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1970 to till date |
Member, Indian National Congress (I.N.C) |
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1977 to till date |
Member, Kerala Pradesh Congress (I) Committee |
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1978 – 1987 |
General Secretary, Ernakulam District Congress (I) Committee |
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1984 |
Elected to 8th Lok Sabha |
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Observer, A.I.C.C., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep |
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Member, Committee on Official Language |
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Member, Library Committee |
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1984 – 1989 |
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
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1984 to till date |
Member, A.I.C.C. |
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1984 -1996 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Tourism, Defence and Official Language |
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1987 – 2001 |
President, Ernakulam District Congress (I) Committee |
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1989 |
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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19 Jan 1990 – 7 Aug. 1990 |
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries & Allowances of Members of Parliament |
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1990 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation |
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1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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1992-1997 |
Treasurer, Kerala Pradesh Congress (I) Committee |
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2001-06 & May 2006-2009 |
Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (two terms) |
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2001-2004 |
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Excise, Govt. of Kerala |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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27th May 2009 – 18th Jan 2011 |
Union Minister of State, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
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19 Jan 2011 |
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
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Member, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs |
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Member, Cabinet Committee on Prices |
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Member, Group of Ministers on Agreement on Trade in Goods under the Comprehensive Economic co-operation Agreement (CECA) |
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Member, Group of Ministers (GOM) regarding review of the Fertilizer Policy |
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Member, Group of Ministers to consider issues relating to World Trade Organisation |
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Member, Core Group of Central Ministers and State Chief Ministers regarding prices of Essential Commodities |
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Member, Empowered Group of Ministers to review the situation and take quick and timely decisions on policy issues as well as on other issues for effective management of drought and related issues |
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Member, Empowered Group of Ministers to consider issues concerning procurement Management of food grain stocks, revision of Central issue prices of food grains and the proposed law on Food Security |
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May, 2014 |
Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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9 June 2014 – 12 Dec. 2014 |
Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha |
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12 June 2014 – 22 Aug. 2014 |
Member, House Committee |
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14 Aug. 2014 – 30 April 2017 |
Chairperson, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) |
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1 Sept. 2014 onwards |
Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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16 Sept. 2014 |
Member, Committee on Scrutiny of Budget Estimate of Lok Sabha |
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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13 May 2015 onwards |
Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 |
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12 June 2018 onwards |
Member, House Committee |
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