Title: Introduction of the Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (Independent Charge) of the Union Council of Ministers by the Prime Minister.
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12.47 hrs.
THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE): Mr. 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 L. K. Advani Minister of Home Affairs
Shri Ananth Kumar Minister of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri T. R. Baalu Minister of Environment and Forests
Kumari Mamta Banerjee Minister of Railways
Shri George Fernandes Minister of Defence
Shri Jag Mohan Minister of Urban Development
Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya Minister of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
Shri Ram Jethmalani Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
Shri Manohar Joshi Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Minister of Human Resource Development and Minister of Science and Technology
Shri P. R. Kumaramangalam Minister of Power
Shri Pramod Mahajan Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Water Resources
Shri Murasoli Maran Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri Ram Naik Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shri Nitish Kumar Minister of Surface Transport
Shri Jual Oraon Minister of Tribal Affairs
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Minister of Communications
Shri Naveen Patnaik Minister of Minnes and Mineral
Shri Sunder Lal Patwa Minister of Rural Development
Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Shri Kashiram Rana Minister of Textiles
Shri Shanta Kumar Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Shri Jaswant Singh Minister of External Affairs
Shri Yashwant Sinha Minister of Finance
Shri Sharad Yadav Minister of Civil Aviation
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Shrimati Maneka Gandhi Minister of State of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of State of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Shri M. Kannappan Minister of State of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources