Govt rejigs Cabinet Committees; Smriti, Bhupender, Sonowal part of panel on political affairs

The governnment has reconstituted the powerful cabinet committees under which Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal have been made part of the all-important Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by PM Modi.

New Delhi: Following a major Cabinet reshuffle last week, the Modi government on Monday reconstituted the powerful cabinet committees under which Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal have been made part of the all-important Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kiran Rijiju along with Virendra Kumar and Anurag Singh Thakur have been included in the rejigged Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariate last night.

The new members of the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth headed by the PM are Union Minister Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Ashwini Vaishnaw. Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender Yadav, RCP Singh, G Kishan Reddy have been included in the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development headed by the Prime Minister. The Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development, headed by the PM, has new members in Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender Yadav, Ramchandra Prasad Singh and G. Kishan Reddy.

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However, there has been no change in the composition of the Cabinet Committee on Security and the Appointments Committee, which takes call on all important appointments in the government in the rank of Joint Secretary and above. The members of the Cabinet Committee on Security are the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The two-member Appointments Committee of the Cabinet comprises the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.