The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, appointed and administered the Oaths of Office and Secrecy to the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-

CABINET MINISTERS

Shri K. Rahman Khan

Shri Dinsha J. Patel

Shri Ajay Maken

Shri M.M. Pallam Raju

Shri Ashwani Kumar

Shri Harish Rawat

Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Shri Manish Tewari

Dr. K. Chiranjeevi

MINISTERS OF STATE

Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Shri Kodikunnil Suresh

Shri Tariq Anwar

Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy

Smt. Ranee Narah

Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury

Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana

Shri Ninong Ering

Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi

Shri Porika Balram Naik

Dr.(Smt.) Kruparani Killi

Shri Lalchand Kataria

Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President directed the following allocation of portfolios among the newly appointed Ministers shall be as below:

CABINET MINISTERS

Shri K. Rahman Khan

Minority Affairs

Shri Dinsha J. Patel

Mines

Shri Ajay Maken

Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

Shri M.M. Pallam Raju

Human Resource Development

Shri Ashwani Kumar

Law & Justice

Shri Harish Rawat

Water Resources

Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch

Culture

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Shri Manish Tewari

Information & Broadcasting

Dr. K. Chiranjeevi

Tourism

MINISTERS OF STATE

Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Human Resource Development

Shri Kodikunnil Suresh

Labour & Employment

Shri Tariq Anwar

Agriculture &Food Processing Industries

Shri K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy

Railways

Smt. Ranee Narah

Tribal Affairs

Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Railways

Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury

Health & Family Welfare

Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana

Road Transport & Highways

Shri Ninong Ering

Minority Affairs

Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi

Urban Development

Shri Porika Balram Naik

Social Justice & Empowerment

Dr.(Smt.) Kruparani Killi

Communications & Information Technology

Shri Lalchand Kataria

Defence

The President further directed, as advised by the Prime Minister, that the portfolios of the following Ministers shall be changed as indicated below:

CABINET MINISTERS

Shri M. Veerappa Moily

Petroleum & Natural Gas

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy

Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

Shri Kamal Nath

Urban Development&Parliamentary Affairs

Shri Vayalar Ravi

Overseas Indian Affairs

Shri Kapil Sibal

Communications & Information Technology

Shri C.P. Joshi

Road Transport & Highways

Kumari Selja

Social Justice & Empowerment

Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal

Railways

Shri Salman Khursheed

External Affairs

Shri Jairam Ramesh

Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

Power

Shri K.H. Muniappa

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Shri Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki

Drinking Water & Sanitation

Shri Sachin Pilot

Corporate Affairs

Shri Jitendra Singh

Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE

Shri E. Ahamed

External Affairs

Smt. D. Purandeswari

Commerce & Industry

Shri Jitin Prasada

Defence & Human Resource Development

Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan

New & Renewable Energy

Shri R.P.N. Singh

Home

Shri K.C. Venugopal

Civil Aviation

Shri Rajeev Shukla

Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.