Indian government ministers after reshuffle on 28-10-2012

Indian government

Indian Prime minister Dr. manmohan singh at last shuffle his union cabinet on 28-10-2012. he has changed many ministers and brought some new face to show activeness of his government.

There are now 32 cabinet ministers including mr prime minister, 12  minister of states with independent charge and 32 minister of states. overall total no of ministers is 76.

Cabinet Ministers

Office	Name	Portrait	Age	Constituency.	Colour	Party
Atomic Energy	Manmohan Singh		80	Assam (Rajya Sabha)		Congress
Space
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Planning
Defence	A. K. Antony		71	Kerala (Rajya Sabha)		Congress
Agriculture	Sharad Pawar		71	Madha		NCP
Food Processing Industries
Finance	P. Chidambaram		66	Sivaganga		Congress
External Affairs	Salman Khurshid		59	Farrukhabad		Congress
Home Affairs	Sushilkumar Shinde		70	Solapur		Congress
Communications and Information Technology	Kapil Sibal		64	Chandni Chowk		Congress
Human Resource Development	Pallam Raju		50	Kakinada
Law and Justice	Ashwani Kumar		60			Congress
Chemicals and Fertilizers	M. K. Alagiri	Not Available	61	Madurai,Tamil Nadu		DMK
Civil Aviation	Ajit Singh		73	Baghpat		RLD
Coal	Shriprakash Jaiswal	Not Available	67	Kanpur		Congress
Commerce and Industry	Anand Sharma		59	Himachal Pradesh		Congress
Textiles
Petroleum and Natural Gas	Veerappa Moily	Not Available	72	Chikballapur		Congress
Culture	Chandresh Kumari		68			Congress
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Ajay Maken		48	New Delhi		Congress
Water Resources	Harish Rawat		63	Haridwar		Congress
Rural development	Jairam Ramesh		58	Andhra Pradesh		Congress
Urban Development	Kamal Nath		65	Chhindwara		Congress
Parliamentary Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs	Vayalar Ravi		75	Kerala		Congress
Health and Family Welfare	Ghulam Nabi Azad	Not Available	63	Jammu and Kashmir		Congress
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Praful Patel	Not Available	55	Bhandara-Gondiya		NCP
Labour and Employment	Mallikarjun Kharge		70	Gulbarga		Congress
New and Renewable Energy	Farooq Abdullah		74	Srinagar		JKN
Panchayati Raj	Kishore Chandra Deo	Not Available	65	Araku		Congress
Tribal Affairs
Railways	Pawan Kumar Bansal		64	Chandigarh		Congress
Science and Technology	Jaipal Reddy		70	Chevella		Congress
Earth Sciences
Road Transport and Highways	C. P. Joshi		62	Bhilwara		Congress
Shipping	G. K. Vasan		47	Tamil Nadu (Rajya Sabha)		Congress
Social Justice and Empowerment	Selja Kumari		49	Ambala		Congress
Steel	Beni Prasad Verma	Not Available	71	Gonda		Congress
Minority Affairs	K. Rahman Khan		73	Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)		Congress

Ministers of State (Independent Charges)

A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike Minister of State who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following ministers are from the Indian National Congress.

Sl. No.	Name	Responsible Ministries	Age	Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha	Party	Educational Qualification
1	Manish Tewari	Information and Broadcasting	47	Lok Sabha (Ludhiana, Punjab)	Congress
2	Chiranjeevi	Tourism	57	Rajya Sabha (Andhra Pradesh)	Congress	B.Com, Acting in Madras Film Institute
3	Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia	Power	41	Lok Sabha (Guna, Madhya Pradesh)	Congress	M.A., M.B.A., Stanford University, U.S.A
4	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki	Drinking Water and Sanitation	58	Lok Sabha (Anand, Gujarat)	Congress	B.E. (Civil)
5	Jitendra Singh	Youth Affairs and Sports	40	Lok Sabha (Alwar, Rajasthan)	Congress	B.Com
6	Sachin Pilot	Corporate Affairs	35	Lok Sabha (Ajmer, Rajasthan)	Congress	M.B.A. – Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
7	Krishna Tirath	Women and Child Development	56	Lok Sabha (North West Delhi, Delhi)	Congress	M.A., B.Ed. (University of Delhi)
8	K. V. Thomas	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	65	Lok Sabha (Ernakulam, Kerala)	Congress	M.Sc.(Chemistry)
9	Srikant Kumar Jena	Statistics and Program Implementation[7]	61	Lok Sabha (Balasore, Orissa)	Congress	B.A. Utkal University, Cuttack, Orissa
10	Jayanthi Natarajan	Environment and Forests	57	Rajya Sabha (Tamil Nadu)	Congress	B.A., B.L. Ethiraj College and Madras Law College
11	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Development of North Eastern Region, Parliamentary Affairs[7]	61	Lok Sabha (Dibrugarh, Assam)	Congress	B.A. Gauhati University, Guwahati
12	K. H. Muniyappa	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	63	Lok Sabha (Kolar, Karnataka)	Congress	B.A., LL.B.

