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New Cabinet Ministers 2024

June 13 , 2024 166 days 455 0
  • The first meeting of the new government was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and the division of portfolios was announced.
  • Seven women leaders were inducted into the Council of Ministers, with only two were given cabinet berths.
  • Leaders of NDA allies were assigned 11 berths in the Cabinet.
  • No changes have been made in the top four ministries – Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs.
  • For the third time in a row, Nitin Gadkari has become the Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
  • Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made the Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development.
  • At the same time, BJP President JP Nadda, who became a cabinet minister, will have the responsibility of the Ministry of Health.
  • Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will hold the important portfolios like Power and Housing.
  • Among the top 10 ministers, HD Kumaraswamy is the only non-BJP leader.
  • He has been given the charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Steel.
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw has been retained as the railway minister.
  • V Somanna and Ravneet Singh Bittu have been made Ministers of State for Railways.
  • Annapurna Devi has got the charge of Women and Child Development.
  • K Rammohan Naidu, from TDP and the youngest minister in the government, will be the Civil Aviation Minister.
  • Mansukh Mandaviya has been made the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs.
  • Raksha Khadse is the youngest woman minister of state for sports.
  • L. Murugan got the Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
  • Kerala’s Suresh Gopi has been made Ministers of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Ministry of Tourism.
  • No Muslim MP was sworn in as a minister for the first time.
  • In fact, No Muslim candidate from NDA allies got elected to the 18th Lok Sabha this time.

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