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Portfolios of Union ministers after reshuffle

New Delhi, Jul 5 (UNI) Under fire for her role as the Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani was today shifted from the HRD ministry to Textiles while Mr Prakash Javadekar, the lone minister to be elevated to cabinet rank in today's expansion of the Union cabinet, was given the key portfolio of HRD.
According to the list of portfolios of Union ministers released by Rashtrapati Bhawan after the latest expansion of Union council of ministers, Mr Venkiah Naidu has been shifted from Parliamentary Affairs to Information and Broadcasting Ministry while he continues to retain the portfolio of Urban Development Minister.
Mr Ananth Kumar has been given the plum portfolio of Parliamentary Affairs.
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