Legislation (September 2010) Member of Central Consumer Protection Council, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (September 2010) Member of Philatelic Advisory Committee of the Department of Posts, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (November 2010) Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) Aug. 2012 to July 2016 Participated in India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme (Washington D.C., USA, 2008) Delegation visit to Morocco & Tunisia with vice-president of India Dr. Hamid Ansari in 2016 Committee on Petitions (Date of Re-constitution: 24 September 2009) Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Date of Re-constitution: 29 September 2010) Committee on Finance(Ministries/Departments : Finance; Corporate Affairs; Planning; Statistics and Programme Implementation) (Date of Constitution: 31 August 2010) Attended Security Council Meeting-1992 along with Prime Minister of India: U.N.O. Headquarters, New York Member Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Government of India, Dehradun (Uttaranchal) Member, Environmental Appraisal Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi Member, National AIDS Committee, Ministry of Health, Government of India, New Delhi Member, Indo-Pak Parliamentary Forum 2001–Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture 2002 onwards Vice-president / Member India-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group Aug. 2004 onwards Member, Parliamentary Committee to review the rate of Dividend payable by the Indian Railways to the General Revenues 2005 onwards Member, Indo-Japan Parliamentary Forum Feb. 2005 onwards Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Company Affairs May 2005 onwards Member, Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 Oct. 2006- May 2009 and July 2010 onwards Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Northern Railways Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Culture Konkan Railways Users Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways, 2005 Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Central Railways Aug. 2012 - May 2014 Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Rajya Sabha Secretariat June 2015 to July 2016 Member, Advisory group, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Member, of the Standing Committee on Information Aug. 1998-Feb. 2004 Member, of the Standing Committee on Technology Aug. 2004 - Dec. 2006 Member, Indo-China Society 2003 to 2010 Member, Indo- US Parliamentary Forum 2004 to 2010 Member, Standing Committee on Finance Aug. 1998-Feb. 2004 and Aug. 2004 - Dec. Member, Bureau of Indian Standards Dec. 2006- May 2009 and Aug. 2009 -