The Big Four - Pranab Mukherjee, PChidambaram, AK Antony and SM Krishna - have been left untouched. Key economic and infrastructure ministries, with the exception of rural development, have not been tinkered with. Ashok Ganguly, a former chairman of HUL and now member of the Rajya Sabha , said, "Today's cabinet reshuffle leaves the top level unchanged, signaling continuity of the government's thinking. This is a welcome move."
After the reshuffle, Singh told newspersons that this would be the last before the 2014 general elections . He said it reflected a "balance necessary between various states, consideration of efficiency, (and) consideration of continuity" in government.
He added, "This exercise is as comprehensive as possible." But corporate leaders that ET spoke to were largely unimpressed by the reshuffle. "It's a light-weight reshuffle and won't have any significant impact on the current working of the government. The key cabinet remains the same," said Arun Bharat Ram, chairman, SRF Limited. Read the full report here.
Source: Our Political Bureau, Economic Times, New Delhi.
