Member, Congress Working Committee

31 May 2009 : Union Cabinet Minister, Power

2009 : Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

18 Jan. 2003 : onwards. Chief Minister, Maharashtra

2000 - Jan. 2003 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology

Feb. 1999 onwards : General-Secretary, A.I.C.C

1998-99 : Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1998 : Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1996-97 : President, P.C.C., Maharashtra

1996-97 : President, P.C.C., Maharashtra

1992-98 : Member, Rajya Sabha

Member, Committee of Privileges

Member, Committee on Rules

Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

1992-96 : General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]

1990-91 : President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Maharashtra

1974-92 : Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (five terms)

Cabinet Minister, held important portfoliosFinance, Planning, Industry, Urban Development, Youth and Social Welfare, Sports, Transport, Health and Labour

Convenor, Congress Forum for Socialist Action

-> Convenor, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
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Countries Visited Widely travelled (over 20 countries); Member, (i) Indian Delegation led by the then Prime Minister of India to the UNO, New York, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary; (ii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the then President of India to Romania and Bulgaria; (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the then Speaker, Lok Sabha, to Israel; (iv) Indian Delegation to the Conference of International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 1979; and (v) Indian Delegation to UNO, New York, 1997; Attended and addressed (i) the Indo-American Unity Convention, California, 1992; and (ii) the Annual Conference of the Labour Party of England, Brighton, 1993

Other Information Recipient of National Citizens Award 1993 and 1994 for his Contribution in the field of Parliamentary Procedure and putting up maximum number of Questions; As Finance Minister of Maharashtra, presented nine successive budgets; worked at Session Court of Solapur, 1957-65; and Served as Sub-Inspector of Police C.I.D. (Intelligence), Mumbai for Six years; though belongs to Reserved Category, Contested and won from General seat during 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Elections with a margin of over one lakh four thousand and seventy seven thousand votes, respectively

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