Mohammed Salim

Constituency : | Raiganj(West Bengal) |
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Party Name : | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Father's Name : | Late Shri Azizul Haque |
Mother's Name : | Smt. Ladly Haque |
Date of Birth : | 05 Jun 1957 |
Place of Birth : | Kolkata (West Bengal) |
Marital Status : | Married |
Date of Marriage : | 15 Nov 1987 |
Spouse's Name : | Dr. (Smt.) Rosina Khatun |
No.of Sons : | 2 |
Educational Qualifications : |
M.A. (Philosophy )
Educated at St. Barnabas High School, Maulana Azad College, Calcutta, Jadavpur University and Calcutta University College of Law
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Profession : |
Political and Social Worker
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Positions Held
1990-2001 | Member, Rajya Sabha (Two terms) |
1991-1993 | Member, Committee on Sub-ordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha |
1991-97 |
Member, Consultative Committee for the Department of Tourism
Member, Board of Tourism and Travel Industry
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1992,1994 & 1996 | Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha |
1993-1996 | Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development |
1996-97 |
Member, Standing Committee on Communications
Member, JPC on (WAKF)
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1998-1999 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha
Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha
Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
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2000 onwards | Chairman, Committee on National Perspective Plan for Youth (2000 - 2010) |
2000-2001 |
Chairman, Standing Committee on Tourism & Transport
Member, Commitee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General Revenue
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2001-2004 |
Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Minister, Dept. of Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal
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2004 |
Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
Chairman, Standing Committee on Urban Development
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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2 Jan. 2006 | Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on (WAKF) |
5 Aug. 2007 | Chairman, Standing Committee on Urban Development |
May, 2014 | Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2017 | Member, Committee on Estimates |
1 Sep. 2014 onwards |
Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping
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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 |
3 July 2015 | Member, Sub Committee-III, Committee on Estimates |
Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Ex-Member, Editorial Board "Chhatra Sangram" (A student journal, 1980-83), "Yuba Shakti" (Youth Magazine, 1984-87); Member, Editorial Board, "Youth Stream" (English youth magazine from Delhi) and "Naujawan" (Hindi youth magazine)
Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with several social and cultural initiatives particularly aimed at promoting understanding among various ethnic linguistic groups having diverse cultural heritage and identities; engaged in organising students and youth and founded educational institutions, library, youth clubs, cultural and literary societies for the promotion of communal harmony
Special Interests
Promoting self employment; motivating young people to become more enterprising
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, Music, watching movies, folk culture and social gathering
Sports and Clubs
Patronising and encouraging Football and other indigenous low cost games and sports
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (22 countries) visited Algeria, Cuba, D.P.R. Korea (North Korea), Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
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