Shri P.A. Sangma

NCP Founder and General Secretary

Books Published

• Edited the book entitled ‘India in I.L.O.’ (two volumes)
• Into the Third Millennium; A Speaker`s Perspectives

Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments

• Associated with various social organisations like the Red Cross Society, Youth Hostels Association of India and educational institutions
• Set up night school for the poor and the needy children in his constituency

Milestones

• Taken several policy initiatives; as Union Industry Minister, enhanced the production capability of the Cement Industry to the level of self sufficiency
• Coal India Ltd. turned into a profit-making enterprise during his tenure as Coal Minister
• as Commerce Minister, introduced plantation crops like Tea, Rubber and Cashew of export importance in non-traditional areas of the North-Eastern India
• as a Labour Minister initiated social security measures in the liberalisation phase of Indian economy
• introduced pension scheme for 18 million industrial workers, rationalised wages and introduced employment injury compensation for unorganised labour sector
• placed child labour elimination on high national agenda, worked for elimination of discrimination against women
• as Information and Broadcasting Minister, worked for liberalised usage of airwaves and investments in the electronic media
• as Speaker, guided formation of a Standing Joint Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women and constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee for considering 81st Constitutional Amendment which seeks to enhance the presence of women in Parliament; also created a group of Parliamentarians to report on Ethics and Standards in Public Life
• Chairman, Asia-Pacific Regional Group in the International Labour Conference, 1994-95;
• Chairman, 5th Conference of Labour Ministers of Non-aligned and other Developing Countries, Delhi, 1995;
• Chairman, Specialised Inter-Parliamentary Conference of the I.P.U. on Partnership between Men and Women in Politics, Delhi, 1997;
• Awarded the Michael John Roll of Honour of the Tata Workers’ Union for distinguished contribution to the cause of labour and to the parliamentary system in 1997;
• Awarded the Golden Jubilee Award of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.) for outstanding contribution to the cause of the working class by Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma, the then President of India, 1997 ;
• Nominated Man of the year by Competition Success Review(CSR-1998)
• Received "Saraswati National Eminence Award in the category of Public Leadership" by the South Indian Education Society, Mumbai in January 2003

Countries Visited

• Leader of the Indian Delegation to: U.N.I.D.O. Conference, Khartoum, Sudan, 1981
• Leader of the Indian Delegation to: ESCAP Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984
• Leader of the Indian Delegation to: International Labour Conference organised by I.L.O., six times
• Leader of the Indian Delegation to: Conference of Asia Pacific Labour Ministers (C.A.P.L.M.) at Tehran, Iran, 1993;
• Leader of the Inter Parliamentary Delegation to: 42nd CPA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 1996
• Leader of the Inter Parliamentary Delegation to: 96th IPU Conference, Beijing, China, 1996
• Led bilateral Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, Croatia, DPR Korea, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and U.K.
• Leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, Mongolia and Thailand, 1997;
• Member of Commonwealth observer to Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election;
• Leader of the Commonwealth observer for Presidential Election in Gambia

Permanent Address

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