Modi Government Forms Cabinet Committees On Security, Economic And Political Affairs
The cabinet committee on security includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah among other heavyweights, according to an official notification.
The Modi government established several cabinet committees, encompassing the nation's highest decision-making bodies for security, economic, and political affairs.
The cabinet committee on security includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, according to an official notification.
The cabinet committee on economic affairs comprises of the Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Home Minister, Finance Minister, External Affairs Minister, Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Heavy Industries and Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Others in the committee are: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of Panchayati Raj and Fisheries Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh.
The cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs comprises Defence Minister, Home Minister, Finance Minister, Panchayati Raj Minister, Health Minister J P Nadda, Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar, Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Minister of Jal Shakti C R Patil.
The special invitees in the committee are Union Minister of State for Law (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal and Minister of State for Law L Murugan.
(With inputs from PTI.)
