Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony LIVE UPDATES: Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president JP Nadda returned to the cabinet after 5 years, indicating Prime Minister's focus on continuity and experience.
BJP leaders in suspenseful meeting to decide cabinet portfolios, