Shri Narendra Modi today assumed office as the Fifteenth Prime Minister of India. He offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi in his office at South Block, and assumed charge of the office of Prime Minister.
Shri Narendra Modi has focused on good governance initiatives as well as development to bring about qualitative change in the lives of the people. He has adopted the guiding principle of “Minimum Government and Maximum Governance” and also rationalization with a commitment to bring a change in the work culture and style of governance.
Rural Development (RD) Minister and the Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation and of Panchayati Raj Shri Gopinath Munde said that integrated development of villages, tackling sanitation problem and effective implementation of Land Acquisition policy will be his key priorities in the new government. Talking to media in New Delhi on May 27 after taking charge of the Ministry of Rural Development, the Minister said, he is in favour of MGNREGA, but his aim will be to remove the shortcomings in the rural job scheme for its transparent implementation. He said, MGNREGA will be linked to the all round progress of the villages as creation of jobs and development should go hand in hand.
Shri Narendra Modi has focused on good governance initiatives as well as development to bring about qualitative change in the lives of the people. He has adopted the guiding principle of “Minimum Government and Maximum Governance” and also rationalization with a commitment to bring a change in the work culture and style of governance.
Rural Development (RD) Minister and the Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation and of Panchayati Raj Shri Gopinath Munde said that integrated development of villages, tackling sanitation problem and effective implementation of Land Acquisition policy will be his key priorities in the new government. Talking to media in New Delhi on May 27 after taking charge of the Ministry of Rural Development, the Minister said, he is in favour of MGNREGA, but his aim will be to remove the shortcomings in the rural job scheme for its transparent implementation. He said, MGNREGA will be linked to the all round progress of the villages as creation of jobs and development should go hand in hand.
Dwelling
on the issue of sanitation, Shri Munde said that it would be the endeavour of
the Government that each household should have a toilet, besides laying stress
on community sanitation. He, however lamented that the budget provision for the
sanitation is very low, nearly 4,260 crore rupees , whereas the enormity of the
problem is well known to all. He said, all efforts will be made for the
construction of low cost toilets in the rural households.
Shri Munde also defended the Land Acquisition Policy saying that it is not against the industrialisation and urbanisation as being reported in a section of the media. He said, the new land acquisition act is also farmer friendly as they will get compensation for loss of land at market price.
The
newly appointed Union Minister of Finance, Shri Arun Jaitely assumed charge of
his office in New Delhi on May 27. Later during his brief media interaction, the Finance
Minister Shri Jaitely said that his priorities would be to tackle inflation,
boost economic growth and follow the path of fiscal consolidation among others.
The Finance Minister also held a meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry to have a first hand information regarding the ongoing issues and the forthcoming challenges facing the Indian economy among others.
Shri Prakash Javadekar took charge
of his new assignment as Minister of Information & Broadcasting in New
Delhi on May 27. After assuming office, Shri Javadekar said freedom of press is
the pillar of democracy. He added press freedom is imperative for the success
of democracy as it gives a rainbow of opinion. He also mentioned that the media
itself suffices for self-regulation.
The Minister also touched upon the idea of “Mazboot Bharat, Viksit Bharat” reiterating the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in this regard. He added that we have a majority for the government but we need cooperation of the entire country to make a strong and developed nation by 2025.
The Minister also touched upon the idea of “Mazboot Bharat, Viksit Bharat” reiterating the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in this regard. He added that we have a majority for the government but we need cooperation of the entire country to make a strong and developed nation by 2025.
Later, the Minister was briefed on the key initiatives, mandate and policy framework of the Ministry by Secretary (I&B) and other Senior Officials of the Ministry.
List of Ministers:
The
President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed
the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council
of Ministers :-
1.
|
Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
|
Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
All important policy issues
and all other portfolios not
allocated to any Minister
|
CABINET
MINISTERS
1.
|
Shri
Raj Nath Singh
|
Home
Affairs
|
2.
|
Smt.
Sushma Swaraj
|
External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs
|
3.
|
Shri
Arun Jaitley
|
Finance
Corporate Affairs
Defence
|
4.
|
Shri
M. Venkaiah Naidu
|
Urban Development
Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation
Parliamentary Affairs
|
5.
|
Shri
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
|
Road Transport and Highways
Shipping
|
6.
|
Shri
D.V. Sadananda Gowda
|
Railways
|
7.
|
Sushri
Uma Bharati
|
Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation
|
8.
|
Dr.
Najma A. Heptulla
|
Minority
Affairs
|
9.
|
Shri
Gopinathrao Munde
|
Rural Development
Panchayati Raj
Drinking Water and Sanitation
|
10.
|
Shri
Ramvilas Paswan
|
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
|
11.
|
Shri
Kalraj Mishra
|
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises
|
12.
|
Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
|
Women and Child Development
|
13.
|
Shri Ananthkumar
|
Chemicals and Fertilizers
|
14.
|
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
|
Communications and Information
Technology
Law and Justice
|
15.
|
Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
|
Civil Aviation
|
16.
|
Shri Anant Geete
|
Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises
|
17.
|
Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
|
Food Processing Industries
|
18.
|
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
|
Mines
Steel
Labour and Employment
|
19.
|
Shri Jual Oram
|
Tribal Affairs
|
20.
|
Shri Radha Mohan Singh
|
Agriculture
|
21.
|
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
|
Social Justice and Empowerment
|
22.
|
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
|
Human Resource Development
|
23.
|
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
|
Health and Family Welfare
|
MINISTERS
OF STATE
1.
|
General V.K. Singh
|
Development of North Eastern
Region (Independent
Charge)
External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs
|
2.
|
Shri Inderjit Singh Rao
|
Planning (Independent Charge)
Statistics and Programme
Implementation (Independent Charge)
Defence
|
3.
|
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
|
Textiles (Independent Charge)
Parliamentary Affairs
Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation
|
4.
|
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
|
Culture (Independent Charge)
Tourism (Independent Charge)
|
5.
|
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
|
Petroleum and Natural Gas
(Independent Charge)
|
6.
|
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
|
Skill Development,
Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
|
7.
|
Shri Prakash Javadekar
|
Information and Broadcasting
(Independent Charge)
Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (Independent Charge)
Parliamentary Affairs
|
8.
|
Shri Piyush Goyal
|
Power (Independent Charge)
Coal (Independent Charge)
New and Renewable Energy
(Independent Charge)
|
9.
|
Dr. Jitendra Singh
|
Science and Technology
(Independent Charge)
Earth Sciences (Independent
Charge)
Prime Minister Office
Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
|
10.
|
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
|
Commerce and Industry (Independent
Charge)
Finance
Corporate Affairs
|
11.
|
Shri G.M. Siddeshwara
|
Civil Aviation
|
12.
|
Shri Manoj Sinha
|
Railways
|
13.
|
Shri Nihalchand
|
Chemicals and Fertilizers
|
14.
|
Shri Upendra Kushwaha
|
Rural Development
Panchayati Raj
Drinking Water and Sanitation
|
15.
|
Shri Radhakrishnan P
|
Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises
|
16.
|
Shri Kiren Rijiju
|
Home Affairs
|
17.
|
Shri Krishan Pal
|
Road Transport and Highways
Shipping
|
18.
|
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
|
Agriculture
Food Processing Industries
|
19.
|
Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
|
Tribal Affairs
|
20.
|
Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
|
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
|
21.
|
Shri Vishnu Deo Sai
|
Mines
Steel
Labour and Employment
|
22.
|
Shri Sudarshan Bhagat
|
Social Justice and Empowerment
|
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