New Delhi, May 23, 2004
Ashok Gupta
Cabinet Ministers
Pranab Mukherjee, Defence; P. Chidambaram, Finance; Shivraj Patil, Home;
Natwar Singh, External Affairs; Arjun Singh, Human Resource Development;
Sharad Pawar, Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs
and Public Distribution; Laloo Prasad, Railways; Ram Vilas Paswan, Chemicals
and Fertilisers, Steel; Ghulam Nabi Azad, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban
Development; S. Jaipal Reddy, Information and Broadcasting, Culture;
Kamal Nath, Commerce and Industry; H.R. Bhardwaj, Law and Justice; Sis
Ram Ola, Labour and Employment; Mahavir Prasad, Small-Scale, Agro and
Rural Industries; P.R. Kyndiah, Tribal Affairs, Development of North-East;
T.R. Baalu, Road Transport and Highways; S. Vaghela, Textiles; P.M.
Sayeed , Power; Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Rural Development; P.R. Dashmunsi,
Water Resources; Mani Shankar Aiyar, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Panchayati
Raj; Sunil Dutt, Youth Affairs and Sports; Shibu Soren, Coal, Mines
and Minerals; A. Raja, Environment and Forest; Dayanidhi Maran, Communication
and IT; Meira Kumar, Social Justice and Empowerment; K. Chandra Shekar
Rao, Shipping; Anbumani Ramdoss, Health and Family Welfare.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Santosh Mohan Deb, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; Jagdish
Tytler, Non-Resident Affairs; Oscar Fernandes, Statistics and Programme
Implementation; Renuka Choudhury, Tourism; Subodh Kant Sahai, Food Processing;
Kapil Sibal, Science and Technology, Ocean Development; Vilas Muttemwar,
Non-Conventional Energy Sources; Kumari Selja, Urban Employment and
Poverty Alleviation; Praful Patel, Civil Aviation; Premchand Gupta,
Company Affairs.
Ministers of State
E.Ahamed, External Affairs; Suresh Pachauri, Personnel, Parliamentary
Affairs; B.K. Handique, Defence, Parliamentary Affairs; Ms Panabaka
Lakshmi, Health and Family Welfare; Dr Desari Narayan Rao, Coal and
Mines; Shaqeel Ahmed, Communications and Information Technology; Rao
Inderjit Singh, External Affairs; Naranbhai Rathwa, Railways; Rehman
Khan, Chemicals and Fertilisers; K.H.Muniappa, Road Transport and Highways;
M.V. Rajashekharan, Planning; Kantilal Bhuria, Agriculture, Food and
Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution; Manik Rao
Gavit, Home Affairs; Prakash Jaiswal, Home Affairs; Prithviraj Chavan,
Prime Minister’s Office; Taslimuddin, Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises; Suryakanta Patil, Rural Development Parliamentary Affairs;
Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Human Resource Development; A.Narendra, Rural
Development; R.Velu, Railways; S.S. Palanimanikkam, Commerce and Industry;
S. Regupathy, Home Affairs; K.Venkatapathy, Law and Justice; Subbulakshmi
Jegadeesan, Social Justice and Empowerment; E.V.K. Elangovan, Petroleum
and Natural Gas; Kanti Singh, Human Resource Development; Namo Narayan
Meena, Environment and Forests; Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, Water Resources;
Akhilesh Singh, Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs
and Public Distribution.