New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the first meeting of his expanded Cabinet and it will be followed by a meeting of the Council of Ministers.
“Cabinet
meeting would be held at 5:30 pm and will be followed by a meeting of the
entire council of Ministers,” a government source said.
The
meeting comes a day after Modi govt inducted 21 new faces into his Council of
Ministers, including former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and former Shiv
Sena leader Suresh Prabhu. This
was the first Cabinet expansion exercise by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, since
he assumed power in May.
The
major changes that were effected in Cabinet expansion that Manohar Parrikar was
made new Defence minister, while Suresh Prabhu was given the charge of the Railway
ministry. Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, who relinquished Defence will hold additional charge of
Information and Broadcasting ministry.
JP
Nadda was given Health and Family welfare ministry, earlier held by Harsh
Vardhan, who has now been given the portfolio of Science & Technology. With
yesterday’s cabinet expansion, the strength of the Union Council of Ministers
has gone up from 45 to 66. Out Of this, 27 Ministers are of Cabinet rank, 13
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 26 Ministers of State.
After
swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister congratulated his newly inducted Ministers
and said he is looking forward to working with them to accelerate India’s
development journey.“Congratulations
to all colleagues who have taken oath today. Looking forward to working with
them to accelerate India’s development journey,” Modi tweeted.
(Source- www.newsroompost.com)
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