Muni Lall

Muni Lall (6 August 1938 – 23 December 2019) was an Indian politician, minister and civil servant.

Muni Lall मुनि लाल
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–2004
Preceded by	Chhedi Paswan
Succeeded by	Meira Kumar
Constituency	Sasaram, Bihar
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 13 October 1999 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister	Satyanarayan Jatiya
MoS for	Ministry of Labour and Employment
Personal details
Born	(1938-08-06)6 August 1938 Bhojpur, Bihar Province, British India
Died	23 December 2019(2019-12-23) (aged 81) Patna, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Ambedkar Path, Rukanpura, Patna
Occupation	Indian Administrative Services

Early life

He was born on 6 August 1938 to Ram Ashray Prasad at Bhojpur, Bihar Province, British India. He completed a B.A (Eco.) and an M.A (Pol. Sci) from Patna University. Later he was admitted to study for a PhD at the London School of Economics with a research topic on the "Development of Tribals through Co-operativization." But he did not submit a thesis for approval due to personal problems.^[1]

Civil service

He got selected into civil services in and held the post of SDO, Land Reforms and SDM of Chas in Bihar government for 5 years.^[2]

Later he got promoted to ADM, Supply & Rationing, M.D of Bihar State Tribal Development Corporation, Bihar State Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corp. and BIADA (Bokaro). He was also DC and DM of Bokaro district. He was then promoted to Additional Secretary, Special Secretary and Secretary in Dept. of Planning & Development in Bihar Government.^[3]

Political career

He took voluntary retirement in 1996 to join politics and held position as National President in BJP of Scheduled Caste Morcha.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, he became Member of Parliament into Lok Sabha representing Sasaram constituency. In 1998, he was re-elected from same seat and again in 1999 Lok Sabha elections. In 1999, he was appointed as Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment.^[4][5] He also served as -

• Member of Standing Committee on Energy^{[citation needed]}
• Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal^{[citation needed]}
• Member of Standing Committee on Industry^{[citation needed]}
• Member of Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes^{[citation needed]}

Seminars attended

He attended 88th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization, 89th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization, 90th Session of the ILC of International Labour Organization and 37th Session of the Indian Labour Conference.^[6]

He died at Paras Hospital in Patna district, Bihar.^[7]

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