| Term | Position held |
|---|
| 2014 | Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha |
| 2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term); Member, Panel of Chairpersons; Chairperson, Standing Committee on Rural Development; Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women |
| 2007-2009 | Chairperson, Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment |
| 2005 | Prabhari, Mahilla Morcha, B.J.P.; Member, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation |
| 2004-2009 | Member, General Purposes Committee; Chairperson, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 2004 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term) |
| 2003-2004 | Union Minister of State, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 2002-2003 | Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology |
| 1999-2002 | Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| 1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
| 1998-1999 | Convenor, Sub-Committee on Drug Control, Committee on Human Resource Development; Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee-I on Value-based Education; Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal Laws; Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs); Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development; Member, Panel of Chairmen |
| 1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
| 1998 | Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
| 1998 onwards | General Secretary, BJP |
| 1997 | Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
| 1996 | Secretary, BJP; Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
| 1995-96 | Secretary, BJP, Parliamentary Board; Chairman, Parliamentary Board, Madhya Pradesh |
| 1992-94 | Vice-President, BJP, Madhya Pradesh |
| 1991-96 | Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications |
| 1991-93 | Member, Joint Committee for Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Bill, 1991 |
| 1991-92 | Member, Joint Committee for 73rd Constitution Amendment Bill |
| 1991 | Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
| 1990-1991 | Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; President, Mahila Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Madhya Pradesh |
| 1989 | Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
| 1984-1985 | Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Indore |
| 1982-1985 | Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Indore |