NEW UPDATED CABINET MINISTERS OCT. 2012

CABINET MINISTERS
1. Shri K. Rahman Khan Minority Affairs
2. Shri Dinsha J. Patel Mines
3. Shri Ajay Maken Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
4. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Human Resource Development
5. Shri Ashwani Kumar Law & Justice
6. Shri Harish Rawat Water Resources
7. Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch Culture

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Shri Manish Tewari Information & Broadcasting
2. Dr. K. Chiranjeevi Tourism


MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Dr. Shashi Tharoor Human Resource Development
2. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh Labour & Employment
3. Shri Tariq Anwar Agriculture & Food Processing
Industries
4. Shri K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy Railways
5. Smt. Ranee Narah Tribal Affairs
6. Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Railways
7. Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury Health & Family Welfare
8. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana Road Transport & Highways
9. Shri Ninong Ering Minority Affairs
10. Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi Urban Development
11. Shri Porika Balram Naik Social Justice & Empowerment
12. Dr.(Smt.) Kruparani Killi Communications & Information
Technology
13. Shri Lalchand Kataria Defence

The President further directed, as advised by the Prime Minister, that the portfolios of
the following Ministers shall be changed as indicated below:

CABINET MINISTERS
1. Shri M. Veerappa Moily Petroleum & Natural Gas
2. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Science & Technology and Earth
Sciences
3. Shri Kamal Nath Urban Development & Parliamentary
Affairs
4. Shri Vayalar Ravi Overseas Indian Affairs
5. Shri Kapil Sibal Communications & Information
Technology
6. Shri C.P. Joshi Road Transport & Highways
7. Kumari Selja Social Justice & Empowerment
8. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal Railways
9. Shri Salman Khursheed External Affairs
10. Shri Jairam Ramesh Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Shri Jyotiraditya MadhavraoScindia Power
2. Shri K.H. Muniappa Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
3. Shri Bharatsinh MadhavsinhSolanki Drinking Water & Sanitation
4. Shri Sachin Pilot Corporate Affairs
5. Shri Jitendra Singh Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Shri E. Ahamed External Affairs
2. Smt. D. Purandeswari Commerce & Industry
3. Shri Jitin Prasada Defence & Human Resource Development
4. Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan New & Renewable Energy
5. Shri R.P.N. Singh Home
6. Shri K.C. Venugopal Civil Aviation
7. Shri Rajeev Shukla Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.