Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma, has been given the additional charge of Information and Broadcasting Ministry till I&B Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is indisposed. President Pratibha Patil allocated the additional charge to Sharma on the advice of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.
Dasmunsi is currently undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, where he was admitted on following a severe heart attack recently.