Cabinet Reshuffle

Cabinet Reshuffle

Following are the new Ministers and Portfolios announced today by the Government:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Shri Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

2. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal : Coal

3. Shri Salman Khursheed : Water Resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports

2. Shri Beni Prasad Verma : Steel

3. Professor K.V. Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. Shri Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

2. Shri K.C. Venugopal : Power

           The portfolios of the following Ministers may also be changed as indicated below:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Shri Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

2. Shri Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

3. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge ofPanchayati Raj

4. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas

5. Shri Kamal Nath : Urban Development

6. Shri Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation

7. Shri Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs

8. Shri Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology

9. Shri B.K. Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region

10. Shri C.P. Joshi : Road Transport and Highways

11. Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture

12. Shri Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism

13. Dr. M.S. Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation

14. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Dinsha Patel : Mines

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. Shri E. Ahamed : External Affairs

2. Shri Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

3. Shri V. Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office

4. Shri Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs

5. Shri A. Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

6. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways

7. Shri Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways

8. Shri Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs

9. Shri R.P.N. Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs

10. Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways

11. Shri Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

12. Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal

13. Shri Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs