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UPA allocates six portfolios

Updated on: 23 May,2009 02:33 PM IST  | 
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S M Krishna was today appointed the new External Affairs Minister with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding to give the key portfolio of Finance to Pranab Mukherjee while retaining P Chidambaram as Home Minister.

UPA allocates six portfolios

S M Krishna was today appointed the new External Affairs Minister with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding to give the key portfolio of Finance to Pranab Mukherjee while retaining P Chidambaram as Home Minister.


Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee will head the Railway Ministry while Sharad Pawar and A K Antony will continue as Agriculture Minister and Defence Minister respectively, a Rashtrapathi Bhavan spokesperson said.


The Prime Minister will hold the charge of all the other ministries, which are yet to be allocated, the spokesperson said.


The first expansion of the Cabinet is expected to take place on Tuesday after which all the remaining portfolios will be announced.

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