PM reshuffles Cabinet, Pranab Mukherjee is new Indian Foreign minister
{{date|October 24, 2006}}{{India}}
{{w|Pranab Mukherjee}} was appointed the {{w|External Affairs Minister}} while veteran Congressman {{w|A K Antony}} took his place as {{w|Ministry of Defence (India)|Defence Minister}} in a minor expansion-cum-reshuffle of his 29-month-old government by Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].

[[Karnataka|Kannada]] actor-turned-politician M H Ambareesh made his debut in the {{w|Union Ministry of India|Union Ministry}} as {{w|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting}}.

{{w|Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav}}, an {{w|Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD}} leader and a protege of Railway Minister [[Lalu Prasad Yadav|Lalu Prasad]], who had to resign last year following allegations of influencing the police in a case of electoral malpractices against his brother, returned to the government, again as Minister of State for Water Resources.

{{w|Oscar Fernandes}} took over {{w|Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour}}.

== [[w:Indian Cabinet Ministers|Cabinet Ministers]] ==
*[[w:Manmohan Singh|Manmohan Singh]] : [[w:Prime Minister|Prime Minister]]
** Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
** Ministry of Planning
** Department of Atomic Energy
** Department of Space 
*[[w:Pranab Mukherjee|Pranab Mukherjee]] : External Affairs
*[[w:A K Antony|A K Antony]] : Defence
*[[w:Arjun Singh|Arjun Singh]] : Human Resource Development
*[[w:Sharad Pawar|Sharad Pawar]] : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
*[[w:Lalu Prasad|Lalu Prasad]] : Railways
*[[w:Shivraj Patil|Shivraj Patil]] : Home
*[[w:Ram Vilas Paswan|Ram Vilas Paswan]] : Chemicals & Fertilizers and Steel
*[[w:Jaipal Reddy|S Jaipal Reddy]] : Urban Development
*[[w:P. Chidambaram|P Chidambaram]] : Finance
*[[w:Mahavir Prasad|Mahavir Prasad]] : Small Scale Industries, Agro & Rural Industries
*[[w:P R Kyndiah|P R Kyndiah]] : Tribal Affairs
*[[w:T R Baalu|T R Baalu]] : Shipping; Road Transport & Highways
*[[w:Shankersinh Vaghela|Shankersinh Vaghela]] : Textiles
*[[w:Kamal Nath|Kamal Nath]] : Commerce & Industry
*[[w:H R Bhardwaj|H R Bhardwaj]] : Law & Justice

*Raghuvansh Prasad Singh: Rural Development
*Priyaranjan Dashmunsi : Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs
*Mani Shankar Aiyar : Development of North Eastern Region, Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs and Sports
*Meira Kumar : Social Justice & Empowerment
*A Raja : Environment & Forests
*Dayanidhi Maran : Communication & Information Technology
*Anbumani Ramdoss : Health & Family Welfare
*Sis Ram Ola : Mines
*Murli Deora : Petroleum and Natural Gas
*Sushil Kumar Shinde : Power
*A R Antulay : Minority Affairs
*Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs
*Ambika Soni : Tourism and Culture
*Saifuddin Soz : Water Resources
*Shibu Soren : Coal
*Santosh Mohan Dev : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
*P C Gupta : Company Affairs
*Kapil Sibal : Science & Technology and Ocean Development Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
*Renuka Choudhury : Women and Child Development
*Subodh Kant Sahay : Food Processing Industries
*Vilas Muttemwar : Non-Conventional Energy Sources
*Kumari Selja : Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation.

*Praful Patel : Civil Aviation
*G K Vasan : Statistics and Programme Implementation
*Oscar Fernandes : Labour & Employment Ministers of State
*E Ahamed : External Affairs
*Suresh Pachauri : Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs
*B K Handique : Chemical and Fertilisers; Parliamentary Affairs
*Panabaka Lakshmi : Health & Family Welfare
*Dasari Narayan Rao : Coal & Mines
*Shaqeel Ahmed : Communications & Information Technology
*Rao Inderjit Singh : Defence
*Naranbhai Rathwa : Railways
*K H Muniappa : Road Transport & Highways
*M V Rajashekharan : Planning
*Kantilal Bhuria : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
*Manik Rao Gavit : Home Affairs
*Sri Prakash Jaiswal: Home Affairs
*Prithviraj Chavan : Prime Minister's Office
*Taslimuddin : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

