Composition of Cabinet Committees amended; Rajnath Singh now to be part of 6 government panels

Singh was made a member of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) earlier and he is now a part of six key panels of the government.

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NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi-led government on Thursday amended the composition of Cabinet Committees where it was said that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will now chair the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and be a part of the all-important panel on political affairs. Earlier, Singh was made a member of only two key cabinet committees including security and now, after the amendment, he is part of six key panels of the government. Singh headed the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs in the last government. The panel takes all decisions pertaining to Parliament matters. Here is the updated composition of the Cabinet Committees 1) Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Composition Prime Minister. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. ----- 2) Cabinet Committee on Accommodation. Composition Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Special Invitees Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. ----- 3) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. Composition Prime Minister. Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. ----- 4) Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. Composition Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. Special Invitees Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. ----- 5) Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. Composition Prime Minister. Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. ----- 6) Cabinet Committee on Security. Composition Prime Minister. Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs. ----- 7) Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth. Composition Prime Minister. Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. ----- 8) Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development. Composition Prime Minister. Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Human Resource Development. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Special Invitees Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. Prahalad Singh Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. The cabinet committees are constituted or reconstituted when a new government takes over or the cabinet undergoes a reshuffle. On Wednesday, the government had constituted committees on investment and growth to spur the economic growth, and on employment and skill development to deal with the issues of unemployment. It was perhaps for the first time that the cabinet committees on the two issues were set up.