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Virendra Kumar Khatik becomes social justice and empowerment minister

Rising from a humble background and winning the Lok Sabha polls seven times from Madhya Pradesh, BJP MP Virendra Kumar Khatik has become the new Social Justice and Empowerment minister as he staged a comeback in the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of two years.

He replaced Thawar Chand Gehlot, who was appointed Karnataka governor ahead of the reshuffle on Wednesday.

Khatik staged a comeback in the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of two years. He has in the past served as Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs.

Khatik (67) later completed his Ph.D on a subject related to child labour and plunged into politics. A veteran Lok Sabha MP, his big break came in September 2017 when he was made the Minister of State for Women and Child Development in the first Modi government.

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Council of ministers more socially representative, generational shift visible

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has boosted the representation of backward castes, dalits, tribals and women in his Council of Ministers in a big shake-up of his government with a focus on politically crucial states, including the all-important Uttar Pradesh.Through the exercise on Wednesday, he has also sought to boost governance quotient by bringing in a mix of young and experienced faces and dropping 12 ministers.

A generational shift was also visible in the revamped ministry with many veterans like Harsh Vardhan, who had drawn flak for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as health minister, Prakash Javadekar, D V Sadananda Gowda and Ravi Shankar Prasad making way for new faces in the Cabinet.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is now the only minister in the current government who had also served in the Vajpayee government during 1998-2004. The expansion is also a nod to the BJP’s increasing geographical expanse as more states and regions have found representation in the Modi government while big states like West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka have seen their presence boosted significantly.

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Thank PM, tweets Scindia after getting aviation ministry portfolio

I thank Prime Minister Sh @narendramodi ji, @JPNadda ji & the party leadership for entrusting me with the responsibility to serve as Civil Aviation Minister.Looking forward to working under the guidance & vision of the PM to build a strong aviation sector for Aatmanirbhar Bharat!

— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 7, 2021

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Pashupati Kumar Paras gets key food processing ministry

Pashupati Kumar Paras, MP from Hajipur, was on Wednesday inducted in the Narendra Modi-led government as cabinet minister and given the charge of the key Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The portfolio was earlier with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

The ministry has assumed more significance in the recent years as the government is focusing on raising the processing level of fruits and vegetables to reduce wastage. The central government is also developing several mega food parks across the country with an aim to create jobs and expand the market for processed food.

Paras, a politician with more than four decades of experience, has spent the larger part of his career under the shadow of his late brother and former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

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Health, pharma allocated to same minister to bring synergy: Centre

The Centre on Wednesday said health and pharma portfolios have been allocated to the same Cabinet Minister to bring critically needed synergy between the two in the middle of a global pandemic.

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PM’s new ministers an eclectic mix of professionals

Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ s council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers, making it an eclectic mix of professionals. Apart from addressing regional and community aspirations, the focus it seems has been on bringing in highly qualified members and those with experience of administration in states in an effort to reboot the government midway in its term.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, a Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha, is a former IAS officer of the 1994 batch. The 50-year-old also has an MBA from Wharton School, Pennysylvania University and MTech from IIT Kanpur. Among the new faces with management skills is former Congress leader and now BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya M Scindia who is serving his fifth term as a parliamentarian.

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PM to monitor science and tech

Prime MInister Narendra Modi will himself monitor MInistry of Science and Technology, the Centre announced on Wednesday.

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Bring in synergies, says Centre

The Centre on Wednesday said while there are 53 Union ministries these will be handled only by 30 Cabinet ministers and 2 MoS with Independent Charge. This is being done to bring in synergies between ministries which have similar or overlapping domains, the Centre added

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Cabinet and Council of Minister meet tomorrow: ANI

Meetings of Cabinet Ministers and Council of Ministers (CoM) to be held tomorrow, July 8, at 5 pm and 7 pm respectively, news agency ANI reported while quoting sources.

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Who gets what

Smriti Irani gets Women’s Development Welfare Ministry.
 

Piyush Goyal will keep Commerce; he will also hold Consumer and Food Welfare and Textiles.
 

