Newly inducted
Ministers and their Portfolios as on 28th October 2012
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh expanded
his cabinet on Sunday (28th October 2012), saying he had brought in
youth and experience while allotting portfolios.
Here is a snapshot of ministers and their
portfolios that emerged after the Cabinet reshuffle--the "last"
before 2014 polls.
CABINET MINISTERS (NEW)
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
1
|
Shri K.
Rahman Khan
|
Minority Affairs
|
2
|
Shri
Dinsha J. Patel
|
Mines
|
3
|
Shri
Ajay Maken
|
Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
|
4
|
Shri
M.M. 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) (NEW)
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
1
|
Shri
Manish Tewari
|
Information
& Broadcasting
|
2
|
Dr. K. Chiranjeevi
|
Tourism
|
MINISTERS OF STATE(NEW)
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
1
|
Dr.
Shashi Tharoor
|
Human Resource Development
|
2
|
Shri
Kodikunnil Suresh
|
Labour & Employment
|
3
|
Shri
Tariq Anwar
|
Agriculture & Food Processing
Industries
|
4
|
Shri K.
J.
Surya
Prakash Reddy
|
Railways
|
5
|
Smt.
Ranee Narah
|
Tribal Affairs
|
6
|
Shri
A.H. Khan Choudhury
|
Health & Family Welfare
|
7
|
Shri
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
|
Railways
|
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
|
Existing
Ministers with their new Portfolio’s
CABINET MINISTERS
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
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)
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
1
|
Shri
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
|
Power
|
2
|
Shri
K.H. 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
SL No
|
Name of the Minister
|
Portfolio
|
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
R.P.N. Singh
|
Home
|
6
|
Shri
K.C. Venugopal
|
Civil Aviation
|
7
|
Shri
Rajeev Shukla
|
Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.
|
Source: Hindustantimes
