UPA Cabinet - 2011
Prime Minister Manmonah Singh reshuffled his cabinet on 19th Jan. This is the first cabinet reshuffle after the UPA II took office in May 2009. The new inductees are K. C. Venugopal (MoS for power), Beniprasad Varma (MoS with independent charge for steel), and Ashwani Kumar (MoS for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences).
UPA Cabinet After Reshuffle
Prime Minister Manmonah Singh has reshuffled his cabinet on 19th Jan. This is the first cabinet reshuffle after the UPA II took office in May 2009. The new inductees are K. C. Venugopal (MoS for power), Beniprasad Varma (MoS with independent charge for steel), and Ashwani Kumar (MoS for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences). The new ministers took oath office in a ceremony at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Salman Khurshid, Praful Patel and Sriprakash Jaiswal were promoted to Cabinet ranksUPA Cabinet - The Latest Picture
New Cabinet Ministers:
1. Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
2. Sriprakash Jaiswal : Coal
3. Salman Khursheed : Water Resources and additional charge of Minority AffairsNew Minister of State (Independent Charge):
1. Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports
2. Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
3. K.V. Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionNew Ministers of State:
1. Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences
2. K.C. Venugopal : PowerCabinet Ministers:
1. Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
2. Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
3. Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj
4. S. Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas
5. Kamal Nath : Urban Development
6. Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation
7. Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs
8. Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology
9. B.K. Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region
10. C.P. Joshi : Road Transport and Highways
11. Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture
12. Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism
13. M.S. Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation
14. Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth SciencesMinister of State (Independent Charge):
1. Dinsha Patel : MinesMinisters of State:
1. E. Ahamed : External Affairs
2. Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
3. V. Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister's Office
4. Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs
5. A. Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
6. Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways
7. Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways
8. Mahadev S. Khandela : Tribal Affairs
9. R.P.N. Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs
10. Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways
11. Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
12. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal
13. Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs
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