Vimla Verma

Vimla Verma was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 1 July 1929. She held an M.A and was educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad. == Notable achievements in Indian politics ==

• Verma was imprisoned for demonstrating against ill treatment meted out to Smt. Indira Gandhi during Janata regime, 1977–79 • Appointed Observer for Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan and assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu by A.I.C.C. • Appointed Observer for assessing political situation in five constituencies of Lok Sabha by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi • Verma was conferred the Vidhan Kirti award by the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for being the most distinguished legislator and for significant contribution to the legislative business of the House. • Verma was Chairman, Project implementing Committee, Central Social Welfare Board; General-Secretary, Bharat Yuvak Samaj, Madhya Pradesh; Vice-President, Bharatiya Gramin Mahila Sangh; and Member, Madhya Pradesh Sewa Dal Board; == Positions held ==

• 1963-67 - District Convenor, Mahila Wing, Congress, Madhya Pradesh; President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh • 1963 onwards - Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) • 1967-90 - Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly • 1967-68 - Member, Public Accounts Committee • 1967-69 - General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh • 1969-72 - Minister of State, Irrigation and Power, Madhya Pradesh • 1972-75 - Minister of State for Health, Madhya Pradesh • 1977-80 - General-Secretary, P.C.C., Madhya Pradesh (2nd term) • 1979-80 - Member, Committee on Public Undertakings • 1980-85 - Cabinet Minister, Public Work Department, Irrigation, Rural Development and Transport, Madhya Pradesh • 1982-90 - Member, Business Advisory Committee • 1987-88 - Member, General Purposes Committee • 1987-89 - Member, Women and Children Welfare Committee • 1988-89 - Cabinet Minister, Labour and Human Resource Development, Madhya Pradesh • 1989-90 - Cabinet Minister, Food and Civil Supplies and Co-operation, Irrigation, Narmada Development and Public Health Engineering • 1991 - Elected to 10th Lok Sabha • 1991-95 - Chairperson, Committee on Communications; Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes • 1995-96 - Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Women and Child Development) • 1998 - Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) • 1998-99 - Chairperson, Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House; Member, Committee on Agriculture; Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests ==References==