New Delhi: Thirty-six new ministers joined the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega cabinet reboot on July 7. Fifteen of the 44 ministers who took oath will be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, a communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan shows.
Apart from PM Modi, the ceremony was graced by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, First Lady Savita Devi Kovind among others, as President Ram Nath Kovind was facilitating the swearing-in ceremony. Several leaders who are already serving as Union Ministers were also a part of the swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was conducted in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.
Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan, Santosh Gangwar, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal, Sanjay Dhotre, Raosaheb Danve, Sadanand Gowda, Ashwini Choubey and Debasree Chaudhuri have been dropped. Union Ministers Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Harsh Vardhan, Kiren Rijuju and Parshottam Rupala were elevated to Cabinet rank.
The new Council of Ministers has more representation in terms of caste, religion, region, and experience than several other governments in the past. 11 women Ministers (2 in Cabinet), 27 OBCs (5 in cabinet), 8 STs (3 in Cabinet), and 12 SC members (2 in cabinet) have been made a part of the new Council of Ministers. Moreover, 13 lawyers, 6 doctors, 5 engineers, 7 civil servants, and 4 former CMs have also been a made part of the new Council of Ministers.
Meet predecessors, gain from those no longer in cabinet, PM Modi tells new ministers
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the expanded council of ministers asked the new ministers to meet their predecessors and benefit from their experience.
The Prime Minister also reportedly asked the ministers to be punctual and work tirelessly for people.
According to sources, PM Modi told the new ministers that they should make use of the experience of ministers who held the portfolio before them.
“Especially those who are no longer part of the council, the PM praised those ministers for work in their ministries and asked the new ministers to gain from them,” said the source.
This has come in the middle of allegations levelled by the Congress that former Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s exit from the Council of Council “is an admission of COVID-19 failure” and that “he was made a fall guy”.
The meeting of the council of ministers went for more than two hours as the newly-inducted ministers were introduced in the first such meeting after the expansion and reshuffle of the ministry on Wednesday.
According to sources, PM Modi asked the ministers to work hard for well being of people and to ensure effective implementation of
schemes.AGENCIES
Apart from PM Modi, the ceremony was graced by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, First Lady Savita Devi Kovind among others, as President Ram Nath Kovind was facilitating the swearing-in ceremony. Several leaders who are already serving as Union Ministers were also a part of the swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was conducted in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.
Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan, Santosh Gangwar, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal, Sanjay Dhotre, Raosaheb Danve, Sadanand Gowda, Ashwini Choubey and Debasree Chaudhuri have been dropped. Union Ministers Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Harsh Vardhan, Kiren Rijuju and Parshottam Rupala were elevated to Cabinet rank.
The new Council of Ministers has more representation in terms of caste, religion, region, and experience than several other governments in the past. 11 women Ministers (2 in Cabinet), 27 OBCs (5 in cabinet), 8 STs (3 in Cabinet), and 12 SC members (2 in cabinet) have been made a part of the new Council of Ministers. Moreover, 13 lawyers, 6 doctors, 5 engineers, 7 civil servants, and 4 former CMs have also been a made part of the new Council of Ministers.
Meet predecessors, gain from those no longer in cabinet, PM Modi tells new ministers
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the expanded council of ministers asked the new ministers to meet their predecessors and benefit from their experience.
The Prime Minister also reportedly asked the ministers to be punctual and work tirelessly for people.
According to sources, PM Modi told the new ministers that they should make use of the experience of ministers who held the portfolio before them.
“Especially those who are no longer part of the council, the PM praised those ministers for work in their ministries and asked the new ministers to gain from them,” said the source.
This has come in the middle of allegations levelled by the Congress that former Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s exit from the Council of Council “is an admission of COVID-19 failure” and that “he was made a fall guy”.
The meeting of the council of ministers went for more than two hours as the newly-inducted ministers were introduced in the first such meeting after the expansion and reshuffle of the ministry on Wednesday.
According to sources, PM Modi asked the ministers to work hard for well being of people and to ensure effective implementation of
schemes.AGENCIES
36 more joined, 7 promoted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi effected a major reshuffle and expansion of his ministry bringing
Mansukh Mandaviya as Health Minister, Kiren Rijiju as Law Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan as Education Minister, and Jyotiratidya Scindia as Civil Aviation Minister.
The exercise, carried out over two years after the BJP-led government came to office in its second term and amid the ongoing battle against COVID-19, saw some ministers being dropped and the induction of 15 cabinet ministers and several ministers of state. Seven ministers of state were elevated to cabinet rank.
