Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reshuffled and expanded his council of ministers – also inducted 19 new Ministers of State – the portfolios and ministries allotted to each of them were made public.
Smriti Irani lost Ministry of Human Resource Development to Prakash Javadekar. Smriti Irani has been moved to the Textile Ministry.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu assigned Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Ananthkumar replaces Venkaiah Naidu in Parliamentary Affairs Minister along with Chemicals and Fertilisers.
MJ Akbar appointed as MoS External Affairs.
SS Ahluwalia appointed Minister of State Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Parliamentary Affairs.
Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assigned Law Ministry.
Minister of State Jayant Sinha shifted from Finance to Civil Aviation.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar replaces Sinha as MoS Finance.
Babul Supriyo will be MoS Urban Development.
Vijay Goel appointed as MoS Sports and Youth Affairs.
Arjun Ram Meghwal assigned Finance, Corporate affairs. Ramdas Athawale will be MoS Social Justice and Empowerment Department.
Anil Madhav Dave gets Environment Ministry.
Anupriya Patel assigned Health and Family Welfare.
Ajay Tamta assigned Textiles Department.
Hansard Gangaram assigned Home Affairs.
Ramesh C Jagajinagi assigned Drinking Water and Sanitation Department.
Manoj Sinha assigned Telecom Ministry.
Sadananda Gowda moved to Statistics and Programme Implementation from Law Ministry.
Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar has been elevated in the cabinet. Except RPI leader Ramdas Athawale and Apna Dal lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh, Anupriya Patel, the remaining belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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