List Of Union Council Of Ministers After Reshuffle

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jan 20: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday undertook wholesale changes in the portfolios of his ministers, particularly those manning key economic and infrastructure departments, with the impending assembly elections and concerns over charges of corruption emerging as the key drivers behind the reshuffle.

The prime minister went in for only a limited expansion, and a more comprehensive cleansing exercise is expected to follow after the conclusion of the budget session of parliament. “This is a minor reshuffle. We will do a major reshuffle after the budget session,” he told newspersons after the swearing-in ceremony.

The reshuffle-cum-expansion exercise saw the induction of three new faces, elevation of five ministers, three of them to cabinet rank, and easing the burden of ministers holding more than two portfolios.

But if the prime minister was expected to wield the scalpel and go in for a major surgery in an attempt to bridge his government’s widening credibility deficit, that did not happen. No minister was dropped on the charges of either non-performance or ill-health. Ministers whose performances had come under intense scrutiny in the past few months because of either allegations of irregularities in their departments or inefficiency have merely been shunted to less powerful ministries.

Singh, nevertheless, took care to shift ministers who were considered to be too close to corporates with close links to their ministries.

Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
(i)   Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning; 
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy: and
(iv) Department of Space

Cabinet Ministers
Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance
Congress, 11 December 1935 Jangipur (West Bengal) Lok Sabha

Sharad Pawar, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
(Earlier also held Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution)
NCP, 12 December 1940 Madha (Maharashtra) Lok Sabha

Shri A. K. Antony, Minister of Defence
Congress, 28 December, 1940 Kerala - Rajya Sabha

Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Home Affairs
Congress, 16 September 1945 Sivaganga (Tamilnadu) Lok Sabha

Kum. Mamata Banerjee, Minister of Railways
TMC, 5 January, 1955 Kolkata Dakshin (West Bengal), Lok Sabha

Shri S. M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs
Congress, May 1, 1932 Karnataka - Rajya Sabha

Shri Virbhadra Singh, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Congress, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha

Shri Praful Patel, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
(Earlier had Civil Aviation)
NCP, 17 February 1957 Bhandara - Gondiya, Maharashtra Lok Sabha

Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of Coal
Congress, 25 September 1944 Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha

Salman Khursheed, Minister of Water Resources, Minister of Minority Affairs
Congress, Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj
Congress, Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Congress, March 7, 1949 Jammu & Kashmir Rajya Sabha

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Minister of Power
Congress, 04 Sep, 1941 Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha

Shri M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law and Justice
Congress, January 12, 1940 Chikkballapur – Karnataka Lok Sabha

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy
NC, 21 October, 1937 Jammu & Kashmir Rajya Sabha

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(Earlier - Urban Development)
Congress, 16 January 1942 Chevella (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha

Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development
(Earlier - Road Transport & Highways)
Congress - 18 November 1946 Chhindwara - Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha

Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Minister of Civil Aviation
Congress, Jun 4, 1937 Kerala, Rajya Sabha

Pawan K. Bansal, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Earth Sciences
Congress, Jul 16, 1948 Chandigarh Lok Sabha

Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Textiles
DMK, 5 December, 1966 Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha

Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development, Minister of Communications and Information Technology
(Earlier - Minister of Science & Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences)
Congress, 8 August 1948 Chandni Chowk - NCT of Delhi, Lok Sabha

Shri Murli Deora, Minister of Corporate Affairs
(Earlier - Petroleum and Natural Gas)
Congress, Jan 10, 1937 Mumbai South, Maharashtra

Smt. Ambika Soni, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Congress, Nov 13, 1943 Punjab, Rajya Sabha

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of Labour and Employment
Congress, Gulbarga, Karnataka Lok Sabha

Shri B. K. Handique, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
(Earlier - Minister of Mines)
Congress, 1 December 1934 Jorhat – Assam Lok Sabha

Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry
Congress, Jan 5, 1953 Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha

Shri C. P. Joshi, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
(Earlier - Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj)
Congress, 29 July 1950 Bhilwara – Rajasthan Lok Sabha

Selja, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Minister of Culture
(Earlier - Minister of Tourism)
Congress, 24 September, 1962 Ambala (SC) (Haryana) Lok Sabha

Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister of Tourism
(Earlier - Food Processing Industries)
Congress, 11 June, 1951 Ranchi (Jharkhand) Lok Sabha

Dr. M. S. Gill, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Earlier - Youth Affairs and Sports)
Congress, 14 June, 1936 Punjab Rajya Sabha

Shri G. K. Vasan, Minister of Shipping
Congress, Dec 28, 1964 Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha

Shri Mukul Wasnik, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Congress, Ramtek, Maharashtra Lok Sabha

Shri Kantilal Bhuria, Minister of Tribal Affairs
Congress, 1 June 1950 Ratlam (M.P.) Lok Sabha

Shri M. K. Alagiri, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
DMK, Madurai, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Congress, Jan 12, 1964, Lok Sabha - New Delhi
  
