Shuffle of Cabinet ministry, 5/7/16

[kumarvishwas]

Smriti Irani removed as HRD minister, Javadekar gets the post

Smriti Irani removed as HRD minister, Javadekar gets the post

Smriti Irani was removed as the HRD minister following a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, with Prakash Javadekar being given the post.

Irani has been given the textiles ministry.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejigged his council of ministers on Tuesday, inducting 19 new ministers in an exercise aimed both at pleasing voters in states headed for elections next year as well as speeding up efforts to boost economic growth.

Five junior ministers holding the portfolios of agriculture, water resources, river development, tribal affairs and human resource development resigned to make room for the new ministers.

Smriti Irani removed as HRD minister, Javadekar gets the post | india-news | Hindustan Times

 

[Sai Jai]

RE: Smriti Irani removed as HRD minister, Javadekar gets the post

Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law Ministry --- Venkaiah Naidu - I&B Ministry

 

[Optimus_Prime]

The key changes are:
- Smriti Irani moved from HRD to Textiles
- Prakash Javadekar is new HRD Minister
- Ravi Shankar Prasad Gets Law and Justice, Electronics and IT
- Jayant Sinha is Minister of State for Civil Aviation
- M Venkaiah Naidu takes over I&B Minister from Arun Jaitley
- DV Sadananda Gowda moved from Law to Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Vijay Goel takes over as Sports Minister
- Narendra Tomar is new Rural Development Minister
- CR Chaudhary named Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Rajen Gohain named Minister of State for Railways
- Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi is Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation
- MJ Akbar named Minister of State for External Affairs
- Mahesh Sharma gets independent charge of Culture and Tourism
- Arjun Ram Meghwal named Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs
- Santosh Kumar Gangawar named Minister of State for Finance
- Anil Madhav Dave gets independent Charge of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

 

[shawl_who]

venkaiah naidu shudnt been given additional responsibilities, as he has very imp portfolio of urban development wid him.
he shud concentrate all his time on infra n development.

smriti irani... was more theatrics, rather than doing something substantial in education sector. :s