NEW APPOINTMENTS OF MINISTERS IN INDIAN CABINET

The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-
CABINET MINISTERS
1. Shri Virbhadra Singh
2. Dr. Farooq Abdullah
3. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
4. Shri Dayanidhi Maran
5. Shri A. Raja
6. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
7. Kumari Selja
8. Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
9. Dr. M.S. Gill
10. Shri G.K. Vasan
11. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
12. Shri Mukul Wasnik
13. Shri Kantilal Bhuria
14. Shri M.K. Alagiri
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Shri Praful Patel
2. Shri Prithviraj Chauhan
3. Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal
4. Shri Salman Khursheed
5. Shri Dinsha Patel
6. Shrimati Krishna Tirath
7. Shri Jairam Ramesh
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Shri Srikant Jena
2. Shri E. Ahamed
3. Shri Mullappally Ramachandran
4. Shri V. Narayanasamy
5. Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia
6. Shrimati D. Purandeswari
7. Shri K.H. Muniyappa
8. Shri Ajay Maken
9. Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi
10. Shri Namo Narain Meena
11. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju
12. Shri Saugata Ray
13. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
14. Shri Jitin Prasad
15. Shri A. Sai Prathap
16. Shri Gurudas Kamat
17. Shri Harish Rawat
18. Professor K.V. Thomas
19. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki
20. Shri Mahadev Khandela
21. Shri Dinesh Trivedi
22. Shri Sisir Adhikari
23. Shri Sultan Ahmed
24. Shri Mukul Roy
25. Shri Mohan Jatua
26. Shri D. Napoleon
27. Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan
28. Shri S. Gandhiselvan
29. Smt. Preneet Kaur
30. Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary
31. Shri Sachin Pilot
32. Shri Arun Yadav
33. Shri Prateek Prakashbapu Patil
34. Shri R.P.N. Singh
35. Shri Shashi Tharoor
36. Shri Vincent Pala
37. Shri Pradeep Jain
38. Ms. Agatha Sangma
The President administered the oaths of office and secrecy to the above members of the Council of Ministers at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, today.
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Rashtrapati Bhawan
New Delhi, May 28,2009/Jyaistha 7, 1931
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