*Suryakanta Patil : Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs
*Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi : Human Resource Development
*R Velu : Railways
*S S Palanimanikkam : Finance
*S Regupathy : Home Affairs
*K Venkatapathy : Law & Justice
*Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan : Social Justice & Empowerment
*E V K Elangovan : Textiles
*Kanti Singh : Heavy Industries
*Namo Narayan Meena : Environment & Forests
*Akhilesh Singh : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
*Pawan Kumar Bansal : Finance
*Anand Sharma : External Affairs
*Ajay Maken : Urban Development
*M M Pallam Raju : Defence
*Akhilesh Das : Steel
*Chandrasekhar Sahu : Rural Development
*Ashwani Kumar : Industries
*D Purandareshwari : Human Resource Development
*Dinshaw Patel : Petroleum & Natural Gas
*T Subbirami Reddy : Mines
*Jairam Ramesh : Commerce
*Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav: Water Resources
*M H Ambareesh : Information and Broadcasting.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.ddinews.gov.in/Homepage/Homepage+-+Headlines/cabinet.htm
|title=Mukherjee is new Foreign Minister, Antony gets Defence
|author=
|pub=DD-News
|date=October 24, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/25/stories/2006102507670100.htm
|title= Pranab is External Affairs Minister
|author=V. SUDHERSHAN, SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY 
|pub=The Hindu
|date=October 24, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1828376,0008.htm
|title= Pranab Mukherjee is EAM, Antony defence minister
|author=Vinod Sharma and Aloke Tikku
|pub=Hindustan Times
|date=October 24, 2006}}

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External Affairs Minister while veteran Congressman Ministry of Defence (India)|Defence Minister in a minor expansion-cum-reshuffle of his 29-month-old government by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Kannada actor-turned-politician M H Ambareesh made his debut in the Union Ministry as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.

Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD leader and a protege of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, who had to resign last year following allegations of influencing the police in a case of electoral malpractices against his brother, returned to the government, again as Minister of State for Water Resources.

Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour.

*Raghuvansh Prasad Singh: Rural Development
*Priyaranjan Dashmunsi : Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs
*Mani Shankar Aiyar : Development of North Eastern Region, Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs and Sports
*Meira Kumar : Social Justice & Empowerment
*A Raja : Environment & Forests
*Dayanidhi Maran : Communication & Information Technology
*Anbumani Ramdoss : Health & Family Welfare
*Sis Ram Ola : Mines
*Murli Deora : Petroleum and Natural Gas
*Sushil Kumar Shinde : Power
*A R Antulay : Minority Affairs
*Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs
*Ambika Soni : Tourism and Culture
*Saifuddin Soz : Water Resources
*Shibu Soren : Coal
*Santosh Mohan Dev : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
*P C Gupta : Company Affairs
*Kapil Sibal : Science & Technology and Ocean Development Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
*Renuka Choudhury : Women and Child Development
*Subodh Kant Sahay : Food Processing Industries
*Vilas Muttemwar : Non-Conventional Energy Sources
*Kumari Selja : Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation.

*Praful Patel : Civil Aviation
*G K Vasan : Statistics and Programme Implementation
*Oscar Fernandes : Labour & Employment Ministers of State
*E Ahamed : External Affairs
*Suresh Pachauri : Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs
*B K Handique : Chemical and Fertilisers; Parliamentary Affairs
*Panabaka Lakshmi : Health & Family Welfare
*Dasari Narayan Rao : Coal & Mines
*Shaqeel Ahmed : Communications & Information Technology
*Rao Inderjit Singh : Defence
*Naranbhai Rathwa : Railways
*K H Muniappa : Road Transport & Highways
*M V Rajashekharan : Planning
*Kantilal Bhuria : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
*Manik Rao Gavit : Home Affairs
*Sri Prakash Jaiswal: Home Affairs
*Prithviraj Chavan : Prime Minister's Office
*Taslimuddin : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

*Suryakanta Patil : Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs
*Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi : Human Resource Development
*R Velu : Railways
*S S Palanimanikkam : Finance
*S Regupathy : Home Affairs
*K Venkatapathy : Law & Justice
*Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan : Social Justice & Empowerment
*E V K Elangovan : Textiles
*Kanti Singh : Heavy Industries
*Namo Narayan Meena : Environment & Forests
*Akhilesh Singh : Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
*Pawan Kumar Bansal : Finance
*Anand Sharma : External Affairs
*Ajay Maken : Urban Development
*M M Pallam Raju : Defence
*Akhilesh Das : Steel
*Chandrasekhar Sahu : Rural Development
*Ashwani Kumar : Industries
*D Purandareshwari : Human Resource Development
*Dinshaw Patel : Petroleum & Natural Gas
*T Subbirami Reddy : Mines
*Jairam Ramesh : Commerce
*Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav: Water Resources
*M H Ambareesh : Information and Broadcasting.
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