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Complete list of Cabinet ministers and portfolios Surprises and Shocks Anand Sharma has been made the new Commerce & Industry minister as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his Council of Ministers inducting 59 more and giving portfolios of HRD to Kapil Sibal, Law to Veerappa Moily and Surface Transport & Highways to Kamal Nath. UNION [...]

PM announces Cabinet portfolios May 28, 2009, 2:06 pm Sibal gets HRD, Kamal Nath loses Commerce Kapil Sibal has been given the all-important Human Resource Development Ministry in the new UPA government, the portfolios to which were announced on Thursday night. Congress loyalist and spokesperson Veerappa Moily will be country’s new Law Minister, replacing HR [...]

Manmohan Singh’s Ministers take oath(in picture) All for one President Pratibha Patil talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, standing with newly sworn-in ministers, during a photo session after the swearing in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. —————— Dayanidhi Maran President Pratibha Patil administers the oath of office and secrecy to newly [...]

Manmohan Singh begins 2nd term as PM May 22, 2009, 3:57 pm Will fix economy Click here to watch the live coverage! PM Manmohan Singh on Friday assumed office for a second consecutive term and said that his govt’s focus will be on restoring the economy and fostering growth. “Our first priority is to restore [...]

India to swear in 19 cabinet members Fri, May 22 03:24 PM (L-R) Congress party leaders A. K. Antony, Pranab Mukherjee, party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister-elect… Congress party leaders A. K. Antony, Pranab Mukherjee, party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister-elect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be sworn in at the head of a new [...]

Rahul Gandhi will NOT join cabinet May 22, 2009, 3:58 pm According to PM PM Manmohan Singh on Friday cleared that Rahul Gandhi is not keen on joining his government. “Rahul Gandhi has so far not agreed to join government, but I have not given up hope,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said shortly after the [...]

Presiding Officers Lok Sabha elects one of its own members as its Presiding Officer and he is called the Speaker. He is assisted by the Deputy Speaker who is also elected by Lok Sabha. The conduct of business in Lok Sabha is the responsibility of the Speaker. The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman [...]

RAJYA SABHA Rajya Sabha is the Upper House of Parliament. It has not more than 250 members. Members of Rajya Sabha are not elected by the people directly but indirectly by the Legislative Assemblies of the various States. Every State is allotted a certain number of members. No member of Rajya Sabha can be under [...]

LOK SABHA Lok Sabha, as the name itself signifies, is the body of representatives of the people. Its members are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the adult population who are eligible to vote. The minimum qualifying age for membership of the House is 25 years. The present membership of Lok Sabha [...]

OUR PARLIAMENT LOK SABHA RAJYA SABHA India – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Parliament is the supreme legislative body of a country. Our Parliament comprises of the President and the two Houses-Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of [...]