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Chidambaram, Antony, Pawar, Krishna take charge of their Ministries

Palaniappan Chidambaram, A K Antony, Sharad Pawar and S.M. Krishna took charge of their respective Ministries on Monday.

Sixty four year old Chidambaram is one among the 19 cabinet Ministers who were sworn-in on 22nd May, along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Chidambaram, a Harvard educated lawyer, was shifted to the Home Ministry from the Finance Ministry by the Prime Minister in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack last year which led to the resignation of Shivraj Patil from the post.

Chidambaram has been focusing on reorganising the intelligence network, tightening the provisions in the anti-terror laws and amending the CISF Act.

A K Antony took charge as Defence Minister.

Antony faces major challenges in his second stint as Defence Minister such as plugging gaps in coastal, air and land security that have come under increased threat in recent times.

NCP-supremo Sharad Pawar on Monday took charge as Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, beginning his tenure for the second time.

Pawar convened a meeting of senior officials and took stock of the situation in the agriculture, which would require a fresh impetus in the face of increasing debt burden on farmers despite loan waivers.

He takes over the reigns of the agriculture affairs when the country has harvested a bumper foodgrain production and the central pool are overflowing with wheat and rice.

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Chidambaram, Antony, Pawar, Krishna take charge of their Ministries

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