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LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
(as on 31.01.2006)

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	Minister of Minority Affairs.
8	Shri Sushilkumar Shinde	Minister of Power
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	Minister of Tourism & Culture.
28	Shri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao	Minister of Labour & Employment.
29	Shri Shibu Soren	Minister of Coal.
30	Shri A. Raja	Minister of Environment & Forests.
31	Shri Dayanidhi Maran	Minister of Communications & Information Technology.
32	Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss	Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
33	Shri Kapil Sibal	Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Ocean Development.
34	Shri Prem Chand Gupta	Minister of Company Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
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.
3	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 Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation.
6	Shri Praful Patel	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
7	Shri G.K.Vasan	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation.

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 and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
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.
12	Shri Manikrao Gavit	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
13	Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
14	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.
18	Shri A. Narendra	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
19	Shri R. Velu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
20	Shri S.S. Palanimanickam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
21	Shri S. Regupathy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
22	Shri K. Venkatapathy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.
23	Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
24	Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
25	Smt Kanti Singh	Minister of State in the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
26	Shri Namo Narain Meena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests.
27	Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
28	Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
29	Shri Anand Sharma	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
30	Shri Ajay Maken	Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.
31	Shri Dinsha J. Patel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
32	Shri M.M. Pallam Raju	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
33	Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
34	Dr. Akhilesh Das	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
35	Shri Ashwani Kumar	Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
36	Shri Jairam Ramesh	Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
37	Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
38	Smt. D. Purandeswari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 31.01.2006.