CENTRAL CABINET RESHUFFLE ON 19JAN 2011

Praful Patel loses Civil Aviation Ministry but he is elevated to cabinet rank with the portfolio of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise

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Kamal Nath, who held the post of Union Cabinet Minister of Road Transport and Highways is made the Urban Development Minister. He served as Union Minister of State for the Environment and Forests (Independent) from 1991 to 1995, then as Union Minister of State for Textiles (Independent) from 1995 to 1996.

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The reshuffle saw Kapil Sibal retaining Telecom and HRD, and losing the Science and Technology portfolio. In 2009, he was reinducted in the second Manmohan Singh government and took charge of the key Human Resource Development ministry.

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Under attack for his alleged failure in curbing the rising prices of essential commodities, senior minister Sharad Pawar was relieved of the charge of consumer affairs and food though he retained the agriculture portfolio. Pawar, however, has got additional charge of food processing industries.

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Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi gets additional charge of Civil Aviation. He became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on January 30, 2006. In 2009, he retained the portfolio of Overseas Indian Affairs when UPA came to power for the second consecutive time

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Murli Deora gets Corporate Affairs. Deora was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2004 and was gradually inducted in the Union cabinet as petroleum minister in January 2006. In UPA's second term at the centre, Deora was re-elected as the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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MS Gill has been moved from the Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry to Statistics and Programme Implementation. On April 6, 2008, Gill became the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, as a replacement for Mani Shankar Aiyar.

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Veerapa Moily retains Law Ministry. As a minister, he has shown preference for conservative and status-quoist decisions over bold, game-changing ones.

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Ashwini Kumar gets Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences. 58-year-old Kumar returns to the Union govt after a stint in the Congress-led alliance's first term.

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Jaipal Reddy moves from Urban Development to Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was elected to the Lok Sabha five times and was a member of the Rajya Sabha twice. Known for his debates in Parliament, he was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1998

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Ajay Maken gets Youth Affairs and Sports. Ajay Maken is presently a Lok Sabha MP from New Delhi constituency.

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Sriprakash Jaiswal, currently Ministers of State, has been elevated to Cabinet rank with the Coal portfolio.

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Salman Khursheed gets Water Resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 from his home constituency of Farrukhabad, UP. Between 1993-1996, he served as the External Affairs Minister.