Bhupendra Yadav gets Labour Ministry and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
 

G Kishan Reddy gets consolidated charge of the Culture Ministry, the Northeast and the tourism department

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Who gets what

Purshottam Rupala gets Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Meenakshi Lekhi becomes Ministry of State in External Affairs and Culture Ministry.

Anurag Singh Thakur gets Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Giriraj Singh gets Ministry of Rural Development.

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Amit Shah gets Ministry of Cooperation portfolio

Home minister Amit Shah has been give the Ministry of Cooperation portfolio,

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Ashwini Vaishnaw given railways, IT portfolio

Ashwini Vaishnaw has been given the portfolio of railways, IT and communication. The 1994-batch IAS Officer from Odisha cadre, Vaishnaw rose to prominence through his meticulous service when the state was hit by a super cyclone in 1999. Back then, he spent his long shifts tracking the cyclone on US Navy website and followed it up by intimating Chief Secretary’s office on regular intervals.

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Mansukh Mandaviya is new health minister

Manukh Mandaviya is the new health minister. In 2019, Mandaviya took charge of the Shipping Ministry Friday as Minister of State (Independent Charge). The 49-year-old was Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways; Chemical and Fertilisers and Shipping in the previous Narendra Modi-led government. Mandaviya, who hails from Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, is a businessman, agriculturist, political and social worker.

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Who gets what

 Dharmendra Pradhan gets ministries of education and skill development.

Ashwini Vaishnaw gets railways, IT and communication.

Hardeep Singh Puri gets ministries of urban development, housing and petroleum.

Jyotiraditya Scindia gets the ministry of civil aviation.

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We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people: Narendra Modi

“I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfill the aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted after the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan.

I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India. #Govt4Growth pic.twitter.com/AVz9vL77bO

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 7, 2021

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Assam grateful to PM for inducting Sonowal in Union Cabinet: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inducting Sarbananda Sonowal into the Union Cabinet. He extended his best wishes to Sonowal.

My sincere gratitude to you Aadarniya PM Sri @narendramodi for giving Assam the great honor by inducting Sri @sarbanandsonwal as a Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet.

Assam is elated today. We're proud & grateful to you.@PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/JMdfzIORRK

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 7, 2021

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Amit Shah congratulates 43 ministers who took oath today

मंत्रिपद की शपथ लेने वाले सभी साथियों को बधाई।

मुझे विश्वास है कि @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व में पूरा मंत्रिमंडल पूर्ण निष्ठा व समपर्ण से सरकार की कल्याणकारी नीतियों को जन-जन तक पहुँचाने व आत्मनिर्भर भारत के संकल्प को साकार करने में अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ योगदान देगा। #Govt4Growth

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 7, 2021

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Average age of new council of ministers reduces to 58 years from 61 years

The average age of the new council of ministers has reduced to 58 years from 61 years previously following a cabinet reshuffle. Nisith Pramanik (35), the Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, is the youngest minister to be sworn in, while the oldest member in the council of ministers is 72-year-old Som Parkash. There are 77 members in the council of ministers now.

Other ministers below 50 years of age in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet are — Smriti Irani (45), Kiren Rijiju (49), Mansukh Mandaviya (49), Kailash Choudhary (47), Sanjeev Balyan (49), Anurag Thakur (46), Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar (42), Anupriya Singh Patel (40), Shantanu Thakur (38), John Barla (45) and Dr L Murugan (44).

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Portfolios to be announced later tonight, say reports

A total of 15 individuals were sworn in as ministers in the Union Cabinet and another 28 as ministers of state (MoS) by President Ram Nath Kovind. India Today citing unnamed sources reported the portfolios will be announced tonight itself once the Cabinet expansion exercise is complete.

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SP Singh Baghel, BL Verma: Two prominent OBC faces from UP

SP Singh Baghel and BL Verma who made it to the Union council of ministers on Wednesday are two prominent OBC leaders from Uttar Pradesh.

