Modi sarkar take charge of office | As it happened, May 31

In its first press conference after the first Cabinet meeting, the central government has announced that farmers will get Rs 3000 per month as pension. About 5 crore farmers are bound to benefit from the decision.

Budget session of the Parliament from June 17 till July 26.

PM Narendra Modi and his Cabinet have started working on the very next day of getting sworn-in. Ministers in the Union Cabinet took charge today. PM Narendra Modi arrived in Prime Minister's Office some time ago to take charge of his office. First Cabinet meeting of the new government is underway.

Here are some images and visuals from the very first Cabinet meeting of Modi government in its second tenure.

This may well be the first decision taken by the Modi government as it starts its second tenure.

Union Cabinet has increased scholarship amount awarded under the National Defence Fund.

These scholarships are awarded to children of policemen who attain martyrdom.

PM Narendra Modi has taken charge of his post as Prime Minister of India.

He arrived at the PMO sometime ago.

First Cabinet meeting of the new government is due to begin soon

AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi said that he will continue to criticise PM Narendra Modi in spite of results of Lok Sabha election 2019.

He lashed out at Congress for accusing him to divide votes.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi may have lost from his pocket burrow Amethi, but he secured a comfortable victory from Wayanad in Kerala.

He will be visiting his constituency on June 7 & 8.

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has taken charge as minister for human resource development.

Ministers of State 

1. Faggan Singh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

2. Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

3. Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

4. General (Retd) V K Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

5. Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

6. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

7. G Kishan Reddy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

8. Purshottam Rupala: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

9. Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

11. Babul Supriyo: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

12. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

13. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

14. Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

15. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

16. Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

17. Rattan Lal Kataria: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

18. V Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

19. Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

20. Som Parkash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

21. Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

22. Pratap Chandra Sarangi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

23. Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

24. Debasree Chaudhuri: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development

PM Narendra Modi also the in-charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space and all important policy issues and all other portfolios that have not been allocated to any minister.

BREAKING

Amit Shah appointed as Home Minister

Rajnath Singh given Defence Ministry in Modi cabinet

Nirmala Sitharaman appointed Finance Minister 

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat appointed Minister of Jal Shakti

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar appointed Minister of External Affairs

Dr. Harsh Vardhan appointed Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences

Piyush Goyal appointed as trade, railways minister

Prakash Javadekar appointed Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting

DV Sadananda Gowda appointed Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers

Ram Vilas Paswan to be the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to be the Minister of Minority Affairs

Pralhad Joshi to be the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Narendra Singh Tomar appointed Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj

Ravi Shankar Prasad to be the Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Communications, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

Smriti Irani to be the Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Textiles

Harsimrat Kaur Badal appointed Minister of Food Processing Industries

Giriraj Singh appointed Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

Arvind Ganpat Sawant appointed Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise

Jitendra Singh appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, MoS PMO, Ministry of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public grievances and pensions; MoS in the dept of atomic energy and MoS in dept of space

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to be the Minister of Human Resource Development 

Arjun Munda appointed Minister of Tribal Affairs

Babul Supriyo to be MoS in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

We want proportional representation. We do not believe in symbolic representation: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar 

In their bilateral meeting PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth extended his warm felicitations to PM Modi. PM Modi thanked him and reiterated his commitment to further strengthening the fraternal and enduring bilateral ties between the two countries in all spheres.

I have always fulfilled my responsibilities. I thank PM Modi for trusting me: Ramdas Athawale

 I am fortunate that PM Modi has placed his trust in me and I consider politics as a medium to serve the nation: Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other members of his Cabinet congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new team on taking oath, marking the beginning of the second successive BJP-led NDA government.

They also congratulated BJP Member of Parliament from North Goa Shripad Naik over his induction in the second Modi Cabinet, saying it was a proud moment for the coastal state.

State BJP leaders led by Sawant and coalition partners, including the Goa Forward Party (GFP), participated in the grand swearing-in ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Thursday evening.

Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony was a grand affair.

"The swearing-in ceremony of PM @narendramodi & his Cabinet was a grand affair," he tweeted.

Kher also posted a photo and said for him and fellow actor Anil Kapoor the highlight of the event was meeting Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat and Air chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa. "Their energy & handshake is d best security cover any Indian can ask for. Jai Hind," he wrote.

Kher attended the oath-taking ceremony, with his wife Kirron Kher, who retained the Chandigarh parliamentary seat in the elections.

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at Hyderabad House.

Both the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting. The Sri Lankan President attended PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony yesterday.

New Modi government likely to announce 'big-bang' economic reforms in first 100 days. Could privatise or close over 42 state-owned firms, including Air India –  NITI Aayog official