Govt reconstitutes various cabinet committees

The members of the various cabinet committees headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are as follows:

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs);

Cabinet Committee on Accommodation: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs), Nitin Jairam Gadkari (minister of road transport and highways and minister of micro, small and medium enterprises), Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs), Piyush Goyal (minister of railways and minister of commerce and industry).

Special invitees include Jitendra Singh (minister of state (I/C) in the ministry of development of North Eastern Region, minister of state in the prime minister’s office, minister of state in the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions, minister of state in the department of atomic energy; and minister of state in the Department of Space) and Hardeep Singh Puri (minister of state (I/C) in the ministry of housing and urban affairs, minister of state (I/C) in the ministry of civil aviation; and minister of state in the ministry of commerce and industry).

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs: Rajnath Singh (inister of defence), Amit Shah (minister of home affairs), Nitin Jairam Gadkari (minister of road transport and highways, minister of micro, small and medium enterprises), DV Sadananda Gowda (minister of chemicals and fertilizers), Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs), Narendra Singh Tomar (minister of agriculture and farmer welfare, minister of rural development and minister of panchayati raj), Ravi Shankar Prasad (minister of communications and information technology and minister of law and justice), Harsimrat Kaur Badal (minister of food processing industries); Subrahamanayam Jaishankar (minister of external affairs); Piyush Goyal (minister of railways and minister of commerce and industry); Dharmendra Pradhan (minister of state (I/C) of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas and minister of steel).

Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs); Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs); Ramvilas Paswan (minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution); Narendra Singh Tomar (minister of agriculture and farmer welfare, minister of rural development and minister of panchayati raj); Ravi Shankar Prasad (minister of communications and information technology and minister of law and Justice), Thawar Chand Gehlot (minister of social justice and empowerment), Prakash Javadekar (minister of environment, forest and climate change and minister of information and broadcasting); Prahlad Joshi (minister of parliamentary affairs, minister of coal and mines).

Special invitees include: Arjun Ram Meghwal (minister of state for parliamentary affairs, minister of state in the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises); V Muraleedharan (minister of state for parliamentary affairs and minister of state in the ministry of external affairs).

Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs); Nitin Jairam Gadkari (minister of road transport and highways, ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises); Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance, minister of corporate affairs), Ramvilas Paswan (minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution); Narendra Singh Tomar (minister of agriculture and farmer welfare and minister of rural development and minister of panchayati raj; Ravi Shankar Prasad (minister of communications and information technology and minister of law and justice); Harsimrat Kaur Badal (minister of food processing industries); Harsh Vardhan (minister of health and family welfare and minister of science and technology; and minister of earth sciences, Piyush Goyal (minister of railways and minister of commerce and industry); Arvind Ganpat Sawant (minister of heavy industries and public enterprise); and Prahlad Joshi (minister of parliamentary affairs and minister of coal and mines).

Cabinet Committee on Security: Rajnath Singh (minister of defence); Amit Shah (minister of home affairs); Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and corporate affairs); and Subrahamanayam Jaishankar (minister of external affairs).

Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs); Nitin Jairam Gadkari (minister of road transport and highways, minister of micro, small and medium enterprises); Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and corporate affairs); and Piyush Goyal (minister of railways and minister of commerce and industry.

Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development: Amit Shah (minister of home affairs); Nirmala Sitharaman (minister of finance and corporate affairs); Narendra Singh Tomar (minister of agriculture and farmer welfare and minister of rural development and minister of panchayati raj); Piyush Goyal (minister of railways and minister of commerce and industry; Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ (minister of human resource development); Dharmendra Pradhan (minister of petroleum and natural gas and minister of steel); Mahendra Nath Pandey (minister of skill development and entrepreneurship); Santosh Kumar Gangwar (MOS(I/C) labour and employment); and Hardeep Singh Puri (minister of state(I/C) in the ministry of housing and urban affairs, minister of state (I/C) in the ministry of civil aviation and minister of state in the ministry of commerce and industry).

Special Invitees include Nitin Jairam Gadkari (minister of road transport and highways, ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (minister of food processing industries); Smriti Zubin Irani (minister of women and child development and textiles); and Prahlad Singh Patel (minister of state (I/C)  for culture, MOS (I/C) tourism).