13:49 hrs.
INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS
Title: Members of the newly formed Council of Ministers were introduced to the House by the Prime Minister.
THE PRIME MINISTER (DR. MANMOHAN SINGH): Hon. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I wish to introduce to you and through you, to the august House, the members of the Council of Ministers.
Shri Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Defence Shri Arjun Singh Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Sharad Pawar Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
… (Interruptions)Shri Lalu Prasad Minister of Railways
Shri Shivraj V. Patil Minister of Home Affairs
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers and Minister of Steel
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Urban Development
Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Culture
Shri Sish Ram Ola Minister of Labour and Employment
Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance
Shri Mahavir Prasad Minister of Small Scale Industries and Minister of Agro and Rural Industries
Shri P.R. Kyndiah Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Shri T.R. Baalu Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Minister of Shipping
Shri Shankarsinh Vaghela Minister of Textiles
Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri P.M. Sayeed Minister of Power
Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Minister of Rural Development
Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi Minister of Water Resources
Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Panchayati Raj
Shri Sunil Dutt Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shrimati Meira Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri K. Chandra Shekhar Rao Minister without portfolio
Shri Shibu Soren Minister of Coal and Mines
Shri A. Raja Minister of Environment and Forests
Shri Dayanidhi Maran Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Dr.Anbumani Ramdoss Minister of Health and Family Welfare
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Ministers of State (Independent Charge) :
Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev Minister of State of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Shri Jagdish Tytler Minister of State of the Ministry of Non-Resident Indian Affairs
Shri Oscar Fernandes Minister of State of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury Minister of State of the Ministry of Tourism