The Cabinet Reshuffle

President Pratibha Patil (3rd L) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (extreme R) with newly sworn-in ministers, (left to right) Salman Khurshid, Ashwani Kumar, Prakash Jaiswal, Praful Patel and Beni Prasad Verma at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Agriculture Minister SharadPawar and Home Minister P Chidambaram during the swearing-in ceremony forthe new ministers of Union Council atthe Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday, January, 19, 2011.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with newly sworn-in ministers,(left to right) Prakash Jaiswal, Praful Patel and Beni Prasad Verma at theRashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhion Wednesday, January 19, 2010.

President Pratibha Patil (C) and Prime Minister ManmohanSingh with newly sworn-in ministers (left to right) KC Venugopal, SalmanKhurshid, Ashwani Kumar, Prakash Jaiswal and Praful Patel at the RashtrapatiBhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Praful Patel, at a swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011. Praful Patel has been promoted to cabinet rank as minister of Heavy Industries.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari (extremely left), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (3rd left) and Defence Minister AK Antony (4th left) at the swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011.

The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, administering the oath as minister of state to Ashwani Kumar, at a swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011.  He was inducted into the union council of ministers as a minister of state for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences.

The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, administering the oath as Minister of State (independent charge) to Beni Prasad Verma, at a swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011.

Salman Khursheed taking oath as Cabinet Minister, at a swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011. Khursheed was elevated to Cabinet rank as minister for water resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (left) and Defence Minister AK Antony at the swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 19, 2011.