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Sunday, October 28, 2012

New members of the Union Council of Ministers and change of portfolios thereof

Press Communique


            The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, appointed and administered the Oaths of Office and Secrecy to the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-

CABINET MINISTERS

1.
Shri K. Rahman Khan
2.
Shri Dinsha J. Patel
3.
Shri Ajay Maken
4.
Shri M.M. 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 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)
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 K. J. Surya Prakash       Reddy
Railways
5.
Smt. Ranee Narah
Tribal Affairs
6.
Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Railways
7.
Shri A.H. 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 MadhavraoScindia
Power
2.
Shri K.H. Muniappa
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
3.
Shri Bharatsinh MadhavsinhSolanki
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 R.P.N. Singh
Home
6.
Shri K.C. Venugopal
Civil Aviation
7.
Shri Rajeev Shukla
Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.

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Source:-PIB

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