# Talari Rangaiah

Talari Rangaiah (born 3 June 1970) is an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party.
He was earlier a project director in the District Rural Development Agency, or DRDA.

## History

Rangaiah did double post-graduation, pursuing a PhD in rural development. Throughout his career, he worked in various state government departments with different capacities and positions.
Talari Rangaiah had voluntarily announced his retirement from his post as Additional Director in the handloom department of DRDA in the Anantapur district.
In Feb 2018, he joined the YSR Congress Party by the party chief Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy as part of his Praja Sankalpa Yatra at Timmapalem of Ponnaluru Mandal. He had worked in Group 1 service for two decades.
In 2019, he was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha of Anantapur Constituency as a Member of Parliament (MP) with a margin of 6,95,208 votes and with a majority of 1,41,428 from the YSRCP party. In the same year, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Rural Development, the Committee of Privileges, and the Consultative Committee and Minister of Textiles.

## Achievements

Member of Parliament Talari Rangaiah has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Railways to introduce a Kisan Rail for transporting export-oriented horticulture produce from the state and other places in the country. In the absence of transportation facilities due to nationwide lockdown restrictions, horticulture farmers have been facing hardships transporting fruits, he said.
The MP in his letter mentioned that in the Anantapur district, horticulture plantation is spread over 2.2 lakh hectares. About 52 lakh metric tonnes of papaya, pomegranate, mangoes, bananas, and sweet lime are exported from the district.
The farmers normally send their produce to Delhi and other cities by road transport. If the Kisan Rail is introduced, farmers can export their horticulture produce, which will save time and money. Mostly the horticulture produce comes for harvesting during the months of October to May.
MP Rangaiah appealed to the prime Minister to sympathetically consider the request. Road transportation takes about 8 days to travel to Delhi while it takes 3 days via train route.

## Positions held

* 23 May 2019 Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
* 13 Sept 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development
* 09 Oct 2019 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

## Family & community background

Rangaiah was born in a poor family of farmers, an unprivileged society, and backward class of Boya community.

## Career

A 6+ years term in Ananthapur district and handled positions like PD. District Watershed Management. PD DRDA and PD. MEPMA and Municipal Commissioner Ananthapur and Hindupur.
* 1996- Group 1 Officer From Andhrapradesh cadre.
* 1997- Recruited Directly Assistant Director H&T through APPSC.
* 1998-1999 Worked as AD Handlooms & Textiles Chitoor Dt.
* 1999-2002 worked as AD Handlooms & Textees Nellore Dt.
* 2002-2006 Worked on VELUGU PROJECT in Markapur Division of Prakasham Dt.
* 2006-2007 Worked as Additional PD, NREGS Anantapur.
* 2007-2009 Worked as PD MEPMA Kadapa Dt.
* 2009 - Worked as Additional commissioner Warangal Municipal Corporation, warangal
* 2009- 2012 Worked as PD DRDA Anantapur.
* 2012-2013 Worked as Municipal Commissioner. Hindupur(FAC)/Joint Director/Principal TCPSK Hindupur.
* 2013-2014 Worked as Municipal Commissioner, Anantapur municipal corporation. Anantapur (FAC) / Joint Director/Principal TCPSK Hindupur.
* 2014-2017 Working in the Head office in AP. Executive director. Society For Employment Generation & Enterprise Development in AP (SEEDAP), Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Govt. of AP)
* 2017 December - Resigned For His Post as Additional Director in the handloom department of DRDA in Anantapur district and Announced Voluntary Retirement.
* 2018 February - Joined the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party(YSRCP) by party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as part of his Praja Sankalpa Yatra at Timmapalem of Ponnaluru Mandal.
* 2018-2019 - Simultaneously Worked as YSRCP Parliamentary Coordinator For Both Anantapur and Hindupur constituencies.
* 2019 May 23 - Elected to the 17th Lok Sabha of Anantapur Constituency as a Member of Parliament(MP) with a majority of 1,41,428 votes from the YSRCP party.
* 2019 September 13 - onwards Member of Standing Committee on Rural Development.
* 2019 October 9 - onwards Member of Committee of Privileges. Member Of Consultative Committee. Ministry of Textiles.