New Delhi: Signaling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday named Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of four high-profile ministries - Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs respectively - in his new government. kept.
The four ministers in charge of these departments form the important Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by the Prime Minister.
Among the newcomers to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has got the Agriculture and Rural Development ministry, while BJP president JP Nadda has returned to the Health Ministry, a portfolio he held in the first term of the Modi government. Took charge first as working president of the ruling BJP in 2019 and then as full president in 2020.
Nitin Gadkari, credited with promoting the highway network across the country, has retained the charge of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry.Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been allotted the ministries of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power.
Ashwini Vaishnav, the rising star in the government who was in charge of the crucial Railways and Electronics and Information Technology ministries, has not only retained these portfolios but has also been given the crucial Information and Broadcasting ministry.
Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal will continue to be in charge of the ministries of education, commerce and industry respectively. Hardeep Singh Puri has retained the Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry but left out the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry.
According to an official statement, President Draupadi Murmu directed the allocation of portfolios to 72 members of the Union Council of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, as per Modi's advice.The BJP has retained most of the strategic ministries running key programs of the government, while leaving some to allies, notably the TDP and JD(U), which got civil aviation, and panchayati raj, fisheries, respectively. Got animal husbandry and dairy.
Kiren Rijiju has been shifted from Earth Sciences to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will remain the Law Minister and Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the Shipping portfolio. Environment Ministry has been retained with Bhupendra Yadav.
Of the five BJP allies in the Union Cabinet, Janata Dal (Secular)'s HD Kumaraswamy has got the Heavy Industries and Steel ministry, Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM-Secular) has got the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ministry, and Lalan Singh Got the ministry. (Janata Dal-United) Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
TDP's K Rammohan Naidu has got the Civil Aviation Ministry and LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has been allotted the Food Processing Industries Ministry.BJP leader CR Patil has got the Jal Shakti ministry, while another party leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who held the portfolio in the previous term of the government, will be the culture and tourism minister.
Amit Shah has also kept the Cooperation Ministry with himself, while Sitharaman will continue to handle corporate affairs.
Virendra Kumar has retained the Social Justice and Empowerment ministry, while Jual Oram is the new Tribal Affairs Minister.
Pralhad Joshi, who previously held the ministries of Coal and Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, has been made in-charge of the ministries of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy. G Kishan Reddy has been assigned the Ministry of Coal and Mines.
Giriraj Singh has been transferred from the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to the Ministry of Textiles.Former aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia is now in-charge of the communications and development ministries of the North Eastern region.
Annapurna Devi is the new Women and Child Development Minister.
Among ministers of state with independent charge, BJP ally and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary has been allotted the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ministry and Shiv Sena leader Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao will hold the AYUSH ministry.
Earlier, Modi on Sunday held the first cabinet meeting after his government was sworn in and told his cabinet colleagues that most of them would continue to hold their existing responsibilities.
The allocation of portfolios underlined the confidence the Prime Minister has in his colleagues, especially those handling frontline ministries that shape and drive the government's policies and programmes.
The four ministers in charge of these departments form the important Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by the Prime Minister.
Among the newcomers to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has got the Agriculture and Rural Development ministry, while BJP president JP Nadda has returned to the Health Ministry, a portfolio he held in the first term of the Modi government. Took charge first as working president of the ruling BJP in 2019 and then as full president in 2020.
Nitin Gadkari, credited with promoting the highway network across the country, has retained the charge of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry.Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been allotted the ministries of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power.
Ashwini Vaishnav, the rising star in the government who was in charge of the crucial Railways and Electronics and Information Technology ministries, has not only retained these portfolios but has also been given the crucial Information and Broadcasting ministry.
Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal will continue to be in charge of the ministries of education, commerce and industry respectively. Hardeep Singh Puri has retained the Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry but left out the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry.
According to an official statement, President Draupadi Murmu directed the allocation of portfolios to 72 members of the Union Council of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, as per Modi's advice.The BJP has retained most of the strategic ministries running key programs of the government, while leaving some to allies, notably the TDP and JD(U), which got civil aviation, and panchayati raj, fisheries, respectively. Got animal husbandry and dairy.
Kiren Rijiju has been shifted from Earth Sciences to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will remain the Law Minister and Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the Shipping portfolio. Environment Ministry has been retained with Bhupendra Yadav.
Of the five BJP allies in the Union Cabinet, Janata Dal (Secular)'s HD Kumaraswamy has got the Heavy Industries and Steel ministry, Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM-Secular) has got the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ministry, and Lalan Singh Got the ministry. (Janata Dal-United) Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
TDP's K Rammohan Naidu has got the Civil Aviation Ministry and LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has been allotted the Food Processing Industries Ministry.BJP leader CR Patil has got the Jal Shakti ministry, while another party leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who held the portfolio in the previous term of the government, will be the culture and tourism minister.
Amit Shah has also kept the Cooperation Ministry with himself, while Sitharaman will continue to handle corporate affairs.
Virendra Kumar has retained the Social Justice and Empowerment ministry, while Jual Oram is the new Tribal Affairs Minister.
Pralhad Joshi, who previously held the ministries of Coal and Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, has been made in-charge of the ministries of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy. G Kishan Reddy has been assigned the Ministry of Coal and Mines.
Giriraj Singh has been transferred from the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to the Ministry of Textiles.Former aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia is now in-charge of the communications and development ministries of the North Eastern region.
Annapurna Devi is the new Women and Child Development Minister.
Among ministers of state with independent charge, BJP ally and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary has been allotted the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ministry and Shiv Sena leader Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao will hold the AYUSH ministry.
Earlier, Modi on Sunday held the first cabinet meeting after his government was sworn in and told his cabinet colleagues that most of them would continue to hold their existing responsibilities.
The allocation of portfolios underlined the confidence the Prime Minister has in his colleagues, especially those handling frontline ministries that shape and drive the government's policies and programmes.
