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June 8, 2004

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs constituted

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has been constituted with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, as Chairman. The members of the Committee will be as follows:

  1. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Defence
  2. Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture; Food & Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution.
  3. Shri Lalu Prasad, Minister of Railways
  4. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; Steel
  5. Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance
  6. Shri T.R. Baalu, Minister of Road Transport & Highways; Shipping
  7. Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce & Industry
  8. Shri P.M. Sayeed, Minister of Power
  9. Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Minister of Rural Development
  10. Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Communications & IT.

The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission shall be the Special Invitee.