June 11th 2024.
In the recent Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several prominent ministers have retained their key portfolios. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari all continue to hold their important positions. This decision was announced on Monday after the first meeting of the 30-member Cabinet, which was chaired by Prime Minister Modi himself. The meeting took place just a day after the swearing-in ceremony.
Some other notable names who have retained their posts from the second term of the Modi government include Hardeep Singh Puri, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, Bhupender Yadav, and Virendra Kumar. Ashwani Vaishnaw has also been given the additional responsibility of Information and Broadcasting, in addition to retaining his previous ministries of Railways and Electronics and Information Technology.
One of the most prominent changes in the Cabinet is the return of BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda, who has been allocated the important portfolios of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilisers, a position he previously held in the first Modi government. Jual Oram, who was the Minister for Tribal Affairs in the previous government, has also been given back his previous ministry.
Two new faces in the Union Cabinet are former Chief Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Manohar Lal Khattar, who will now be in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development and Housing and Urban Affairs and Power, respectively. BJP's Gujarat unit chief C.R. Patil has also been given a key ministry in his first stint in the Union Cabinet - Jal Shakti.
Several previous ministers have been given different portfolios this time around. Pralhad Joshi, Giriraj Singh, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Annapurna Devi, Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya, and G. Kishan Reddy are among the names who have been allocated new ministries. From the allies, TDP's Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu has been given Civil Aviation, JD-S's H.D. Kumaraswamy has been allocated Heavy Industry and Steel, HAM-S's Jitan Ram Manjhi is the new MSME Minister, JD-U's Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh has been given Panchayati Raj, and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying portfolios, while Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas chief Chirag Paswan has been made the Minister for Food Processing Industries.
Several Ministers of State have also been allocated new portfolios. Rao Inderjit Singh will now handle Statistics and Programme Implementation and Planning, while Jitendra Singh will be in charge of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, and the PMO. Arjun Ram Meghwal has been given Law and Justice once again, and Shiv Sena's Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav will handle AYUSH and be the Minister of State in the Health Ministry. RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary has been allocated Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and will also be the Minister of State for Education.
Other notable names in the list of Ministers of State include Jitin Prasada, TDP's Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, who is the richest MP, BJP's first-ever Kerala MP Suresh Gopi, Ravneet Singh 'Bittu', and Raksha Khadse. With this new Cabinet, Prime Minister Modi aims to ensure a strong and efficient team to lead the country towards progress and development.
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