date:Oct 30, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday gave his Cabinet a long overdue facelift bringing in some young and new faces.
Tariq Anwar, a young leader from NCP (Nationalist Congress Party), has been given the role of minister of state for agriculture and food processing, in place of Harish Rawat, a Congress leader, who was earlier holding this portfolio.
Anwar, a close aide of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, was lucky to get this portfolio after the recommendation from his party boss.
Further, Anwar ha