Mr. Vincent Pala has been a Member of Parliament since 15^thLok Sabha (2009) and is continuing in the 16^thLok Sabha (2014). Currently, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice. He is a member in the Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Schemes (MPLADS). Mr. Pala is also a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

Mr. Pala has done substantial work in the field of climate change and renewable energy. Mr. Pala submitted various memorandums and actively participated in charting India’s strategy for a successful and effective climate change agreement at COP21 in Paris to the Ministry of External Affairs.

In 2016-17, he actively pursued for percentage allocation of MPLAD funds for renewable energy and participated in various committee meetings for capacity building of renewable energy technologies within the framework of MPLAD scheme to promote low carbon development at local levels.