SP Singh Baghel: A five-time MP, Satya Pal Singh Baghel currently represents Agra in the Lok Sabha as a BJP MP. A party-hopper, 61-year-old Baghel was a member of the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, and 2004 as a Samajwadi Party MP, representing the Jalesar seat in Uttar Pradesh.

After three terms as an MP, Baghel was suspended from the SP. He then unsuccessfully contested two Lok Sabha elections as a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. In 2014, Baghel was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a BSP nominee.

BL Verma: A first-time Union minister, Verma was earlier president of the Braj region unit of the saffron party. A prominent leader among the OBC communities, especially the Lodhi community in western UP, he is considered close to former chief minister Kalyan Singh.

At present, Verma holds the post of chairman of UP State Construction and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, enjoying the rank and status of a minister of state.

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Statewise list of newly sworn-in Union ministers

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Modi’s new Cabinet

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Full list of Ministers of State

1. Pankaj Choudhary
2. Anupriya Singh Patel
3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
5. Shobha Karandlaje
6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
7. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
8. Meenakshi Lekhi
9. Annpurna Devi
10. Narayanaswamy
11. Kaushal Kishore
12. Ajay Bhatt
13. B. L. Verma
14. Ajay Kumar
15. Chauhan Devusinh
16. Bhagwanth Khuba
17. Kapil Moreshwar Patil
18. Pratima Bhoumik
19. Subhas Sarkar
20. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
21. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
22. Bharati Pravin Pawar
​23. Bishweswar Tudu
24. Shantanu Thakur
25. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
26. John Barla
27. L. Murugan
28. Nisith Pramanik

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Full list of Cabinet ministers

1.  Narayan Tatu Rane
2.  Sarbananda Sonowal
3.  Dr. Virendra Kumar
4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia
5.  Ramchandra Prasad Singh
6. Ashwini Vaishnaw
7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
8. Kiren Rijiju
9. Raj Kumar Singh
10. Hardeep Singh Puri
11. Mansukh Mandaviya
12. Bhupender Yadav
13. Parshottam Rupala
14. G. Kishan Reddy
15. Anurag Singh Thakur

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Four West Bengal leaders sworn in as ministers

Nisith Pramanik, Bisweswar Tudu, Subhas Sarkar and John Barla were administered their oaths by President Ram Nath Kovind.

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Arunachal Pradesh, Assam CMs congratulate newly-elected ministers from their states

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated newly-elected Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and said he will “continue to learn, and draw strength from him”.

Meanwhile, Arunachal CM Pema Khandu lauded the elevation of Kiren Rijiju to a Cabinet rank. “We eagerly look forward to your  tremendous zeal, passion and energy in bringing change,” he tweeted.

I am proud at Sri @sarbanandsonwal getting a berth in the Union Cabinet. I recall with pride my long personal association with Sri Sonowal and great opportunities that we had to work together, for prosperity of Assam.

I shall continue to learn, and draw strength from him. pic.twitter.com/kHgRToqRI4

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 7, 2021

Your elevation to the post of a Union Cabinet Minister brings great joy and pride.

My best wishes and hearty congratulations Shri @KirenRijiju Ji on being sworn in today.

We eagerly look forward to your tremendous zeal, passion and energy in bringing change. pic.twitter.com/WEkH2hLDxm

— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) July 7, 2021

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Four North East leaders sworn in as ministers

Tripura West MP Pratima Bhoumik and Inner Manipur MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh were among the leaders from the North East who took oaths as ministers.

Kiren Rijiju, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam’s Sarbananda Sonowal are the other ministers from the region.

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Former NCP leader Kapil Patil administered oath

BJP leader Kapil Moreshwar Patil, who was earlier a member of the NCP, was administered the oath along with Jharkhand’s Annapurna Devi, Karnataka’s A Narayanaswamy and UP’s Kaushal Kishore.

BL Verma, Ajay Kumar, Chauhan Devusinh also took oaths as minister.

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Turncoat leaders granted ministerial berths

Jyotiraditya Scindia: Before the Madhya Pradesh leader joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in March 2020, he was a member of the Congress party for almost two decades.

