With Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee emerging as the United Progressive Alliance's candidate for the post of the President of India, UPA is getting ready for a major reshuffle of the Cabinet. Will performance be the criteria in choosing who is in and who goes out? Rate the incumbent ministers.
Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister)
Pranab Mukherjee (Finance)
Sharad Pawar (Agriculture)
AK Antony (Defence)
P Chidambaram (Home)
SM Krishna (External Affairs)
Virbhadra Singh (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
Vilasrao Deshmukh (Science and Technology, Earth Sciences)
Ghulam Nabi Azad (Health and Family Welfare)
Sushil Kumar Shinde (Power)
Veerappa Moily (Corporate Affairs)
Farooq Abdullah (New and Renewable Energy)
Jaipal Reddy (Petroleum and Natural Gas)
Kamal Nath (Urban Development)
Vayalar Ravi (Overseas Indian Affairs)
Ajit Singh (Civil Aviation)
Ambika Soni (Information and Broadcasting)
Mallikarjun Kharge (Labour and Employment)
Kapil Sibal (HRD, Communications and IT)
Anand Sharma (Commerce, Industry, Textiles)
CP Joshi (Road Transport and Highways)
Kumari Selja (Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Culture)
Subodh Sahai (Tourism)
GK Vasan (Shipping)
Pawan Bansal (Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources)
Mukul Wasnik (Social Justice and Empowerment)
MK Alagiri (Chemicals and Fertilizers)
Praful Patel (Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises)
Sriprakash Jaiswal (Coal)
Salman Khurshid (Law and Justice, Minority Affairs)
V Kishore Chandra Deo (Tribal Affairs, Panchayati Raj)
Beni Prasad Verma (Steel)
Mukul Roy (Railways)
Jairam Ramesh (Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation)
Pranab Mukherjee (Finance)
Sharad Pawar (Agriculture)
AK Antony (Defence)
P Chidambaram (Home)
SM Krishna (External Affairs)
Virbhadra Singh (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
Vilasrao Deshmukh (Science and Technology, Earth Sciences)
Ghulam Nabi Azad (Health and Family Welfare)
Sushil Kumar Shinde (Power)
Veerappa Moily (Corporate Affairs)
Farooq Abdullah (New and Renewable Energy)
Jaipal Reddy (Petroleum and Natural Gas)
Kamal Nath (Urban Development)
Vayalar Ravi (Overseas Indian Affairs)
Ajit Singh (Civil Aviation)
Ambika Soni (Information and Broadcasting)
Mallikarjun Kharge (Labour and Employment)
Kapil Sibal (HRD, Communications and IT)
Anand Sharma (Commerce, Industry, Textiles)
CP Joshi (Road Transport and Highways)
Kumari Selja (Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Culture)
Subodh Sahai (Tourism)
GK Vasan (Shipping)
Pawan Bansal (Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources)
Mukul Wasnik (Social Justice and Empowerment)
MK Alagiri (Chemicals and Fertilizers)
Praful Patel (Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises)
Sriprakash Jaiswal (Coal)
Salman Khurshid (Law and Justice, Minority Affairs)
V Kishore Chandra Deo (Tribal Affairs, Panchayati Raj)
Beni Prasad Verma (Steel)
Mukul Roy (Railways)
Jairam Ramesh (Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation)
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In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle or reshuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet.
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Manmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. He is the first Sikh to hold the office.
Singh is also the 7th Pri ...
Mukherjee was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha in July 1969 and was re-elected in 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999. He rose through a series of cabinet posts to become the Finance Minister of India in 1982. He served as the Finance Minister of ...
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