Muniyappa becomes new MoS (IC) for MSMEs

Veteran Congress leader and Minister of State (MoS) KH Muniyappa has been shifted from Railways to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The Union Minister will assume charge as MoS with independent charge (IC) of the Ministry of Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook a major reshuffle of Council of Ministers and inducted 17 new faces on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

Before taking charge under the MSME Ministry, Muniyappa was the Union Minister for Railways since 2009. He represents the Kolar constituency of Karnataka and is a member of Indian National Congress (INC) led UPA II government.

Muniyappa is a six time member of parliament (MP) and has represented his constituency six times, from 10th Lok Sabha till 15th Lok Sabha.