The UPA government Thursday evening announced the portfolios of the 73 ministers. Among the prominent cabinet ministers, Farooq Abdullah is the minister of New and Renewable Energy, while M. Veerappa Moily is the Law Minister, and Ambika Soni is the new Information and Broadcasting Minister.
Kapil Sibal is the Human Resource Development Minister, Anand Sharma is the Commerce and Industry Minister while Shashi Tharoor is Minister of State for External Affairs.
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 of 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