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Praful Patel is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra.
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Read the source ↗Publisher reference: Maha MLC polls: Praful Patel calls for introspection within NCP This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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The cited biography records Praful Patel’s date of birth as 17 February 1957. The birthplace is recorded as Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal.
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Com. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The professional background is listed as Industrialist, Political and Social Worker.
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1985 - 1991: President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra. A later recorded entry is Sept. 2026 onwards: Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. 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.
President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra
Source ↗Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Source ↗Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
Source ↗Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Source ↗Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (third term)
Source ↗Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term) (ceased to be Member w.e.f. 16 May 2009 consequent on his election to the 15th Lok Sabha)
Source ↗Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)
Source ↗Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Source ↗Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Industry
Source ↗Member, House Committee
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Source ↗Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014
Source ↗Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
Source ↗Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015
Source ↗Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Source ↗Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Defence
Source ↗Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third Amendment ) Bill, 2017
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017
Source ↗Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Source ↗Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term) (resigned w.e.f. 27 February 2024)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Source ↗Elected to Rajya Sabha (sixth term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Source ↗Member, Committee on Defence
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗President, India - Brazil Parliamentary Friendship Group
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 |
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Rajya Sabha member-name archive; may include earlier terms
Rajya Sabha member-name archive; may include earlier terms
Rajya Sabha member-name archive; may include earlier terms
Rajya Sabha member-name archive; may include earlier terms
Rajya Sabha member-name archive; may include earlier terms
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Read the supporting source ↗B.Com. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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