Party Name : Communist Party of India
Constituency : Ghatal
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Durga Prosanna Das Gupta
Mother's Name : Smt. Nihar Devi
Date of birth : 03 Nov 1936
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1985 Member, Rajya Sabha1986 Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on the Conditions of Agricultural Workers1988 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)1992-93 Member, National Council, Communist Party of IndiaMember, National Commission of Rural LabourMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities ScamMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya SabhaMember, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on Sick Public Sector UnitsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of LabourMember, Ethics Committee1993 Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on provident Fund and ESIC defaultChairman, Sub Committee, on the service condition of Private School TeachersChairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of labour on Safety in Mines1994 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Public Undertakings5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Finance1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Leader, Communist Party of India Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Finance23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Petitions7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on EthicsMember, Consultative Committee on Labour
More Information :
Books Published
`Securities Scandal and a Report to the Nation`; contributes to a number of leading English and vernacular dailies and many other booklets on economic problems
Special Interests
Cricket and Rabindra Sangeet
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Drama
Sports and Clubs
Member, Cricket Association of Bengal
Countries Visited
Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, U.K. and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
Detained under Defence of India Rules in 1965 and went underground on a number of occasions during Congress rule in West Bengal; President and General Secretary, Undivided Bengal Provincial Students` Federation, 1958-60; Vice President, (i) All India Trade Union Congress; and (ii) Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union; General Secretary, (i) Asutosh College Students` Union, 1957; (ii) West Bengal Committee of All India Youth Federation, 1967-77, and (iii) West Bengal Youth Festival Preparatory Committee, 1968, 1970 and 1973; attended World Youth Congress in Budapest as leader of the Indian Delegation in 1970; Elected General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress in 2001; Elected Member, National Secretariat, Communist Party of India, 2004
