Arjun Ram
Meghwal
Member of Parliament
Bikaner (SC), Rajasthan — 18th Lok Sabha
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Ministry of Law and Justice
Minister of State
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Current role — verified September 2026
A public record, kept as a document
This website documents the public life of Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal — a career that moves from a village in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, through the Indian Administrative Service, into four consecutive terms in the Lok Sabha, and on to successive positions in the Union Council of Ministers.
It is organised the way a public record is organised: by office, by period, and by source. Seventeen sections set out his early life and education, his administrative service, his parliamentary journey from 2009 onward, his ministerial responsibilities in Law and Justice and in Parliamentary Affairs, the legislative process he works within, his constituency of Bikaner, and an archive of statements, documents, media coverage and photographs.
The record distinguishes carefully between categories of information. A programme run by a Ministry is described as the work of that Ministry. A policy of the Government of India is described as a policy of the Government. A statement made in Parliament is dated and attributed. Where a figure is quoted, it carries the source that published it and the date to which it applies, because statistics on courts, legislatures and schemes change from quarter to quarter and a number without a date is not information.
Nothing here asks for a vote, ranks one public figure against another, or claims an achievement that a source does not support. Where a fact could not be established against an official record, it has been left out rather than estimated.
The particulars
- Born
- 20 December 1953
- Place of birth
- Kishmidesar, Bikaner
- Constituency
- Bikaner (SC)
- State
- Rajasthan
- House
- 18th Lok Sabha
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Terms
- 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Qualifications
- M.A., LL.B., M.B.A.
- Earlier service
- Indian Administrative Service
- Current office
- Law & Justice / Parliamentary Affairs
Sources
- 1Digital Sansad, Lok Sabha — member biography, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Member No. 4399). sansad.in
- 2Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Law and Justice — “Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal takes charge at the Ministry of Law and Justice”, 11 June 2024 (Release ID 2024165).
Five periods of public life
Each period is dated from the official record. Where the record does not establish a detail — a posting, a date, a milestone — it is not supplied here.
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1953–1979
Early life and education
Born on 20 December 1953 in the village of Kishmidesar, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, to Shri Lakhu Ram Meghwal and Smt. Heera Devi. Educated at Sri Dungar College, Bikaner, taking a law degree and a post-graduate degree in Political Science; later an M.B.A. from the University of the Philippines.
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Pre-2009
Indian Administrative Service, Rajasthan cadre
The official parliamentary record states that he “served as IAS officer in the various capacities in Rajasthan Cadre”. The Press Information Bureau describes him as a retired IAS officer from Rajasthan. Individual postings are not itemised in the official profile and are therefore not listed here.
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2009–
Parliament
Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Bikaner (SC) in 2009 and returned at each subsequent general election — 2014, 2019 and 2024. Sitting Member of the 18th Lok Sabha. Member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group since 22 February 2010.
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2016–2024
Ministerial responsibility
Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs (2016–2017); for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Parliamentary Affairs (2017–2019); for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Parliamentary Affairs (2019–2021); for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs (2021–2023); and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice with Culture and Parliamentary Affairs (2023–2024).
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11 Jun 2024–
Current public record
Took charge at the Ministry of Law and Justice on 11 June 2024 as Minister of State (Independent Charge), and continues as Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Both portfolios appear against his name in Government of India releases issued through 2026.
Sources
- 1Digital Sansad, Lok Sabha — member biography (Member No. 4399).
- 2Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Law and Justice — Release ID 2024165, 11 June 2024.
- 3Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs — Release ID 2269037, 4 June 2026.
Law and Justice
What the Ministry is responsible for as an institution, and — kept separate — what the Minister has been recorded doing in person.
The Ministry of Law and Justice works through three departments. The Legislative Department drafts principal legislation for the Union Government and handles election law. The Department of Legal Affairs advises the Government on legal questions, conducts its litigation and oversees arbitration policy. The Department of Justice deals with the administration of justice: appointments to the higher judiciary, judicial infrastructure, court digitisation and legal aid.
