Sharma Becomes India's Trade Minister, Deora Gets Oil
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Anand Sharma was appointed India's commerce minister to initiate policies to boost exports, augment trade and ease overseas investment rules as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks to revive the economy.
Murli Deora retained the petroleum ministry as Singh today expanded his Congress party-led coalition government with the induction of 59 more ministers, according to a release from the prime minister's office.
Praful Patel, instrumental in making air travel popular in the country as civil aviation minister in Singh's previous government, is back with the same portfolio. Sushil Kumar Shinde was named minister for power.
Salman Khursheed was named as corporate affairs minister, while Andimuthu Raja was re-appointed as telecommunications minister to kick start the allocation of radio spectrum for high-speed mobile phone services.
Singh was sworn in along with 19 cabinet ministers on May 22 after the ruling alliance won the biggest election victory in two decades. Fourteen cabinet ministers and 45 junior ministers, seven of them with independent charge, took the oath of office in New Delhi today.
Virbhadra Singh was named steel minister and C.P. Joshi got the rural development ministry. B.K. Handique was appointed as mines minister, while Ambika Soni became information and broadcasting minister. Ghulam Nabi Azad will be in charge of health and family welfare ministry, G.K. Vasan will run shipping and Kamal Nath will be in responsible for road transport and highways, a key area for infrastructure development.
Singh on May 23 allocated portfolios for six ministers. Pranab Mukherjee was given the responsibility of the finance ministry, Palaniappan Chidambaram stayed at the home ministry and S.M. Krishna was made foreign minister.
The following is a list of ministers and portfolios under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:
CABINET MINISTERS
1. Pranab Mukherjee - Finance
2. Sharad Pawar - Agriculture; Food & Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
3. A.K. Antony - Defense
4. P. Chidambaram - Home
5. Mamata Banerjee - Railways
6. S.M. Krishna - External Affairs
7. Virbhadra Singh - Steel
8. Vilasrao Deshmukh - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
9. Ghulam Nabi Azad - Health and Family Welfare
10. Sushil Kumar Shinde - Power
11. M. Veerappa Moily - Law and Justice
12. Dr. Farooq Abdullah - New and Renewable Energy
13. S. Jaipal Reddy - Urban Development
14. Kamal Nath - Road Transport and Highways
15. Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs
16. Meira Kumar - Water Resources
17. Dayanidhi Maran - Textiles
18. A. Raja - Communications and Information Technology
19. Murli Deora - Petroleum and Natural Gas
20. Ambika Soni - Information and Broadcasting
21. Mallikarjun Kharge - Labour and Employment
22. Kapil Sibal - Human Resource Development
23. B.K. Handique - Mines and - Development of North Eastern Region
24. Anand Sharma - Commerce and Industry
25. C.P. Joshi - Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
26. Kumari Selja - Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism
27. Subodh Kant Sahay - Food Processing Industries
28. Dr. M.S. Gill - Youth Affairs and Sports
29. G.K. Vasan - Shipping
30. Pawan K. Bansal - Parliamentary Affairs
31. Mukul Wasnik - Social Justice and Empowerment
32. Kantilal Bhuria - Tribal Affairs
33. M.K. Azhagiri - Chemicals and Fertilizers
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Praful Patel - Ministry of Civil Aviation
2. Prithviraj Chavan - Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Parliamentary Affairs
3. Sriprakash Jaiswal - Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation
4. Salman Khursheed - Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
5. Dinsha J. Patel - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6. Krishna Tirath - Women and Child Development
7. Jairam Ramesh - Ministry of Environment and Forests
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Srikant Jena - Chemicals and Fertilizers
2. E. Ahamed - Railways
3. Mullappally Ramachandran - Home Affairs
4. V. Narayansamy - Planning and Parliamentary Affairs
5. Jyotiraditya Scindia - Commerce and Industry
6. D. Purandeswari -Human Resource Development
7. K.H. Muniyappa - Railways
8. Ajay Maken -Home Affairs
9. Panabaka Lakshmi - Textiles
10. Namo Narain Meena - Finance
11. M.M. Pallam Raju - Defense
12. Saugata Ray - Urban Development
13. S.S. Palanimanickam -Finance
14. Jitin Prasada - Petroleum and Natural Gas
15. A. Sai Prathap - Steel
16. Smt. Preneet Kaur - External Affairs
17. Gurudas Kamat - Communications and Information Technology
18. Harish Rawat - Labour and Employment
19. K.V. Thomas - Agriculture; Consumer Affairs; Food & Public Distribution
20. Bharatsinh Solanki - Power
21. Mahadev S. Khandela - Road Transport and Highways
22. Dinesh Trivedi - Health and Family Welfare
23. Sisir Adhikari - Rural Development
24. Sultan Ahmed - Tourism
25. Mukul Roy - Shipping
26. Mohan Jatua - Information and Broadcasting
27. D. Napoleon - Social Justice and Empowerment
28. S. Jagathrakshakan - Information and Broadcasting
29. S. Gandhiselvan -Health and Family Welfare
30. Tusharbhai Chaudhary - Tribal Affairs
31. Sachin Pilot - Communications and Information Technology
32. Arun Yadav - Youth Affairs and Sports
33. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
34. R.P.N. Singh - Road Transport and Highways
35. Shashi Tharoor - External Affairs
36. Vincent Pala - Water Resources
37. Pradeep Jain -Rural Development
38. Agatha Sangma - Rural Development
To contact the reporter on this story: Bibhudatta Pradhan in New Delhi at bpradhan@bloomberg.net .