Kapil Moreshwar Patil: The politician joined BJP in 2014. Until then, he was a member of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. Patil became an MP in 2014 for the first from Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi. He also won the General elections in 2019 from the same constituency. Patil is also the vice-president of Maharashtra BJP since July 2020.

SP Singh Baghel: Former member of the Samajwadi Party, Baghel joined BJP and won 2017 UP assembly elections. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha between 2010 and 2016 from Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party.

Nishith Pramanik: The West Bengal politician joined BJP in 2019 and was formerly a member of Trinamool Congress (TMC). He became an MP from Cooch Behar in the 2019 general elections.

Narayan Rane: The leader joined BJP in 2019 and merged his own outfit Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha with the party. Starting his political career with the Shiv Sena, Rane served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a few months in 1999. He then moved on to the Congress party and served as a minister in the state government.

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Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi take oaths

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Lok Sabha MP Menakshi Lekhi were administered oaths of office and secrecy.

Shobha Karandlaje, the Lok Sabha MP representing the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency in Karnataka, was also elevated to a ministerial rank.

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Six-term UP MP, Apna Dal leader administered oaths

Six term MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj Pankaj Choudhary was administered the oaths of secrecy and office, followed by BJP ally ApnaDal’s leader Anupriya Patel.

LJP’s Pashupati Paras and JD(U)’s Ram Chandra Pratap Singh are the other leaders belonging to parties that are BJP allied who will be allocated ministerial berths.

#CabinetExpansion2021 | Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Singh Patel, and Satya Pal Singh Baghel take oath as ministers. pic.twitter.com/LCBnWLf6pn

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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G Kishan Reddy, Anurag Thakur elevated to Cabinet ranks

Junior ministers G Kishan Reddy and Anurag Thakur have been elevated to Cabinet ranks, while BJP MP from Rajasthan Bhupender Yadav was also sworn in as a Union ministers.

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Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya sworn in

Kiren Rijiju, the BJP’s most recognisable face in the Northeast, was sworn in as a Union minister. The Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal West was earlier the Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Ayush and Minister of State, Minority Affairs.

Erstwhile Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri also took the oath in the presence on President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders and officials.

Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways (I/C) and Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya also took the oaths of office and secrecy.

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Jyotiraditya Scindia, rebel LJP leader Pashupati Paras take oaths as minister

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who jumped camps from Congress to join the BJP, has been given a ministerial berth. Pashupati Paras, who rebelled against LJP leader Chirag Paswan, and was selected the party’s Parliamentary leader by the breakaway faction, took the oaths of office and secrecy.

Ashwini Vaishnav, who was private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind. The former IAS officer had joined the BJP in 2019 and has been a Rajya Sabha MP representing Odisha in the Upper House.

#CabinetExpansion2021 | Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ramachandra Prasad Singh, and Ashwini Vasihnaw take oath as ministers. pic.twitter.com/Q81EwDeJON

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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From newcomers to NDA allies, full list of 43 ministers sworn in today

Six junior ministers have been promoted while three leaders belonging to parties that are BJP allies have also been given ministerial berths.

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New Council of Ministers younger by three years, 14 ministers under 50

While the average age of the outgoing Council of Minister was 61 years, the average age of the new Council of Ministers is 58 years, a govt source told CNN-News18.

“There are 14 young ministers below the age of 50. Of them, at least six are ministers of Cabinet rank,” the source said, adding, “This is yuvaon ki sarkar to innovate and change. The Council of Ministers is energised with youth power.”

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Oath taking ceremony begins

The oath-taking ceremony for 43 ministers of the Union Cabinet commenced with former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal taking their oaths.

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Modi, ministers gather at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and other ministers will be witness to the administration of the oath of office and secrecy to 43 ministers of the Union Cabinet at Rashtrapati Bhavan’s throne room.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The swearing-in ceremony of 43 new ministers will begin shortly. #CabinetExpansion2021 pic.twitter.com/Aev4KP65wi

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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President to administer oath of office to new members of Council of Ministers shortly

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 BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda leaves from his residence

Delhi: BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda leaves from his residence.

