Current GK

Questions about the education.

Related to Bank

Give a brief introduction about your self

Related to Banking and finance.

Q What do you understand Indian Economy

What are the different channels of Banking you use in your

daily life

What is Bank Crisis?

What is a bank?

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What is Banking Busineess?

What is Accounting for Bank Accounts?

What are the commercial roles of the Banks ?

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questions_03.html

What are the Economic functions of Banks?

What are the different channels of Banking you use in your

daily life ?

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How many type of banks there are ?

Q1. Tell me about yourself or How would you describe yourself?

Q2. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths/weaknesses?

What are your negatives?

Q3. What are your interests? hobbies? What do you like to do in your leisure time?
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Q1. Who is the Governor of Reserver Bank Of India?

Ans. D. Subarao is the governer of Reserve Bank of India.

Q1. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of OBC?

Ans. Sh. Alok Kumar Misha is the Chairman and Managing Director of OBC.

Q2. Who are the Executive Directors of the OBC?

Ans. Sh. H. Ratnaker Hegde and Sh. S.C Sinha are the two executive directors of the
OBC.

Q3. Who are the board of directors of OBC?

Ans. Smt. Sumita Dawra,

Sh. S.K.Newley,
Sh. Umesh Kr. Khaitan,
Sh. C.K. Sabharwal,
Sh. Kamal Bhushan,
Sh. Vijay Jagirdar,
Sh. V.V. Sai Reddy,
Dr. R.S. Maharishi,
Sh. T. Valliappan,
Sh. K.B.R. Naidu,

Q4. Where is the head office of OBC?

Ans. Head office of OBC is at Connaught Place New Delhi.

Q5. What is the Business Growth of the OBC for second quarter 2008 (30th june
2008)

Ans. Business Growth

• Total business grows by 27.04% on YOY basis. Aggregate business reaches

Rs.139271 cr. as on 30th June 2008 against Rs.109624 cr. as on 30th June 2007.

• Deposit grows on YOY basis by 29.06% from Rs.64511 crore as on 30th June
2007 to Rs.83258 crore.

• Advances grows on YOY basis at 24.16% from Rs. 45113 crore as on 30th June
2007 to Rs.56013 cr. as on 30th June 2008.

• Education loan showed a sharp jump of 41.74% at Rs.618 cr. as against Rs.436 cr.
during the same period last year.

Q4. What are the interest rates on deposit in Oriental Bank of Commerce?

Ans. Revision in Interest Rates on Term Deposits with effect from 16.02.2009
Maturity period Single Term deposits Single Term Deposits
(Domestic) Below Rs. 1.00 (Domestic) Rs. 1.00 Cr. &
Cr. above

Rates w. e. f. 16.02.2009 Rates w. e. f. 16.02.2009

7 days & up to 14 days 3.50 3.50

15 days & up to 30 4.25 3.50

days
31 days & up to 45 4.75 4.75
days
46 days & up to 90 6.00 6.00
days
91 days & up to 179 7.00 6.25
days
180 days to 269 days 7.75 6.75

270 days to 364 days 8.00 7.25

1 Year to less than 2 8.25 7.50

Years
2 Years to less than 3 8.50 7.50
Years
3 Years to less than 5 8.50 7.50
Years
5 Years to less 10 Years 8.50 7.50

Q 5. What services OBC provides to customers?

Ans.
1. Internet Banking.
2. Cash Management Services.
3. DeMAT Services.
4. NRI Services.
5. Flexi Fixed Deposit Services.
6. Tax Saving Term Deposit Services.
7. Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS).
 8. NATIONAL ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER(NEFT),

Part 2

Q: 1 : Tell me about Tele Banking System?

Ans: The Bank Offers 24 * 7 Tele Banking Services which can be availed by Customers
of all CBS branches of Bank through Tele Banking City Servers installed at 20 major
cities across India. By using this wonderful & convenient Technology which uses
Interactive Voice Response system (IVR), you can have Anytime, Anywhere (24 * 7)
access to your different Accounts. You can inquire about your Account balances and also
have general information about bank’s various product and services.

Q: 2 : What is IVR System?

Ans: OBC Tele Banking is based on an Interactive Voice Response System (IVR). This
technology helps the Customer to understand and execute the various options available in
the Tele Banking system by pressing keys of the Telephone instrument.

Q: 3 : What Services are Offered in Tele Banking System?

Ans: (A) General Information For Public Enquiry about (1) Domestic Term Deposit
Rates (2) Domestic Term Deposit rates for Senior Citizens (3) NRE & FCNR Rates (4)
Daily Forex rates (5) Bank’s various retail products (6) Detail of ATM Locations (7)
Bank’s working hours & Holiday enquiry. (B) Account related Information - Uses
Customer Number & PIN For Authorisation (1) Account Balance Enquiry (2) Enquiry
about last five transactions (3) Account Statement for a given period through FAX,
Another Fax and Email options. (4) Cheque Status Enquiry.

Q: 4 : How I can avail Tele Banking Services?

Ans: The Bank is offering Tele Banking Services, a 24 * 7 hours service, totally free of
costs for its esteemed Customers. To avail the Tele Banking services, you need to submit
duly filled-in Tele Banking form to your Branch. Kindly collect your secret PIN letter
from the Branch after 4-5 working days. After receiving the secret PIN number from
branch, you can enjoy our Tele Banking services from anywhere* anytime by just
moving your fingers on your Telephone instrument.

Q: 7 : How I can use Tele Banking Services?

Ans: Language Selection:- The Customer can interact with the TeleBanking system by
selecting one of the four languages viz. 1. Hindi 2. English 3. Tamil 4. Bengali. When
you dial the nearest City’s TeleBanking Phone number, then after the recorded welcome
message, you need to select the language to interact with TeleBanking system. Next you
need to select either the option of 'Account Related Information' to access your accounts
Or you can choose the General Information option. To Access the “Account Related
Information”, you must enter your Customer ID and the secret PIN (which is being issued
to you by the bank). Key-in the various numbers on your keypad, for the services of your
choice as directed by the IVR System. During the Interaction session, you can Press/ dial
9 to repeat the previous menu, 0 for main menu and # to quit the TeleBanking system.

Q: 8 : What is Customer-Id and PIN?

Ans: Customer-id is a unique Numeric Code allotted by the Computerised System to

identify the Customer and its details such as Customer name, addresses and various types
of accounts the Customer is operating with the Bank viz. SB A/c., Overdraft A/c.,
Current Account etc. All the personal details of the Customers are accessed using this
Customer-ID. The Personal Identification Number (called PIN), is a four digit number
generated by the TeleBanking system, which a customer needs alongwith the Customer-
ID number in order to access TeleBanking system. The PIN is issued by the Bank and
sent to a customer through sealed PIN mailers.

Q: 9: What is the Security in TeleBanking System?

Ans: The Customers who have opted for TeleBanking system are issued secret PINs by
the Bank which are sent through sealed PIN Mailers. When Customer uses the
TeleBanking system first time, he is forced to change the PIN number to keep its secrecy.
He further has the option of changing the PIN number as and when required by him. This
enhances the security feature of this facility.

Q:11: What should I do, if I have forget my PIN number?

Ans: Re-Issuance of Personal Identification PIN:- In case Customer forget his secret PIN,
he needs to give written request to the concerned branch for re-issuance of PIN. The
branch thereafter forwards the request to TeleBanking Cell at Head Office for re-issuance
of PIN for the Customer.

Part 3

Q: 1. What is an ATM? A: An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) is a device that

allows card-holding customer to perform broad range of routine banking transactions
without interacting with a human teller.

Q: 2. What are the types of ATMs?

Ans:
1. Touch Screen: Customers can touch the screen to choose options.
2. Key Operated: The keys border the screen and customers choose options these
keys.
 3. Motorized: In this machine the card is carried by the motor to card reader and the
transaction takes place when the card is inside the machines.
4. Dip Card The customer has to insert and remove the card and do the transaction
when the card is out of machine. Out of these OBC have only (b), (c) & (d) types
of ATMs.

Q: 6. To whom are the ATM cards not issued?

Ans: ATM Cards are not issued to minors below the age of 14 years, account operated
jointly and illiterate customers.

Q:11. What is Mini Statement?

Ans: It is statement of account showing last 10 transactions, in the account.

Q:16. What happens if wrong entry of PIN is given?

Ans: In case PIN is entered wrongly thrice in succession, the ATM card operations will
be blocked for 24 hours, although the ATM Card will not be captured instead it gets
ejected from the card reader slot. After 24 hours the operations through the same card is
allowed.
Q:17. What is to be done if one forgets his PIN or PIN is lost?

Ans: Duplicate PIN can be issued on receipt of written request from card holder. The
cardholder need to submit written request to his/her branch.

Q:20. Does Bank bears any liability for unauthorized use of the Card?

Ans: No. The responsibility is solely vested with the cardholder.

Q:24. How many accounts can be linked to one OBC Debit Card?

Ans: At present three accounts can be linked to one OBC Debit card.
Q:28. Can Customer/cardholder withdraw from ATMs other than OBC own ATMs
using OBC Debit card?

Ans: Apart from OBC’s own Networked ATM customer/cardholder can use ATMs of
other banks who are member of MITR/NFS/VISA. ‘MITR’ Group have 5 other Banks
i.e. PNB, Indian Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, IndusInd Bank, UCO Bank.

Q:29. How many ATMs are deployed by OBC and whether these ATMs allow
transactions to accepts cardholders of other banks also?

Ans: There are 800 ATMs deployed by OBC. All these ATMs allow cash withdrawal
and balance inquiry to cardholders of other banks who are member of MITR/NFS/VISA.

Part 4

FAQs - NET BANKING

Q1 .What is Internet Banking?

Ans:- Internet Banking enables a customer to perform basic banking transactions through
PC or laptop located anywhere in the globe.

Q2. What is special about Internet Banking?

Ans:- It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and you can operate your account
anytime / anywhere at your convenience.

Q27: What are the facilities/services available through Internet Banking?

Ans:- Services offered through Oriental Banks Net Banking

1. Account Related Operations for all the accounts in the CBS branches
o Online Balance Inquiry on Accounts.
o View last (n) transactions.
o Statement of Account for given range of Dates, Amount and Cheques.
2. Fund Transfer Operations
o Fund Transfer to own accounts within the Bank.
Fund Transfer to other Customers account(s) within the Bank.
 o NEFT - Fund Transfer to other Banks account(s).
3. Payments
o Bill Payments - BSES, MTNL, LIC of India, Vodafone etc.
o Scheduled repetitive bill payments.
o External payments viz. IRCTC (For Railway Reservation), E-Seva.
o Fund Transfer Facility for Sharekhan.com, DB (International) Ltd. etc.
4. Mails
o Customer can send mails for clarification of various queries and receive
certain information from the bank.
5. Activity:
o You can inquire your various financial and non-financial activities
performed during a period of
time.
6. Customize
o You can customize your various information like Change your passwords,
Add Nick names to your accounts, Change Date Format, Amount format
etc.

Q What is RTGS?

Ans. Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS), is a modern, robust, integrated
payment and settlement system. RTGS is a system whereby the Banks and Financial
Institutions maintaining accounts with RBI can transfer funds to one another on an
immediate, final and irrevocable basis during business hours.

The Facility can be used for Fund Transfer to other Bank on behalf of the customers. This
is R41 transaction and funds are transferred by debiting customer’s account to the
destination account of other participating bank directly without any manual intervention.
For this purpose correct destination account number and IFSC code of the destination
bank / branch is required from the customer availing this facility.

Part 5

FAQs - NEFT System

Q:1 What is NEFT System?

Ans: National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system is a nation wide funds transfer
system to facilitate transfer offunds from any bank branch to any other bank branch.

Q:2 Are all bank branches in the system part of the funds transfer network?
A: No. As on July 20, 2008, 46363 branches of 87 banks are participating. Steps are
being taken to widen thecoverage both in terms of banks and branches.

Q:3 Whether the system is centre specific or has any geographical restriction?

A: No, there is no restriction of centres or of any geographical area inside the country.
The system uses the conceptof centralised accounting system and the bank's account, that
are sending or receiving the funds transfer instructions,
gets operated at one centre, viz, Mumbai only. The individual branches participating in
NEFT could be locatedanywhere across the country, as detailed in the list provided on
our website.

Q:4 What is the funds availability schedule for the beneficiary?

A: The beneficiary gets the credit on the same Day or the next Day depending on the
time of settlement.

Q:5 How does the NEFT system operate?

A: Step-1: The remitter fills in the NEFT Application form giving the particulars of the
beneficiary (bank-branch,beneficiary's name, account type and account number) and
authorises the branch to remit the specified amount to thebeneficiary by raising a debit to
the remitter's account. (This can also be done by using net banking services offered
bysome of the banks.)

Step-2: The remitting branch prepares a Structured Financial Messaging Solution

(SFMS) message and sends it to itsService Centre for NEFT.

Step-3: The Service Centre forwards the same to the local RBI (National Clearing Cell,
Mumbai) to be included for thenext available settlement. Presently, NEFT is settled in six
batches at 0900, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500 and 1700 hours onweekdays and 0900, 1100 and
1200 hours on Saturdays

Step-4: The RBI at the clearing centre sorts the transactions bank-wise and prepares
accounting entries of net debit orcredit for passing on to the banks participating in the
system. Thereafter, bank-wise remittance messages are
transmitted to banks.

Step-5: The receiving banks process the remittance messages received from RBI and
effect the credit to thebeneficiaries' accounts.

Q:6 How is this NEFT System an improvement over the existing RBI-EFT System?

A: The RBI-EFT system is confined to the 15 centres where RBI is providing the facility,
where as there is no suchrestriction in NEFT as it is based on the centralised concept. The
detailed list of branches of various banksparticipating in NEFT system is available on our
website. The system also uses the state-of-the-art technology for the communication,
security etc, and thereby offers better customer service.

Q:7 How is it different from RTGS and EFT?

A: NEFT is an electronic payment system to transfer funds from any part of country to
any other part of the countryand works on Net settlement, unlike RTGS that works on
gross settlement and EFT which is restricted to the fifteencenters only where RBI offices
are located.

Q:11 What is IFS Code (IFSC)? How it is different from MICR code?

A: Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) is an alpha numeric code designed to uniquely
identify the bank-branchesin India. This is 11 digit code with first 4 characters
representing the banks code, the next character reserved as control
character (Presently 0 appears in the fifth position) and remaining 6 characters to identify
the branch. The MICR codehas 9 digits to identify the bank-branch.

1) Which is the only country in the world to have dropped bombs on over twenty
different countries since 1945

2) Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons?

3) Which country was responsible for a car bomb which killed 80 civilians in
Beirut in 1985, in a botched assassination attempt,
thereby making it the most lethal terrorist bombing in modern Middle East
history?

4) Which country's illegal bombing of Libya in 1986 was described by the UN

Legal Committee as a "classic case" of terrorism?

5) Which country rejected the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to
terminate its "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua in 1986, and then vetoed a
UN Security Council resolution calling on all states to observe international law?

6) Which country was accused by a UN-sponsored truth commission of providing

"direct and indirect support" for "acts of genocide" against the Mayan Indians in
Guatemala during the 1980s?

7) Which country unilaterally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)

Treaty in December 2001?

8) Which country renounced the efforts to negotiate a verification process for the
Biological Weapons Convention and brought an international conference on the
matter to a halt in July 2001?

