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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicModi govt 2019

Topic: Modi govt 2019

BJP’s ‘cow protection brigade’ gets official stamp in new animal husbandry ministry

Giriraj Singh has been appointed cabinet minister for animal husbandry, and PM Modi has given him two deputies — Sanjeev Balyan & Pratap Sarangi.

GDP growth at 5.8% sends loud and clear message to Modi govt — act now

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Women & child development ministry gets a promotion with outspoken Smriti Irani

The controversial minister, who was expected to get a bigger role, has been put in charge of women and child development ministry, previously headed by Maneka Gandhi.

Amit Shah & Jaishankar the big winners in portfolio allocation, get Home & MEA on debut

Rajnath Singh moves from home ministry to defence, while Nirmala Sitharaman gets finance and corporate affairs in PM Narendra Modi’s new cabinet.

Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is HRD minister, new education policy his top priority

A prolific writer, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who is a former Uttarakhand CM, is one of the 24 new faces inducted into the union cabinet.

JNU gets added representation in Modi govt as Jaishankar joins Sitharaman in CCS

Both Jaishankar, the new foreign minister, and Sitharaman, allocated finance and corporate affairs, have a Masters and an MPhil from JNU.

Health ministry gets Dr Harsh Vardhan as boss, now he needs to find doctors for rural India

Among the challenges awaiting Dr Harsh Vardhan are filling posts of doctors in rural areas and delivering on the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Rajnath Singh moves to defence ministry, modernisation & integration big tasks at hand

Home minister in Modi govt’s previous term, Rajnath Singh will now have to look at big ticket defence reforms amid ongoing modernisation process.

Nirmala Sitharaman is India’s first woman FinMin but has little time to rest on that laurel

Nirmala Sitharaman takes charge at a crucial juncture and faces several challenges, including economic slowdown, rise in fiscal deficit and rising unemployment.

Ravi Shankar Prasad retains law ministry, vacancy & backlog of cases top challenges

In his second stint, a priority for Prasad will be to set up an impartial complaint redressal system, an offshoot of the controversy on sexual harassment allegations against the CJI.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.