T. Ratna Bai

T. Ratna Bai
Member of the Parliament
In office
15 April 2008 – 14 April 2014
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1972–1978
Preceded byChodi Mallikharjuna
Succeeded byGorla Prakasa Rao
ConstituencyRampachodavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
GCC Chairperson
In office
2005–2007
Personal details
Born
Ratna Bai Tadapatla

(1946-12-31) 31 December 1946
Rampachodavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSatyanarayana Peddireddy
ChildrenAmar Mitra
Arun Mitra
Residence(s)36, Meena Bagh,
New Delhi, India (official)

5-42, Main Rd,
Rampachodavaram,
Andhra Pradesh, India (private)
ProfessionPolitician, Social Service
WebsiteOfficial website
Source: Government of India

About

Tadapatla Ratna Bai, a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the Council of States, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. She has been an active member since her election into the house rising concerns ranging from dowry deaths to Science and Technology.[1]

While she served as the Chairperson of the Girijan Co-Operative Corporation[2] from 2005 to 2007, she was instrumental in reviving[3] the almost obsolete corporation to an operative status.[4] She succeeded in persuading the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to permit GCC to be exempted from VAT, benefiting 4.5 million Girijan families.[5] She is also Founder President of Rajiv Gandhi Sankshema Sangam, Rampachodavaram, a non-profit organization aimed at tribal welfare.

She served as a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Yellavaram constituency from 1972 to 1978.

Offices held
  • April 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • August 2008 – May 2009 Member, Committee on Rural Development
  • August 2008 – May 2009 and September 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  • August 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution March
  • 2010 onwards Member, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)
  • 1972–78 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Notes
  1. "Questions put by Hon' Member of Parliament, Smt. T Ratna Bai". Government of India. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Board members of the Girijan Co-Operative Corporation". GCC, Visakhapatnam. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  3. "GCC achieves Rs 112-crore sales turnover". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 January 2005.
  4. "About Girijan Corporation". Ministry of Tibal Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, India. Archived from the original on 28 January 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2005.
  5. "GCC hails VAT exemption". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008.
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