This Article is From May 29, 2009

List of ministers and their portfolios

List of ministers and their portfolios
New Delhi: Following is the list of Ministers and their portfolios:

Cabinet Ministers:      Portfolio

Pranab Mukherjee:    Finance

Sharad Pawar:          Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

A K Antony:              Defence

P Chidambaram:        Home Affairs

Mamata Banerjee:      Railways

S M Krishna:              External Affairs

Virbhadra Singh:         Steel

Vilasrao Deshmukh:    Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Ghulam Nabi Azad:     Health and Family Welfare

Sushil Kumar Shinde:  Power

M Veerappa Moily:       Law and Justice

Farooq Abdullah:         New and Renewable Energy

S Jaipal Reddy:           Urban Development

Kamal Nath:                Road Transport and Highways

Vayalar Ravi:               Overseas Indian Affairs

Meira Kumar:               Water Resources

Dayanidhi Maran:         Textiles

A Raja:                        Communications and Information Technology

Murli Deora:                  Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ambika Soni:                Information and Broadcasting

Mallikarjun Kharge:        Labour and Employment

Kapil Sibal:                   Human Resource Development

B K Handique:              Mines and Development of North Eastern Region

Anand Sharma:             Commerce and Industry

C P Joshi:                     Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Selja:                            Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism

Subodh Kant Sahay:      Food Processing Industries

M S Gill:                       Youth Affairs and Sports

G K Vasan:                    Shipping

Pawan K Bansal:            Parliamentary Affairs

Mukul Wasnik:               Social Justice and Empowerment

Kantilal Bhuria:              Tribal Affairs

M K Azhagiri:                Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Praful Patel:           Civil Aviation

Prithviraj Chavan:    Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the
Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs

Sriprakash Jaiswal: Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation

Salman Khursheed: Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs

Dinsha J Patel:        Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Krishna Tirath:         Women and Child Development

Jairam Ramesh:       Environment and Forests.

Ministers of State

Srikant Jena: Chemicals and Fertilizers

E. Ahamed Minister : Railways

Mullappally Ramachandran   : Home Affairs

V. Narayansamy : Planning, and Parliamentary Affairs

Jyotiraditya Scindia : Commerce and Industry

D.Purandeswari Minister : Human Resource Development

K.H. Muniyappa Minister : Railways

Ajay Maken Minister : Home Affairs

Panabaka Lakshmi : Textiles

Namo Narain Meena : Finance

M.M. Pallam Raju : Defence

Saugata Ray : Urban Development

S.S. Palanimanickam : Finance

Jitin Prasad : Petroleum and Natural Gas

A. Sai Prathap : Steel

Preneet Kaur : External Affairs

Gurdas Kamat : Communications and IT

Harish Rawat : Labour and Employment

K.V. Thomas : Agriculture, and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Bharatsinh Solanki : Power

Mahadev S. Khandela : Road Transport and Highways

Dinesh Trivedi Minister : Health and Family Welfare

Sisir Adhikari : Rural Development

Sultan Ahmed : Tourism

Mukul Roy : Shipping

Mohan Jatua : Information and Broadcasting

D. Napoleon Minister : Social Justice and Empowerment

Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan : Information and Broadcasting

S. Gandhiselvan : Health and Family Welfare

Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Tribal Affairs

Sachin Pilot : Communications and IT

Arun Yadav : Youth Affairs and Sports

Pratik Patil : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

R.P.N. Singh : Road Transport and Highways

Shashi Tharoor : External Affairs

Vincent Pala : Water Resources

Pradeep Jain : Rural Development

Agatha Sangma : Rural Development



.