Jayant Sinha

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Jayant Sinha

Sinha in November 2014

Minister of State for Civil Aviation
In office
5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister| Narendra Modi
Preceded by| Mahesh Sharma
Succeeded by| Hardeep Singh Puri (as MoS Independent charge)
Minister of State for Finance
In office
9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister| Narendra Modi
Preceded by| Nirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded by| Arjun Ram Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by| Yashwant Sinha
Succeeded by| Manish Jaiswal
Constituency| Hazaribagh
Personal details
Born|  (1963-04-21) 21 April 1963 (age 61)
Giridih, Bihar, (now in Jharkhand), India
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse| Punita Kumar Sinha[1]
Parent(s)| Yashwant Sinha
Nilima Sinha
Alma mater| IIT Delhi (BTech)
University of Pennsylvania (MS)
Harvard Business School (MBA)

Jayant Sinha (born 21 April 1963) is a former Indian politician who served as a Member of Parliament and formerly held the position of Minister of State for Finance and Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Government of India. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) [2] and a Senior Advisor at the Indian Venture Capital Association. Sinha formerly served as the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance (India) and a member of the Public Accounts Committee for 2019–24. He has also been an investment fund manager and management consultant. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations.[3]

In May 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.[4] In the 2019 general elections, Sinha was re-elected as Member of Parliament from the same constituency with a record majority. [5]

During his time as a two-term Member of Parliament for Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Sinha represented nearly 3 million people in a region heavily reliant on coal mining and facing significant economic and developmental challenges. Throughout his tenure, he focused on various infrastructure improvements, including upgrading transportation systems, enhancing healthcare and educational facilities, and supporting initiatives like the Akshaya Patra food program.[6] These efforts were aimed at addressing local challenges, fostering growth in the community, and contributing to the overall welfare of the region's residents.

Sinha's prior business experience includes twelve years with McKinsey & Company as a partner in the Boston and Delhi offices. At McKinsey, Sinha co-led the global Software and IT Services practice. He was most recently a partner at Omidyar Network. Sinha led ON's overall investment strategy and operations in India. He also spent several years as a managing director at Courage Capital, a global special situations hedge fund.

## Personal life

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He was born in a Chitraguptvanshi Kayastha family in Giridih, Jharkhand, where his father, Yashwant Sinha, was stationed as an IAS officer.[citation needed] In his youth, Jayant lived in Bihar, Delhi and Germany. He was educated at St. Michael's High School, Patna and St. Columba's School, Delhi.[citation needed] In 1980, Jayant passed the JEE while in the 11th grade on his first attempt, and was admitted to Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was awarded the IIT Delhi's Distinguished Alumni Award in October 2015. While at IIT, Sinha met his future wife Punita, and they were married in 1986.[7] They have two sons.[8]

After graduating from IIT Delhi in 1985, Sinha enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed a Master of Science in Energy Management & Policy in 1986. Later, Sinha also attended Harvard Business School, and obtained an MBA with Distinction in 1992.[9][10]

## Political career

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Jayant Sinha has participated in Indian politics and policy-making since the 1990s. When his father became Finance Minister under Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998-2002), Sinha provided policy inputs on several new initiatives such as the mortgage interest tax deduction and the Saral form to file income tax returns with ease and improve tax compliance.[11]

Sinha has been active in Hazaribagh, assisting his father's election campaigns since 1998. He has also worked on a variety of projects in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts such as fostering self-help groups, distributing solar lanterns, improving drinking water quality, and getting village roads built.[citation needed]

During the 2014 election campaign, Sinha worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help frame national economic policy, including organizing and hosting an international business leaders' forum with Mr. Modi in February 2014. Sinha has been an active contributor to the BJP's efforts to develop new campaign management technologies and systems.[12]

In 2014, Sinha contested Lok Sabha elections from the Hazaribagh seat in his home state of Jharkhand.[13] He won the elections with a huge margin of 1,59,128 votes, getting a total of 4,06,931 in his favour.[14][15] After joining parliament, Sinha was a member of four parliamentary committees - Public Accounts Committee, Standing Committee on Finance and Subordinate Committee on Legislation and of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

In 2019, Sinha contested for the second time from Hazaribagh constituency and registered 728,798 votes out of the 1,070,929 votes cast.[16]

In the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP MP Jayant Sinha announced his decision to step back from direct electoral duties to concentrate on combating global climate change.[17] While Sinha remains dedicated to working with the party on economic and governance issues, he expressed deep gratitude for the opportunities he has had over the past decade, serving the people of Bharat and Hazaribagh. Sinha also acknowledged the support he received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the BJP leadership.[18] His decision signifies a shift in focus towards addressing broader global challenges while continuing his involvement with the party.