Union #CabinetReshuffle to take place this evening. pic.twitter.com/DBvBVo3fy1

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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JDU office in Patna celebrates party’s national president appointment into Cabinet

As per News18, celebrations has begun in JDU’s Patna office after JDU national president R CP Singh was made a minister at the Centre.

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Cabinet grows in strength from 54 to 78 ministers

According to NDTV , Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet has now grown in strength from 54 ministers, including Modi, to 78 ministers. The Union Cabinet, which can have 81 members, currently has 53 ministers. This means 28 ministers can be added.

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Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar resign from Council of Ministers

As per a press release, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted the resignation of the following members of the Council of Ministers, with immediate effect:-
 
             1.     DV Sadananda Gowda
             2.     Ravi Shankar Prasad
             3.     Thaawarchand Gehlot
             4.     Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
             5.     Dr. Harsh Vardhan
             6.     Prakash Javadekar
             7.     Santosh Kumar Gangwar
             8.     Babul Supriyo
             9.     Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
           10.    Rattan Lal Kataria
           11.    Pratap Chandra Sarangi
           12.    Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri

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43 leader to be inducted into Union Cabinet today, check full list here

Around 43 persons, including those getting a promotion, may take an oath, and they will be a mix of youth and those with administrative experience, including former chief ministers. Some ministers of state, including G Kishan Reddy, Parshottam Rupala and Anurag Thakur, were also there, and they may be elevated, sources said.

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Narendra Modi holds meeting before rejig

Ahead of Union Cabinet expansion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg with BJP MPs earlier today.

#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg with BJP MPs earlier today, ahead of union cabinet expansion. pic.twitter.com/NxQj1AggIX

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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Four Karnataka leaders to take oath as Union ministers today

As per CNN-News18, four leaders from Karnataka are expected to take oath today
1. A Narayanaswamy
2. Shobha Karandlaje
3. Bhagavath Rao Khuba
4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar (RS Member)

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Scindia, Sonowal leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan

BJP leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sarbananda Sonowal have left for Rashtrapati Bhavan. Both are to be inducted into the Union Cabinet.

Delhi | Former Assam CM and BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal leaves from his residence

The Union Cabinet expansion will take place this evening pic.twitter.com/N7cidr3SY9

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

Delhi: BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia leaves from his residence.

The Union #CabinetReshuffle will take place this evening pic.twitter.com/tu61y207UO

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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Congress claims Harsh Vardhan a ‘scapegoat for monumental failures’ of BJP govt

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday tweeted about Union health minister Harsh Vardhan’s resignation from post, saying Vardhan was made a scapegoat for “monumental failures” at the highest level.

Fellow party leader P Chidambaram also commented that Vardhan’s resignation is Modi government’s acceptance that it has “utterly failed” to tackle the coronavirus crisis. 

Poor Dr. Harsh Vardhan, a good man has been made a scapegoat for monumental failures at the highest level — nowhere else. https://t.co/NA8NZiheNn

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 7, 2021

There is a lesson for ministers in these resignations. If things go right the credit will go to the PM, if things go wrong the Minister will be the fall guy.

That is the price a Minister pays for implicit obedience and unquestioning subservience.

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) July 7, 2021

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Chirag Paswan moves Delhi HC against Pashupati’s Paras’ election as LJP parliamentary leader

Chirag Paswan has moved the Delhi High Court opposing the election of his uncle and rebel LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras as the LJP Parliamentary party leader.

“The LJP today filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against the Lok Sabha’s Speaker’s initial decision to recognise Mr Paras as the LJP’s Parliamentary Party leader,” he tweeted.

He also opposed Paras’ inclusion in the Union Cabinet.

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Cabinet rejig done from election point of view: Congress MP

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge said the Centre’s move to appoint Dalits and backward caste members as ministers is being done from the point of view of polls. He referred to states like Uttar Pradesh where polls will be held soon. " This is being done to distract people. They are not doing this for welfare of communities but because of their compulsion," he said.

