Shri Rupchand Pal

Pal, Shri Rupchand Constituency   : Hooghly (West Bengal) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Email Address : rcpal[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Gangadhar Pal Mother’s Name Late Smt. Rajlakshmi Pal Date of Birth 02 Dec 1936 Place of Birth Hooghly (West Bengal) Marital Status Unmarried Educational Qualifications M.A. (English) Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession Teacher Educationist, Social Worker Permanent Address Boral Lane, P.O. & Distt. Hooghly- 712 103 (West Bengal) (033) 26802691 Present Address (i) 106, North Avenue, New Delhi – 110 001 (ii) 16, G.R.G. Road,New Delhi – 110 001 Tels.(011) 23092772, 9868180105(M) Positions Held

1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha

1980-84 Member, Committee on Official Languages

1980-84,1990-96, 1997-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1982-84,1990-92,1993-94 Member, Committee on Estimates

1989 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 Policy

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1996-97 Chairman, Committee on Estimates

Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Member, Select Committee, Broadcasting Bill, 1996

1997-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1997-98 Member, Committee on External Affairs

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Accounts and its Sub-Committee on Stationery and Printing Offices

Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of Computers and related activities

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)

Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1999-2004 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Committee on Public Accounts

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 7th term)

Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Finance

Committee on Provision of Computer for MPs, Offices of Parties, Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat

Member, General Purposes Committee

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance

1 May 2008 Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings

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

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