Vayalar Ravi assumed Charge as Union Minister for Science and Technology

Aug 22, 2012, 11:37 IST

National Current Affairs August 2012. Vayalar Ravi assumed charge as the Union Minister for Science and Technology on 21 August 2012

Vayalar Ravi assumed charge as the Union Minister for Science and Technology on 21 August 2012. He was allocated the charge by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was holding the portfolio passed away on 14 August 2012.

In three years of UPA – II, Vayalar Ravi is the fifth Science and Technology minister. Earlier, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Kapil Sibal and Prithviraj Chavan had been in the charge of the Ministry.

Vayalar Ravi is also holding the portfolio of Union Ministry of Overseas Affairs, the charge he assumed in January 2006. Besides he also holds the charge of Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

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