1970′s

1973 – 1974: President, Students Union, Andhra University Colleges.

1974: Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsha Samiti of Andhra Pradesh.

1977 – 1980: President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh.

1978 – 1983: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh.

1980′s

1980 – 1983: Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India BJP.

1980 – 1985: Leader, BJP Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh.

1983 – 1985: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh.

1985 – 1988: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State BJP.

1988 – 1990: President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of BJP.

1990′s

1990 – 1993: President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of BJP.

1993 - 2000: General Secretary, All India BJP.

Apr 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha.

1998 – 1999: Member, Committee on Home Affairs Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture.

1999 – 2000: Member, Committee on Finance.

2000′s

2000 – 2001: Member, Committee on Finance.

Jan 2000 – Feb 2004: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development.

30 Sep 2000 – 30 June 2002: Minister of Rural Development.

July 2002 – Oct 2004: National President, BJP.

Jan 2003 – Feb 2004: Member, Committee on External Affairs.

July 2004: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.

Aug 2004 – May 2009: Member, Committee on Finance. Oct 2004 – May 2009: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Apr 2005 – Jan 2006: Vice-President, BJP.

Jan 2006 onwards: Member, Parliamentary Board of BJP and Central Election Committee.

2006 – 2009: Chairman, Committee on Petitions.

Oct 2006 onwards: Member, General Purposes Committee.

Dec 2008 onwards: Member, Tobacco Board.

Aug 2009 onwards: Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs.

2010′s

Jul 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.

Apr 2011 onwards: Chairman, Sub-Committee to examine various provisions of the Enemy Property (Amendment & Validation) Second Bill.

2010 onwards: Head of the Committee on Home Affairs.

Dec 2011 onwards: Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management.

2014′s

26th May 2014: Taking Oath as the Union Cabinet Minister.

From May 2014 onwards: Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Parliamentary Affairs.

2016's

June 2016: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (4th term)

From 5th July 2016 onwards: Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Information & Broadcasting.

2017's

August 2017: Elected as Vice President of India

11th August, 2017 onwards: Vice President of India and Ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha.