Background
Acharia, Basudeb was born on July 11, 1942 in West Bengal, India. Son of Kanailal and Konak Lata Acharia.
politician member of the Lok Sabha
Acharia, Basudeb was born on July 11, 1942 in West Bengal, India. Son of Kanailal and Konak Lata Acharia.
Master of Arts, Ranchi University. British Telecom, Calcutta University.
His family originally hails from Tamil Nadu but has been settled in Bengal for a few generations. He also considers himself to be a Bengali. He now lives in Kantarangunj village, Physician organization Adra, in Purulia district.
He is a Master of Arts and B.T. He was elected for the first time to the 7th Lok Sabha from Bankura constituency in 1980.
Subsequently, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009 from the same constituency. He was the leader of the Consumer price index (M) Parliamentary Party in the 15th Lok Sabha.
He was a chairman, Committee on Railways, member, Rules Committee, General Purposes Committee, Committee on Security in Parliament Complex, and Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarian in Parliament House. He is also one of the All India Vice-Presidents of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
In 1980, he was elected as an Member of Parliament for the first time.
In 1981, he was made a Secretariat member in the Purulia District Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1984, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha. He has served as the Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings from 1990 to 1991.
He has been re-elected to the Lok Sabha repeatedly in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, and 2009.
Between 1993 and 96 he was the Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances. In 1996-1997 he was the Chairman, Committee on Railways and a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry.
In 1998-1999 he was the Convenor, Sub-Committee on Power, Committee on Energy and a Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways. Between 1999-2004 he was the Chairman, Committee on Petitions.
In 2007, he was made the Chairman, Committee on Railways.
Since August 2009, he has been serving as the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture. He has visited several nations as a parliamentarian. He has been a senior trade union leader.
He is one of the Vice-Presidents of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, also of DVC Shramik Union, Colliery Mazdoor Sabha.
He is also the President of Purulia District CITU. He is serving as a President of West Bengal Railway Contractor Labour Union, DVC Contractor Workers Union, LIC Agent Organisation of India, Thikadar Sramik Union (at Santaldih Thermal Power Station) and at Damodar Cement & Slag Workers Union.
Since 1985, he has been a member of the Consumer price index(M) West Bengal State Committee. From 1990 to 1996 he was a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways. From 2004 to 2008 he was the leader of the Consumer price index (M) Parliamentary Party in the 14th Lok Sabha, Chairman of the Lok Sabha and a member of several parliamentary committees.
In 2008, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from the 19th party congress held at Coimbatore In 2009, he was re-elected as the leader of the Consumer price index (M) Parliamentary Party in the 15th Lok Sabha.
He has been a member of the General Council of the CITU and its member of West Bengal State Working Committee.
Married Rajlaxmi Acharia.