Shah gets Home, Rajnath Defence, Nirmala Finance
New Delhi, : Mr Amit Shah was on Friday allocated the Home Ministry while Rajnath Singh was made Defence Minister and Nirmala Sitharaman has been given the plum portfolio of Finance and Corporate affairs ministry.
‘The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the members of the Union Council of Ministers,’a Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said.
Nitin Gadkari has been allocated the ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises while Ramvilas Paswan has been made Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Smriti Zubin Irani has been made Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Textiles while Piyush Goyal has been made Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industry.
Former Foreign secretary S Jaishankar has been made Minister for External affairs.
Dr Harsh Vardhan has been allocated Health and Family Welfare and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences ministry while Prakash Javadekar has been made Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Dharmendra Pradhan the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.
(UNI)