Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Dibrugarh
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Kanai Ghatowar
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 06 Dec 1950
Profession : Trade Unionist Agriculturist
Positions held :
1985-91 General-Secretary, Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Assam1986 onwards Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]1989-91 General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Assam1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-93 Union Deputy Minister, Labour1993-95 Union Deputy Minister, Health and Family Welfare1995-96 Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996-2004 Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)1996 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1996-98 Member, Committee on Government Assurances1996-2004 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals1996-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1997 onwards Vice-President, I.N.T.U.C.1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1998-2002 Secretary, C.P.P. (two terms)1998-99 Member, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of reservation orders in respect of SCs and STsMember, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of ParliamentMember, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2004 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsMember, Committee on Official Language2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation2002-04 President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee2005-10 Chairman (PRO), Congress Organisation Election, U.P. (two terms)2008-09 Co-ordinater, AICC, Orissa and Jharkhand2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)Jun. 2009 onwards Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaMember, Business Advisory Committee31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Energy23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Committee on Subordinate LegislationOct. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and ChemicalsJuly 2011 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern RegionJuly 2011 - Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
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Social And Cultural Activities
Organised and participated in educational, cultural and social welfare activities of tribes/communities engaged in tea plantation and rural population
Special Interests
Welfare of tea garden workers, rural development and removal of illiteracy
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, travelling and music
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and football; associated with activities of Sports Association
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Delegation, I.L.O. Committee on Plantation, Geneva, 1982; (ii) Youth Delegation, U.S.S.R., 1983; and (iii) Trade Union Delegation, China, 1990; Advisor Indian Delegation, I.L.O. Conference, Geneva, 1984; and Leader, Indian Delegation, 79th and 81st Sessions of I.L.O., Geneva, 1992 and 1994 & attended International AIDS Conference at South Africa and Spain,2004, Indian Delegation, International Trade Union Congress, Argentina 2005 & also visited USA as Member of Committee of Civil Aviation; Parliamentarian Delegation to China 1998, Indian Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarian to Greece, Turkey & Egypt, 2010
Other Information
General-Secretary, (i) Assam Tea Tribes’s Students Association, 1968-71; (ii) Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh, 1978-91; and President, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh, 1996 onwards; and (iii) Coordinator, A.I.C.C., 2008-2009.
