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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicCouncil of ministers

Topic: Council of ministers

5 of 13 ministers OBCs, 2 each from Jat, Brahmin, SC communities. Saini’s cabinet is a balanced mix

Saini and 13 ministers were sworn in Thursday. Cabinet reflects several social groups and regions of Haryana, but representations of Punjabi, Jat, North Haryana, and farmers lessen.

‘Feel like a misfit…’ — at council of ministers meet, Modi rues freebie politics, harps on 2047 goal

PM told ministers, civil servants to look beyond 2024 & focus on completing infra projects. He also said parties' reckless competition of freebies had sidelined cause of nation building.

Youth affairs in 2000 to cooperation in 2021: Here’s how new ministries are formed

The President forms new ministries and departments on the advice of the Prime Minister. The total strength of Cabinet Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total strength of Lok Sabha.

Former Modi ministers who cut lonely figures in Parliament now

These members of Parliament once held powerful ministerial portfolios in the first five years of Modi government. 

On Camera

Supreme Court’s NCERT textbook order punishes the messenger, doesn’t answer the message

The portion of the NCERT Class 8 textbook that the Supreme Court deemed objectionable included remarks made by the outgoing CJI BR Gavai in June 2025.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.