Press Communique: The Cabinet

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Presidents Secretariat 

19-January-2011 20:22 IST

Press Communique 

The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has been pleased to direct the following allocation of portfolios among the newly appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers:-

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 President, as advised by the Prime Minister, further directed that the portfolios of the following Ministers shall 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 of Panchayati 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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Rashtrapati Bhawan

New Delhi, dated January 19, 2011

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