LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS​

(as on 17.07.2006)
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CABINET MINISTERS ​

1 Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space; and
(v) Ministry of External Affairs.


2 Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of Defence.

3 Shri Arjun Singh
Minister of Human Resource Development.

4 Shri Sharad Pawar
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

5 Shri Lalu Prasad
Minister of Railways.

6 Shri Shivraj V. Patil
Minister of Home Affairs.

7 Shri A.R. Antulay
[FONT=Times New
Roman]Minister of Minority Affairs.[/FONT]

8 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde
[FONT=Times
New Roman]Minister of Power[/FONT]

9 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.

10 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
Minister of Urban Development.

11 Shri Sis Ram Ola
Minister of Mines.

12 Shri P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance.

13 Shri Mahavir Prasad
Minister of Small Scale Industries and Minister of Agro & Rural Industries.

14 Shri P.R. Kyndiah
Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.

15 Shri T.R. Baalu
Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

16 Shri Shankersinh Vaghela
Minister of Textiles.

17 Shri Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.

18 Shri Kamal Nath
Minister of Commerce & Industry.

19 Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Minister of Law & Justice.

20 Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

21 Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz
Minister of Water Resources.

22 Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Minister of Rural Development.

23 Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Information & Broadcasting.

24 Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Minister of Panchayati Raj.and Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports.

25 Smt. Meira Kumar
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.

26 Shri Murli Deora
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

27 Smt. Ambika Soni
[FONT=Times New
Roman]Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.[/FONT]

28 Shri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao
Minister of Labour & Employment.

29 Shri Shibu Soren
[FONT=Times
New Roman]Minister of Coal.[/FONT]

30 Shri A. Raja
Minister of Environment & Forests.

31 Shri Dayanidhi Maran
Minister of Communications & Information Technology.

32 Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss
[FONT=Times New
Roman]Minister of Health & Family Welfare.[/FONT]

33 Shri Kapil Sibal
[FONT=Times New
Roman]Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.[/FONT]

34 Shri Prem Chand Gupta
Minister of Company Affairs.

[FONT=Times New
Roman]MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)[/FONT]​

1 Shri Oscar Fernandes
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Without Portfolio.

2 Smt. Renuka Chowdhury
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

[FONT=Times New
Roman]3 [/FONT]Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

4 Shri Vilas Muttemwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources.

5 Kumari Selja
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

6 Shri Praful Patel
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

7 Shri G.K.Vasan
[FONT=Times New
Roman]Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation.[/FONT]

MINISTERS OF STATE​

1 Shri E. Ahammed
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

2 Shri Suresh Pachouri
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

3 Shri B.K. Handique
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

4 Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

5 Dr. Dasari Narayan Rao
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.

6 Dr. Shakeel Ahmad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.

7 Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

8 Shri Naranbhai Rathwa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

9 Shri K.H. Muniappa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

10 Shri M.V. Rajasekharan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.

11 Shri Kantilal Bhuria
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

[FONT=Times New
Roman]12 [/FONT]Shri Manikrao Gavit
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

[FONT=Times New
Roman]13 [/FONT]Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

[FONT=Times New
Roman]14 [/FONT]Shri Prithviraj Chavan
Minister of State in the Prime Minister�s Office.

15 Shri Taslimuddin
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

16 Smt. Suryakanta Patil
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

17 Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.