Om Birla is an Indian politician and the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He has served as a Member of Parliament from Kota South constituency.
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Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962 (age: 58 years, as of 2020) in Kota, Rajasthan, India. He has been active in politics since childhood. In his childhood he served as a volunteer for the Hindu nationalist organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He received his education from the government. Commerce College, Kota and Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan. He has a master’s degree in commerce.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family and caste
Om Birla comes from a Vaishya (Bania) family.
parents and siblings
He was born to Shri Krishna Birla and Shakuntala Devi. Information about his siblings is not available.
Om Birla with his father
wife and children
He is married to Dr. Amita Birla and the couple have two daughters. His elder daughter Akanksha is a chartered accountant and his younger daughter Anjali passed the civil services examination in her first attempt in 2019.
Om Birla with his daughter Anjali
Om Birla with his family
livelihood
In 1987 he became the district president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). In 1991, he was made the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. In 1997 he became the National Vice President of BJYM. In 2003, he was elected to the Rajasthan State Assembly for the first time from Kota South constituency. He has also served as the Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs for the Government of Rajasthan for four years between 2004 and 2008.
In 2008, he was re-elected to the Assembly from the same constituency. In 2013, he was again elected to the Assembly for the third time. In 2014, he contested the Lok Sabha elections and won the election from Kota South constituency by defeating Indian National Congress’s Ijyaraj Singh, who was from the royal family of Kota. During his first term as a Member of Parliament, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and a member of the Petitions Committee and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. In 2019, he was again elected to the Lok Sabha and was made the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Favourite Things
Salary/Net Worth
As Speaker of the Lok Sabha, he received Rs. Rs.1,25,000/month + other allowances. As of 2019, his net worth is around Rs. 4.83 crores.
fact
- Birla has served as the Vice President of the National Cooperative Consumers Federation Limited.
- From June 1992 to 1995, Birla served as the President of CONFED Jaipur.
- Apart from being a politician, he is also known for his humanitarian work. He started several welfare programs including ‘Paridhaan’ which started in 2012 and aims to distribute clothes and books to the weaker section of the society. He has also started some blood donation programs. Apart from this, he also started a free food program and medicine bank to provide free medicines for the poor.
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