[2][3] He was the chairman of the Ering Commission which heavily influenced the country's panchayati raj system.
He was later appointed as the Parliament Secretary and a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
[4] In 1964, he chaired the Ering Commission, an investigative body looking into governmental decentralization.
The Daying Ering Memorial Wild Life Sanctuary in the East Siang district is named after him.
After his death, C. C. Gohain was nominated as a Member of the Lok Sabha from NEFA by the President of India.