Shri Beni Prasad Verma, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Steel
Congress, Gonda Uttar Pradesh
    
Prof. K. V. Thomas, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Congress, 10 May 1946 - Lok Sabha - Ernakulam, Kerala
    
Shri Dinsha J. Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Mines
(Earlier - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
Congress, May 25, 1937 – Lok Sabha, Khera, Gujarat
    
Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
Congress, 3 March, 1955 North West Delhi Lok Sabha
    
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Congress, 9 April, 1954 Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha

Minister of State

Shri Srikant Jena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Congress, 18 June 1950, Lok Sabha- Balasore, Orissa
  
Shri E. Ahamed, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
(Earlier - Railways)
MKL, 29 April 1938 , Lok Sabha - Ponnani (Kerala)
  
Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Congress, April 15, 1946, Lok Sabha - Vadakara (Kerala)
    
Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office
(Earlier - Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning)
Congress, 30 May, 1947, Lok Sabha- Pondicherry
 
Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Congress, 1 January, 1971, Lok Sabha -Guna (Madhya Pradesh)
 
Smt. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
Congress, Apr 22, 1959, Lok Sabha – Visakhapatnam
 
Shri K.H. Muniappa, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Congress, 7 March 1948, Lok Sabha Kolar (Karnataka)
 
Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
Congress, 6 October 1958, Lok Sabha- Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh)
 
Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Congress, 24 December, 1943, Lok Sabha Sawai Madhopur (ST)
 
Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Congress, August 31, 1962, Lok Sabha - Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
 
Shri Saugata Ray, Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development
TMC, Lok Sabha- Dum Dum, West Bengal
 
Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
DMK, 15 August 1950, Lok Sabha-Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
 
Shri Jitin Prasada, Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (Earlier - Petroleum & Natural Gas)
Congress, 29 November, 1973, Lok Sabha -Dhaurahra (UP)
 
Shri A. Sai Prathap, Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and
Public Enterprises
(Earlier - Steel)
Sept 20, 1944, Lok Sabha - Rajampet (Andhra Pradesh)
 
Smt. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Congress, 3 October 1944 , Lok Sabha –Patiala Punjab
 
Shri Gurudas Kamat, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 
(Earlier - Communications & Information Technology)
Congress, 5 October, 1954- Lok Sabha Mumbai North-East Maharastra
  
Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 
(Earlier - Labour and Employment)
Congress, April 27, 1947-  Lok Sabha –Hardwar
 
Shri Bharatsinh Solanki, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 
(Earlier - Power)
Congress, 26 Nov, 1953- Lok Sabha Anand (Gujarat)
  
Shri Mahadev S. Khandela, Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
(Earlier - Road Transport & Highways)
Congress, 23 Sept 1943- Lok Sabha-Sikar, Rajasthan
  
Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
TMC, June 04, 1950, Lok Sabha - Barrackpore (West Bengal)
 
Shri Sisir Adhikari, Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 
TMC, Lok Sabha- Kanthi, West Bengal
 
Shri Sultan Ahmed, Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 
TMC, Lok Sabha- Uluberia, West Bengal
 
Shri Mukul Roy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping 
TMC, 17 April 1954, Rajya Sabha West Bengal
 
Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua, Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 
TMC, 9 June 1938- Lok Sabha-Mathurapur, West Bengal
 
Shri D. Napoleon, Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 
DMK, 29 Sept 1963, Lok Sabha - Perambalur, Tamil Nadu
 
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 
DMK, 9 Sept 1973 - Lok Sabha- Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu
 
Shri S. Gandhiselvan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 
DMK, 2 June 1963- Lok Sabha- Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
 
Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary, Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 
(Earlier - Tribal Affairs)
Congress, Lok Sabha –Bardoli Gujarat
 
Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology 
Congress, 7 Sept, 1977, Lok Sabha Ajmer
 
Shri Arun Yadav, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 
(Earlier - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises)
Congress, 15 January 1974, Lok Sabha-  Khandwa Madhya Pradesh
 
Shri Prateek Prakashbapu Patil, Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal 
(Earlier - Youth Affairs and Sports)
Congress, Lok Sabha- Sangli Maharastra
      
Shri R.P.N. Singh, Minister of State in the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Minister of State in the Minister of Corporate Affairs 
(Earlier - Road Transport and Highways)
Congress, Lok Sabha -Kushi Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)
 
Shri Vincent Pala, Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs 
(Earlier - Water Resources)
Congress, Lok Sabha- Shillong, Meghalaya
 
Shri Pradeep Jain, Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 
Congress, Lok Sabha-Jhansi -Uttar Pradesh
 
Ms. Agatha Sangma, Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 
NCP, July 24, 1980, Lok Sabha  Tura, Meghalaya
 
Shri Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences 
Congress, 26 Oct 1952 Rajya Sabha Punjab
 
Shri K. C. Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
Congress, Alappuzha Lok Sabha seat, Kerala