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Surprises in portfolio allocation; Pranab gets Defence, Chidambaram Finance
New Delhi, May 24: After initial hitches, the portfolios of the Congress-led UPA government were announced here last night. A communique to this effect was issued tonight by the Rashtrapati Bhawan that added that unallocated portfolios would be looked after by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
New Delhi, May 23: After initial hitches, the portfolios of the Congress-led UPA government were announced here last night. A communique to this effect was issued tonight by the Rashtrapati Bhawan that added that unallocated portfolios would be looked after by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Shivraj Patil was tonight made the Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee the Defence Minister, Kamal Nath Commerce and Industry Minister while RJD chief was given charge of Railways portfolio and NCP president Sharad Pawar made Food and Agriculture Minister after intense bargaining among Congress and its eight allies.
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| Name | Party | Rank | LS/RS | State | Ministry |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | Cabinet | LS | West Bengal | Defence |
| Arjun Singh | INC | Cabinet | RS | Madhya Pradesh | HRD |
| Sharad Pawar | NCP | Cabinet | LS | Maharashtra | Food & Agri |
| Laloo Prasad Yadav | RJD | Cabinet | LS | Bihar | Railways |
| Shivraj V Patil | INC | Cabinet | None | Maharashtra | Home |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | LJP | Cabinet | LS | Bihar | Chemical & Fert |
| Ghulam Nabi Azad | INC | Cabinet | RS | Jammu & Kashmir | Parliamentary Affairs & Urban Dev |
| S Jaipal Reddy | INC | Cabinet | LS | Andhra Pradesh | I&B |
| Shishram OIa | INC | Cabinet | LS | Rajasthan | Jhunjhunu |
| P Chidambaram | INC | Cabinet | LS | Tamil Nadu | Finance |
| Mahavir Prasad | INC | Cabinet | LS | Uttar Pradesh | Small scale, Agro & Rural |
| P R Kyndiah | INC | Cabinet | LS | Meghalaya | Tribal Affairs |
| T R Baalu | DMK | Cabinet | LS | Tamil Nadu | Surface Transport |
| Shankarsinh Vaghela | INC | Cabinet | LS | Gujarat | Textiles |
| K Natwar Singh | INC | Cabinet | RS | External Affairs | |
| Kamal Nath | INC | Cabinet | LS | Madhya Pradesh | Commerce & Industries |
| H R Bhardwaj | INC | Cabinet | RS | Madhya Pradesh | Law |
| P M Sayeed | INC | Cabinet | None | Lakshadweep | Power |
| Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | RJD | Cabinet | LS | Bihar | Rural Development |
| Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | INC | Cabinet | LS | West Bengal | Water Resources |
| Mani Shankar Aiyar | INC | Cabinet | LS | Tamil Nadu | Panchayati Raj & Petroleum |
| Sunil Dutt | INC | Cabinet | LS | Maharashtra | Sports & Youth Affairs |
| Meira Kumar | INC | Cabinet | LS | Bihar | Social justice & empowerment |
| K Chandrasekhar Rao | TRS | Cabinet | LS | Andhra Pradesh | Shipping |
| Shibu Soren | JMM | Cabinet | LS | Jharkhand | Coal, Mines & Minerals |
| A Raja | DMK | Cabinet | LS | Tamil Nadu | Environ & Forest Dev |
| Dayanidhi Maran | DMK | Cabinet | LS | Tamil Nadu | IT & Telecom |
| A Ramadoss | PMK | Cabinet | None | Tamil Nadu | Health |
| Santosh Mohan Deb | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Assam | Heavy Ind & Public Enterprises |
| Jagdish Tytler | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Delhi | Non-Resident Affairs |
| Oscar Fernandes | INC | MoS, Ind | None | Karnataka | Statistics & Programmes |
| Renuka Choudhury | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Andhra Pradesh | Tourism |
| Subodh Kant Sahay | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Jharkhand | Food Processing |
| Kapil Sibal | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Delhi | Science & Tech |
| Vilas Muttemwar | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Maharashtra | Non-conventional Energy Resources |
| Kumari Selja | INC | MoS, Ind | LS | Haryana | Urban Emp & Poverty alleviation |
| Praful Patel | NCP | MoS, Ind | RS | Maharashtra | Civil Aviation |
| Premchand Gupta | RJD | MoS, Ind | RS | Bihar | Company Affairs |
| E Ahmed | IUML | MoS | LS | Kerala | External Affairs |
| Suresh Pachauri | INC | MoS | RS | Madhya Pradesh | Personal & Parliamentary Affairs |
| Vijay Krishna Handik | MoS | Defence & Parliamentary Affairs | |||
| Panabaka Lakshmi | INC | MoS | LS | Andhra Pradesh | Health & Family Affairs |
| Dasari Narayana Rao | INC | MoS | RS | Andhra Pradesh | Coal & Mines |
| Shakil Ahmed | INC | MoS | LS | Bihar | Communication & IT |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | INC | MoS | LS | Haryana | External Affairs |
| Narayanbhai Rathwa | INC | MoS | LS | Gujarat | Railways |
| A Rahman Khan | INC | MoS | RS | Karnataka | Chem & Fertilizers |
| K H Muniyappa | INC | MoS | LS | Karnataka | Road Trans & Highways |
| M V Rajasekharan | INC | MoS | RS | Karnataka | Planning |
| Kantilal Bhuria | INC | MoS | LS | Madhya Pradesh | Agriculture, Food, Civil Supplies |
| Manikrao Gavit | INC | MoS | LS | Maharashtra | Home Affairs |
| Shri Prakash Jaiswal | INC | MoS | LS | Uttar Pradesh | Home Affairs |
| Prithviraj Chavan | INC | MoS | RS | Maharashtra | PMO |
| Mohammed Taslimuddin | INC | MoS | LS | Bihar | Heavy Ind & Public Ent |
| Suryakanta Patil | NCP | MoS | LS | Maharashtra | Rural Dev & Parliam Affairs |
| Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi | RJD | MoS | LS | Bihar | HRD |
| A Narendra | TRS | MoS | LS | Andhra Pradesh | Rural Dev |
| R Velu | PMK | MoS | LS | Tamil Nadu | Railways |
| S S Palanimanickam | DMK | MoS | LS | Tamil Nadu | Commerce & Industries |
| S Ragupathy | DMK | MoS | LS | Tamil Nadu | Home Affairs |
| K Venkatapathy | DMK | MoS | LS | Tamil Nadu | Law & Justice |
| E V K S Elangovan | INC | MoS | LS | Tamil Nadu | Petroleum & Natural Gas |
| Kanti Singh | RJD | MoS | LS | Bihar | HRD |
| Namo Narain Meena | INC | MoS | LS | Rajasthan | Env & Forest |
| Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | RJD | MoS | LS | Bihar | Water Resources |
| Akhilesh Prasad Singh | RJD | MoS | LS | Bihar | Agri, Food & Civil supplies |
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