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Job creation in organised sector
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LIFE & PUBLIC RECORD · Rajya Sabha MP
Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh.
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- 19488 August 1948
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 1998July 1998
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 20012001- 2002
public service Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and Matters Relating thereto
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Read the source ↗ - 2004May 2004 - May 2009
public service Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2009May 2009 - May 2014
public service Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2009May 2009 - Oct. 2012
public service Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development
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Read the source ↗ - 2011Jan. 2011 - May 2014
public service Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology
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Read the source ↗ - 2013May 2013 - May 2014
public service Union Cabinet Minister, Law and Justice (Additional Charge)
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Read the source ↗ - 2016July 2016
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2016Sept. 2016 - May 2019
public service Member, Committee on Commerce
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Sept. 2019 - July 2022 and Sept. 2022 - June 2024
public service Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Oct. 2019 - July 2022
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
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Read the source ↗ - 2022July 2022
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025
public service Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Sept. 2025 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India - Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-10-17
public work Latest dated reference in this collection
Publisher reference: Regime Change Row: Opposition Rebuts BJP Charges as Kapil Sibal Slams Rajnath Singh - India Today This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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public service Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Kapil Sibal’s date of birth as 8 August 1948. The birthplace is recorded as Jalandhar (Punjab).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: M.A. (History) from St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A.. The professional background is listed as Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is July 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha. A later recorded entry is Feb. 2026 onwards: Member, India - Switzerland 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.
The person behind the office
- Education details in PRS
- M.A. (History), LL. M.; Educated at St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi, Delhi and Harward Law School, USA Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- M.A. (History) from St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A. Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Books & publications
- (i) I-witness (anthology of poems), 2008 and (ii) My World Within (anthology of poems), 2012 Source ↗
- Social & cultural work as reported
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Led, Indian Delegation to the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January 1991; investigated cases of arbitrary detentions throughout the world; analysed detention and detention laws in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenant for Civil and Political Rights and advised the Government to release individuals from detention if such detention was not in accordance with the above mentioned international instruments; involved in the protection of our national heritage and in particular, archaeological sites which have immense historical and cultural significance; Member, (i) Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions set up by the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, (ii) Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, 2002-2011 and (iii) Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s India AIDS Initiative, 2003; contributed articles on important issues such as security, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, etc. in national dailies and periodicals; scripted lyrics for Hindi film industry
Source ↗- Hobbies & recreation
- Member, (i) Air Force Sports Complex, (ii) Delhi Flying Club Limited, (iii) Belvedere Club, Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi, (iv) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and (v) India International Centre, New Delhi Source ↗
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Was offered appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), but declined the offer; joined the Bar in 1972 and was designated SeniorAdvocate in 1983; Additional Solicitor General of India, Dec. 1989-Dec. 1990; President, Supreme Court Bar Association, 1995, 1997 and 2001; addressed Parliament in the historic impeachment proceedings against Justice V. Ramaswamy, the then sitting judge of the Supreme Court in 1994; counsel in large number of cases where the Supreme Court rendered landmark decisions; represented minorities and minority educational institutions for the last more than two decades; amicus for the Supreme Court in several matters of constitutional importance; Spokesperson, Congress Party, 1998-2004; Elected Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party, 2000-2002; was Member, (i) Board of Management of I.G.N.O.U., (ii) Governing Body, St. Stephen's College, 1993, (iii) Press Council of India, 2001-2004, (iv) Executive Council, I.C.P.S., 2001-2004, (v) various parliamentary committees, 2001-2004 and (vi) several Group of Ministers under UPA government; led, (i) Indian delegation to Annapolis Conference, U.S.A. held to gather international support for establishment of a Palestinian State and the realization of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Nov. 2007 and (ii) Indian delegation to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (U.N.F.C.C.C.), Bali (Indonesia), Dec. 2007; Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal to advocate against Pakistan involvement in cross-border terrorism, 2002; Convenor, International Policy Makers Conference of HIV/AIDS, New Delhi, 2002; participated in the international workshop on “Peaceful Nuclear Use and the Future of Non-Proliferation: Coping with the Diversion of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Terrorism” organized by Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Tokyo (Japan), 2002; was the first ever Member of Parliament to have visited the icy continent of Antarctica, Feb. 2005 and stayed at the Maitri base in sub-zero temperature, for getting a first hand experience about the hardships being faced by the Indian scientists; responsible for setting up an Indian research station at the Arctic,July 2008; represented India in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland), Jan. 2005; was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the year 2004-05, by the Indian Science Congress Association during the 92nd Indian Science Congress, held at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jan. 2005; was offered honorary degrees of Doctor of Literature at the 55th annual convocation of Punjab University, Feb. 2006; conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution and excellence in the legal field by the Legal Era Magazine in 2016
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Terms, responsibilities & positions
Positions held & committee service
- July 1998
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - 2001- 2002
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and Matters Relating thereto
Source ↗ - May 2004 - May 2009
Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
Source ↗ - May 2009 - May 2014
Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (second term)
Source ↗ - May 2009 - Oct. 2012
Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development
Source ↗ - Jan. 2011 - May 2014
Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗ - May 2013 - May 2014
Union Cabinet Minister, Law and Justice (Additional Charge)
Source ↗ - July 2016
Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2016 - May 2019
Member, Committee on Commerce
Source ↗ - Sept. 2019 - July 2022 and Sept. 2022 - June 2024
Member, Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - Oct. 2019 - July 2022
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
Source ↗ - July 2022
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
Source ↗ - Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Source ↗ - Sept. 2025 onwards
Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India - Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
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| 1998 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999 | 90 | 0 |
| 2000 | 180 | 0 |
| 2001 | 122 | 0 |
| 2002 | 192 | 0 |
| 2003 | 161 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 49 | 0 |
| 2017 | 101 | 0 |
| 2018 | 107 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| 2026 | 16 | 0 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS- Contd. I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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$ THE UNION BUDGET 2025-26
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DISCUSSION ON THE "GLORIOUS JOURNEY OF 75 YEARS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA" -Contd.
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The Union Budget 2024-25 and The Budget of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir 2024-25 - Contd.
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The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023 - Contd.
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DISCUSSION ON "INDIA"S GLORIOUS SPACE JOURNEY MARKED BY SUCCESSFUL SOFT LANDING OF CHANDRAYAAN-3"
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Impact of heavy rainfall on National Highways
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School dropout rates and effectiveness of retention measures under NEP 2020
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Teacher vacancies and recruitment delays in Government schools
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Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
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Maintenance of National Highways and construction quality issues
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National Education Policy, 2020 and learning outcomes
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Regime Change Row: Opposition Rebuts BJP Charges as Kapil Sibal Slams Rajnath Singh - India Today
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal seeks Gyanesh Kumar's removal over poll roll decisions
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'Ram ko loota, desh ko loota': Kapil Sibal attacks BJP over alleged Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case
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BJP 'atmanirbhar' in polls only when EC is supporting it: Kapil Sibal
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Governor delays no longer unchecked: Kapil Sibal, DMK MP welcome verdict
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Kiren Rijiju says Kapil Sibal can't push personal agenda in Parliament
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What education is recorded for Kapil Sibal?
M.A. (History) from St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A..
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Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
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July 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Kapil Sibal is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh.
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