List of MINISTERS OF STATE of 15th Loksabha

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June 24th,
2009

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.	Shri Srikant Jena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2.	Shri E. Ahammed	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
3.	Shri Mullappally Ramachandran	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
4.	Shri V. Narayanasamy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
5.	Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
6.	Smt. D. Purandeswari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
7.	Shri K.H. Muniappa	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
8.	Shri Ajay Maken	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
9.	Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
10.	Shri Namo Narain Meena	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
11.	Shri M.M. Pallam Raju	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
12.	Shri Saugata Ray	Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development
13.	Shri S.S. Palanimanickam	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14.	Shri Jitin Prasada	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
15.	Shri A. Sai Prathap	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
16.	Smt. Preneet Kaur	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
17.	Shri Gurudas Kamat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
18.	Shri Harish Rawat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
19.	Prof. K.V. Thomas	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
20.	Shri Bharatsinh Solanki	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
21.	Shri Mahadev S. Khandela	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
22.	Shri Dinesh Trivedi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
23.	Shri Sisir Adhikari	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
24.	Shri Sultan Ahmed	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
25.	Shri Mukul Roy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping
26.	Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
27.	Shri D. Napoleon	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28.	Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
29.	Shri S. Gandhiselvan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
30.	Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
31.	Shri Sachin Pilot	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
32.	Shri Arun Yadav	Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
33.	Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil	Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
34.	Shri R.P.N. Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
35.	Shri Shashi Tharoor	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
36.	Shri Vincent Pala	Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources
37.	Shri Pradeep Jain	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
38.	Ms. Agatha Sangma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

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List Of MINISTERS OF STATE INDEPENDENT CHARGE Of 15th Loksabha

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June 24th,
2009

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1.	Shri Praful Patel	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
2.	Shri Prithviraj Chavan	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
3.	Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
4.	Shri Salman Khursheed	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
5.	Shri Dinsha J. Patel	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6.	Smt. Krishna Tirath	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
7.	Shri Jairam Ramesh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests

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List Of Cabinet Ministers of 15th Loksabha

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June 24th,
2009

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 Culture;
2.	Shri Pranab Mukherjee	Minister of Finance.
3.	Shri Sharad Pawar	Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
4.	Shri A.K. Antony	Minister of Defence.
5.	Shri P. Chidambaram	Minister of Home Affairs.
6.	Km. Mamata Banerjee	Minister of Railways.
7.	Shri S.M. Krishna	Minister of External Affairs.
8.	Shri Virbhadra Singh	Minister of Steel
9.	Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
10.	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Minister of Health and Family Welfare
11.	Shri Sushilkumar Shinde	Minister of Power
12.	Shri M. Veerappa Moily	Minister of Law and Justice
13.	Dr. Farooq Abdullah	Minister of New and Renewable Energy
14.	Shri S. Jaipal Reddy	Minister of Urban Development
15.	Shri Kamal Nath	Minister of Road Transport and Highways
16.	Shri Vayalar Ravi	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
17.	Shri Dayanidhi Maran	Minister of Textiles
18.	Shri A. Raja	Minister of Communications and Information Technology
19.	Shri Murli Deora	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
20.	Smt. Ambika Soni	Minister of Information and Broadcasting
21.	Shri Mallikarjun Kharge	Minister of Labour and Employment
22.	Shri Kapil Sibal	Minister of Human Resource Development
23.	Shri B.K. Handique	Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
24.	Shri Anand Sharma	Minister of Commerce and Industry
25.	Shri C.P. Joshi	Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj
26.	Kumari Selja	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism
27.	Shri Subodh Kant Sahay	Minister of Food Processing Industries
28.	Dr. M.S. Gill	Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
29.	Shri G.K. Vasan	Minister of Shipping
30.	Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Water Resources
31.	Shri Mukul Wasnik	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
32.	Shri Kantilal Bhuria	Minister of Tribal Affairs
33.	Shri M.K. Alagiri	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Rahul Gandhi celebrates 39th birthday

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June 19th,
2009

Rahul Gandhi was born in New Delhi to Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minster of India and Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress President. His grandmother was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, his great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of India, and his great-great-grandfather Motilal Nehru was a distinguished leader of the Indian independence movement^[4].