9) Which country prevented the United Nations from curbing the gun trade at a
small arms conference in July 2001?

10) Aside from Somalia, which is the only other country in the world to have
refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

11) Which is the only Western country which allows the death penalty to be
applied to children?

12) Which is the only G7 country to have refused to sign the 1997 Mine Ban
Treaty, forbidding the use of landmines?

13) Which is the only G7 country to have voted against the creation of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998?

14) Which was the only other country to join with Israel in opposing a 1987
General Assembly resolution condemning international terrorism?

15) Which country refuses to fully pay its debts to the United Nations yet reserves
its right to veto United Nations resolutions?
LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

(as on 03.03.2009)

CABINET MINISTERS

Dr. Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically
allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;

(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Coal;
(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests; and

(vii) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Finance.

Shri Arjun Singh

Minister of Human Resource Development.

Shri Sharad Pawar

Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Shri Lalu Prasad

Minister of Railways.
6 Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence

Shri A.R. Antulay

Minister of Minority Affairs.

Shri Sushilkumar Shinde

Minister of Power

Shri Ram Vilas Paswan

Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.

10

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy

Minister of Urban Development.

11

Shri Sis Ram Ola

Minister of Mines.

12

Shri P. Chidambaram

Minister of Home Affairs.

13

Shri Mahavir Prasad

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

14

Shri P.R. Kyndiah

Minister of Tribal Affairs.

15

Shri T.R. Baalu

Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

16

Shri Shankersinh Vaghela

Minister of Textiles.

17
Shri Vayalar Ravi

Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

18

Shri Kamal Nath

Minister of Commerce & Industry.

19

Shri H.R. Bhardwaj

Minister of Law & Justice.

20

Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev

Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

21

Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz

Minister of Water Resources.

22

Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh

Minister of Rural Development.

23
Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi

Minister without Portfolio.

24

Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar

Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. .

25

Smt. Meira Kumar

Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.

26

Shri Murli Deora

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

27

Smt. Ambika Soni

Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.

28

Shri A. Raja

Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

29
Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss

Minister of Health & Family Welfare.

30

Shri Kapil Sibal

Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

31

Shri Prem Chand Gupta

Minister of Corporate Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Smt. Renuka Chowdhury

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

Shri Subodh Kant Sahay

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

3
Shri Vilas Muttemwar

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .

Kumari Selja

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation.

Shri Praful Patel

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Shri G.K.Vasan

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme

Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour &
Employment.

Dr. M. S. Gill

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1
Shri E. Ahammed

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Shri B.K. Handique

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Mines..

Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs..

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

Shri Naranbhai Rathwa

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

7

Shri K.H. Muniappa

Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

Shri Kantilal Bhuria

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

10

Shri Prithviraj Chavan

Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

11

Shri Taslimuddin

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

12

Smt. Suryakanta Patil

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

13

Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

14

Shri R. Velu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

15

Shri S.S. Palanimanickam

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

16

Shri S. Regupathy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

17

Shri K. Venkatapathy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.

18
Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

19

Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

20

Smt Kanti Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Culture..

21

Shri Namo Narain Meena

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

22 Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Water
Resources.

23

Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

24

Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs..

25

Shri Anand Sharma

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting.

26

Shri Ajay Maken

Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.

27

Shri Dinsha J. Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

28

Shri M.M. Pallam Raju

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

29

Shri Ashwani Kumar

Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of

Commerce & Industry.

30
Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

31

Smt. D. Purandeswari

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

32 Shri M.H. Ambareesh Minister of State in the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting.
33 Smt. V. Radhika Selvi Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
34 Shri V. Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.
35 Shri Santosh Bagrodia Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
36 Shri Raghunath Jha Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries &
Public Enterprises.
37 Dr. Rameshwar Oraon Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
38 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Minister of State in the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology.
39 Shri Jitin Prasada Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 03.03.2009.

