Mumbai: Renowned economist Urjit Patel today took charge as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He succeeds Subir Gokarn, who completed his term last month.
Patel, who is appointed for a period of 3 years, will be the fourth Deputy Governor, the other three being K C Chakrabarty, Anand Sinha and H R Khan, RBI said in a statement. Prior to his appointment as the Deputy Governor, Patel was Advisor (Energy & Infrastructure), the Boston Consulting Group, it said.
New Delhi:Arvind Kejriwal today rejected Haryana government's contention that there was no wrong doing in its dealings with DLF over a land given to a company linked with Robert Vadra even as the activist was accused by Congress of speaking half truths and innuendos.
As the Indian Against Corruption(IAC) activist stuck to his stand, senior Congress leaders including Defence Minister A K Antony and party President Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel held consultations on the strategy ahead in the wake of the controversy over Vadra's links with realty major DLF.
New Delhi: In a move signaling his larger role in the party, Rahul Gandhi was today made the head of the Congress Coordinaton Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Janardan Dwivedi, Digvijay Singh, Madhusudan Mistry and Jairam Ramesh are the members of the Election Coordination Committee headed by Gandhi, AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi announced.
He also announced the setting up of three Sub-Groups, including one on the key issue of pre-poll alliances, which will be headed by senior leader A K Antony.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assets worth around Rs 10.73 crore, double that of last year, but a number of his cabinet colleagues are much richer than him.
Among the richer cabinet ministers are Praful Patel with assets of approximately Rs 52 crore, Sharad Pawar with property worth around Rs 22 crore and M K Azagiri with Rs 9.50 crore, according to updated list of assets of the ministers posted on the PMO website.
Defence Minister AK Antony has assets worth Rs 55 lakh, the lowest in the list of the cabinet Ministers.
Manmohan Singh has shown residential properties, bank deposits and a Maruti 800 car as his assets.
Vadodara: Baroda humiliated Odisha by 10 wickets with a day to spare to pocket seven points, including bonus points, from their Ranji Trophy Group B match here today. Baroda just added 11 runs to their overnight score before being bowled out for 301 in their first innings in reply to Odisha's 181.
Odisha were no better in their second essay as Baroda bowlers folded out the visitors for a paltry 123 in 36.5 overs, giving the home team a victory target of just four runs which they achieved without any hiccup. Left-arm pacer Ketul Patel was the star performer for Baroda with the ball, scalping four wickets for 36 runs.
2:00 pm: Kamal Nath says they will work to get the Opposition on board
Reforms are for the country and not just for the party...a no confidence motion may come and we will address the issue when it comes, Kamal Nath, the nation's new Parliamentary Affairs Minister told Times Now.
He also said he would attempt to get the Opposition parties on board to back the UPA' s economic policies.
1:35 pm: Full list of ministers
Cabinet Ministers
Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs
Kapil Sibal - Communications & Information Technology
CP Joshi - Road Transport & Highways
Kumari Selja - Social Justice & Empowerment
Pawan Kumar Bansal - Railways
Salman Khursheed - External Affairs
Jairam Ramesh - Rural Development
M. Veerappa Moily - Petroleum & Natural Gas
S. Jaipal Reddy - Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
Kamal Nath - Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs
K. Rahman Khan- Minority Affairs
Dinsha J. Patel- Mines
Ajay Maken - Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
MM Pallam Raju - Human Resource Development
Ashwani Kumar - Law & Justice
Harish Rawat- Water Resources
Chandresh Kumari Katoch- Culture
Ministers of State with independent charge
Manish Tewari - Information & Broadcasting
Dr. K. Chiranjeevi - Tourism
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Power
K.H. Muniappa - Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki - Drinking Water & Sanitation
Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs
Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports
Ministers of state
Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Human Resource Development
Kodikunnil Suresh - Labour & Employment
Tariq Anwar - Agriculture & Food Processing Industries
KJ Surya Prakash Reddy - Railways
Ranee Narah - Tribal Affairs
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - Railways
AH Khan Choudhury - Health & Family Welfare
Sarvey Sathyanarayana - Road Transport & Highways
Ninong Ering - Minority Affairs
Deepa Dasmunsi - Urban Development
Porika Balram Naik - Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr.(Smt.) Kruparani Killi - Communications & Information Technology
Lalchand Kataria - Defence
E. Ahamed - External Affairs
D. Purandeswari - Commerce & Industry
Jitin Prasada - Defence & Human Resource Development
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan - New & Renewable Energy
R.P.N. Singh - Home
K.C. Venugopal - Civil Aviation
Rajeev Shukla - Parliamentary Affairs & Planning.
1:30 pm : Pallam Raju says new ministers will need to live up to expectations
Pallam Raju, one of the big beneficiaries of the cabinet reshuffle has said the reshuffle and particularly the inclusion of multiple ministers from Andhra Pradesh gives reason for them to work harder to strengthen the Congress party in the state.
And what influence did Rahul Gandhi have on the appointment of new ministers?
His imprint is there, wanted younger people as ministers. It is now up to us to prove ourselves, Pallam Raju said.
Chiranjeevi meanwhile is expressing his thanks and he's set to become the next minister for tourism, CNN IBN reports.
1:15 pm: Team Rahul elevated, Khurshid the new Minister for external affairs
It's official finally. Pallam Raju is the nation's new Human Resources Development Minister and Ashwani Kumar is the new Law Minister.
Jyotiraditya Scindia is the nation's new power minister and Sachin Pilot its corporate affairs minister. Quite an elevation this for the young turks who are part of Congress' Team Rahul.
K Rahman Khan is the new Minority Affairs Minister and Salman Khurshid is the nation's new external affairs minister.
Veerappa Moily is the new Petroleum Minister. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari is now the Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
12:45 pm: Is Khurshid the best choice for External Affairs Ministry?
Salman Khurshid is now officially set to become the country's next external affairs minister, taking over from SM Krishna, and as has been pointed out he is the nation's first Muslim foreign minister.
The Oxford-educated minister, has served as a junior minister in the external affairs ministry under PV Narasimha Rao between 1993 to 1996.
He's also, as his official profile says, 'widely travelled' but little is known about his political stance on various issues.
The official notification is still to arrive though and all the new ministers still don't know which ministry they're supposed to head to, reports CNN IBN.
Possibly a lot of traffic jams can be expected in Delhi as the ministers learn where they're supposed to go.
Ajay Maken's overjoyed just at being elevated to a ministerial post and is surprisingly the first to tweet. Shashi Tharoor where are thou?
https://twitter.com/ajaymaken/status/262453860151480322
