PM rejigs Cabinet; Jaypal Reddy takes over Oil Min
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet reshuffle falls short of expectations as no minister has been dropped only the portfolios of some of them have been changed.
January 19, 2011 / 22:19 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet reshuffle falls short of expectations as no minister has been dropped only the portfolios of some of them have been changed.
Praful Patel, Salman Khursheed and Sriprakash Jaiswal have been elevated to Cabinet rank while the new faces include Beni Prasad Verma and Ashwini Kumar Patel, who was the minister of state in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been made a Cabinet minister and gets the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises portfolio. Jaiswal has been given Coal Ministry and Salman Khursheed has got Water Resources along with the additional charge of Ministry of Minority Affairs.Virbhadra Singh has been shifted from Steel to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, while Vilasrao Deshmukh has been shifted from Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises to Rural Development with additional charge of Panchayati Raj.CP Joshi has been shifted from Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to Road Transport and Highways. Kumari Selja has been shifted from Tourism and gets additional charge of Culture, retains Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Murli Deora has been shifted from Petroleum to Corporate Affairs Ministry.The reshuffle is not being seen as a major overhaul as important ministers like Home, Defence, Finance, External Affairs have not been touched. Sources say that another cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place in May after the Budget session of Parliament is over.List of Cabinet Ministers:Praful Patel: Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesShriprakash Jaiswal: Coal MinistrySalman Khursheed: Water Resources and additional charge of Minority AffairsMinister of State (Independent Charge):Ajay Maken: Youth Affairs and SportsBeni Prasad Verma: SteelProfessor KV Thomas: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionMinisters of state:Ashwani Kumar: Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth SciencesKC Venugopal: PowerMinisters whose portfolios have been changed:Cabinet ministers:Sharad Pawar: Agriculture and Food Processing IndustriesVirbhadra Singh: Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesVilasrao Deshmukh: Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati RajS Jaipal Reddy: Petroleum and Natural GasKamal Nath: Urban DevelopmentVayalar Ravi: Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil AviationMurli Deora: Corporate AffairsKapil Sibal: Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information TechnologyBK Handique: Development of North-Eastern RegionCP Joshi: Road Transport and HighwaysKumari Selja: Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of CultureSubodh Kant Sahay: TourismDr MS Gill: Statistics and Programme ImplementationPawan Kumar Bansal: Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth SciencesMinister of State (Independent Charge):Dinsha Patel: MinesMinisters of State:E Ahamed: External AffairsHarish Rawat: Agriculture and Food Processing IndustriesV Narayanasamy: Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister
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