Mr. Rakesh Singh was elected as the President of BJP in Jabalpur District. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha since 2004 consecutively 3 times. Mr. Rakesh Singh is a member of the Committee on Privilege, Standing committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture. He is also the Chair Person of the Standing Committee of Coal and Steel. He is a member of several committees such as the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence, General Purpose Committee, Hindi Advisory Committee on Defence and Committee on Ethics.
Mr. Singh has taken a lead in various environmental initiatives in his region and his state. He has solely organized 15 days Padyatra(walk) to villages of Jabalpur rural constituency and carried out capacity building of people to save water and ways to conserve rainwater through harvesting systems.
Mr. Singh has taken a lead in various environment and climate change initiatives. He has initiated projects like Stop Water Dam through MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Fund) and also has been instrumental in carrying out plantation drives voluntarily. He is promoting sustainable agricultural practices and organic farming in various regions. He has taken a lead in various climate change and clean energy dialogues.