From 2019 to 2024, Sinha served as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, where he led the 31-member Parliamentary panel that had oversight of the Ministries of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Statistics & Program Implementation, and the NITI Aayog. The panel also had parliamentary responsibility for the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, and the Insurance and Pension regulators.

Sinha introduced India’s first net zero legislation as a private bill in Parliament in 2021. He has also pioneered ground-breaking research on the economic, public health, and national security impact of net zero development for India. This research has been widely recognized and shared through TV shows, articles, and podcasts, where he emphasizes the strategic importance of net zero policies for sustainable growth and India’s long-term prosperity.

## Ministerial career

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### Ministry of Finance

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Sinha was sworn in as Minister of State in the Union Council of Ministers on 9 November 2014. Subsequently, he assumed charge at the Ministry of Finance in the Indian Government, working with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. There, he helped in driving landmark initiatives such as PM Mudra Yojana, Social Security Platform, devising the Indradhanush package for public sector banks, launching the India Aspiration Fund to promote entrepreneurship, and strengthening India's capital markets.[19] He piloted key legislations, namely the Insurance Bill, Bankruptcy Bill, Negotiable Instruments Act and Regional Rural Banks Bill in the Parliament. He also helped in preparing the Union Budgets of 2015-16 and 2016–17, which were widely hailed[by whom?] as two of the most significant and visionary budgets in recent years. Sinha gained wide recognition as an innovative and results-oriented policymaker with singular successes ranging from piloting the legislation that brought in India’s game-changing bankruptcy code to establishing India’s sovereign wealth fund (the National Investment & Infrastructure Fund) and the Higher Education Financing Agency to driving the privatization of Air India as well as multiple airports by devising entirely new bidding approaches.

### Ministry of Civil Aviation

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Sinha, as Minister of State for Civil Aviation, addressing the inaugural session of the 187th Annual General Meeting of Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, October 01, 2018.

After the Ministry of Finance, Sinha moved to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 6 July 2016. His appointment came just after the government unveiled the first-ever National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP). His work in the Ministry of Civil Aviation has been widely appreciated and has led to the complete transformation of India's aviation ecosystem. India is now the world's third largest domestic aviation market and has seen 50 months of unprecedented double digit passenger growth. It is the fastest-growing large aviation market in the world.[citation needed]

The Regional Connectivity Scheme was formulated under Sinha's guidance and is the flagship scheme of the NCAP. On 27 April 2017, PM Narendra Modi launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme from the Jubbarhatti airport in Shimla.[20] At the launch of the scheme, Mr Sinha said the citizens would reap the benefit of development of remote areas, enhance trade and commerce and more tourism expansion.[21] UDAN has already added more than 35 airports to the existing 70 operational airports thus dramatically expanding the Indian aviation network and bringing air travel to Tier 2 and 3 cities such as Bikaner, Adhampur, and Kanpur. UDAN operates at three levels to ensure route profitability: reducing operating costs as much as possible, providing a market discovered subsidy for half the seats and guaranteeing a three-year exclusivity on routes. The second bidding round (UDAN 2) prioritized helicopters leading to bids for more than 50 heliports in hilly areas and islands. The focus in UDAN 3 is on tourism destinations such as Kajuraho and on international routes for cities such as Guwahati.

The air traveller experience has been transformed during Sinha's tenure. He worked with security and customs agencies to reduce the use of unnecessary forms, eliminate baggage stamping, and enable e-boarding. Sinha developed the innovative AirSewa grievance redressal and flight information mobile app. With this app, air passengers can register their complaints about any member of the aviation ecosystem including airlines, airports, security, immigration, or customs. Passengers get an acknowledgement of their complaint and the government monitors satisfactory closure of their complaint.[22] He has been a strong propagator of using technology to connect to the people directly and AirSewa concept originated from his handling of passenger grievances on various social media channels. Under his leadership, a Passenger Charter has been released to strengthen and formalize passenger rights.[23] A first of its kind safety-oriented National No-Fly list has been formulated to prevent unruly behaviour during flights bringing down such incidents sharply.

Sinha led the preparation of the NABH (Next Gen Airports for BHarat) Nirmaan program which was announced in Budget FY 18-19 and aims to strengthen airport infrastructure for a billion passenger trips. This would represent a five-fold capacity increase from the approximately 200 million trips in FY 17–18. He has been instrumental in introducing a revised public-private-partnership model for airport privatization and six airports have been offered for PPP. As part of the NABH Nirmaan program, over $15 billion of airport investments are currently underway in India. To ensure that Indian airports reflect local art and culture, Sinha worked with the Airports Authority of India to constitute a Design Council comprising India's top architects and artists. The Design Council provides a Design Brief incorporating a strong ‘sense of place’ for the design of airport terminals. This has resulted in much-praised terminal designs in Lucknow, Agartala, Leh, Chennai, Patna, and so on.

Sinha also played a crucial role in conceptualising the framework for the strategic privatization of Air India including the creation of an innovative SPV structure to manage Air India's non-core assets. Sinha has also worked with the Air India Board to formulate the MaharajahDirect strategy for Air India to become a competitive global airline.

Sinha led the formulation of the DigiYatra technology standards which utilizes facial recognition to verify passenger identities at airports. DigiYatra was implemented in Bengaluru airport in January 2019 and several AAI airports in March 2019. Sinha chairs the Drone Task Force and led the efforts to introduce India's world-leading drone regulations, which are based on his DigitalSky framework. The next set of drone regulations are intended to expand drone usage to cross the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), payload, and automation thresholds. The DigitalSky framework went live on 1 December 2018. The goal of the Drone Task Force is to ensure that India becomes a world leader in the design, manufacture, and safe usage of drones.

In October 2016 Jayant Sinha signed an MoU between the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for training of people in the various trades associated with the civil aviation sector to meet the potential of 60 lakh jobs in the next ten years. Later on 28 February 2017, MoS for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha inaugurated India's first ever integrated heliport in Rohini, New Delhi along with the then Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju.[24][25]

In September 2018 Jayant Sinha announced the digital sky policy that will enable the government of India to digitise the entire sky and control the drone ecosystem. This policy under the tenure of Jayant Sinha was in two phases. In the first phase, the platform will register pilots, devices and services providers. The second phase will include automation, bi-modal control and setting up of dedicated air corridors. Jayant Sinha Minister of State for Civil Aviation added that once we digitise the sky, we will be able to give people rights to use certain slices of it for some period of time. Industry experts believed that the policy has broken new ground with digital sky platform and NPNT (no permission, no take-off).[26][27]

## Development of Hazaribagh

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On 23 February 2017 MP from Hazaribagh Jayant Sinha laid the foundation stone for three medical colleges in Dumka, Palamau and Hazaribagh along with the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Mr. Raghubar Das.[28][29]

## Professional career

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After his graduation from Harvard Business School, Sinha joined McKinsey & Company in Boston, and was elected Partner in 1999. At McKinsey, Sinha co‐led the Global Software & IT Services Practice.[30] Sinha returned to India in 2002 with McKinsey, before leaving to join Courage Capital, a global special- situations hedge fund, to lead their India tech and investing efforts. At Courage Capital, he led Global Technology and India-related investing for a billion-dollar global special situations hedge fund.

After Courage Capital, Sinha joined Omidyar Network, founded by Pam and Pierre Omidyar. Till December 2013, he was a partner at ON and the managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors. He also served on Omidyar Network's five - member global executive committee. During his time there, Omidyar's India portfolio grew to over 35 companies and organizations totaling investments worth over $100 million.[31] At Omidyar, Sinha made venture capital investments in a variety of companies of which three went on to become unicorns: DailyHunt, Quikr, and Tata1mg. Several others were semi-unicorns including d.light, Aspiring Minds, Neogrowth, Vistaar Finance, and HealthKart. He also helped in funding the Indian Impact Investing Council.[32]

Sinha has served on the boards of several companies and organizations, including Daily Hunt, d.light, iMerit and Janaagraha. He was invited to serve on the International Advisory Board of the International Finance Corporation, Washington DC.[33]

## In the media

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Sinha was recognized as the Best Lok Sabha MP of the Year 2021[34] while the Standing Committee on Finance was awarded the Best Parliamentary Committee in 2022, 2023, and 2024.[35] Based on his five year record, he was awarded as a top Parliamentarian by the President of India.

