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12-07-2011 : Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, administered the oaths of office and secrecy to the following members of the Council of Ministers:-
CABINET MINISTERS
1 Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo
2 Shri Beni Prasad Verma
3 Shri Dinesh Trivedi
4 Shri Jairam Ramesh
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
5. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
6. Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar
MINISTERS OF STATE
7. Shri Sudip Bandopadhyaya
8. Shri Charan Das Mahant
9. Shri Jitendra Singh
10. Shri Milind Deora
11. Shri Rajiv Shukla
Shri Srikant Jena and Shri Gurudas Kamat who were holding the office of Ministers of State were appointed as Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President directed the following allocation of portfolios among the newly appointed Ministers shall be as below:
CABINET MINISTERS
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1
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Shri V. Kishore Chandra
Deo
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Tribal Affairs and
Panchayati Raj
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2
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Shri Beni Prasad Verma
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Steel
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3
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Shri Dinesh Trivedi
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Railways
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4
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Shri Jairam Ramesh
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Rural Development
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MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
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1
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Shri Srikant Jena
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Statistics
and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilisers
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2
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Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
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Environment and
Forests
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3
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Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar
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Development of
North Eastern Region
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4
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Shri Gurudas Kamat
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Drinking Water and
Sanitation
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MINISTERS OF STATE
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1
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Shri Sudip Bandopadhyaya
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Health and Family
Welfare
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2
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Shri Charan Das Mahant
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Agriculture and
Food Processing Industries
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3
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Shri Jitendra Singh
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Home
Affairs
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4
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Shri Milind Deora
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Communications and
Information Technology
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5
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Shri Rajiv Shukla
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Parliamentary
Affairs
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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
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1
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Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
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Science and Technology
and Earth Sciences
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2
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Shri M. Veerappa Moily
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Corporate
Affairs
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3
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Shri Anand Sharma
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Commerce
and Industry; and additional
charge of Textiles
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4
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Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
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Parliamentary
Affairs and additional charge
of Water Resources
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5
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Shri Salman Khursheed
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Law
and Justice and additional charge of
Minority Affairs
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MINISTERS OF STATE
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1
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Shri E. Ahamed
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External Affairs and Human Resource Development
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2
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Shri V.Narayanasamy
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Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions; and Prime Minister's Office
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3
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Shri Harish Rawat
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Agriculture and Food Processing Industries; and Parliamentary Affairs
charge of Textiles
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4
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Shri Mukul Roy
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Shipping
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5
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Shri Ashwani Kumar
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Planning; Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
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The release issued at 1815 hrs
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