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Anand Sharma is a prominent Indian politician who served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles in the Government of India. He is currently the Deputy Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Sharma has had a long political career holding several positions both in the Rajya Sabha and in the Union Cabinet. He was born in 1953 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh and received his education from Himachal Pradesh University.

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Anand Sharma is a prominent Indian politician who served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles in the Government of India. He is currently the Deputy Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Sharma has had a long political career holding several positions both in the Rajya Sabha and in the Union Cabinet. He was born in 1953 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh and received his education from Himachal Pradesh University.

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Anand Sharma

Anand Sharma (Hindi: ; born 5 January 1953) is the former Union Cabinet Minister in
charge of Commerce and Industry and Textiles[2] in the
Government of India. Since June 2014, Sharma is the
Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, the upper
house of the Indian Parliament.[3]

198689 Nominated to the Panel of ViceChairmen, Rajya Sabha


198788 Member, Consultative Committee for the
Ministry of Defence (India)
198890 Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Press Council of India

Early life and education.

April 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Anand Sharma is the son of P. A. Sharma and Prabha


Rani Sharma and was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
He was educated at R.P.C.S.D.B. College, Shimla and
Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

Aug. 2004 Jan. 2006 Member, Parliamentary


Standing Committee on Defence; Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs; Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament

Aug. 2004 July 2006 Member, Business Advisory


Committee

Career

Sharma was a prominent leader in the student and youth


movement in India, a founder member of the Congress
Partys students wing the NSUI. He was also a former
President of the Youth Congress. Sharma asserts that
the country needed investment in the manufacturing sector and the cost of credit must be brought down for this
purpose.[4] In February 2012, Sharma led a business delegation of more than 120 people to Pakistan for improving trade ties. During this visit, he discussed the revision
of the existing visa bilateral agreement, signed in 1974,
with his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Muhammad
Ameen Faheem, to facilitate travel by bonade businessmen from both the countries.[5]

Oct. 2004 Jan. 2006 Ministry of External Aairs


(India)
29 Jan. 2006 22 May 2009 Minister of State in
the Ministry of External Aairs
22 May 2009 onwards Minister of Commerce and
Industry
July 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan 12 July 2011 onwards Minister of Textiles
(Additional Charge)

Personal life

5 Awards

Anand Sharma married Dr. Zenobia on 23 February


1987. They have two sons. He is associated with a number of social and sports organizations and also an all India
NGO in disability sector.[6]

Conferred The Order of the Companion of Volta,


top Ghanaian civilian award on 10 November 2008
by President John Ko Agyekum Kufuor for his
commitment to South-South cooperation.[7]

Honoured with the Commander of the National Order of Merit, the highest civilian award of Ivory
Coast on 14 January 2009 by the President.[7]

Positions held
198486 Member, Committee on Petitions, Rajya
Sabha

Special Award for his contribution in strengthening


India-South Africa relations given by South African
President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of 150 Years
of the First Arrival of Indians in South Africa.[7]

198588 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee


on Lok Pal Bill
1

References

[1] Minister of State (Independent Charge)


[2] Minister of Commerce of India Anand Sharma to visit
Finland Embassy of Finland, Washington Consulate
Generals of Finland, New York, Los Angeles : Current
Aairs : Ministry for Foreign Aairs News. Finland.org.
23 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
[3] Anand Sharma named Deputy Leader of Congress in Rajya Sabha. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 9
June 2014.
[4] Cost of credit must be brought down: Anand Sharma.
News Track India. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 18
March 2012.
[5] India, Pak in nal stages of revising visa agreement:
Anand Sharma Economic Times. The Economic Times.
15 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
[6] Detailed Prole Shri Anand Sharma Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Whos Who Government: National Portal of India. India.gov.in. Retrieved 18 March
2012.
[7] Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India. Department of Commerce, Government of India. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

External links
Rajya Sabha Prole
Department of Commerce biography

EXTERNAL LINKS

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