Cabinet Reshuffle

Press Release

January 19, 2011
New Delhi

Following are the recommendations sent by Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh to the President of India, Smt. PratibhaDevisinghPatil for consideration and orders that the portfolios of Ministers to be appointed may be as below:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. ShriPrafulPatel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

2. ShriShriprakashJaiswal : 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. ShriBeni Prasad Verma : Steel

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

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. ShriAshwaniKumar : 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. ShriSharadPawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

2. ShriVirbhadraSingh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

3. ShriVilasraoDeshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj

4. Shri S. JaipalReddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas

5. Shri Kamal Nath : Urban Development

6. ShriVayalarRavi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation

7. ShriMurliDeora : 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. KumariSelja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture

12. ShriSubodh 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. ShriDinshaPatel : 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. ShriGurudasKamat : Home Affairs

5. Shri A. SaiPrathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

6. ShriBharatsinhSolanki : Railways

7. ShriJitinPrasada : Road Transport and Highways

8. ShriMahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs

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

10. ShriTusharbhaiChaudhary : Road Transport and Highways

11. ShriArunYadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

12. Shri Pratik PrakashbapuPatil : Coal

13. Shri Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs

The Prime Minister also recommended for the kind acceptance and orders of the President that the following may be appointed as Members of the Council of Ministers and may be administered the oaths of Office and of Secrecy on 19th January 2011 at 1700 hours:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. ShriPraful Patel

2. ShriShriprakashJaiswal

3. Shri Salman Khursheed

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Ajay Maken

2. ShriBeni Prasad Verma

3. Professor K.V. Thomas

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. ShriAshwani Kumar

2. Shri K.C. Venugopal

Courtesy:

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/list-of-ministers-sent-by-prime-ministers-office-to-president-80330