Cabinet Reshuffle: The newly sworn-in ministers

In what is being seen as an attempt for an ‘image makeover’ by the UPA-II government ahead of the 2014 general assembly elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday undertook a drastic cabinet reshuffle.

Here is the list of all the newly inducted ministers:-

CABINET MINISTERS

1. Shri K Rahman Khan 2. Shri Dinsha J Patel 3. Shri Ajay Maken 4. Shri MM Pallam Raju 5. Shri Ashwani Kumar 6. Shri Harish Rawat 7. Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Shri Manish Tewari 2. Dr K Chiranjeevi

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Dr Shashi Tharoor 2. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh 3. Shri Tariq Anwar 4. Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy 5. Smt Ranee Narah 6. Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 7. Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury 8. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana 9. Shri Ninong Ering 10. Smt Deepa Dasmunsi 11. Shri Porika Balram Naik 12. Dr (Smt) Kruparani Killi 13. Shri Lalchand Kataria

Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President directed the following allocation of portfolios among the newly appointed Ministers shall be as below:

CABINET MINISTERS 1. Shri K Rahman Khan Minority Affairs

2. Shri Dinsha J Patel Mines

3. Shri Ajay Maken Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

4. Shri MM Pallam Raju Human Resource Development

5. Shri Ashwani Kumar Law & Justice

6. Shri Harish Rawat Water Resources

7. Smt Chandresh Kumari Katoch Culture

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Shri Manish Tewari Information & Broadcasting

2. Dr K Chiranjeevi Tourism

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Dr Shashi Tharoor Human Resource Development

2. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh Labour & Employment

3. Shri Tariq Anwar Agriculture & Food Processing Industries

4. Shri KJ Surya Prakash Reddy Railways

5. Smt Ranee Narah Tribal Affairs

6. Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Railways

7. Shri AH Khan Choudhury Health & Family Welfare

8. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana Road Transport & Highways

9. Shri Ninong Ering Minority Affairs

10. Smt Deepa Dasmunsi Urban Development

11. Shri Porika Balram Naik Social Justice & Empowerment

12. Dr (Smt) Kruparani Killi Communications & Information Technology

13. Shri Lalchand Kataria Defence

The President further directed, as advised by the Prime Minister, that the portfolios of the following Ministers shall be changed as indicated below:

CABINET MINISTERS

1. Shri M. Veerappa Moily Petroleum & Natural Gas

2. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

3. Shri Kamal Nath Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs

4. Shri Vayalar Ravi Overseas Indian Affairs

5. Shri Kapil Sibal Communications & Information Technology

6. Shri C.P. Joshi Road Transport & Highways

7. Kumari Selja Social Justice & Empowerment

8. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal Railways

9. Shri Salman Khursheed External Affairs

10. Shri Jairam Ramesh Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Power

2. Shri KH Muniappa Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

3. Shri Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki Drinking Water & Sanitation

4. Shri Sachin Pilot Corporate Affairs

5. Shri Jitendra Singh Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri E Ahamed External Affairs

2. Smt D Purandeswari Commerce & Industry

3. Shri Jitin Prasada Defence & Human Resource Development

4. Dr S Jagathrakshakan New & Renewable Energy

5. Shri RPN Singh Home

6. Shri KC Venugopal Civil Aviation

7. Shri Rajeev Shukla Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.

(Source: http://pib.nic.in/)