Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Panabaka Lakshmi has been given additional charge as Minister of State for Textiles.
"The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed that the portfolio of Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas shall be re-allocated as Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles," a Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique said.
Lakshmi, a Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh, was State Textile Ministers before the Cabinet reshuffle of 2012.
