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Manmohan government goes for major facelift, 22 ministers sworn-in

New Delhi, Oct 28: Salman Khurshid was India's new external affairs minister as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday effected a major revamp of his council of ministers, inducting 22 faces, including seven of cabinet rank,

Here goes list of changes in portfolios of existing ministers and portfolios of new ministers:



Cabinet ministers:


* Salman Khursheed - External Affairs

* M. Veerappa Moily - Petroleum

* K. Rahman Khan - Minority Affairs

* Dinsha Patel - Mines

* Ajay Maken - Housing and Poverty Alleviation

* M.M. Pallam Raju - Human Resource Development

* Ashwani Kumar - Law

* Harish Rawat - Water Resources

* Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Culture

Ministers of State (Independent Charge):

* Jyotiraditya Scindia - Power

* Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs

* Manish Tewari - Information and Broadcasting

* K. Chiranjeevi - tourism

Ministers of State:

* Shashi Tharoor - HRD

* Kodi Kunil Suresh - Labour and Employment

* Tariq Anwar - Agriculture

* K sury Prakash Reddy - Railways

*Rani Nara - Tribal Affires

*Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry - Railways

*A H Khan Chowdhry - Health and family welfare

* S Satyanarayana - Road transport and Highways

*Ninong Ering - Minority Affairs

* Deepa Dasmunshi - Urban Development

*Porika Balram Naik - Social justice and empowerment

*Dr Smt Krupa Ravi Killi - Communication and IT

* Lalchand Kataria - Defence