NDA partners get major representations on Cabinet panels
New Delhi/IBNS: With no single majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the National Democratic Alliance partners Wednesday got significant representations in the newly constituted Cabinet committees.
The BJP's allies in the NDA have received the highest representation in the panels since 2014.
The members of the committees were announced over three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers took oath on June 9.
One panel that remained unchanged is the all-important Cabinet Committee on Security, which makes decisions on all national security-related matters, including defence expenditure and senior appointments in the security apparatus.
Headed by the Prime Minister, the committee consists of the Ministers for Defence, Home Affairs, Finance, and External Affairs.
The composition remains unchanged including the Modi 2.0 ministers in the committee retaining their portfolios.
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, which deals with economic and political issues as well as Centre-state relations and is also known as the 'Super Cabinet', has now got the Telegu Desam Party's K Rammohan Naidu and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi as members.
Manjhi has been given the portfolio of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) while Naidu is the Civil Aviation minister.
Lalan Singh from the Janata Dal United is in the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs while another key Bihar ally, Chirag Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), has found a place in the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth.
Lalan Singh aka Rajiv Ranjan Singh holds the Panchayati Raj and Animal Husbandry portfolios and Mr Paswan is the minister for Food Processing Industries.
Jayant Chaudhary, leader of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, which was a key INDIA ally earlier, is a special invitee in the Cabinet Committee on Skill, Employment and Livelihood. Mr Chaudhary is the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in every cabinet committee except those on Appointments and Accommodation, which is a sign of his stature in the Modi government.
Full List Of The Cabinet Committees:
1. Appointments Committee Of Cabinet
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
2. Cabinet Committee On Accommodation
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Manohar Lal, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
Special Invitee
Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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.
3. Cabinet Committee On Economic Affairs
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
- HD Kumaraswamy, Minister of Heavy lndustries; and Minister of Steel
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
- Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
4. Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation
- Jual Oram, Minister of Tribal Affairs
- Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs
- CR Patil, Minister of Jal Shakti
Special lnvitees
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
L Murugan, Minister of State in the Ministry of lnformation and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
5. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
- Jitan Ram Manjhi, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation
- Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Annpurna Devi, Minister of Women and Child Development
- Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs
- G Kishan Reddy, Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
6. Cabinet Committee on Security
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
7. Cabinet Committee on lnvestment and Growth
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence.
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation.
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
- Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
- Giriraj Singh, Minister of Textiles
- AshwiniVaishnaw, Minister of Railways; Minister of lnformation and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and lnformation Technology.
- Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
- Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Chirag Paswan, Minister of Food Processing lndustries
Special lnvitees
Rao lnderjit Singh, Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation; Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
Prataprao Jadhav, Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
8. Cabinet Committee on Skill, Employment and Livelihood
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
- Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education
- Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways; Minister of lnformation and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
- Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism
- Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Special lnvitee
Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
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