List of central ministers and their portfolio
Central ministers from Odisha, Elections 2009 May 27th. 2009, 8:41amThe following list is based on data from:
- http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/2009/05/team-manmohan-59-ministers-including-14.html.
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PM-Manmohan-to-head-79-member-Cabinet/articleshow/4583393.cms.
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pranab-Mukherjee/quickiearticleshow/4569248.cms.
- http://election.rediff.com/report/2009/may/28/loksabhapoll-new-cabinet-ministers-portfolios.htm.
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ghulam-Nabi-to-get-Health-Sibal-to-head-HRD/articleshow/4590151.cms.
Dr. Manmohan Singh | Assam | Prime Minister, also in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Ministry of Planning; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and Ministry of Culture |
CABINET MINISTERS | ||
Pranab Mukherjee | West Bengal | Finance |
P. Chdambaram | Tamil Nadu | Home affairs |
Sharad Pawar | Maharashtra | Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution |
A K Antony | Kerala | Defense |
Mamata Banerjee | West Bengal | Railways |
S M Krishna | Karnataka | External Affairs |
Ghulam Nabi Azad | J & K | Health & Family Welfare |
Sushilkumar Shinde | Maharashtra | Power |
M Veerappa Moily | Karnataka | Law and Justice |
S Jaipal Reddy | AP | Urban Development |
Kamal Nath | MP | Surface Transport & Highways |
Vayalar Ravi | Kerala | Overseas Indian Affairs |
Meira Kumar | Bihar | Water Resources |
Murli Deora | Maharashtra | Oil & Petroleum |
Kapil Sibal | Delhi | Human Resource Development |
Ambika Soni | Information & Broadcasting | |
B K Handique | Assam | Mines, Development of North-Eastern Region |
C P Joshi | Rajasthan | Rural Development & Panchayati Raj |
Anand Sharma | HP | Commerce & Industry |
Virbhadra Singh | HP | Steel |
Vilasrao Deshmukh | Maharashtra | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Dr. Farooq Abdullah | J & K | New & Renewable Energy |
Dayanidhi Maran | Tamil Nadu | Textiles |
A Raja | Tamil Nadu | IT & Communication |
Mallikarjun Kharge | Karnataka | Labour & Employment |
Subodh Kant Sahay | Jharkhand | Food Processing Industries |
Dr M S Gill | Punjab | Youth Affairs & Sports |
G K Vasan | Tamil Nadu | Shipping |
Pawan Kumar Bansal | Chandigarh | Parliamentary Affairs |
Mukul Wasnik | Maharashtra | Social Justice & Empowerment |
Kantilal Bhuria | MP | Tribal Affairs |
M K Azhagiri | Tamil Nadu | Chemical & Fertilisers |
Kumari Selja | Haryana | Housing, Urban & Poverty Alleviation, Tourism |
MINISTERS OF STATE WITH INDEPENDENT CHARGE | ||
Praful Patel | Maharashtra | Civil Aviation |
Prithviraj Chauhan | Maharashtra | Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs. |
Sriprakash Jaiswal | UP | Coal; Statistics & Programme Implementation |
Salman Khursheed | UP | Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs |
Dinsha Patel | Gujarat | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Jairam Ramesh | AP | Environment and Forests |
Smt Krishna Tirath | Delhi | Women and Child Development |
MINISTERS OF STATE | ||
E Ahamed | Kerala | Railways |
V Narayanasamy | Puducherry | Planning and Parliamentary Affairs |
Srikant Jena | Orissa | Chemicals and Fertilizers |
Mullappally Ramachandran | Kerala | Home Affairs |
Smt D Purandeswari | AP | HRD |
Smt Panabaka Lakshmi | AP | Textiles |
Ajay Maken | Delhi | Home Affairs |
K H Muniyappa | Karnataka | Railways |
Namo Narain Meena | Rajasthan | Finance |
Jyotiraditya Scindia | MP | Commerce and Industry |
Jitin Prasad | UP | Petroleum and Natural Gas |
A Sai Prathap | AP | Steel |
Gurudas Kamat | Maharashtra | Communications and Information Technology |
M M Pallam Raju | AP | Defence |
Mahadev Khandela | MP | Road Transport & Highways |
Harish Rawat | Uttarakhand | Labour and Employment |
Professor K V Thomas | Kerala | Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
Saugata Ray | West Bengal | Urban Development |
Dinesh Trivedi | West Bengal | Health & Family Welfare |
Sisir Adhikari | West Bengal | Rural Development |
Sultan Ahmed | West Bengal | Tourism |
Mukul Roy | West Bengal | Shipping |
Mohan Jatua | West Bengal | Information and Broadcasting |
S S Palanimanickam | Tamil Nadu | Finance |
D Napoleon | Tamil Nadu | Social Justice & Empowerment |
Dr. S Jagathrakshakan | Tamil Nadu | Information & Broadcasting |
S Gandhiselvan | Tamil Nadu | Health & Family Welfare |
Smt Preneet Kaur | Punjab | External Affairs |
Sachin Pilot | Rajasthan | Communications and IT |
Shashi Tharoor | Kerala | External Affairs |
Bharatsinh Solanki | Gujarat | Power |
Tusharbhai Chaudhary | Gujarat | Tribal Affairs |
Arun Yadav | MP | Youth Affairs & Sports |
Prateek Patil | Maharashtra | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
R P N Singh | UP | Road Transport & Highways |
Vincent Pala | Meghalaya | Water Resources |
Pradeep Jain | UP | Rural Development |
Agatha Sangma | Meghalaya | Rural Development |
Some of the earlier reports (here and here) mentioned Bhakta Das and Oscar Fernandes, but the later reports do not mention them.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Dr Man Mohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi could not find one person from Orissa suitable to be a Cabinet Minister. The Congress party has always humiliated Orissa and the people of Orissa should take note of it.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Oriyas are a proud people. Oriyas are sick and tired of being neglected by the Congress government at the Centre. Orissa actually would prosper more even as an independent nation. Time for Oriyas to wake up and act!
May 28th, 2009 at 3:31 am
This is secular injustice. Just digest it because seculars can never go wrong even while giving a solitary MoS to our State
May 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am
The problem is that the third alternative is a party that harbors accused mass murderers and hate mongers and even puts them up as candidates. Under those circumstances the people of Orissa did the best they could.
If only the other national party would jettison its accused mass murderers and change its hate based approach and focus on its other assets …