Source: Council of Ministers

Ministers of State

Sl. No.	Name	Ministries	Age	Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha	Party	Educational Qualification
1	E. Ahamed	External Affairs	73	Lok Sabha Malappuram, Kerala	MUL	B.A., B.L.
2	Shashi Tharoor	Human Resource Development	56	Lok Sabha Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala	Congress	St. Stephen's College, Delhi (B.A.) Tufts University (M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D.)
3	Tariq Anwar	Agriculture	52	Rajya Sabha, Maharastra	Congress	B.Sc.
4	Mullappally Ramachandran	Home Affairs	67	Lok Sabha Vadakara,Kerala	Congress	MA, LLB
5	V. Narayanasamy	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister Office	64	Lok Sabha Puducherry	Congress	B.A., M.L.
6	Daggubati Purandeswari	Commerce and Industry	52	Lok Sabha, Vishakapattnam Andhra Pradesh	Congress	BA
7	Lakshmi Panabaka	Textiles	53	Lok Sabha, Bapatla, Prakasam Dist,Andhra Pradesh	Congress	M.A.(Public Administration)
8	Namo Narain Meena	Finance	68	Lok Sabha, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur	Congress	M. A. (Geography)
9	Pallam Raju	Defence	49	Lok Sabha Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh	Congress	BE from Andhra University, India & MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
10	S. S. Palanimanickam	Finance	61	Lok Sabha Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu	DMK	B.L.
11	Jitin Prasada	Human Resource Development and Defence	38	Lok Sabha Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh	Congress	M.B.A,
12	Preneet Kaur	External Affairs	67	Lok Sabha Patiala,Punjab	Congress	B.A., T.T.C.
13	Napolean	Social Justice and Empowerment	48	Lok Sabha Perambalur, Tamil Nadu	DMK	B.A.(History)
14	S. Jagathrakshakan	Information and Broadcasting	64	Lok Sabha Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu	DMK	Matriculate
15	S. Gandhiselvan	Health and Family Welfare	48	Lok Sabha Namakkal, Tamil Nadu	DMK	M.A, M.PHIL
16	Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary	Road Transport and Highways	46	Lok Sabha, Bardoli	Congress	M.B.B.S
17	Pratik Patil	Coal	38	Lok Sabha Sangli	Congress	Intermediate, Diploma in Automobile Engineering
18	Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh	Home Affairs	47	Lok Sabha Khushi Nagar	Congress	B.A. (Hons.) History
19	Pradeep Jain Aditya	Rural Development	49	Lok Sabha, Jhansi	Congress	M.A., M.Com., L.L.B.
20	K.C. Venugopal	Civil Aviation and Power	49	Lok Sabha Alappuzha, Kerala	Congress	M.Sc.(Mathematics)
21	Charan Das Mahant	Agriculture and Food Processing Industries	57	Lok Sabha Korba, Chhattisgarh	Congress	M.Sc., M.A., LL.B., PhD
21	Milind Murli Deora	Communications and Information Technology	35	Lok Sabha, Mumbai-South	Congress	BBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)
22	Rajeev Shukla	Parliamentary Affairs	52	Rajya Sabha, Maharastra	Congress	M.A., LL.B.
23	Kodikunnil Suresh	Labor and Employment	50	Lok Sabha Mavelikara,Kerala	Congress	LL.B
24	K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy	Railways	61	Lok Sabha Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh	Congress	B.A
25	Ranee Narah	Tribal Affairs	46	Lok Sabha Lakhimpur,Assam	Congress	B.A
26	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	Railways	56	Lok Sabha Berhampore, West Bengal	Congress	Under Matriculate
27	Killi Kruparani	Communications and Information Technology	46	Lok Sabha Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh	Congress	M.B.B.S
28	A.H. Khan Choudhury	Health and Family Welfare	74	Lok Sabha Malda, West Bengal	Congress	Degree in Industrial Psychology (Northampton college,England),University of Guleph, Canada
29	Sarve Sathyanarayana	Road Transport and Highways	58	Lok Sabha Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh	Congress	B.A, LL.B
30	Ninong Ering	Minority Affairs	53	Lok Sabha Arunachal East	Congress	B.A
31	Deepa Dasmunsi	Urban Development	52	Lok Sabha Raiganj, West Bengal	Congress	M.A.(Dramatics)
32	Porika Balram Naik	Social Justice and Empowerment	48	Lok Sabha,Mahabubabad	Congress	B.A (Thanks to wikipedia as it is the source of this news. )