Chidambaram assumes charge as Home Minister

Palaniappan Chidambaram on Monday took over as the Home Minister for the second time in North Block in New Delhi.

Sixty four year old Chidambaram is one among the 19 cabinet Ministers who were sworn-in on 22^nd May, along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Chidambaram, a Harvard educated lawyer, was shifted to the Home Ministry from the Finance Ministry by the Prime Minister in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack last year which led to the resignation of Shivraj Patil from the post.

Chidambaram has been focusing on reorganising the intelligence network, tightening the provisions in the anti-terror laws and amending the CISF Act.