Shri Kalyan College Sikar 1968-1970; Member, (i) Apex Body, Rajasthan University Students Union,1970-1971 and (ii) All India Convener Board; Convener and Vice-President, A.B.V.P.; President, Rajasthan Youth Union; responsibilities and positions in the organization of Bharatiya Janata Party: State Convener, Youth Union, Jansangh, Rajasthan, 1971-1977; Member, (i) All India Convenor Board, Youth Union, Jansangh, (ii) National Council of the B.J.P., (iii) National Executive, Bharatiya Janata Party, 1992-1994, (iv) Election Committee, B.J.P., Rajasthan, 1992-1994, (v) Election Manifesto Committee, B.J.P., Rajasthan, 1993, (vi) National Executive, B.J.P. 2000-2013 and (vii) Election Manifesto Committee, B.J.P. Rajasthan 2008; State Spokesperson, B.J.P., Rajasthan, 1992-1994; State Convener, Lok Sabha Elections, B.J.P., Rajasthan in 1999; President, Election Manifesto Committee, B.J.P., Rajasthan in 2008; Pradesh Mahamantri and Pradesh Adhyaksh, Democratic Front, 1977; Pradesh Adhyaksh and Mahamantri Janata Yuva Morcha, 1980; District President, B.J.P., District Sikar, 1981-1986; Pradesh Mahamantri, B.J.P. Rajasthan, 1987-1989; Pradesh Upadhyaksh, B.J.P., Rajasthan, 1989-2003
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Terms, responsibilities & positions
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- 1980-1985, 1985-1989, 1993-1998, 2003-2008, 2008-2013 and 2013-2018
Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (six terms)
Source ↗ - 1981-1983
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation;
Source ↗ - 1983-1988
Member, Public Accounts Committee
Source ↗ - 1993-1998
Member, Business Advisory and Budgeting Committee;
Source ↗ - 1994-1995
Member, Panel of Chairmen, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Source ↗ - 1994
Member, Drinking Water Problem Solution Committee
Source ↗ - 1994-1997
Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
Source ↗ - 2 July 1998- 30 Nov. 1998
Minister of Energy; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Rajasthan
Source ↗ - 8 Dec. 2003-2007
Minister of Education, Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, Linguistic Minority Affairs and Language and Library, Government of Rajasthan
Source ↗ - 2004
Member, Delimitation Commission, Government of India
Source ↗ - Dec.- 2007-2008
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Law and Justice, Government of Rajasthan
Source ↗ - July 2022
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Source ↗ - Nov. 2022 onwards
Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗ - Dec. 2022 onwards
Member, Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research
Source ↗ - Dec. 2022 - March 2023
Member, Joint Committee on the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Joint Committee on the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022
Source ↗ - May 2023 - June 2024
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Source ↗ - July 2023
Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons, Rajya Sabha (re-nominated in June 2024, July 2024, Nov. 2024, Feb. 2025, March 2025, July 2025 and April 2026)
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Chairman, Committee on Ethics
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 - May 2025
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Source ↗ - Dec. 2024 onwards
Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty–Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
Source ↗ - May 2025 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of AYUSH
Source ↗ - Nov. 2025 onwards
Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India – Maxico Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
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| 2022 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | 55 | 25 |
| 2024 | 21 | 46 |
| 2025 | 37 | 59 |
| 2026 | 25 | 0 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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OBSERVATIONS BY THE CHAIR
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The “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University Bill, 2025-Contd.
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Demand for measures to curb the escalating menace of stray dogs
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Concern over quality of processed food and its impact on health in India
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Demand for celebrating festivals based on Hindu deities at international level
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PRAHAAR
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(clubbed) Renewable energy capacity growth and regulatory reforms
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Clubbed reference: the source names Brij Lal as the member on this main question.
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(clubbed) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
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International cooperation on Digital Public Infrastructure
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(clubbed) PM SHRI Schools scheme
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Clubbed reference: the source names Naresh Bansal as the member on this main question.
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Status of implementation of PMGSY
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BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari appointed ethics committee chairman in upper house
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BJP fields Ghanshyam Tiwari, Congress none from Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha polls
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BJP's Rajya Sabha nominee Ghanshyam Tiwari was a vocal critic of ex-Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje
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Rajasthan Leader Ghanshyam Tiwari Returns To BJP After Two Years
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Ghanshyam Tiwari returns to the BJP
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Ghanshyam Tiwari returns to BJP years after fallout with Vasundhara Raje
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The cited biography records 19 December 1947.
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B.Com., LL.B. Educated at S.K. College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
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Legal practice, Farming.
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1980-1985, 1985-1989, 1993-1998, 2003-2008, 2008-2013 and 2013-2018: Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (six terms). This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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