Background
Bansal, Pawan Kumar was born on July 16, 1948 in Sunam, India. Son of Piara Lal Aggarwal and Rukmani Devi.
Bansal, Pawan Kumar was born on July 16, 1948 in Sunam, India. Son of Piara Lal Aggarwal and Rukmani Devi.
He went to school at the Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, and did Bachelor of Science from the Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh. He also holds an Bachelor of Laws degree from the Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
He represented Chandigarh constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He served as Union Cabinet Minister, Railways From 28 October 2012 to 10 May 2013
His family hailed from Tapa, Punjab. He has worked as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of Water Resources in the current Lok Sabha.
He also held the charge of the Minister of State for Finance and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet.
Railway Minister
He took over as the Railway Minister, becoming the first from his party since 1996. Soon after becoming Railways minister, he approved an increase in fares, which has been unchanged for the last 15 years, to allow the Indian Railways to be profitable.He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Chandigarh.
Railway Minister Pawan Bansal in 2013 Railway Budget focused on improvement of the condition of Indian Railways. Pawan Bansal came up with first ever rail link to connect Arunachal Pradesh.
Internet ticketing from 0030 hours to 2330 hours as well as East-ticketing through mobile phones.
Four companies of women RPF personnel set up and another 8 to be set up to strengthen the security of rail passengers, especially women passengers. Railways has identified 104 stations for upgradation in cities with more than one million population and of religious significance. This means, these stations the Railways will give attention to all aspects related to cleanliness, according to the Budget highlights the government released.
179 escalators and 400 lifts at A-1 and other major stations to be installed facilitating elderly and differently-able.
The China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations said that Mr Bansal will serve as prosecution witness. The judge has responded.
"If the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations has chosen to make Mr Bansal a witness, then at this juncture, there being no evidence against him, the court cannot pass any order or question him, except during the trial.".
Bansal has represented Chandigarh as a member of Parliament in the 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.
Married Madhu Bansal.