PM Modi keeps Science and Technology Ministry with himself
Effecting a major Cabinet rejig, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to keep Science and Technology Ministry with himself. The portfolio was earlier held by Dr. Harsh Vardhan who resigned earlier today.
He will also look after the Ministry of 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.
Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers, making it an eclectic mix of professionals.
Apart from addressing regional and community aspirations, the focus it seems has been on bringing in highly qualified members and those with experience of administration in states in an effort to reboot the government midway in its term.
In a major overhaul, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Cabinet while dropping as many as 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.
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