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Four West Bengal leaders, one Tripura MP to get ministerial berths

Pratima Bhaumik, a Tripura MP will join Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers and so will Tamil Nadu BJP chief L Murugan. Six-term Maharajganj MP Pankaj Choudhary and Mohanlalganj MP Kaushal Kishore will join the list of ministers.

The West Bengal leaders being elevated to ministerial berths include John Barla, Nisith Pramanik, Santanu Thakur and Subhas Sarkar.

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Cabinet to have 15 ministers, including 7 new faces

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will appoint 15 Cabinet ministers, including seven new faces and eight promotions. The 12 exits will include 6 Cabinet ministers, 5 Ministers of State and 1 MoS Independent charge, sources told CNN-News18.

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Possible reasons behind Cabinet expansion

Performance factor

A BJP leader told PTI that the reshuffle is expected to be a “big shake-up” with Modi addressing challenges, including electoral politics, general performance, organisational work done by members, and governance issues. The  COVID-19  pandemic that has been a factor in the internal evaluation of the party’s governance and source of much criticism for the Centre and the state governments may have created the need to bring in fresh faces to spur a narrative change and to boost performance.

Assembly Polls

The shake-up becomes relevant especially in the backdrop of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab due early next year.

Vacancies

Furthermore, the expansion was also a long-awaited exercise, in view of the recent posts getting vacated on various accounts. LJP leader and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who was the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, passed away in October 2020. Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi also passed away in September last year, which created another vacancy in the number of ministers of states as well.

Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena) and Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Shiromani Akali Dal) resigned following differences with the BJP.

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Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras among 43 leaders to take oath

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bhupender Yadav, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt and Anurag Thakur are among the 43 leaders who will be sworn in as Union ministers at 6 pm today.

Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri and Ajay Bhatt are among the other leaders who are included in the list released by ANI.

43 leaders to take oath today in the Union Cabinet expansion. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bhupender Yadav, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Anurag Thakur to also take the oath. pic.twitter.com/pprtmDu4ko

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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Randeep Surjewala terms Cabinet expansion “defectors’ adjustment exercise’

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said that if performance is the criteria for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle, then the prime minister himself should be sacked.

“The prime minister should be sacked for bringing the country to a standstill. Peace and harmony has been thrown into the bin,” Surjewala said.

The Congress General Secretary called the rejig a “defectors’ adjustment exercise”. “First, sack the defence minister because China encroached on our land under him. Sack the home minister because custodial deaths and mob lynching have become common while Naxalism has gone out of control,” the Congress leader stated.

“Sack Dharmendra Pradhan as he has failed to control fuel prices. And sack Dr Harsh Vardhan for poor Covid management. The finance minister should be sacked for mismanagement of the economy,” Surjewala added.

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States will be benefited from rejig: BJP’s Ajay Bhatt

BJP MP Ajay Bhatt, who is likely to be sworn in as a minister, said that states will benefit from the Cabinet reshuffle. “States will work in accordance with PM Modi’s principle of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’,” he said.

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Babul Supriyo resigns as MoS Environment

Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Babul Supriyo resigned from the ministerial berth ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle. “I am extremely happy that I go today without a spot of corruption on me, having served my constituency with all my might,” he said in a Facebook post.

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Six-term UP MP Pankaj Choudhary front runner for ministerial berth

Pankaj Choudhary, the six-term MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharaganj has emerged as a front-runner for the ministerial berth. The Kurmi leader is a BJP stalwart from the Gorakhpur region.

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Union ministers tender resignations ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

Union ministers have started submitting their resignations, with the Cabinet reshuffle and oath-taking ceremony scheduled to be held at 6 pm. Following are the ministers who have resigned from their positions so far:

1. Harsh Vardhan, Union health minister
2. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union education minister
3. DV Sadananda Gowda, Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister
4. Santosh Gangwar, Labour minister
5. Raosaheb Danve
6. Ratan Lal Kataria
7. Debashree Chaudhari
8. Sanjay Dhotre
9. Ashwini Chaube, MoS Health
10. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, MoS Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and MSME

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So far, five Union ministers have resigned

As per reports, in another major development, along with Harsh Vardhan, MoS Pratap Sarangi have also been dropped from the current Cabinet. So far, five ministers have resigned today while one was appointed governor yesterday.

