Rajya Sabha
Shri Samik Bhattacharya
Bharatiya Janata Party · West Bengal · 62
Member of Parliament
Does not run a ministry. The job is to sit, ask, and recommend works.
Committees · terms
2024-2030 · 1 term(s)
- Committee on Home Affairs
- Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Textiles.
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
131/152
86% of sittings this term
Questions
218
Last: Coverage of INSPIRE scholarship in West Bengal
MPLADS spent
₹2.88 cr
20% of entitled across listed years
Works
51
10 completed · 2 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₹14.7 cr
- Releasednot listed
- Sanctioned₹4.77 cr
- Spent₹2.88 cr
Unspent among listed years: ₹11.82 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 | ₹14,70,00,000 | not listed | ₹4,76,84,179 | ₹2,87,74,223 | ₹11,82,25,777 |
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: Birbhum, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Malda, North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Dakshin Dinajpur, Kolkata, Cooch Behar, Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad.
In the House
Rajya Sabha current term (2024-2030)
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
86%
131 of 152 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
13 Aug 2026 · unstarred · SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Coverage of INSPIRE scholarship in West Bengal13 Aug 2026 · unstarred · LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Affairs of ESIC Medical College, Joka13 Aug 2026 · starred · ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Functioning of NGT's Eastern Zone Bench12 Aug 2026 · unstarred · PANCHAYATI RAJ
Implementation of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) in West Bengal12 Aug 2026 · unstarred · FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Transponder installation under VCSS11 Aug 2026 · unstarred · FINANCE
Revival of Calcutta Stock Exchange11 Aug 2026 · unstarred · CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Selection of Chemical Parks from West Bengal10 Aug 2026 · unstarred · PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Latest status of lease deed execution and production commencement at Ashoknagar oil field
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.
Write to them
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A letter
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Subject
A local matter — West Bengal
Draft
Dear Shri Samik Bhattacharya, I am writing to you as a Member of the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. 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
- Delhi address
- Not published
- Permanent address
- 66, Salt Lake, Block-BH, Sector-2, P.O.- Sech Bhawan, Ps.- Bidhan Nagar, North 24 Parganas, 700091
Source: Digital Sansad · as of 23 Aug 2026
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