Hari Singh Rawat (born 26 May 1955) is an Indian Politician and Business Man, former

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

of the 14th

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from

Bhim BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is an Indian mobile payment mobile app, app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payments Interface, Unified Payments Int ...

constituency,

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

. He is a member of

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(BJP), and has been elected consecutively 2003, 2008 and 2013 for three time as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bhim constituency, Rajasthan. He has also served in

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from the year 1976 to 1981. He is the Former Chairman ( State Minister) of State Magra Vikas board, Rajasthan Government.

Early life

Hari Singh Rawat was born on 26 May 1955 at

Rajsamand Rajsamand is a city, located in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, western India. The city is named for Rajsamand Lake, an artificial lake created in the 17th century by Rana Raj Singh of Mewar. It is the administrative headquarters of Rajsam ...

in Rajasthan. He did his schooling at Govt. Secondary School,

Personal life

Hari Singh Rawat married Smt. Vimla Rawat on 8 May 1971 and has 4 children 2 daughters and 2 sons. He is a traveling and adventure sports enthusiast. He has traveled to various countries for business purpose and has been the best athlete in

Udaipur Udaipur () ( ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic cap ...

division from the year 1971 to 1973. He has been awarded for his excellence in import and export business.

Political career

Hari Singh Rawat is a business man. He spent his childhood in Rajasthan and then went to

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and Gujrat for business but coming to his hometown and seeing it as one of the most backward areas of Rajasthan made him think and that’s how he decided to enter the system to serve people in 2002. Till 14th

of his term, Hari Singh Rawat has participated in debates and asked many questions in the Assembly. He has spoken on diverse issues that include matters of

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, Equal opportunity, opportunities, and Social privilege, privileges within a society. In Western Civilization, Western and Culture of Asia, Asian cultures, the concept of social ...

, constituency development,

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

reforms Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ...

etc. Tenure as a Member of Legislative Assembly * Member of 14th Legislative Assembly at BJP Rajasthan (2013 - 2018) * Former Member of 13th Legislative Assembly at BJP Rajasthan (2008–13) * Former Member of 12th Legislative Assembly at BJP Rajasthan (2003–08) * Member, Rules committee/Rules Subcommittee(2014–15) * Member, Rules committee/Rules Subcommittee(2015–16) * Member, Rules committee/Rules Subcommittee(2016–17) * Member, Rules committee/Rules Subcommittee(2017–18) * Member, Rules committee/Rules Subcommittee(2018–19) * Member, Question & Reference committee(2017–18) * Member, Question & Reference committee(2018–19) * Chairman of Pink City Creative society Jaipur (2004–05) * District Vice Chairman Member of Military welfare board, Rajasthan (2003 to 2008) * Chairman (State Minister), State Magra Vikas board, Rajasthan Govt. (Jan, 2016 to nov, 2018) Following are the issues strongly advocated by Mr Hari Singh Rawat: He has raised many questions related to the improvement of education standards and amenities in the Assembly. All his speeches in the constituency always include a mention of prioritizing education. The most notable example being is he has opened a girl’s college in Bhim and now 60% girls are able to attend college. He has raised the issue to introduce

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as stream in his constituency. Kasturba school should be extended from 8th class to 12th class. He has been proactively working towards ensuring that citizens get access to basic civic amenities. He has consistently been raising the matter of drinking water accessibility for his constituency. He is keenly interested in improvement of healthcare and

sanitation Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation syste ...

practices, issues that affect the farming community and the youth.

constituency was dominated by one party.(

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

from 1947 to 2003) Hari Singh Rawat is the first

(BJP) candidate to win from that constituency. After Hari Singh Rawat coming to power every election of Zila Parishad,

Nagar Palika In India, a Municipal Council (also known as Municipality, Nagar Palika, or Nagar Palika Parishad) is an Urban Local Body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously Nagar Palikas co ...

etc. is won by

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rawat, Harisingh Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018 1955 births