M Veerappa Moily

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M Veerappa Moily Biography

Marpadi Veerappa Moily is an politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. He is the Member of Parliament from Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha Constituency. Also he is the Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Union Minister of Petroleum and Law, India. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009. Now he has been selected as member of parliament from chikkabalapur consistency on 16 May 2014. He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.

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M Veerappa Moily Personal Life

Full Name	M Veerappa Moily
Date of Birth	12 Jan 1940 (Age 86)
Place of Birth	Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka.
Party Name	Indian National Congress
Education	Graduate Professional
Profession	Politician, M.P, LAWYER, WRITER, POET
Father's Name	Poovamma
Mother's Name	Thammayya
Spouse's Name	Malathi
Spouse's Profession	House Wife, Agriculturist
Children	1 Son(s) 3 Daughter(s)
Website	http://www.moily.org

M Veerappa Moily Net Worth

Net Worth

₹9.79 CRORE

ASSETS

₹13.74 CRORE

Liabilities

₹3.94 CRORE

Interesting Facts about M Veerappa Moily

Regular columnist for leading print publications and electronic media
Published several books including Unleashing India - The Fire of Knowledge, Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam and many more
He has special interest in understanding of the Indian economy, fiscal structure and requirement of States from a macro and micro perspective.
Cricket is his favourite game.

Political Timeline of M Veerappa Moily

• 2015 : From 29 Jan. 2015 onwards He was elected as the Member of General Purposes Committee
• 2014 : He was re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term). Also during 1 Sep. 2014 onwards, He became the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs
• 2009 : In 2009, he was elected to 15th Lok sabha. From 2009 to 2012, he became the union minister of Law and Justice, Corporate Affairs, Power, Petroleum and Natural Gas respectively.
• 1992 : Between 1992 to 1994 he was the chief minister of karnataka state.
• 1990 : But in 1990 he elected as the Cabinet Minister of Education, Govt. of Karnataka
• 1989 : In 1989, he was the Cabinet Minister of Law, Govt. of Karnataka
• 1983 : He lost his elections and became the Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• 1980 : During the period 1980-83 he was elected to Cabinet Minister, Finance, Govt. of Karnataka
• 1975 : Became the Minister of State, Small Scale Industry, Govt. of Karnataka
• 1972 : From 1972 – 1979 he became the Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly (Six terms)

M Veerappa Moily Early Life

• Early 60's: He did his B.A. from Government College (now known as University College) situated at Hampankatta in Mangalore city. He completed his B.L. from University Law College, Bengaluru.
• Early 40's: As a young boy of 5 years, he was once witness to their property owner suddenly evicting his family from their house while he was sitting on the lap of his mother, in the middle of a meal. His quest for justice was initiated by this incident.

M Veerappa Moily Achievements

Formulated and implemented various drinking water schemes and employment guarantee schemes and housing schemes.
Led unprecedented and huge outlays in irrigation works and helped maximize the irrigation potential of Karnataka.
Presented the Karnataka State Budgets for 1992-93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1980–81, 1981-82 & 1982-83.
Set records of revenue surplus during every stint as Finance Minister.
Chairman of Revenue Reforms Commission
Ameen Sadbhavana Award in 2000.
Devaraj Urs Prashasthi in 2001.
Aryabhatta Award in 2001.
Dr. B.R Ambedkar Award in 2002.
Moortidevi Award 2007
Saraswati Samman 2014

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