Cabinet Ministers Portfolios Allocation: 24 hours after the swearing in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers, the portfolios were finally divided. The responsibility of important ministries has been kept with BJP ministers only.
The first cabinet meeting of the new government chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took place on Monday evening. Soon after this the division of departments was announced. First of all, let us talk about the ministers who are part of CCS i.e. the Committee on Security of the Union Cabinet. There are four ministries – Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs. No changes have been made in these. That means Amit Shah will remain the Home Minister, Rajnath Singh the Defense Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman the Finance Minister and S Jaishankar the Foreign Minister.
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Apart from the four ministers included in CCS, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar, Nitin Gadkari is the fifth most senior minister. There has been no change in his responsibilities either. He has become the Minister of Road Transport and Highways for the third consecutive time. Earlier it was being told that TDP, the most important constituent of NDA and having 16 MPs, wants the Road Transport Ministry. However, Gadkari’s responsibility has been retained. Gadkari has become the only senior minister in the Prime Minister’s team, in whose responsibility no change has been seen since 2014.
This time, four new names were added to the top 10 ministers in the order of seniority after Prime Minister Modi. The first among them is former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan. He has been made the Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development. At the same time, BJP President JP Nadda, who became a cabinet minister, will have the responsibility of the Health Ministry. Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will take charge of important ministries like energy and housing. HD Kumaraswamy is the only non-BJP among the top 10 ministers.
In the previous government, Smriti Irani held the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Now Annapurna Devi has got this charge. Chirag Paswan, son of late leader Ram Vilas Paswan and LJP-Ram Vilas chief, has been made the Food Processing Minister.
The youngest minister in Modi government and coming from TDP quota. Rammohan Naidu will be the Civil Aviation Minister. Till now this responsibility was with Jyotiraditya Scindia. Scindia has now been made the Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region.
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who last held the Jal Shakti Ministry, will now be the Culture and Tourism Minister. In his place, Gujarat BJP state president CR Patil has been made Jal Shakti Minister.
Youth and Sports and Information Broadcasting
Till now the responsibility of both these ministries was with Anurag Thakur. This time he has not been made a minister. In his place, Mansukh Mandaviya has been made the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. The youngest woman minister, Defense Eknath Khadse, has been made the Minister of State for Sports. Ashwini Vaishnav has been given the responsibility of Railways, Electronics and Information Technology as well as Information and Broadcasting Ministry.