• Member of Official Language Committee
• Member of Library Committee
• Member of Committee on Subordinate Legislation from 1984 to 1989
• Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Defense from 1984 to 1996
• Member of Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament from 19 January 1990 to 7 August 1990
• Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1990
• Minister of State in the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 27 May 2009 and 18 January 2011
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
• Member of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
• Member of the Cabinet Committee on Prices
• Member of the Group of Ministers on the Trade Agreement in Goods under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)
• Member of the Group of Ministers (GoM) regarding the review of Fertilizer Policy
• Member of the Group of Ministers to consider issues relating to the WTO
• Member of Core Group of Union Ministers and State Chief Ministers regarding prices of essential commodities
• Members of the Empowered Group of Ministers will review the situation and take prompt and timely decisions on policy issues as well as other issues for effective management of drought and related issues.
• Members of the Empowered Group of Ministers will consider issues related to procurement management of foodgrain stocks, revision of prices of central issue of food grains and proposed legislation on food security.
• Member of the Panel of Speakers in Lok Sabha from 9 June 2014 to 12 December 2014
• Member of the House Committee from 12 June 2014 to 22 August 2014
• Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from 14 August 2014 to 30 April 2017
• Member of Standing Committee on Urban Development
• Member of Consultative Committee on Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Member of Committee on Scrutiny of Budget Estimates of Lok Sabha
• Member of General Purposes Committee
• Member of Joint Committee on Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Members of the House Committee
as a legislator
• Minister of Tourism, Minister of Excise and Minister of Fisheries (2001-2004)
• Recognized as Ambassador for Peace by Universal Peace Federation Inter Religious and International Federation for World Peace (2005)
Pro. KV Thomas Road, Thopampadi,
Kochi – 682 005, Kerala
current address
17, BR Mehta Lane, KG Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001
In 2002, an intelligence report was faxed to Chief Minister AK Antony’s office, purportedly linking Tourism and Fisheries Minister KV Thomas to the Rs 330 crore hawala scam. The news came into limelight when a reporter from Surya TV named Anil Nambiar wrote a letter on his channel accusing Thomas of being involved in the scam. However, AK Antony later declared that it was a forged document. After a month, Anil Nambiar confessed that it was Congress MLA Shobhana George who gave him the fake document. Soon after, a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued for the arrest of Shobhana George. The court held that Shobhana was a victim of factionalism within the Congress party and dismissed the case against her.
corruption charges
A PIL was filed against KV Thomas in the High Court of Kerala in 2003 by a member of the rival faction, alleging that Thomas undervalued his property at Kalancherry in nearby Kumbalangi Island. Additionally, the PIL alleged that the toll on the bridge at Thopampadi in Kochi was being collected by an unnamed company of Thomas. Another allegation listed in the PIL states that he had bought three sophisticated fishing boats in the name of his wife. As a result, Thomas submitted a counter-affidavit in court, claiming that the allegations against him were fictitious and fictitious and were exposed to gain political mileage.
Disciplinary Action by Congress
In April 2022, the AICC decided to take disciplinary action against KV Thomas, who, despite being banned by the INC, attended a seminar organized by the CPM party in Kannur. Thomas argued that the issue of centre-state relations (the seminar he attended) was a national issue; So, he felt the urge to participate in it. This was followed by speculations of KV Thomas losing his official positions in the media.
• Biju Thomas (serving as Senior Director at Bade, Mashreq Bank, Dubai)
• Joe Thomas (small; works as a doctor at Hospital Aster Medcity, Kerala)
Daughter– Rekha Thomas (runs a small consumer goods distribution agency called Shirley’s with her mother)
Mother– Rosa Varkey (Housewife)
• Cash: Rs 1,25,000
• Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs 41,51,959
• Motor Vehicles: Rs 9,13,251
• Jewellery: Rs. 1,00,000
• Other assets, such as value of claims/interests: Rs 2,19,577
Real estate
• Non-agricultural land: Rs 17,98,059
• Residential Building: Rs 87,52,639 (Myneta.info,