Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has shuffled his Cabinet in UPA 2 and he has said that this is probably the last Cabinet reshuffle before the 2014 parliamentary polls. While Rahul Gandhi refused to join the Cabinet and instead will focus more on revamping the organization, political analysts have said that team Rahul was given more prominence in this Cabinet reshuffle. But in effect, how much this Cabinet reshuffle will help to reverse the electoral prospects of Congress, needs to be seen. After all, when the UPA 2 government is performing very badly on the economic front. Good economics is always good politics at the end of the day.
The following are the full council of Ministers under UPA 2 at present.
Cabinet Ministers
Vayalar Ravi – Overseas Indian Affairs
Kapil Sibal – Communications & Information Technology
CP Joshi – Road Transport & Highways
Kumari Selja – Social Justice & Empowerment
Pawan Kumar Bansal – Railways
Salman Khursheed – External Affairs
Jairam Ramesh – Rural Development
M. Veerappa Moily – Petroleum & Natural Gas
S. Jaipal Reddy – Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
Kamal Nath – Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs
K. Rahman Khan- Minority Affairs
Dinsha J. Patel- Mines
Ajay Maken – Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
MM Pallam Raju – Human Resource Development
Ashwani Kumar – Law & Justice
Harish Rawat- Water Resources
Chandresh Kumari Katoch- Culture
Ministers of State with independent charge
Manish Tewari – Information & Broadcasting
Dr. K. Chiranjeevi – Tourism
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia – Power
K.H. Muniappa – Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki – Drinking Water & Sanitation
Sachin Pilot – Corporate Affairs
Jitendra Singh – Youth Affairs & Sports
Ministers of state
Dr. Shashi Tharoor – Human Resource Development
Kodikunnil Suresh – Labour & Employment
Tariq Anwar – Agriculture & Food Processing Industries
KJ Surya Prakash Reddy – Railways
Ranee Narah – Tribal Affairs
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury – Railways
AH Khan Choudhury – Health & Family Welfare
Sarvey Sathyanarayana – Road Transport & Highways
Ninong Ering – Minority Affairs
Deepa Dasmunsi – Urban Development
Porika Balram Naik – Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr.(Smt.) Kruparani Killi – Communications & Information Technology
Lalchand Kataria – Defence
E. Ahamed – External Affairs
D. Purandeswari – Commerce & Industry
Jitin Prasada – Defence & Human Resource Development
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan – New & Renewable Energy
R.P.N. Singh – Home
K.C. Venugopal – Civil Aviation
Rajeev Shukla – Parliamentary Affairs & Planning
