UPA II - Cabinet Reshuffle - Sunday Oct 28,2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inducted 17 new faces and a total of 22 ministers(7 Cabinet Ministers and 15 MOS) giving several new and young faces a chance to prove their mettle as his government tries to remove the taint of scams and non-performance from its progress report.
The Congress has also shown that it is the big brother in the UPA by having 69 of the 79 ministers, including the Railways.
The new ministers are expected to take charge of their respective posts on Tuesday Oct 30,2012.

 

 

                                                                    

 Cabinet Re-Shuffle - Portfolios

CABINET MINISTERS

1)K. Rahman Khan - Minority Affairs

2)Dinsha J. Patel - Mines

3)Ajay Maken - Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

4)M.M. Pallam Raju - Human Resource Development

5)Ashwani Kumar - Law & Justice

6)Harish Rawat - Water Resources

7)Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Culture

8)M. Veerappa Moily - Petroleum & Natural Gas

9)S. Jaipal Reddy - Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

10)Kamal Nath - Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs

11)Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs

12)Kapil Sibal - Communications & Information Technology

13)C.P. Joshi - Road Transport & Highways

14)Kumari Selja - Social Justice & Empowerment

15)Pawan Kumar Bansal - Railways

16)Salman Khursheed - External Affairs

17)Jairam Ramesh - Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1)Manish Tewari - Information & Broadcasting

2)K. Chiranjeevi - Tourism

3)Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Power

4)K.H. Muniappa - Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

5)Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki - Drinking Water & Sanitation

6)Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs

7)Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE

1)Shashi Tharoor - Human Resource Development

2)Kodikunnil Suresh - Labour & Employment

3)Tariq Anwar - Agriculture & Food Processing Industries

4)K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy - Railways

5)Ranee Narah - Tribal Affairs

6)Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - Railways

7)Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury - Health & Family Welfare

8)Sarvey Sathyanarayana - Road Transport & Highways

9)Ninong Ering - Minority Affairs

10)Deepa Dasmunsi - Urban Development

11)Porika Balram Naik - Social Justice & Empowerment

12)Kruparani Killi - Communications & Information Technology

13)Lalchand Kataria - Defence

14)E. Ahamed - External Affairs

15)D. Purandeswari - Commerce & Industry

16)Jitin Prasada - Defence & Human Resource Development

17)S. Jagathrakshakan - New & Renewable Energy

18)R.P.N. Singh - Home Affairs

19)K.C. Venugopal - Civil Aviation

20)Rajeev Shukla - Parliamentary Affairs & Planning