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This is the first time that such committees have been set up.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, in order to tackle the issues of rising unemployment and economic slowdown in the country, constituted two high level Cabinet Committees.

The first Budget of the Modi government 2.0 will be presented on July 5, 2019.

A total of eight Cabinet committees have been constituted -- Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development will deal are the major two panels. This is the first time that such committees have been set up.

The unemployment rate in 2017-18 was 6.1 per cent, corroborating the leaked report, before the Lok Sabha election, which claimed joblessness was indeed at a 45-year high.

The constitution of the various committees is as follows:

1. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

Prime Minister
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs

2. Cabinet Committee on Accommodation

Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Special Invitees

Jitendra Singh, Minister of State(I/C) of 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
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

3. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

Prime Minister
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
DV Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Shri 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, Minister of Commerce &Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel

4. Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs

Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
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, 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 & Empowerment
Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines

Special Invitees

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
V Muraleedharan, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

5. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs

Prime Minister
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Shri 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
Shri 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
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare; Minister of Science & Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences,
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce and Industry
Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines

6. Cabinet Committee on Security

Prime Minister
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
Dr Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs

7. Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth

Prime Minister.
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry

8. Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development

Prime Minister
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Human Resource Development
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas: and Minister of Steel
Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill development and Enterpreneurship
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, MOS (I/C) Labour and Employment
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Special Invitees

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
Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) Culture, MOS (I/C) Tourism