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Anand Sharma was appointed India's commerce minister to initiate policies to boost exports, augment trade and ease overseas investment rules as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks to revive the economy.
Murli Deora retained the petroleum ministry as Singh today expanded his Congress party-led coalition government with the induction of 59 more ministers, according to a release from the prime minister's office.
Praful Patel, instrumental in making air travel popular in the country as civil aviation minister in Singh's previous government, is back with the same portfolio. Sushil Kumar Shinde was named minister for power.
Salman Khursheed was named as corporate affairs minister, while Andimuthu Raja was re-appointed as telecommunications minister to kick start the allocation of radio spectrum for high-speed mobile phone services.
Singh was sworn in along with 19 cabinet ministers on May 22 after the ruling alliance won the biggest election victory in two decades. Fourteen cabinet ministers and 45 junior ministers, seven of them with independent charge, took the oath of office in New Delhi today.
Virbhadra Singh was named steel minister and C.P. Joshi got the rural development ministry. B.K. Handique was appointed as mines minister, while Ambika Soni became information and broadcasting minister. Ghulam Nabi Azad will be in charge of health and family welfare ministry, G.K. Vasan will run shipping and Kamal Nath will be in responsible for road transport and highways, a key area for infrastructure development.
Singh on May 23 allocated portfolios for six ministers. Pranab Mukherjee was given the responsibility of the finance ministry, Palaniappan Chidambaram stayed at the home ministry and S.M. Krishna was made foreign minister.
The following is a list of ministers and portfolios under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:
CABINET MINISTERS
1. Pranab Mukherjee - Finance
2. Sharad Pawar - Agriculture; Food & Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
3. A.K. Antony - Defense
4. P. Chidambaram - Home
5. Mamata Banerjee - Railways
6. S.M. Krishna - External Affairs
7. Virbhadra Singh - Steel
8. Vilasrao Deshmukh - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
9. Ghulam Nabi Azad - Health and Family Welfare
10. Sushil Kumar Shinde - Power
11. M. Veerappa Moily - Law and Justice
12. Dr. Farooq Abdullah - New and Renewable Energy
13. S. Jaipal Reddy - Urban Development
14. Kamal Nath - Road Transport and Highways
15. Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs
16. Meira Kumar - Water Resources
17. Dayanidhi Maran - Textiles
18. A. Raja - Communications and Information Technology
19. Murli Deora - Petroleum and Natural Gas
20. Ambika Soni - Information and Broadcasting
21. Mallikarjun Kharge - Labour and Employment
22. Kapil Sibal - Human Resource Development
23. B.K. Handique - Mines and - Development of North Eastern Region
24. Anand Sharma - Commerce and Industry
25. C.P. Joshi - Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
26. Kumari Selja - Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism
27. Subodh Kant Sahay - Food Processing Industries
28. Dr. M.S. Gill - Youth Affairs and Sports
29. G.K. Vasan - Shipping
30. Pawan K. Bansal - Parliamentary Affairs
31. Mukul Wasnik - Social Justice and Empowerment
32. Kantilal Bhuria - Tribal Affairs
33. M.K. Azhagiri - Chemicals and Fertilizers
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Praful Patel - Ministry of Civil Aviation
2. Prithviraj Chavan - Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Parliamentary Affairs
3. Sriprakash Jaiswal - Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation
4. Salman Khursheed - Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
5. Dinsha J. Patel - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6. Krishna Tirath - Women and Child Development
7. Jairam Ramesh - Ministry of Environment and Forests
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Srikant Jena - Chemicals and Fertilizers
2. E. Ahamed - Railways
3. Mullappally Ramachandran - Home Affairs
4. V. Narayansamy - Planning and Parliamentary Affairs
5. Jyotiraditya Scindia - Commerce and Industry
6. D. Purandeswari -Human Resource Development
7. K.H. Muniyappa - Railways
8. Ajay Maken -Home Affairs
9. Panabaka Lakshmi - Textiles
10. Namo Narain Meena - Finance
11. M.M. Pallam Raju - Defense
12. Saugata Ray - Urban Development
13. S.S. Palanimanickam -Finance
14. Jitin Prasada - Petroleum and Natural Gas
15. A. Sai Prathap - Steel
16. Smt. Preneet Kaur - External Affairs
17. Gurudas Kamat - Communications and Information Technology
18. Harish Rawat - Labour and Employment
19. K.V. Thomas - Agriculture; Consumer Affairs; Food & Public Distribution
20. Bharatsinh Solanki - Power
21. Mahadev S. Khandela - Road Transport and Highways
22. Dinesh Trivedi - Health and Family Welfare
23. Sisir Adhikari - Rural Development
24. Sultan Ahmed - Tourism
25. Mukul Roy - Shipping
26. Mohan Jatua - Information and Broadcasting
27. D. Napoleon - Social Justice and Empowerment
28. S. Jagathrakshakan - Information and Broadcasting
29. S. Gandhiselvan -Health and Family Welfare
30. Tusharbhai Chaudhary - Tribal Affairs
31. Sachin Pilot - Communications and Information Technology
32. Arun Yadav - Youth Affairs and Sports
33. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
34. R.P.N. Singh - Road Transport and Highways
35. Shashi Tharoor - External Affairs
36. Vincent Pala - Water Resources
37. Pradeep Jain -Rural Development
38. Agatha Sangma - Rural Development
To contact the reporter on this story: Bibhudatta Pradhan in New Delhi at bpradhan@bloomberg.net .
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