Party Name : Kerala Congress
Constituency : Muvattupuzha
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri P.T. Chacko
Mother's Name : Smt. Mariamma Chacko
Date of birth : 31 Oct 1950
Profession : Advocate Agriculturist
Positions held :
1987-96 Member, State Secretariat, Kerala Congress (M)General Secretary, Kerala Congress (M) Party, Kerala1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-99 Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1993-95 Member, Committee on Estimates1994-96 Member, Committee on Railways1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Communications and Alternate Convenor of its Sub-Committee ‘B’ on Department of PostsMember, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitMember, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Education and Health Programmes for WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Transport and TourismMember, Rules Committee2000 - Jan. 2003 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry24 May 2003- May 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Law & Justice2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)Member, Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation16 Aug. 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology
More Information :
Special Interests
Working for the well-being of agricultural workers and farmers and securing better deal for their produce
Countries Visited
Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.; Member, (i) Indian Delegation led by Shri K.R. Narayanan, the then Vice President of India to Kazakhastan, Kirgystan and Mongolia, 1995; (ii) Indian Delegation led by Shri Shivraj V. Patil, the then Speaker, Lok Sabha to Austria, Hungary and Italy; visited Rome (Italy) as Representative of Government of India to paritcipate in the Beatification Ceremony of Mother Teresa in Vatican; attended the Burial Cermony of Pope John Paul II in Vatican on 9 April 2005 as a delegate from India
Other Information
Fought for the cause of farmers continuously, especially for the upliftment of the farmers growing rubber, cardamom, coconut, pepper, ginger, pine-apple; Member, (i) Bar Council of Kerala, 1983-88; (ii) Rubber Board, 1990-91 and again in 2004; (iii) Kerala State Advisory Board for Legal Aid to the Poor, 1991-96; and (iv) Spices Board, 1991-92
