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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    180 : India’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Paucity of Talent, Plethora of Challenges

    Ronojoy Sen, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS

    10 August 2012

    Just as India was reeling from its worst power outage in recent times affecting some 22 states and millions of people, the country’s Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, was appointed Home Minister on 31 July 2012. If some saw this as a baffling promotion, the equally significant event the same day was the return of P Chidambaram to the Finance Ministry from Home. Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily was given the additional charge of Power.