Modi cabinet’s first day in office: Ministers meet up at PMO to make key decisions

Decisions included Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Yojana and pension schemes for traders, among others.

File photo (L-R) of principal secretary to the PM P.K. Misra, national security advisor Ajit Doval, and former principal secretary to the PM with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister's Office | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired his first union cabinet meet of his second term on Friday. Just hours earlier, the portfolios for each minister in his new council was announced. The cabinet took several important decisions, including extending the Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Yojana to all farmers and approving a pension scheme for traders.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives for the meeting. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The new Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Textiles, Smriti Irani attended the meeting. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Petroleum and Steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan (L), shares a light moment with Railways minister Piyush Goya. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Union minister Jitendra Singh (L) talks to the new Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad (L), Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (C), and Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh (R) | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal greets Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal entering the Prime Minister’s Office. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari (L), Defence minister Rajnath Singh (C), and Home minister Amit Shah (R) outside the PMO. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint