Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Hooghly
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Gangadhar Pal
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Rajlakshmi Pal
Date of birth : 02 Dec 1936
Profession : Teacher Educationist, Social Worker
Positions held :
1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha1980-84 Member, Committee on Official Languages1980-84,1990-96, 1997-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting1982-84,1990-92,1993-94 Member, Committee on Estimates1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1993-96 Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub-Committee on National Media Policy1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)1996-97 Chairman, Committee on EstimatesMember, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and BroadcastingMember, Select Committee, Broadcasting Bill, 19961997-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting1997-98 Member, Committee on External Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Accounts and its Sub-Committee on Stationery and Printing OfficesMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of Computers and related activitiesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2004 Member, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Public Accounts2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 7th term)Chairman, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Business Advisory Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Committee on FinanceCommittee on Provision of Computer for MPs, Offices of Parties, Officers of Lok Sabha SecretariatMember, General Purposes Committee5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance1 May 2008 Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Edited collection of writings on, (i) Freedom Movement in the district of Hooghly; (ii) Peasant movement; (iii) Total literacy; and (iv) Health Education Programme
Special Interests
History of Freedom Struggle, peasant movement and working class movement in India; literacy programmes; folk culture, literature, print and electronic media; and information technology
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing and social service
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegations to France, former F.R.G., Switzerland, U.K. and former U.S.S.R., 1980; Mongolia, 1991; Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and U.S.A. (U.N.), 1998; (ii) Indian Delegation led by the then Vice-President of India, to China, 1994; (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the then Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha to Norway, 1997; and (iv) Indian Delegation to Bangladesh
Other Information
Member, Press Council of India