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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan resigns

Ahead of reshuffle, Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan has resigned, reports News18. This comes at a time as India prepares for the third wave of COVID-19, while still reeling under the aftereffects of the second wave. Many states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand have been complaining of vaccine shortages. As of yesterday, a mere 4.75 percent of India’s population is fully vaccinated against the dreaded virus.

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MoS Sanjay Dhotare resigns

Minister of State for Education, Communications, Electronics and IT, Sanjay Dhotare has resigned shortly after Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar also resigned.

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Six MoS likely to be elevated in new Cabinet

As per reports, here are six ministers of state who are likely to be promoted:

1. Anurag Thakur
2. Parshottam Rupala
3. G Kishan Reddy
4. Kiren Rijiju
5. Hardeep Singh Puri
6. Manush Mandavya

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Newly appointed Karnataka Guv Thaawarchand Gehlot resigns as Rajya Sabha MP

In another pointer to the imminent Cabinet reshuffle, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Tuesday appointed as Karnataka governor, causing yet another ministerial vacancy.

Governor-designate of Karnataka, Thawarchand Gehlot, submitted his resignation from the membership of Rajya Sabha, to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. The Chairman accepted his resignation. pic.twitter.com/9rbkpgDEfm

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

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List of leaders likely to take oath today

As per News18, here is a list of 30 leaders who are likely to be inducted into the Union Cabinet today. Here are the names:

1-Jyotiraditya Scindia

2 -Sarbananda Sonowal

3- Bhupender Yadav

4-Anurag Thakur

5- Meenakshi Lekhi

6-Anupriya Patel

7-Ajay Bhatt 

8-Shobha karandjale

9-Sunita Dugga

10-Pritam Munde 

11-Santanu Thakur

12-narayan rane

13-Kapil Patil

14-Pashupati Nath Parast

15-RCP Singh

16- G Krishan Reddy 

17- Parshottam Rupala

18- Ashwini vaishnav

19- Mansukh L. Mandaviya

20- Hardeep Puri

21- Rajeev Chandrashekha

22- BL Verma

23- Nisith Pramanik

24-Pratibha Bhaumik

25- Dr Bharti Pawar (BJP)

26-Bhagwat Karad

27-SP Singh Baghel

28- Shobha karandlaje

29- Kiren Rijiju

30- RK Singh

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43 leaders likely to take oath today

According to news agency ANI ,  43 leaders will be taking oath as Union Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion that is slated to be held later today.

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Three ministers resign ahead of reshuffle: Sources

Sources told News18 that three ministers have resigned hours before reshuffle. They include:

Labour minister Santosh Gangwar 
HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
MoS Women and Child Development Debasree Chaudhuri

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Ministerial possibles from south India

From Karnataka, Lok Sabha MP from Haveri-Gadag Shivkumar Udasi is one of the names in the reckoning, according to The NewsMinute . Lingayat leaders Suresh Angadi and PC Gaddigoudar are also among the leaders who could make it to the expanded Union Cabinet. Two Vokkaliga leaders Shobha Karandlaje and Prathap Simha are among the ministerial possibles

From the state of Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha member GVL Narasimha Rao remains a strong contender for the Union Cabinet. Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh CM Ramesh may also make it to Modi’s Council of Ministers.

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Chirag Paswan urges PM not to induct Pashupati Paras in Cabinet

Amid reports of his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras getting a berth in the union cabinet expansion, Chirag Paswan on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi that nobody from the breakaway faction should be taken in the ministry from the LJP quota otherwise they would go to court.

He said Paras or somebody else siding with him can be made a minister as an Independent, but not as a member of the LJP with which they are no longer associated.

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Cabinet, CECA meetings cancelled

The meetings of the Union Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs have been cancelled.

As per the officials, the meetings were scheduled to take place at 11 am, hours before the first reshuffle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers since he assumed charge for a second term.

Cabinet meetings are usually held on Wednesdays.

