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The Cabinet reshuffle
July 9 , 2021
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- The reshuffle and expansion of the union council of ministers has seen the record induction of members from OBC and SC communities.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi oversaw the swearing-in of 43 Ministers.
- Earlier, 12 Ministers (seven Cabinet and five Ministers of State) were dropped.
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal and Santosh Gangwar were among the heavyweights dropped.
- The government now has a record 12 Ministers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 27 belonging to Other Backward Classes.
- Also Eight Ministers belonging to the Scheduled Tribes and five Ministers belonging to minority communities, including one Muslim, one Christian, one Sikh and two Buddhists.
- Women Ministers are numbered at 11 with two Cabinet Ministers and others being Ministers of State.
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