With 37 new ministers in NDA govt, their predecessors must vacate bungalows by 10 July. Additionally, 280 first-time MPs are to be allotted official accommodation.
Rajnath Singh remains defence minister, JP Nadda is health minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture & rural development, HD Kumaraswamy gets heavy industries and steel.
Apart from the PM, 71 ministers, including 54 from the BJP, were sworn in Sunday, making it one of the largest council of ministers Modi has led since 2014. Portfolios yet to be announced.
Manohar Lal Khattar is known for his simplicity as well as controversies over comments made by him about 'fixing' judges and his handling of farmers' unrest.
Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj says writing & revising ACRs of civil servants is a ‘minister’s right’. CM asks chief secretary to assess system in states where ministers are involved in process.
In the 52-member cabinet, the youngest minister is 30-year-old Sandeep Singh. Among the eldest is Dr Arun Kumar Saxena, a 70-year-old doctor who won from Bareilly for the third time.
Once BSP’s Brahmin face, Brajesh Pathak has replaced Dinesh Sharma as deputy CM, while OBC leader KP Maurya has been retained as Yogi’s other deputy despite poll defeat.
Sharma was sworn in at a gala event at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, where Yogi Adityanath took oath as Uttar Pradesh CM.
IOC, BPCL, and HPCL have lost about Rs 20,000 crore due to the fuel price freeze. These losses will accumulate on balance sheets, raise borrowing costs, and circle back to the govt as contingent liabilities.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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