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
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