Home Minister Amit Shah is also the Minister of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation. The Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, which was earlier with Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has been allocated to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, a former IAS Officer, has been appointed Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
The expansion saw more representation to states which will go to the polls next year including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat and are apparently aimed at infusing more young talent in the government.
Smirti Irani stays as Women and Child Development Minister while the textiles portfolio that was with her has been given to Piyush Goyal, who continues as Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs. He also held the Railways portfolio earlier. While the representation of OBCs, SCs, and youth has gone up the average age of cabinet has come down. The changes were made days ahead of the monsoon session of parliament.
Ahead of the expansion, 12 union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javadekar and DV Sadananda Gowda, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Sanjay Dhotre, Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Debasree Chaudhuri resigned from their posts.
Anurag Thakur, elevated to cabinet rank, was appointed Information and Broadcasting Minister and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. The change in the Sports Ministry, with Rijiju being shifted to Law Ministry, took place days ahead of Tokyo Olympics.
Environment Ministry got a new face in Bhupender Yadav. The BJP leader was also appointed Minister of Labour and Environment.
The Ministry of External Affairs got a woman minister with Meenakshi Lekhi appointed as Minister of State. She is also the junior minister of Culture. Dr Rakumar Ranjan Singh has also been appointed new MoS in External Affairs Ministry apart from that in Education.
Mansukh Mandaviya as Health Minister, Kiren Rijiju as Law Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan as Education Minister, and Jyotiratidya Scindia as Civil Aviation Minister.
The exercise, carried out over two years after the BJP-led government came to office in its second term and amid the ongoing battle against COVID-19, saw some ministers being dropped and the induction of 15 cabinet ministers and several ministers of state. Seven ministers of state were elevated to cabinet rank.
Home Minister Amit Shah is also the Minister of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation. The Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, which was earlier with Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has been allocated to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, a former IAS Officer, has been appointed Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
The expansion saw more representation to states which will go to the polls next year including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat and are apparently aimed at infusing more young talent in the government.
Smirti Irani stays as Women and Child Development Minister while the textiles portfolio that was with her has been given to Piyush Goyal, who continues as Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs. He also held the Railways portfolio earlier. While the representation of OBCs, SCs, and youth has gone up the average age of cabinet has come down. The changes were made days ahead of the monsoon session of parliament.
Ahead of the expansion, 12 union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javadekar and DV Sadananda Gowda, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Sanjay Dhotre, Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Debasree Chaudhuri resigned from their posts.
Anurag Thakur, elevated to cabinet rank, was appointed Information and Broadcasting Minister and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. The change in the Sports Ministry, with Rijiju being shifted to Law Ministry, took place days ahead of Tokyo Olympics.
Environment Ministry got a new face in Bhupender Yadav. The BJP leader was also appointed Minister of Labour and Environment.
The Ministry of External Affairs got a woman minister with Meenakshi Lekhi appointed as Minister of State. She is also the junior minister of Culture. Dr Rakumar Ranjan Singh has also been appointed new MoS in External Affairs Ministry apart from that in Education.
Ministers dropped
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for a mega expansion and reshuffle of his Cabinet, the first in his second term that started in May 2019. Several new ministers joined.
Ahead of the reshuffle, several ministers, including Union health minister Harsh Vardhan and education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, resigned from the Cabinet.
Social justice and empowerment minister Thaawarchand Gehlot had also vacated his ministry as he was appointed as the governor of Karnataka.
The new list that has come to the fore seems to have been guided by several factors, including the upcoming assembly elections in five states in 2022.
PM Modi had conducted an extensive review of the performance of several ministers in the run up to this exercise. So, while some ministers have been dropped, some others may be promoted.
Also, reports suggest that Modi’s new Cabinet will have a higher share of OBC representations, younger leaders and women ministers.
Ahead of the reshuffle, several ministers, including Union health minister Harsh Vardhan and education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, resigned from the Cabinet.
Social justice and empowerment minister Thaawarchand Gehlot had also vacated his ministry as he was appointed as the governor of Karnataka.
The new list that has come to the fore seems to have been guided by several factors, including the upcoming assembly elections in five states in 2022.
PM Modi had conducted an extensive review of the performance of several ministers in the run up to this exercise. So, while some ministers have been dropped, some others may be promoted.
Also, reports suggest that Modi’s new Cabinet will have a higher share of OBC representations, younger leaders and women ministers.
