Modi Govt Reconstitutes Eight Cabinet Committees, Amit Shah Member of All Panels, Nirmala Sitharaman Part of Seven, Rajnath Missing from Key Panel

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government on Thursday reconstituted eight key cabinet committees, with Home Minister Amit Shah becoming member of all committees, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman member of seven panels whereas Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inducted into two committees.

The eight committees which have been reconstituted include Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is part of six committees, barring Cabinet Committee on Accommodation and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

Except the Appointments Committee, Nirmala Sitharaman is also part of all the committees.

Rajnath Singh, who moved to Defence Ministry after heading the home ministry for five years, is in the Cabinet Committees on Economic Affairs and Security but is missing from Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh and Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will be special invitees to Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, according to a statement issued by the Centre on Thursday.

Here is the details:

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; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce &Industry.
Special Invitees
Jitendra Singh,Minister of State(I/C) 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 & 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(I/C) of the Ministry of Housing &Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) 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
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
D.V.Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Dr. Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce &Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.
4. Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
Composition
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice
Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Minister of Information & Broadcasting
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines.
Special Invitees
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
V Muraleedharan, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
5. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.
Composition
Prime Minister.
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare; Minister of Science & Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences,
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce &Industry
Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines.
6. Cabinet Committee on Security.
Composition
Prime Minister.
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs.
Dr. Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs.
7. Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth.
Composition
Prime Minister.
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari,. Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Minister of Micro. Small and Medium Enterprises
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Minister of Commerce & Industry.
8. Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development.
Composition
Prime Minister.
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Minister of Commerce & Industry
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Human Resource Development
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas: and Minister of Steel
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill development & Enterpreneurship
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, MOS(I/C)Labour & Employment
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) 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; Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women & Child Development and Textiles
Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) Culture, MOS (I/C) Tourism

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