In the reshuffle, three ministers were elevated to the cabinet rank and the resignation of the seven
ministers has been accepted. Jairam Ramesh is the new Rural Development Minister who replaces Vilasrao Deshmukh. M Veerappa Moily has been shifted from Law to Corporate Affairs and Salman Khursheed brought in his place.
Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi has been elevated to the Cabinet rank and given the Railways portfolio, Beni Prasad Verma is now a Cabinet Minister for Steel, a portfolio he earlier held as Minister of State with Independent charge.
The other new faces in the Council of Ministers are Jayanthi Natarajan- Environment and Forests, Paban Singh Ghatowar-Development of North Eastern Region, Sudip Bandopadhyaya -Health and Family Welfare, Jitendra Singh -Home, Milind Deora-Communication and IT and Rajiv Shukla -Parliamentary Affairs.
Ministers who have been dropped from the Cabinet are- M S Gill (Statistics and Programme Implementation), B K Handique(DONER), Kantilal Bhuria (Tribal Affairs), Murli Deora (Corporate Affairs) and Dayanidhi Maran (Textiles). With this the strength of the Council of Ministers has gone up to 68.
Additional charge of Textiles has been given to Anand Sharma and P K Bansal, Water Resources. Anand Sharma retains Commerce and Industry and Bansal Parliamentary Affairs. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal continues to hold additional charge of Telecom, while Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi continues to hold additional charge of Civil Aviation.
Veteran Parliamentarian from Andhra Pradesh V Kishore Chandra Deo makes his entry into the Cabinet for the first time, making him the second minister from the state after S Jaipal Reddy. Charan Das Mahant has also made a debut as MoS in Agriculture and Food Processing.
Rural Development Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has been shifted to Science and Technology and Earth Sciences. Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed has also been given the additional charge of HRD. Minsters of State V Narayanasamy and Ashwani Kumar shed Parliamentary Affairs portfolios which have gone to new entrant Rajiv Shukla and Harish Rawat, who retains MoS for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Minister of State for Shipping and Railways Mukul Roy, has been divested of the Railways portfolio gets parliamentary affairs. Ministers of State for Steel and Rural Development A. Sai Prathap and Arun Yadav were also dropped from the Council of Ministers.
There is no change in portfolios of Finance, Home, Defence and External Affairs ministries.
The Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, senior Cabinet Ministers, UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj were among the dignitaries who were present at the swearing in ceremony
Earlier Report
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Prime Minister has recommended the President Pratibha patil that the following may be appointed as members of the Union Council of Ministers and has requested that the oath of office and secrecy be administered at 5.00pm.
CABINET MINISTERS:
1. V. Kishore Chandra Deo
2. Beni Prasad Verma
3. Dinesh Trivedi
4. Jairam Ramesh
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) :
5. Srikant Jena
6. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
7. Paban Singh Ghatowar
8. Gurudas Kamat
MINISTERS OF STATE :
9. Sudip Bandopadhyaya
10. Charan Das Mahant
11. Jitendra Singh
12. Milind Deora
13. Rajiv Shukla
The Prime Minister has recommended the portfolios of the newly appointed Ministers may be as below:
CABINET MINISTERS :
V. Kishore Chandra Deo : Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj
Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
Dinesh Trivedi : Railways
Jairam Ramesh : Rural Development
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) :
Srikant Jena : Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan : Environment and Forests
Paban Singh Ghatowar : Development of North Eastern Region
Gurudas Kamat : Drinking Water and Sanitation
MINISTERS OF STATE :
Sudip Bandopadhyaya : Health and Family Welfare
Charan Das Mahant : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Jitendra Singh : Home Affairs
Milind Deora : Communications and Information Technology
Rajiv Shukla : Parliamentary Affairs
The Prime Minister has further recommended that the portfolios of the following Ministers may be changed as indicated below:
CABINET MINISTERS :
Vilasrao Deshmukh : Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
M. Veerappa Moily : Corporate Affairs
Anand Sharma : Commerce and Industry; and additional charge of Textiles
Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Water Resources
Salman Khursheed : Law and Justice and additional charge of Minority Affairs
MINISTERS OF STATE :
E. Ahamed : External Affairs and Human Resource Development
V.Narayanasamy : Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Prime Minister’s Office
Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries; and Parliamentary Affairs
Mukul Roy : Shipping
Ashwani Kumar : Planning; Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
The Prime Minister has fowarded the resignation letters of the following Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers with the recommendation that they may be accepted.
1. Dayanidhi Maran
2. Murli Deora
3. B.K. Handique
4. Dr. M.S. Gill
5. Kanti Lal Bhuria
6. A. Sai Prathap
7. Arun S. Yadav