Sinha has been quoted widely in the global media for his views on business and economic policy, including in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg, and CNBC. His essays and op-eds have been published in several major publications, including the Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times.[36]

Articles written by Jayant Sinha, such as the Paradox of Fast Growth Tigers in the McKinsey Quarterly 'Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets' [37] in the Harvard Business Review and 'It is time for India to rein in its robber barons' [38] in the Financial Times have widely been quoted in scholarly works and are used as reference material in business schools.

## Social media

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In 2018, Jayant Sinha found himself at the center of a controversy when he was allegedly seen garlanding individuals convicted by a Fast-Track Court in connection with a lynching case. The case, which had drawn significant public attention, involved the tragic death of a Muslim man. Sinha's actions were interpreted by some as supportive of the convicts, leading to public criticism, including from his father, Yashwant Sinha.[39]

However, Sinha clarified his position through multiple statements and a series of tweets,[40] emphasizing that his actions were misunderstood. He strongly condemned all forms of violence and vigilantism, reaffirming his belief in the rule of law. Sinha highlighted that his intention was never to condone any unlawful behavior but to ensure that justice was served fairly. He expressed deep regret if his actions were misinterpreted as support for vigilantism.[41]

Sinha's involvement in the case began in April 2018, after the Fast-Track Court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment. Concerned about the legal process, Sinha and local BJP leaders facilitated legal assistance for the convicts, who were later granted bail by the Hon'ble Ranchi High Court. The High Court, in its order, noted a lack of specific evidence against the accused and thus released them on bail.[42][43]

Through media interviews and public statements, Sinha emphasized that his efforts were aimed at ensuring justice for all, seeking to prevent wrongful punishment of the innocent while also holding the guilty accountable. He maintained that his actions were guided by a commitment to justice and the rule of law, advocating for a fair and transparent legal process.[44]

## References

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1. ^ "Being Mrs Sinha". 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
2. ^ "Jayant Sinha - ORF Profile". Observer Research Foundation. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. ^ "I.I.M.U.N. || Board of Advisors". new.iimun.in. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
4. ^ "Election commission of India". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
5. ^ "Hazaribagh Lok Sabha election results 2019 Jharkhand: BJP's Jayant Sinha wins by 4,78,209 votes". 23 May 2019.
6. ^ "Jayant Sinha's Support for Akshaya Patra". Akshaya Patra Foundation. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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10. ^ Layak, Suman (10 July 2016), "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times
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12. ^ Phadnis, Aditi (21 February 2014). "Modi to woo financial elite next week | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. Business-standard.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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15. ^ "Jayant's ek-ka-teen formula scores big". Telegraphindia.com. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
16. ^ "Hazaribagh Lok Sabha election results 2019 Jharkhand: BJP's Jayant Sinha wins by 4,78,209 votes". 23 May 2019.
17. ^ "Unjustly targeted by BJP: Jayant Sinha on party's show-cause notice". Hindustan Times. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
18. ^ "After Gambhir, BJP MP Jayant Sinha makes exit from LS polls". The Times of India. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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21. ^ "Jayant Sinha takes charge of civil aviation ministry". Business Standard India. BusinessStandard.Com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
22. ^ "Lost baggage? 'Air Sewa' app at your service". IndianExpress.com. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
23. ^ "New passenger charter: No charges on cancellation of ticket within a day of booking". IndianExpress.com. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
24. ^ "Jayant Sinha urges start-ups to explore scope of developing drone-rickshaws". The Economic Times.
25. ^ "Delhi: India's first heliport inaugurated in Rohini". indianexpress.com. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
26. ^ Sinha, Jayant (1 September 2018). "Drones, the next business frontier". Business Standard India. business-standard.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
27. ^ "Drone Takeoff". www.businesstoday.in. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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31. ^ "Omidyar Network India Chief Jayant Sinha Quits Firm – StartupCentral". MediaNama. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
32. ^ "Jayant Sinha – Keynote Speaker". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
33. ^ "Jayant Sinha – Keynote Speaker". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
34. ^ "Jayant Sinha has participated in Indian politics and policy-making as Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Minister of State for Finance and as a Member of Parliament. He has piloted key legislations and introduced several private member's bills in Parliament. He now chairs an important Parliamentary Committee on Finance which is the foremost parliamentary authority addressing several areas of great importance and growth impetus for India such as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, NPAs of Financial Institutions, Policy on New Licenses in the Banking Sector, Transformation towards a Digital Economy, and Financing the Start-up Ecosystem. It was him, who during Atal Bihari Vajpayee government (1998-2002) took initiatives such as the mortgage interest rate deduction and introduction of Saral form to file income tax returns with ease".
35. ^ "Four Lok Sabha MPS and three Parliamentary Standing Committees nominated for the 'Sansad Maha Ratna Awards' based on their consistency of performance in the 17th Lok Sabha".
36. ^ "Who can unite the nation?". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
37. ^ Khanna, Tarun (June 2005). "Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets". Harvard Business Review.
38. ^ "It is time for India to rein in its robber barons". Financial Times. 6 January 2011.
39. ^ "Union minister Jayant Sinha garlands 8 lynching convicts, faces opposition flak". The Times of India. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
40. ^ @jayantsinha (7 July 2018). "I unequivocally condemn all acts of violence and vigilantism. The rule of law is supreme, and justice must be ensured for all" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 October 2024 - via Twitter.
41. ^ "It's a matter of justice, not lynching: Jayant Sinha". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2018.
42. ^ "Alimuddin Lynching Case: Jharkhand HC Suspends Life Sentence of BJP Leader Nityananda Mahto and 7 Others". LiveLaw. July 2018.
43. ^ "Nityanand Mahto vs The State of Jharkhand on 29 June, 2018". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
44. ^ "It's a matter of justice, not lynching: Jayant Sinha". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2018.

