<p>Following are the changes in council of ministers of the Union Cabinet:<br /><br />New Cabinet Ministers<br /><br />Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises<br />Shriprakash Jaiswal : Coal<br />Salman Khursheed : Water Resources with additional charge of Minority Affairs<br /><br />New Ministers of State (Independent Charge)<br /><br />Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports<br />Beni Prasad Verma : Steel<br />K V Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution<br /><br />New Ministers of State<br /><br />Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences<br />K C Venugopal : Power<br /><br /><br />Portfolios of the following Ministers have also been changed:<br /><br />Cabinet Ministers<br /><br />Shri Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br /><br />Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<br /><br />Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development with additional charge of Panchayati Raj<br />S Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas<br />Kamal Nath : Urban Development<br />Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs with additional charge of Civil Aviation<br />Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs<br />Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development with additional charge of Communications and Information Technology<br />B K Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region<br />C P Joshi : Road Transport and Highways<br />Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation with additional charge of Culture<br />Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism<br />M S Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation<br />Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs with additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ministers of State (Independent Charge)<br />Dinsha Patel : Mines<br /><br />Ministers of State<br /><br />E Ahamed : External Affairs<br />Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br />V Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime<br /><br />Minister's Office<br />Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs<br />A Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises<br />Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways<br />Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways<br />Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs<br />R P N Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs<br />Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways<br />Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br />Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal<br />Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs <br /><br /></p>
<p>Following are the changes in council of ministers of the Union Cabinet:<br /><br />New Cabinet Ministers<br /><br />Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises<br />Shriprakash Jaiswal : Coal<br />Salman Khursheed : Water Resources with additional charge of Minority Affairs<br /><br />New Ministers of State (Independent Charge)<br /><br />Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports<br />Beni Prasad Verma : Steel<br />K V Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution<br /><br />New Ministers of State<br /><br />Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences<br />K C Venugopal : Power<br /><br /><br />Portfolios of the following Ministers have also been changed:<br /><br />Cabinet Ministers<br /><br />Shri Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br /><br />Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<br /><br />Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development with additional charge of Panchayati Raj<br />S Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas<br />Kamal Nath : Urban Development<br />Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs with additional charge of Civil Aviation<br />Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs<br />Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development with additional charge of Communications and Information Technology<br />B K Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region<br />C P Joshi : Road Transport and Highways<br />Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation with additional charge of Culture<br />Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism<br />M S Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation<br />Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs with additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ministers of State (Independent Charge)<br />Dinsha Patel : Mines<br /><br />Ministers of State<br /><br />E Ahamed : External Affairs<br />Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br />V Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime<br /><br />Minister's Office<br />Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs<br />A Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises<br />Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways<br />Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways<br />Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs<br />R P N Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs<br />Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways<br />Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries<br />Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal<br />Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs <br /><br /></p>