Cabinet Reshuffle (India) has been begun today on Jan 19, 2011 (Wednesday) at 5 PM and this Cabinet reshuffle seems to occur major changes in portfolios. Cabinet reshuffle and expansion of the Union Council of Ministers has begun and Praful Patel was first to be sworn in as Cabinet minister. This is the first Cabinet reshuffle in the UPA-II after it retained power in May 2009. As per latest news related to Cabinet Reshuffle Praful Patel, Sriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khurshid were raised as Cabinet ministers.
What is cabinet shuffle ? – In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle or reshuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet. Commonly, a cabinet shuffle refers to certain ministers being shifted from one portfolio to another. Cabinet shuffles happen periodically as moving ministers is often necessary to replace ministers who have resigned or retired.
The following are the reshuffled council of ministers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which has three ministers raised to Cabinet rank:
Cabinet ministers:
1. Praful Patel : Heavy industries and public enterprises2. Sriprakash Jaiswal : Coal
3. Salman Khursheed : Water resources and additional charge of minority affairs
Minister of state (independent charge):
1. Ajay Maken : Youth affairs and sports2. Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
3. K.V. Thomas: Consumer affairs, food and public distribution
Ministers of state:
1. Ashwani Kumar : Planning and parliamentary affairs, science and technology, and earth sciences2. K.C. Venugopal : Power
Ministers whose portfolios have been changed:
Cabinet ministers:
Sharad Pawar: Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Virbhadra Singh: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Vilasrao Deshmukh: Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj
S Jaipal Reddy: Petroleum and Natural Gas
Kamal Nath: Urban Development
Vayalar Ravi: Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation
Murli Deora: Corporate Affairs
Kapil Sibal: Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology
BK Handique: Development of North-Eastern Region
CP Joshi: Road Transport and Highways
Kumari Selja: Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture
Subodh Kant Sahay: Tourism
Dr MS Gill: Statistics and Programme Implementation
Pawan Kumar Bansal: Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
Minister of State (Independent Charge):
Dinsha Patel: Mines
Ministers of State:
E Ahamed: External Affairs
Harish Rawat: Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
V Narayanasamy: Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office
Gurudas Kamat: Home Affairs
A Sai Prathap: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Bharatsinh Solanki: Railways
Jitin Prasada: Road Transport and Highways
Mahadev S Khandela: Tribal Affairs
RPN Singh: Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs
Tusharbhai Chaudhary: Road Transport and Highways
Arun Yadav: Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Pratik Prakashbapu Patil: Coal
Vincent Pala: Water Resources and Minority Affairs.
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