Jyoti Mirdha (born 26 July 1972) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

(2009-2014) from the

Nagaur (Lok Sabha constituency) Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in India. Assembly segments Presently, Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These ...

as a Congress party candidate.

Family and early life

Jyoti Mirdha Gehlaut is the daughter of Ram Prakash Mirdha and Veena Mirdha and also the granddaughter of

Nathuram Mirdha Nathuram Mirdha (20 October 1921 – 30 August 1996) was a parliamentarian, freedom fighter, social reformer and popular farmer leader of Marwar region in Rajasthan, India. He was born in Kuchera, Nagaur district, Rajasthan on 20 October 192 ...

, a prominent politician.

Political career

Jyoti Mirdha represented the Nagaur parliamentary constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). She won the seat by a margin of 1.55-lakh votes in 2009. She has had a meaningful impact on several issues as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, and has debated on issues concerning generic drugs, bringing more drugs under the price control regime, low expenditure on research and development by pharmaceutical companies, organ donation legislation, and the

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. Mirdha has urged for stricter controls over the retail prices of pharmaceuticals, saying "Ideally, all 900 or so molecules being marketed should be brought under price control, as partial control will not be effective since manufacturers freely migrate from price-controlled drugs to those outside price control." In 2010, Mirdha also expressed concern that doctors were being bribed by pharmaceutical companies with gifts and travel. She sent evidence to Prime Minister

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claiming that up to 11 doctors and 30 of their family members were being reimbursed by pharmaceutical companies for summer travel to countries like England and Scotland. In her letter, she cited a loophole in a law intended to prevent doctors from accepting favours from pharmaceutical companies, which did not prevent the companies from offering these gifts.

Positions held in parliament

*2009 Elected to

*31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare till 31 August 2012 *23 September 2009 Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women till 31 August 2012 *31 August 2012 Member, Committee on Agriculture till 30 April 2014 *Ex Member, Institute Body, AIIMS, New Delhi

References

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