In a major Cabinet reshuffle of the Union of India, PM Manmohan Singh announced his new team of ministers. Many of the senior ministers have been asked to move out in the cabinet reshuffle, while some have been promoted to the Cabinet rank. There have been some surprises in the Cabinet reshuffle. Political analysts say that the Cabinet reshuffle have been done keeping in view the politics of the states.
Here is a list of the new council of ministers –
CP Joshi – Road Transport and Highways
Praful Patel – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
MS Gill — Statistics and Program Implementation
Salman Khursheed – Water Resources and Minority Affairs
Vilasrao Deshmukh – Additional charge of Panchayati Raj
Jaipal Reddy – Oil and Petroleum
Gurudas Kamath — MOS, Home Affairs
Jitin Prasad – MOS, Road Transport and Highways
Vyalar Ravi — Aviation
Ajay Maken – MOS (Independent Charge), Sports
Kamal Nath – Urban Development
Murli Deora – Corporate Affairs
Beni Prasad Verma – MOS (Independent Charge), Steel
Sriprakash Jaswal – Coal
V. Narayanswamy – PMO
K.C. Venugopal — Power