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

(as on 03.03.2009)

CABINET MINISTERS
1 Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/
Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any
Minister viz.:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;

(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Coal;
(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests; and
 (vii) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
2 Shri Pranab Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Finance.
Mukherjee
3 Shri Arjun Singh Minister of Human Resource Development.
4 Shri Sharad Pawar Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution.
5 Shri Lalu Prasad Minister of Railways.
6 Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence
7 Shri A.R. Antulay Minister of Minority Affairs.
8 Shri Sushilkumar Minister of Power
Shinde
9 Shri Ram Vilas PaswanMinister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.
10 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Urban Development.
11 Shri Sis Ram Ola Minister of Mines.
12 Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs.
13 Shri Mahavir Prasad Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
14 Shri P.R. Kyndiah Minister of Tribal Affairs.
15 Shri T.R. Baalu Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.
16 Shri Shankersinh Minister of Textiles.
Vaghela
17 Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs.
18 Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Commerce & Industry.
19 Shri H.R. Bhardwaj Minister of Law & Justice.
20 Shri Sontosh Mohan Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Dev
21 Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz Minister of Water Resources.
22 Shri Raghuvansh Minister of Rural Development.
Prasad Singh
23 Shri Priyaranjan Minister without Portfolio.
Dasmunsi
24 Shri Mani Shankar Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development
Aiyar of North Eastern Region. .
25 Smt. Meira Kumar Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.
26 Shri Murli Deora Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
27 Smt. Ambika Soni Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.
28 Shri A. Raja Minister of Communications and Information
Technology.
29 Dr. Anbumani Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
Ramdoss
30 Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth
Sciences.
31 Shri Prem Chand Minister of Corporate Affairs.
 Gupta

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1 Smt. Renuka Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Chowdhury Women & Child Development.
2 Shri Subodh Kant Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Sahay Food Processing Industries.
3 Shri Vilas Muttemwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy .
4 Kumari Selja Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
5 Shri Praful Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Civil Aviation.
6 Shri G.K.Vasan Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation and Minister of
State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour &
Employment.
7 Dr. M. S. Gill Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Youth Affairs & Sports.

MINISTERS OF STATE
1 Shri E. Ahammed Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
2 Shri B.K. Handique Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals &
Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines..
3 Smt. Panabaka Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family
Lakshmi Welfare.
4 Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs..
5 Shri Rao Inderjit SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
6 Shri Naranbhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Rathwa
7 Shri K.H. Muniappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road
Transport & Highways.
8 Shri Kantilal Bhuria Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution.
9 Shri Shriprakash Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Jaiswal
10 Shri Prithviraj Chavan Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions.
11 Shri Taslimuddin Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution.
12 Smt. Suryakanta Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
 and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs.
13 Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource
Fatmi Development.
14 Shri R. Velu Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
15 Shri S.S. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Palanimanickam
16 Shri S. Regupathy Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and
Forests.
17 Shri K. Venkatapathy Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.
18 Smt. Subbulakshmi Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice &
Jagadeesan Empowerment.
19 Shri E.V.K.S. Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
Elangovan
20 Smt Kanti Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister
of State in the Ministry of Culture..
21 Shri Namo Narain Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment &
Meena Forests.
22 Shri Jay Prakash Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources.
Narayan Yadav
23 Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution.
24 Shri Pawan Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister
Bansal of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs..
25 Shri Anand Sharma Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting.
26 Shri Ajay Maken Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.
27 Shri Dinsha J. Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural
Gas.
28 Shri M.M. Pallam RajuMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
29 Shri Ashwani Kumar Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy &
Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
30 Shri Chandra Sekhar Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Sahu
31 Smt. D. Purandeswari Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
32 Shri M.H. Ambareesh Minister of State in the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting.
33 Smt. V. Radhika Selvi Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
34 Shri V. Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.
35 Shri Santosh Bagrodia Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
36 Shri Raghunath Jha Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries &
Public Enterprises.
37 Dr. Rameshwar Oraon Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
38 Shri Jyotiraditya Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and
Madhavrao Scindia Information Technology.
39 Shri Jitin Prasada Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 03.03.2009.