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Cabinet Expansion HGHLIGHTS: Aswhini Vaishnav Gets Railways, Anurag Thakur I&B, Dharmendra Pradhan Education

PM Modi Cabinet Expansion HIGHLIGHTS: Modi government 2.0 has inducted as many as 43 new faces in his Union Cabinet today. The oath-taking ceremony took place at around 6 PM in Delhi Darbar Hall.

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Cabinet Expansion HGHLIGHTS: Aswhini Vaishnav Gets Railways, Anurag Thakur I&B, Dharmendra Pradhan Education

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22:38 PM (IST)  •  07 Jul 2021

Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman Retain Their Ministries

Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman Retain Their Ministries
22:26 PM (IST)  •  07 Jul 2021

Sarbananda Sonowal Gets Ayush Ministry

Former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal gets Ayush Ministry. Meanwhile, former Indian bureaucrat and BJP MP from Lok Sabha RK Singh gets Law Ministry. 

22:25 PM (IST)  •  07 Jul 2021

Piyush Goyal Gets Ministry Of Textiles

Piyush Goyal will handle the Ministry of Textiles in addition to the Ministries of Commerce and Industry. This will again bring in synergies between ministries that are export-oriented, deal with trade policy and are among the biggest employment generating ministries.

He also has  Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

22:24 PM (IST)  •  07 Jul 2021

Aswhini Vaishnav Appointed As Union Railways Minister

Aswhini Vaishnav brings with him rich administrative experience that will come handy as he is assigned the important portfolio of the Ministry of IT and Communications. He also got the Railways. 

Railways is another priority sector for PM Modi. 

Railways and IT are being clubbed to ensure effective Tech usage in railways for passenger safety and convenience.

22:12 PM (IST)  •  07 Jul 2021

Piyush Goyal, Pashupati Paras, Meenakshi Lekhi Gets Portfolio

Piyush Goyal to keep Ministry of Commerce, in addition to Ministry of Textile and Ministry of Consumer Welfare. 

LJP Leader and Chirag Paswan's uncle Pashupati Paras gets the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Anurag Thakur to become I&B Minister and has been handed over additional charge of Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs.

Meenakshi Lekhi named MoS External Affairs Ministry.

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