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Finance|

* Ratan P. Watal
* Ashok Lavasa
* Hasmukh Adhia
* Ajay Narayan Jha
* Rajiv Kumar (incumbent)

Finance Ministers|

* R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
* John Mathai
* C. D. Deshmukh
* T. T. Krishnamachari
* Jawaharlal Nehru
* Morarji Desai
* Sachindra Chaudhuri
* Indira Gandhi
* Yashwantrao Chavan
* Chidambaram Subramaniam
* Hirubhai M. Patel
* Charan Singh
* Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
* R. Venkataraman
* Pranab Mukherjee
* Vishwanath Pratap Singh
* Rajiv Gandhi
* N. D. Tiwari
* Shankarrao Chavan
* Madhu Dandavate
* Yashwant Sinha
* Manmohan Singh
* Jaswant Singh
* P. Chidambaram
* I. K. Gujral
* Arun Jaitley
* Piyush Goyal
* Nirmala Sitharaman (incumbent)

Ministers of State
for Finance|

* Nirmala Sitharaman
* Jayant Sinha
* Arjun Ram Meghwal
* Pon Radhakrishnan
* Anurag Thakur
* Bhagwat Karad (incumbent)
* Pankaj Chaudhary (incumbent)

Chief Economic
Advisor|

* JJ Anjaria
* IG Patel
* IG Patel
* VK Ramaswamy
* Ashok Mitra
* Manmohan Singh
* RM Honavar
* Bimal Jalan
* Nitin Desai
* Deepak Nayyar
* Shankar Acharya
* Rakesh Mohan
* Ashok K Lahiri
* Arvind Virmani
* Kaushik Basu
* Raghuram Rajan
* Arvind Subramanian
* Krishnamurthy Subramanian
* V. Anantha Nageswaran (incumbent)

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GE 2014|

* Sunil Kumar Singh
* Pashupati Nath Singh
* Shibu Soren
* Ravindra Kumar Pandey
* Nishikant Dubey
* Jayant Sinha
* Bidyut Baran Mahato

* Kariya Munda
* Ravindra Kumar Ray
* Sudarshan Bhagat
* Vishnu Dayal Ram
* Vijay Kumar Hansdak
* Ram Tahal Choudhary
* Laxman Giluwa

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1. Annapurna Devi Yadav
2. Arjun Munda
3. Bidyut Baran Mahato
4. Chandra Prakash Choudhary
5. Geeta Koda
6. Jayant Sinha
7. Nishikant Dubey
8. Pashupati Nath Singh
9. Sanjay Seth
10. Sudarshan Bhagat
11. Sunil Kumar Singh
12. Sunil Soren
13. Vijay Kumar Hansdak
14. Vishnu Dayal Ram

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