New Delhi:  The Union Cabinet has a new look. The news on two key economic portfolios – Murli Deora is the new Minister for Corporate Affairs; Jaipal Reddy becomes Oil Minister.  Kamal Nath, in a surprise move, gets Urban Development portfolio.
CP Joshi, who was Minister for Rural Development, replaces Kamal Nath and has Jitin Prasada as his minister of state.
Praful Patel, who was expected to be promoted to Cabinet rank, has been elevated but given Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises instead. Vayalar Ravi, the minister for Overseas Indian Affairs will hold additional charge of Civil Aviation.
New ministers are sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhawan Today. Among those taking their place in the ranks of Cabinet ministers are Salman Khursheed and Sriprakash Jaiswal. Khursheed gets his promotion and moves to Water Resources, with additional charge of Minority Affairs. And Shriprakash Jaiswal keeps coal and is elevated.
Ajay Maken is  given independent charge as Minister of State of Sports. MS Gill is Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation.
KV Thomas, a prominent Christian leader in Kerala, has independent charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Beni Prasad Yadav from UP, is  the new minister is MoS with independent charge of Steel.
KC Venugopal from Kerala, Ashwini Kumar from Punjab are new ministers of state. Ashwani Kumar is junior minister for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences. KC Venugopal is in the Power ministry.
Kapil Sibal stays as Telecom Minister. He will also retain his Human Resources Development portfolio.

The portfolios of the following ministers have been changed to:
CABINET MINISTERS:
Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj
Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas
Kamal Nath : Urban Development
Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation
Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs
Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology
B.K. Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region
C.P. Joshi : Road Transport and Highways
Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture
Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism
M.S. Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation
Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE):
Dinsha Patel : Mines
MINISTERS OF STATE:
E. Ahamed : External Affairs
Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
V. Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office
Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs
A. Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways
Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways
Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs
R.P.N. Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs
Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways
Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal
Vincent Pala : Water Resources and Minority Affairs