PRESS COMMUNIQUE

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The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister has been pleased to direct the following allocation of portfolios to the new Ministers and changes in the existing allocation of portfolios among Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers :

Cabinet Ministers

1. Kum. Mamata Banerjee Minister without portfolio

2. Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri Minister of Road Transport & Highways

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

1. Shri Bandaru Dattatraya Minister of State (Independent Charge)

for Urban Development and Poverty

Alleviation

Ministers of State

1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

2. Shri P. Radhakrishnan Minister of State in the Ministry of Road

Transport and Highways

3. Shri Basangouda R. Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

4. Shri Gingee N. Ramachandran Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

5. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy

Industries & Public Enterprises with

additional charge of Minister of State in

the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.