Phulo Devi Netam

Phulo Devi Netam (born 10 January 1974) is an Indian politician. She was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Chhattisgarh, as a member of the Indian National Congress on 14 September 2020.

On 25 May 2013, she was part of a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders that was targeted in the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley while returning from a meeting organised by the party in Sukma. Over two dozen people including senior Congress leaders were killed. Phulo Devi survived the attack.

Positions Held Period Position Held 1994 – 1998 President, District Panchayat, Farasgaon 1998 – Nov. 2003 Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly 2001 – 2003 Chairperson, Committee on the Welfare of Women and Children 2005 – 2010 President, District Panchayat, Bastar, Jagdalpur April 2020 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2020 – June 2024 Member, Committee on Railways Sept. 2022 – June 2024 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries Jan. 2023 – Oct. 2024 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme May 2023 – April 2024 and Aug. 2024 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes March – July 2023 Member, Joint Committee on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 Sept. 2024 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment Oct. 2024 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Feb. 2026 onwards Member, India - Chile Parliamentary Friendship Group April 2026 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term) April 2026 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Persons Other Information : President, District Co-operative Central Bank, District-Bastar, Jagdalpur, 2002; Member, (i) Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 2001 and (ii) Advisory Committee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, District Bastar, 2002