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