These are institutional functions. They are carried out by a Ministry, under a Government, within a constitutional framework in which appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts are made under Articles 124, 217 and 224 and on the recommendation of the collegium. No programme below is presented as the personal work of any single office-holder.
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22 June 2026
Approved the continuation of the Central Sector Scheme Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice, restructured as DISHA 2.0, for five years from 1 April 2026 with an outlay of ₹255 crore and a new component, VIDHI–Sanjeevani, carrying an AI-assisted multilingual chatbot built with BHASHINI.1
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14 June 2025
Guest of Honour at the National Conference on Institutional Arbitration at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, where he stated that “India will become the arbitration hub”.2
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29 October 2025
Represented India at the Twelfth Session of the Justice Ministers’ Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States, held by video conference, at which a joint statement was adopted.3
Sources
- 1Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Law and Justice — “Central Sector Scheme ‘DISHA’ 2.0 … approved by Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal”, 22 June 2026 (Release ID 2276525). Return
- 2Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Law and Justice — National Conference on “Institutional Arbitration: An Effective Framework for Dispute Resolution”, 15 June 2025 (Release ID 2136475). Return
- 3Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Law and Justice — Twelfth Session of the Justice Ministers’ Meeting of SCO Member States, 29 October 2025 (Release ID 2183882). Return
Parliamentary Affairs
The Ministry that carries the Government’s business through both Houses, and that runs the country’s legislative-digitisation and parliamentary-education programmes.
Coordination in both Houses
The Ministry plans and coordinates the Government’s legislative and other business in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha: what is listed, when it is taken up, and how it moves between the Houses. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal is a Minister of State in the Ministry; Shri Kiren Rijiju holds the portfolio as Union Minister.
National e-Vidhan Application
NeVA is a Mission Mode Project to put the working of every State and Union Territory legislature on one digital platform — questions, bills, notices, committee business and proceedings. As on 4 June 2026, 33 legislatures had joined and 21 had moved to fully digital functioning.1
Youth Parliament
The Youth Parliament Scheme acquaints students with the practices and procedures of Parliament. In its upgraded form, NYPS 2.0, the scheme opened beyond recognised institutions to groups and individual citizens.2
4 June 2026
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding for implementation of NeVA in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was signed in his presence, alongside the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs. He is recorded as having emphasised the role of digital platforms in enabling Members to access legislative information in a timely and efficient manner.1
15 January 2026
Presided over the prize distribution of the 26th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2024–25 for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, and administered a pledge on protecting the environment to the participants.3
Open Section 08 — Parliamentary Affairs
Sources
- 1Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs — “West Bengal Legislative Assembly Signs MoU for Implementation of National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)”, 4 June 2026 (Release ID 2269037). Return
- 2Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs — “Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Unveils Upgraded Version of National Youth Parliament Scheme Web Portal”, 11 March 2026 (Release ID 2238449). Return
- 3Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs — “Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal distributes prizes of 26th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2024-25 for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas”, 15 January 2026 (Release ID 2215071). Return
Bikaner (SC), Rajasthan
A desert constituency in the north-west of Rajasthan, built around a city founded in 1488 and shaped in the modern period by canal irrigation, the railway and the long border with Pakistan.
The parliamentary constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes and is made up of eight Vidhan Sabha segments: Anupgarh, Khajuwala, Bikaner West, Bikaner East, Kolayat, Lunkaransar, Shri Dungargarh and Nokha. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal has represented it in the Lok Sabha since 2009.
The 2011 Census recorded a district area of 30,247 square kilometres and a district population of 23,63,937 — a density of roughly 78 persons per square kilometre, among the lowest in the country. Bikaner city itself recorded 6,44,406 residents, making it the fifth-largest city in Rajasthan.
- Constituency type
- Reserved (SC)
- Assembly segments
- Eight
- Represented since
- 2009
- District area
- 30,247 km²
- City founded
- 1488
- Landscape
- Thar Desert
NoteArea and population figures are from the Census of India 2011 and are reproduced with that date.
Explore the record
Sixteen further sections. Each opens as its own document.