President Allots Portfolios to 27 Cabinet Ministers, 7 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 38 Ministers of State
Rashtrapati Bhavan : 28.05.2009
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The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has been pleased to direct the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers: -
CABINET MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Virbhadra Singh | Minister of Steel |
| 2. | Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| 3. | Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad | Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| 4. | Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde | Minister of Power |
| 5. | Shri M. Veerappa Moily | Minister of Law and Justice |
| 6. | Dr. Farooq Abdullah | Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| 7. | Shri S. Jaipal Reddy | Minister of Urban Development |
| 8. | Shri Kamal Nath | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
| 9. | Shri Vayalar Ravi | Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs |
| 10. | Smt. Meira Kumar | Minister of Water Resources |
| 11. | Shri Dayanidhi Maran | Minister of Textiles |
| 12. | Shri A. Raja | Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
| 13. | Shri Murli Deora | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 14. | Smt. Ambika Soni | Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| 15. | Shri Mallikarjun Kharge | Minister of Labour and Employment |
| 16. | Shri Kapil Sibal | Minister of Human Resource Development |
| 17. | Shri B.K. Handique | Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| 18. | Shri Anand Sharma | Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| 19. | Shri C.P. Joshi | Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| 20. | Kum. Selja | Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism |
| 21. | Shri Subodh Kant Sahay | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| 22. | Dr. M.S. Gill | Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 23. | Shri G.K. Vasan | Minister of Shipping |
| 24. | Shri Pawan K. Bansal | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 25. | Shri Mukul Wasnik | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 26. | Shri Kantilal Bhuria | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| 27. | Shri M.K. Alagiri | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
| 1. | Shri Praful Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry Civil Aviation |
| 2. | Shri Prithviraj Chavan | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Prime Minister�s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 3. | Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 4. | Shri Salman Khursheed | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| 5. | Shri Dinsha J. Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 6. | Smt. Krishna Tirath | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| 7. | Shri Jairam Ramesh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1. | Shri Srikant Jena | Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| 2. | Shri E. Ahamed | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 3. | Shri Mullappally Ramachandran | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 4. | Shri V. Narayansamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of� Parliamentary Affairs |
| 5. | Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 6. | Smt. D. Purandeswari | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| 7. | Shri K.H. Muniyappa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 8. | Shri Ajay Maken | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 9. | Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles |
| 10. | Shri Namo Narain Meena | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| 11. | Shri M.M. Pallam Raju | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
| 12. | Shri Saugata Ray | Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development |
| 13. | Shri S.S. Palanimanickam | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| 14. | Shri Jitin Prasad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 15. | Shri A. Sai Prathap | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel |
| 16. | Smt. Preneet Kaur | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
| 17. | Shri Gurdas Kamat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
| 18. | Shri Harish Rawat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| 19. | Professor K.V. Thomas | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of �Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
| 20. | Shri Bharatsinh Solanki | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power |
| 21. | Shri Mahadev S. Khandela | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| 22. | Shri Dinesh Trivedi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 23. | Shri Sisir Adhikari | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 24. | Shri Sultan Ahmed | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| 25. | Shri Mukul Roy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping |
| 26. | Shri Mohan Jatua | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| 27. | Shri D. Napoleon | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 28. | Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| 29. | Shri S. Gandhiselvan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 30. | Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 31. | Shri Sachin Pilot | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
| 32. | Shri Arun Yadav | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 33. | Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| 34. | Shri R.P.N. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| 35. | Shri Shashi Tharoor | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
| 36. | Shri Vincent Pala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources |
| 37. | Shri Pradeep Jain | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 38. | Ms. Agatha Sangma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
Ministries that have remained unallocated, will be looked after by the Prime Minister.
The release issued at 2215 hrs
