Following is the list of Ministers in the Indian Government who have been newly inducted or had their portfolios changed by the reshuffling on October 28, 2012.
Cabinet ministers:
1. K. Rahman Khan Minority Affairs Minister
2. Dinsha J. Patel Ministry of Mines
3. Ajay Maken Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
4. M.M. Pallam Raju Minister of Human Resource Development
5. Ashwini Kumar Minster of Law
6. Harish Rawat Water Resources
7. Chandresh Kumari Katoch Culture
Ministers of State:
1. Manish Tewari Information & Broadcasting
2. K. Chiranjeevi Tourism
3. Shashi Tharoor Human Resource Development
4. Kodikunnil Suresh Labour & Employment
5. Tariq Anwar Agriculture & Food Processing Industries
6. K. Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy Railways
7. Ranee Narah Tribal Affairs
8. Adhir R. Chowdhury Railways
9. A.H. Khan Chowdhury Health & Family Welfare
10. Sarve Satyanarayana Road Transport & Highways
11. Ninong Ering Minority Affairs
12. Deepa Dasmunshi Urban Development
13. Porika Balram Naik Social Justice & Empowerment
14. Kruparani Killi Communications & Information Technolog
15. Lalchand Kataria Defence
Manish Tiwari and K. Chiranjeevi will hold independent. Shashi Tharoor returns to the council after a gap of two years.
Barring Tariq Anwar, who belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party, the remaining 14 are from the Congress.
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
1. M. Veerappa Moily Petroleum & Natural Gas
2. S. Jaipal Reddy Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
3. Kamal Nath Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs
4. Vayalar Ravi Overseas Indian Affairs
5. Kapil Sibal Communications & Information Technology
6. C.P. Joshi Road Transport & Highways
7. Kumari Selja Social Justice & Empowerment
8. Pawan Kumar Bansal Railways
9. Salman Khursheed External Affairs
10.Jairam Ramesh Rural Development
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Power
2. K.H. Muniappa Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
3. Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki Drinking Water & Sanitation
4. Sachin Pilot Corporate Affairs
5. Jitendra Singh Youth Affairs & Sports
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. E. Ahamed External Affairs
2. Smt. D. Purandeswari Commerce & Industry
3. Jitin Prasada Defence & Human Resource Development
4. Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan New & Renewable Energy
5. R.P.N. Singh Home
6. K.C. Venugopal Civil Aviation
7. Rajeev Shukla Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.