Lok Sabha
Shri Baijayant Panda
Bharatiya Janata Party · Kendrapara · Odisha · 62 · Social Worker
Member of Parliament
Does not run a ministry. The job is to sit, ask, and recommend works.
Committees · terms
3 terms (15th, 16th, 18th)
- Business Advisory Committee
- Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
- Joint Committee on the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
- Public Undertakings · chair
- Select Committee of Lok Sabha to Examine the Income-Tax Bill 2025 · chair
- Select Committee on The Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 · chair
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 23 Aug 2026
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 27 Aug 2026
At a glance
Facts from listed records only. Not a score.
In the House
117/156
75% of sittings this term
Questions
151
Last: Role of Railways in Economic Growth
MPLADS spent
₹1.71 cr
12% of entitled across listed years
Works
56
8 completed · 14 ongoing
Money
Each MP may recommend durable public works up to ₹5 crore a year. The MP recommends; the district administration sanctions and executes. This is not salary. Lok Sabha works are in the parliamentary constituency. Entitled is eSAKSHI's allocated limit for this tenure, not a guessed ₹5 crore. Released stays not listed unless eSAKSHI publishes it. Unspent is allocated minus expenditure.
- Entitled₹14.7 cr
- Releasednot listed
- Sanctioned₹6.03 cr
- Spent₹1.71 cr
Unspent among listed years: ₹12.99 cr. Bars use only years that appear in the record — we do not fill missing years with ₹0.
| Year | Entitled | Released | Sanctioned | Spent | Unspent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th Lok Sabha | ₹14,70,00,000 | not listed | ₹6,03,20,000 | ₹1,71,27,535 | ₹12,98,72,465 |
Source: MPLADS eSAKSHI · as of 27 Aug 2026
Works
Recommended public works, grouped by district. The district executes. The map pins the listed district, not the work site. These works are listed in the parliamentary constituency. Districts listed: Kataka, Kendrapada.
In the House
18th Lok Sabha
This House, latest session
8th session of the 18th Lok Sabha
20 Jul 2026 – 13 Aug 2026
- Sittings held
- 19
- Questions listed
- 7,529
- Median attendance
- 95%
How this sitting of the House went, so the counts below are not read in a vacuum. Not a productivity score. Hours lost to adjournment are not published here.
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 27 Aug 2026
75%
117 of 156 sittings
- Debates
- 13
- Private member bills
- 0
- Special mentions
- 0
Listed titles, not a score. Count is what Digital Sansad published.
Debates
28 Jul 2025 · SPECIAL DISCUSSION
Special discussion on India's Strong, Successful and Decisive 'Operation Sindoor' in response to Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam21 Jul 2025 · PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
Laid on the Table a copy of the Record of Evidence before the Select Committee on the Income-Tax Bill, 202521 Jul 2025 · PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
Presentation of Report of the Select Committee on the Income-Tax Bill, 202527 Mar 2025 · PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
Presentation of 9th to 12th Reports of Committee on Public Undertakings2 Dec 2024 · MATTERS UNDER RULE-377
Regarding need to provide financial support to Odisha for development of Green Energy Corridor-Laid9 Aug 2024 · GOVERNMENT MOTION
Motion regarding the Third Report of the Business Advisory Committee
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Special mentions
No special mentions listed for this term.
Private member bills
No private member bills listed for this term.
Signed sittings by session
Solid is sittings signed. Pale is sittings held. A missing session is not drawn as 0. Attendance is not a rank.
This term they asked about
From 8 listed questions this term, not a score.
Search this member's listed questions
12 Aug 2026 · unstarred · RAILWAYS
Role of Railways in Economic Growth11 Aug 2026 · unstarred · TEXTILES
Anchor Investments and Textile Value-Chain10 Aug 2026 · unstarred · TOURISM
HRIDAY Projects7 Aug 2026 · unstarred · PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Inland Waterways in North-East Region6 Aug 2026 · unstarred · PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Expansion of LPG Distribution Infrastructure5 Aug 2026 · unstarred · RAILWAYS
Electrification Broad-Gauge Network of Railways4 Aug 2026 · unstarred · TEXTILES
PLI Scheme for Textiles3 Aug 2026 · unstarred · FINANCE
Tax Reforms for Expanding Tax Base
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 27 Aug 2026
On the record
As declared to the Election Commission for 2024. Pending cases are not convictions.
- Education
- B Tech passed from Michigan Technological University (Houghton, United States) in 1985,
- Declared assets
- not listed
- Declared liabilities
- not listed
- Criminal cases
- None disclosed
Source: ECI affidavit portal · as of 23 Aug 2026
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Subject
A local matter — Kendrapara
Draft
Dear Shri Baijayant Panda, I am writing to you as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Kendrapara, Odisha. I would like to raise the following matter: [Describe the issue, the locality it affects, and what you are asking them to do.] Yours sincerely, [Your name] [Your PIN or locality]
- Delhi address
- Flat No. 6B, North Tower, Girdhar Apartments, 28, Firozeshah Road New Delhi, 110001
- Permanent address
- 8 RN Singhdeo Marg, Near Raj Bhawan Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751012
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 23 Aug 2026
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