Rajya Sabha
Shri Kanad Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party · Assam · 58
Member of Parliament
Does not run a ministry. The job is to sit, ask, and recommend works.
Committees · terms
2025-2031 · 1 term(s)
- Committee on Communications and Information Technology
- Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways
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
69/85
81% of sittings this term
Questions
17
Last: Nirbhaya Fund utilisation
MPLADS spent
₹2.56 cr
26% of entitled across listed years
Works
50
0 completed · 1 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. Rajya Sabha works are in chosen district(s) of the state. 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₹9.8 cr
- Releasednot listed
- Sanctioned₹3.8 cr
- Spent₹2.56 cr
Unspent among listed years: ₹7.24 cr. Bars use only years that appear in the record — we do not fill missing years with ₹0.
| Year | Entitled | Released | Sanctioned | Spent | Unspent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting MP | ₹9,80,00,000 | not listed | ₹3,80,00,000 | ₹2,56,01,397 | ₹7,23,98,603 |
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. Rajya Sabha works are listed in chosen district(s) of the state. Districts listed: Cachar, Goalpara, Kamrup Metro, Nagaon, Sribhumi, Hailakandi, Barpeta.
In the House
Rajya Sabha current term (2025-2031)
This House, latest session
Monsoon Session · Rajya Sabha session 271
20 Jul 2026 – 13 Aug 2026
- Sittings held
- 19
- Questions listed
- 3,325
- Median attendance
- 97%
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
81%
69 of 85 sittings
- Debates
- not listed
- Private member bills
- 0
- Special mentions
- not listed
Listed titles, not a score. Count is what Digital Sansad published.
Debates
No debates listed for this term.
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 · WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Nirbhaya Fund utilisation11 Aug 2026 · unstarred · CORPORATE AFFAIRS
CSR through zero coupon zero principal instruments7 Aug 2026 · unstarred · INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Integration of Community Radio with disaster management plans6 Aug 2026 · unstarred · DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Initiatives for transforming NER5 Aug 2026 · unstarred · SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan and Institutional De-addiction infrastructure5 Aug 2026 · unstarred · SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Divyangjan Kaushal Vikas Yojana20 Jul 2026 · unstarred · COAL
First mile connectivity and coal logistics infrastructure9 Mar 2026 · unstarred · CIVIL AVIATION
Status of Greenfield airport at Doloo Silchar, Assam
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 27 Aug 2026
Not in this catalog yet
- Not listed on the ECI affidavit portal as of 27 Aug 2026 for the election that seated this term.
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Subject
A local matter — Assam
Draft
Dear Shri Kanad Purkayastha, I am writing to you as a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Assam. Rajya Sabha is a state list, not a single constituency. 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]
- Phone
- Not published
- Delhi address
- 151-153, North Avenue, New Delhi
- Permanent address
- Ward No.4, Nutan Patty, Silchar, P.O.-Silchar, P.S.-Silchar, District- Cachar, Assam, Pin-788001 788001
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 23 Aug 2026
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