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Ministers from SC, ST, backward classes to be part of shuffled Cabinet

The expanded Union Cabinet will have 12 Scheduled Castes minister, 8 Scheduled Tribes ministers and 27 ministers from Other Backward Classes (Yadav kurmi, darji, jat gujjar, khandayat, Bhandari, bairagi, thakur, koli vokkaliga, tulu gowda, mallah), according to CNN-News18.

Five ministers will be from minorities including Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Buddhists

29 ministers will be from other communities, including brahmin, baniya, bhumihar, kayasth, lingayat patel, maratha and reddy. 11 women ministers and and eight former ministers in state government will be a part of the Cabinet.

13 of the ministers will be lawyers, 6 doctors, 5 engineers and 7 civil servants. Meanwhile, 5 ministers will be natives of the north east region.

46 ministers of the have an experience of being central ministers, while 23 have been MPs for 3 or more terms and 39 are formers MLAs.

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Oath taking at 6 pm; three MoS to be elevated

Oath taking ceremony for the expanded Union Cabinet will be held at 6 pm today.

Around 43 ministers are likely to take oath, News18 India reported. Three junior ministers – Purushottam Rupala, G Kishan Reddy and Anurag Thakur – will be elevated.

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Amit Shah arrives at Narendra Modi’s residence ahead of reshuffle

Home minister Amit Shah arrived at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Kalyan Marg residence ahead of a reported Cabinet rejig. BJP’s JP Nadda and Jyotiraditya Scindia also left from their residences.

According to News18, the following leaders are present at Modi’s residence as of now:

• Jyotiraditya Scindia
• Sarbananda Sonowal
• Bhupender Yadav
• Anurag Thakur
• Meenakshi Lekhi
• Anupriya Patel
• Ajay Bhatt 
• Shobha Karandjale
• Sunita Dugga
• Pritam Munde 
• Santanu Thakur
• Narayan Rane
• Kapil Patil
• Pashupati Nath Paras
• RCP Singh
• G Krishan Reddy 
• Parshottam Rupala

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Ministers were earlier dropped from Cabinet on account of performance

The exercise comes against the backdrop of a massive review, which has stretched for weeks, undertaken by the BJP top brass of the works of Union ministers and the organisation against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Against the massive review exercise within the central government and the party machinery, the prime minister may go for new faces with an eye on grooming younger leaders while also factoring in caste and regional balances.

The reshuffles undertaken by Modi so far, all in his first term, have also seen some ministers being dropped or removed from key portfolios on account of their performance.

The prime minister has also sprung surprises in the past by inducting those with apolitical background, like S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, as ministers.

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Representation of BJP MPs from Bengal and Northeast, allies may go up

Representation of BJP MPs from West Bengal and the Northeast may go up, according to PTI.

Another BJP ally All India Jharkhand Students’ Union may also get a berth, sources said as the BJP looks to boost its partners’ representation in the ministry after its old allies like Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal severed their ties with it.

Names of Bhupender Yadav, Anil Baluni, Sudhanshu Trivedi are doing the rounds while BJP MPs Sushil Modi, Ashwini Vaishnav and GVL Narasimha Rao are also being mentioned as probables.

Ramadas Athavale, a junior minister, is the only BJP ally in the government as of now. The current strength of the Council of Ministers is 53, including Modi, and its maximum number can be 81.

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Ministerial probables arrive in Delhi

BJP leaders Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Narayan Rane, all of whom are being seen as probables for induction as ministers in the Modi government, arrived in the national capital on Tuesday.

JD(U) leader RCP Singh and LJP’s Pashupati Kumar Paras, both of whom are expected to represent the BJP’s allies in the government, also reached from Bihar.

In another pointer to the imminent Cabinet reshuffle, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot was appointed as Karnataka governor, causing yet another ministerial vacancy.

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Narendra Modi likely to effect Cabinet reshuffle today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to effect the first reshuffle in his Council of Ministers on Wednesday since he assumed the charge for a second term, in what is tipped to be a “major shake-up” of the government as he looks to make it more representative with an eye on political and governance challenges.