POLITICS INDIA....

PRESIDENT: Pratibha Patil

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS(as on 18.05.2007)

CABINET MINISTERS
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Coal. and
(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of External Affairs.

Shri Arjun Singh
Minister of Human Resource Development.

Shri Sharad Pawar
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Shri Lalu Prasad
Minister of Railways.

Shri A.K. Antony
Minister of Defence

Shri Shivraj V. Patil
Minister of Home Affairs.

Shri A.R. Antulay
Minister of Minority Affairs.

Shri Sushilkumar Shinde
Minister of Power

Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
Minister of Urban Development.

Shri Sis Ram Ola
Minister of Mines.

Shri P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance.

Shri Mahavir Prasad
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Shri P.R. Kyndiah
Minister of Tribal Affairs.

Shri T.R. Baalu
Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

Shri Shankersinh Vaghela
Minister of Textiles.

Shri Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.

Shri Kamal Nath
Minister of Commerce & Industry.

Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Minister of Law & Justice.

Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz
Minister of Water Resources.

Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Minister of Rural Development.

Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Information & Broadcasting.

Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. .

Smt. Meira Kumar
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.

Shri Murli Deora
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Smt. Ambika Soni
Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.

Shri A. Raja
Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss
Minister of Health & Family Welfare.

Shri Kapil Sibal
Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

Shri Prem Chand Gupta
Minister of Corporate Affairs.


MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Shri Oscar Fernandes
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.

Smt. Renuka Chowdhury
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

Shri Vilas Muttemwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .

Kumari Selja
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Shri Praful Patel
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Shri G.K.Vasan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.


MINISTERS OF STATE
Shri E. Ahammed
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Shri Suresh Pachouri
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Shri B.K. Handique
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Dr. Dasari Narayan Rao
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

Shri Naranbhai Rathwa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

Shri K.H. Muniappa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

Shri M.V. Rajasekharan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.

Shri Kantilal Bhuria
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Shri Manikrao Gavit
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Shri Prithviraj Chavan
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Shri Taslimuddin
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Smt. Suryakanta Patil
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Shri R. Velu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

Shri S. Regupathy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Shri K. Venkatapathy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.

Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

Smt Kanti Singh
Minister of State in the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

Shri Namo Narain Meena
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources.

Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

Shri Anand Sharma
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Shri Ajay Maken
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.

Shri Dinsha J. Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Shri M.M. Pallam Raju
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.

Dr. Akhilesh Das
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Shri Ashwani Kumar
Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Shri Jairam Ramesh
Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

Smt. D. Purandeswari
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Shri M.H. Ambareesh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

Smt. V. Radhika Selvi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.