Four new cabinet ministers Kishore Chandra Deo ( from AP), Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamul congress, Beni Prasad Varma from UP and Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka, two new ministers of state with independent charge and five ministers of state were inducted into the union cabinet this evening by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
The new ministers were sworn in by the president Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan at a simple ceremony.
Following is the list of new ministers and their portfolios.
New Cabinet Ministers:
V. Kishore Chandra Deo: Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj
Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
Dinesh Trivedi : Railways
Jairam Ramesh: Rural Development
New Ministers of State with Independent Charge:
Jayanthi Natarajan: Environment and Forests
Paban Singh Ghatowar : Development of North Eastern Region
New Ministers of State
Sudip Bandopadhyaya : Health and Family Welfare
Charan Das Mahant : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Jitendra Singh: Home Affairs
Milind Deora : Communications and Information Technology
Rajiv Shukla: Parliamentary Affairs
The Prime Minister dropped the following Ministers from the Union Council of Ministers:
Dayanidhi Maran
Murli Deora
B. K. Handique
Dr. M. S. Gill
Kanti Lal Bhuria
A Sai Prathap
Arun. S. Yadav