He attended Modern School, New Delhi^[5] before entering the The Doon School,also his father’s alma mater,^[6] from 1981-83 before being home-schooled for security reasons.^[7] Starting university at Harvard and eventually got his B.A. from Rollins College, Florida in 1994^[8]. He received an MPhil in Development Studies in 1995 from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Political career

In 2003, there was widespread media speculation about Rahul Gandhi’s imminent entry into national politics, which he did not confirm.^[11] He appeared with his mother at public events and Congress meetings.^[11] He also traveled to Pakistan on a goodwill visit to watch the first cricket series between the countries in 14 years in a One Day International with his sister Priyanka Gandhi.^[12]

Speculation heightened in January 2004 about his and his sister’s possible entry into politics when they visited their father’s former constituency of Amethi, which their mother held at the time. He refused to give a definitive response, stating “I am not averse to politics. I have not decided when I will enter politics and indeed, if I ever will.”^[13]

In March 2004, he announced his entry into politics by announcing that he would contest the May 2004 elections, standing for his father’s former constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of Parliament.^[14] Before that, his uncle Sanjay held the seat before a plane crash. The seat had been held by his mother until she transferred to the neighbouring seat of Rae Bareilly. The Congress had been doing poorly in Uttar Pradesh, holding only 10 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state at the time.^[13] At the time, this move generated surprise among political commentators, who had regarded his sister Priyanka as being the more charismatic and likely to succeed. Party officials did not have a CV ready for the media, such was the surprise of his move. It generated speculation that the presence of a young member of India’s most famous political family would reinvigorate the Congress party’s political fortunes among India’s youthful population^[15] In his first interview with foreign media, he portrayed himself as a uniter of the country and condemned “divisive” politics in India, saying that he would try to reduce caste and religious tensions.^[14] His candidacy was greeted with excitement by locals, who had a long standing affinity with the family’s presence in the area.^[13] , Politician of Indian National Congress]] He won with a landslide majority, retaining the family stronghold with a margin of over 100,000 as the Congress unexpectedly defeated the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.^[16] His campaign was directed by his younger sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.^{[citation needed]} Till 2006 he held no other office and concentrated mainly on constituency issues and the politics of Uttar Pradesh, and it was widely speculated in the Indian and international press that Sonia Gandhi is trying to groom him for a chance to become a national-level Congress leader in the future.^[17]

In January 2006, at a convention of the Indian National Congress in Hyderabad, thousands of party members asked for Gandhi to take a more prominent leadership role in the party and demanded that he address the delegates. He said “I appreciate and I am grateful for your feelings and support. I assure you I will not let you down”, but asked for patience and declined to immediately seek a higher profile role.^[18]

Gandhi and his sister managed their mother’s campaign for reelection to Rae Bareilly in 2006, which was won easily with a margin greater than 400,000 votes.^[19]

He was a prominent figure in a high profile Congress campaign for the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections; Congress, however, won only 22 seats with 8.53% of votes. The election saw the Bahujan Samaj Party, which represents low caste Indians, to become the first party to govern in its own right in Uttar Pradesh for 16 years.^[20]

Rahul Gandhi was appointed a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee on 24 September 2007 in a reshuffle of the party secretariat.^[21] In the same reshuffle, he was also given charge of the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India.^[22]

In his attempt to prove himself as a youth leader in November 2008 he held interviews at his 12, Tughlak Lane residence in New Delhi to handpick at least 40 people who will make up the think-tank of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), an organisation that he has been keen to transform since he was appointed general secretary in September 2007.

2009 Elections

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he retained his Amethi constutuency by defeating his nearest rival by a margin of over 333,000 votes. In these elections congress is said to have revived itself in Uttar Pradesh by winning 21 out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats and the majority of the credit for this turnaround is given to Rahul Gandhi.^[24] He spoke at 125 rallies across the country in six weeks.

He is referred to as RG, in party circles.

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