The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at the 57th National Development Council meeting, in New Delhi on December 27, 2012. The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Union Home Minister, Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, the Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar, the Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony and the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Planning, Shri Rajiv Shukla are also seen.