Pratap Sarangi: From spiritual seeker to Union Minister
India | May 31, 2019, 06:35 PM ISTAfter being elected to Parliament for the first time, the 64-year-old bachelor became an Internet sensation for his simple lifestyle and humble origin.
After being elected to Parliament for the first time, the 64-year-old bachelor became an Internet sensation for his simple lifestyle and humble origin.
First decision of PM Narendra Modi on assuming his office is approval to a major change in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund.
Optimism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet drove the markets near its peak on Friday led by IT, banking and financial companies.
With Gadkari at helm, many signature projects such as two-laned 9 km long tunnel on Chenani-Nashri section of NH-1A, Dhola Sadia Bridge, Narmada Bridge, New Brahmaputra Bridge and Eastern Peripheral Expressway got completed.
Soon after the announcement of portfolios, Twitter started pouring its reactions on Modi Cabinet 2.0
Considered the party's chief ministerial candidate at one time, Pradhan had steered one of the Modi government's most talked about schemes Pradhan Mantri Ujjawla Yojana, an initiative to provide free cooking gas connection to poor women.
According to a press release by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, incumbent BJP chief Amit Shah has been allocated the Ministry of Home Affairs and Nirmala Sithraman has been announced as the new finance minister of India. PM Modi has kept as many as four portfolios with himself:
This is a Nirmala Sitharaman appreciation post -- and she totally deserves it.
Besides 25 Cabinet ministers including Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and Jaishankar, nine were sworn in as Ministers of State with Independent charge and another 24 as Ministers of State.
PM Modi will be in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Janata Dal-United will not be part of the Narendra Modi government as it did not want "symbolic representation".
According to sources, TDP has asked its two ministers YS Chowdary and Ashok Gajapati Raju to quit the Modi Cabinet if their demandsfor special status are not met.
Besides, the Cabinet also decided to make changes in the Chit Funds Act in a bid to enable greater financial access of people to other financial products, a Finance Ministry release said.
An alumnus of Hindu College in Delhi University who also taught briefly at St Stephen's College, Hardeep Puri is the author of a book, 'Perilous Interventions: The Security Council & The Politics of Chaos', published last year.
RK Singh successfully contested 2014 LS poll from Arrah.
The major revamp of the Cabinet is said to based on the formula of 4P – Passion, Proficiency, Professional and Political acumen – for progress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook the third major revamp of the Union Cabinet with the induction of nine new ministers
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a new commission for socially and economically backward classes replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
Mumbai: Shiv Sena wants one more Cabinet berth in Central government, besides the post of a Minister of State, even though it has almost sealed a power-sharing deal with the BJP government in Maharashtra.The demand
Mumbai: Shiv Sena wants one more Cabinet berth in Central government, besides the post of a Minister of State, even though it has almost sealed a power-sharing deal with the BJP government in Maharashtra.The demand
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