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The new ministers

Last updated on: January 29, 2006 15:19 IST

The following is the list of ministers sworn in today and the changes in the portfolios after the Cabinet reshuffle:

Cabinet rank
Sushil Kumar Shinde (Power)
A R Antulay (Minority Affairs)
Vayalar Ravi (Overseas Indian Affairs)
Murli Deora (Petroleum)
Ambika Soni (Tourism and Culture)
Saifuddin Soz (Water Resources)
Shibu Soren (Coal)
Kapil Sibal (Science and Technology)
Santosh Mohan Deb (Heavy Industries)
P C Gupta (Company Affairs)

Minister of State with Independent Charge
G K Vasan (Statistics and Programme Implementation)

Ministers of State
Pawan Kumar Bansal (Finance)
Anand Sharma (External Affairs)
Ajay Maken (Urban Development)
M M Pallam Raju (Defence)
Akhilesh Das (Steel)
Chandrasekhar Sahu (Labour)
Ashwani Kumar (Industries)
D Purandareshwari (HRD)
Jairam Ramesh
Dinshaw Patel
T Subbirami Reddy

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