Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Ram Chandra Prasad Singh is an Indian politician and former national president of Janata Dal (United). He is also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar since 2010. He was a UP cadre IAS officer before joining politics.[3] He was also principal secretary of Nitish Kumar.[2][4]He became Minister of Steel in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.[5]

Ramchandra Prasad Singh
Minister of Steel
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDharmendra Pradhan
National President of Janata Dal (United)
In office
27 Dec 2020 – 31 July 2021
Preceded byNitish Kumar
Succeeded byLalan Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
8 July 2010
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958[1]
Mustaffapur, Nalanda, Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Other political
affiliations		National Democratic Alliance
Spouse(s)
Girija Singh
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(m. 1982)​
Children2 (including Lipi Singh)
Websitehttps://rcpsingh.org/
Nickname(s)RCP Singh[2]

Personal life

Singh was born in Mustaffapur in Nalanda district, Bihar to Sukhdeo Narayan Singh and Dukhalalo Devi. He went to High School in, Hussainpur, Nalanda. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in History from Patna College and did Masters in International relations From School of International studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He married Girija Singh on 21 May 1982, with whom he has two daughters.[1] His daughter, Lipi Singh, is a 2016-batch IPS officer and second daughter Lata is a Lawyer.[6]

Education
  • Did schooling in the village.
  • Passed High School from Choudhary High School Nalanda.
  • Did Intermediate Science from Science College Patna, Patna University.
  • Did BA(Hons) in History from Patna College, Patna University.
  • Did MA in International Relations from JNU, Delhi.

Career
  • Joined Civil Services-IRS (Income Tax). Completed full training.
  • Joined IAS in 1984 and allotted UP Cadre.
  • 1st posting in District Sultanpur as joint Magistrate.
  • Worked as Sub Divisional Magistrate, Khalilabad (now Sant kabirnagar) for 2 Years.
  • Worked as GM UP Handloom Corporation for 1 year.
  • Worked as Chief Development officer in Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat for 1.5 Years.
  • Worked as Joint Secretary Appointment Govt. of UP for more than 2.5 years.
  • Worked as Collector and District Magistrate in Rampur, Barabanki, Hamirpur and Fatehpur for four Years Consecutively.
  • Worked as Special Secretary Agriculture in Govt. of UP for few months.
  • Worked as Private Secretary to the then Minister of Post & Telecom Sri Beni Prasad Verma ji for almost a year.
  • Worked as Private Secretary to Sri Nitish Kumar ji in the Ministry of Railways, Agriculture (including food processing) and Surface Transport Including Shipping for more than seven years.
  • Worked as Additional CEO Greater Noida Authority, Govt. of UP for more than a year.
  • Worked as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Bihar Sri Nitish Kumar ji for five years.
  • Took VRS from IAS in May 2010

Politics
  • Got elected to Rajya Sabha in June 2010.
  • Served as Member of Standing Committee on Railway, DOPT, Home.
  • Served as Member of Consultative Committee on External Affairs and Home.
  • Joined JDU in 2010. Given the assignment of General Secretary.
  • Later elevated as General Secretary (Organisation) of JDU.
  • Served as National President JDU from 27th Dec 2020 to 31st July 2021.
  • Took oath as Union Cabinet Minister of Steel, Govt. of India on 7th July 2021.

References
  1. "Detailed Profile: Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh". India.gov.in. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. Nalin Verma (1 June 2010). "RS reward for Nitish's trusted RCP". Telegraph. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "RCP Singh—Meet the IAS officer-turned politician who becomes new JD(U) president - The Financial Express". www.financialexpress.com. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. Ahmad, Soroor (1 June 2019). "Bihar: JDU leaders unhappy with the new cabinet of Modi Sarkar 2". National herald. Retrieved 31 October 2020. According to JD(U) sources, the party wanted cabinet berths for former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh and newly-elected MP from Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and MoS status for Purnea MP Santosh Kushwaha.R C P Singh is a Kurmi and also comes from Nitish Kumar's home district of Nalanda, Lalan is a Bhumihar and Santosh a Kushwaha. The party cannot afford to lose the goodwill of any other two castes by nominating only one minister. Thus it deemed it fit not to join the government at all, said a party leader.
  5. "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. Singh, Rohit Kumar (23 August 2019). "Lady Singham: How this Bihar woman cop made 'bahubali' MLA Anant Singh flee for his life". India Today. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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