List of the council of Ministers
25 May 2004
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Cabinet
Ministers
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| P Chidambaram | Finance |
| Pranab Mukherjee | Defence |
| Arjun Singh | HRD |
| Sharad Pawar | Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution |
| Laloo Prasad Yadav | Railways |
| Shivraj Patil | Home |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | Chemicals and Fertilizers, Steel |
| Ghulam Nabi Azad | Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development |
| S Jaipal Reddy | Information and Broadcasting, Culture |
| Sis Ram Ola | Labour and Employment |
| Mahavir Prasad | Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries |
| P R Kyndiah | Tribal affiars, Development of NE |
| T R Baalu | Road Transport and Highways and Shipping |
| ShankerSinh Vaghela | Textiles |
| Natwar Singh | External Affairs |
| Kamal Nath | Commerce and Industries |
| H R Bhardwaj | Law and Justice |
| P M Sayeed | Power |
| Raghuvansh Prasad | Rural Development |
| P R Dasmunsi | Water Resources |
| Mani Shankar Aiyer | Petroleum and Natural Gas, Panchayati Raj |
| Sunil Dutt | Sports and Youth Affairs |
| Shibu Soren | Coal, Mines and Minerals |
| A Raja | Forests and Environment |
| Dayanidhi Maran | Communication and IT |
| Meira Kumar | Social Justice and Empowerment |
| K Chandra shekhar Rao | Minister without portfolio |
| Anbumani Ramadoss | Health and Family Welfare |
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Ministers
of State
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| E Ahmed | External Affairs |
| Suresh Pachauri | Personnel, Parliamentary Affairs |
| B K Handique | Defence, Parliamentary Affairs |
| P Lakshmi | Health and Family Welfare |
| Dasari Narayan Rao | Coal and Mines |
| Shaqeel Ahmed | Communications and IT |
| Rao Indrajit Singh | External Affairs |
| Naranbhai Rathwa | Railways |
| Rehman Khan | Chemicals and fertilizers |
| K H Muniappa | Road Transport and Highways |
| M V Rajashekharan | Planning |
| Kantilal Bhuria | Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution |
| Manik Rao Gavit | Home Affairs |
| Sri Prakash Jaiswal | Home Affairs |
| Prithviraj Chavan | Prime Ministers Office |
| Mohammed Taslimuddin | Minister of state for Home Affairs |
| Suryakanta Patil | Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs |
| Md A A Fatmi | HRD |
| A Narendra | Rural Development |
| R Velu | Railways |
| S S Palanimanikkam | Commerce and Industry |
| S Regupathy | Home Affairs |
| K Venkatapathy | Law and Justice |
| S Jagadeesan | Social Justice and Empowerment |
| E V K S Elangovan | Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| Kanti Singh | HRD |
| N Narayan Meena | Environment and Forests |
| Jayaprakash Narayan Yadav | Water resources |
| Akhilesh Singh | Agriculture, food and civil supplies, consumer affairs and public distribution |
| Sontosh Mohan Dev | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise |
| Jagdish Tytler | Non-Resident Affairs |
| Oscar Fernandes | Statistics and Programmes Implementation |
| Renuka Choudhary | Tourism |
| Subodh Kant Sahay | Food Processing |
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Independent
Charges
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| Kapil Sibal | Science and Technology, Ocean Development |
| Vilas Muttemwar | Non-Conventional Energy Sources |
| Kumari Selja | Urban employment and Poverty Alleviation |
| Praful Patel | Civil Aviation |
| Prem Chand Gupta | Company Affairs |
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