 "Suresh Prabhu assume charge as Minister For Commerce and Industry in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Dalip Kumar")
New Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu went into briefings from officials on pressing issues, separately from the Department of Commerce and from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
A senior commerce official said further sessions with the minister had been scheduled. Prabhu then went to the Prime Minister's Office for a meeting and also to his earlier charge at the Railways Ministry, to attend an event.
It is unclear whether he will embark on a three-day visit to Russia's port city of Vladivostok. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj would be there from Tuesday, for the third Eastern Economic
