New Delhi: The hunt is on for a new finance minister with the names of S M Krishna, C Rangarajan and Kapil Sibal under consideration in the wake of P Chidambaram's shift to the home ministry.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh already has charge of three weighty ministries coal, after the exit of Shibu Soren, who has taken over as chief minister of Jharkhand, information and broadcasting after the illness of Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, and environment and forests, finance, after P Chidambaram took over as home minister.