Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh

Press Release

Following are the recommendations sent by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh to the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil for consideration and orders that the portfolios of Ministers to be appointed may be as below:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Shri Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

2. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal : Coal

3. Shri Salman Khursheed : Water Resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports

2. Shri Beni Prasad Verma : Steel

3. Professor K.V. Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. Shri Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

2. Shri K.C. Venugopal : Power

The portfolios of the following Ministers may also be changed as indicated below:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Shri Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

2. Shri Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

3. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj

4. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas

5. Shri Kamal Nath : Urban Development

6. Shri Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation

7. Shri Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs

8. Shri Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology

9. Shri B.K. Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region

10. Shri C.P. Joshi : Road Transport and Highways

11. Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture

12. Shri Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism

13. Dr. M.S. Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation

14. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Dinsha Patel : Mines

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. Shri E. Ahamed : External Affairs

2. Shri Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

3. Shri V. Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister's Office

4. Shri Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs

5. Shri A. Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

6. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways

7. Shri Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways

8. Shri Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs

9. Shri R.P.N. Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs

10. Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways

11. Shri Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

12. Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal

13. Shri Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs

The Prime Minister also recommended for the kind acceptance and orders of the President that the following may be appointed as Members of the Council of Ministers and may be administered the oaths of Office and of Secrecy on 19th January 2011 at 1700 hours:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Shri Praful Patel

2. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal

3. Shri Salman Khursheed

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):

1. Shri Ajay Maken

2. Shri Beni Prasad Verma

3. Professor K.V. Thomas

MINISTERS OF STATE:

1. Shri Ashwani Kumar

2. Shri K.C. Venugopal