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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal taking charge as the Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.jpg
| office = [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term_start = 31 May 2019
| minister = [[Prahlad Joshi]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office1 = [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]
| minister1 = [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| term_start1 = 31 May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Babul Supriyo]]
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| office2 = Union Minister of State, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
| term_start2 = 3 September 2017
| term_end2 = 24 May 2019
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor2 = [[Sanjeev Balyan]]
| successor2 = [[Rattan Lal Kataria]]
| office3 = Union Minister of State, [[Finance Minister]]
| term_start3 = 5 July 2016
| term_end3 = 3 September 2017
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jayant Sinha]]
| successor3 = [[Shiv Pratap Shukla]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency4 = [[Bikaner (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bikaner]]
| parliament4 = Indian
| termstart4 = 31 May 2009
| predecessor4 = [[Dharmendra]]
| occupation = Civil servant
| spouse = Pana Devi
| website = {{url|http://arjunrammeghwal.com}}
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]]
| father = Laghu Ram Meghwal
}}

'''Arjun Ram Meghwal''' (born 20 December 1953) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for [[Parliamentary Affairs]] & Culture in the [[Second Modi ministry]].{{update after|2024}} A member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], Meghwal formerly served as [[Chief Whip]] and Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He was first elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 2009 representing the [[Bikaner (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bikaner constituency]], [[Rajasthan]]. He was awarded the Best Parliamentarian in 2013.

Meghwal doesn't use the car provided by the Government in commuting for work. Instead, he uses his push-bike as a local transport mode. Because of this habit of cycling, Meghwal has caught the attention of people on several occasions be it cycling to the parliament or cycling for the oath-taking ceremony at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]]. However, later he was restricted from using a bicycle due to security concerns.<ref>{{Cite news|last=IANS|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/arjun-meghwal-a-politician-who-loves-to-travel-by-bicycle-profile-119053100026_1.html|title=Arjun Meghwal: A politician who loves to travel by bicycle (Profile)|date=2019-05-31|work=Business Standard|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>

== Personal Details ==
He was born to Lakhu Ram Meghwal and Hira Devi in a small village of Kishmidesar in [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]]. He is an [[Master of Arts]] in Pol. Science, [[LLB]] and [[MBA]] from [[Dungar College]] in [[Bikaner]] and [[University of Philippines]] in [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arjun Ram Meghwal {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/arjun-ram-meghwal|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref><ref>https://mpa.gov.in/about-us/meet-the-ministers-or-secretary/ministers/shri-arjun-ram-meghawal</ref> He was also an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] Officer in Rajasthan Cadre and seen as the face of Schedule caste in [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Arjun Meghwal, Who Started Out As A Telephone Operator, Back in PM's Team|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modis-swearing-in-ceremony-arjun-ram-meghwal-ex-ias-officer-from-rajasthan-to-be-back-in-pms-cabi-2045365|access-date=2020-07-25|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

He is married Pana Devi and is blessed with 2 sons and 2 daughters. He is a good player of [[Badminton]] and is a [[Farmer]] and [[Educationist]] by profession.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4399|access-date=2020-07-25|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref> His cousin Madan Gopal Meghwal is also a politician from [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
After completing graduation in Law in the year 1977 and post-graduation in Arts in the year 1979 as a regular student, In 1982, he qualified the RAS Exams and got elected for the Rajasthan Udhyog Seva. He was appointed as Assistant Director in the Jila Udhyog Kendra and worked as the General Manager of Jila Udhyog Kendra of Jhunjhnu, Dhaulpur, Rajsamvad, Jaipur, Alwar & Shriganganagar districts of Rajasthan.

In the year 1994, he was appointed as the [[Officer on Special Duty]] to Mr. [[Hari Shankar Bhabhra]], then Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. While working as OSD to [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] was also having charge of the General Manager of Jila Udhyog Kendra, Jaipur. In the same year, he was elected as the State President for Rajasthan Udhyog Seva Parisad. Then, he was appointed as Additional Collector (Development) in Barmer. Later on, he won the election of General Secretary for Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Welfare Society, Rajasthan. He was promoted as IAS officer of the 1999 batch in Rajasthan cadre & worked on many administrative posts like Deputy Secretary, Technical Education; Special Secretary, Higher Education; Managing Director, Rajasthan Laghu Udhyog Nigam Limited; Additional Commissioner; Commercial Tax Department; District Collector and District Magistrate, Churu. He took voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in order to join politics.

== Political life ==

In the year 2009, he got elected as the Member of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Arjun Ram Meghwal| url=https://www.nationsroot.in/member/bikaner-mp-arjun-ram-meghwal|publisher=Nationsroot Inc}}</ref> representing the Bhartiya Janata Party from Bikaner Constituency. On 2 June 2009, took oath as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. In the general election 2014, he got re-elected from the Bikaner Constituency for 16th Lok Sabha. During his 2nd term as an MP, he was Chief Whip of Bhartiya Janta Party in Lok Sabha. Speaker of Lok Sabha also nominated him as the Chairman of House Committee, Lok Sabha.

In May 2019, Meghwal became Minister of State for [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet}}
{{Ministry of Finance (India)}}
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{{Cabinet of Narendra Modi}}

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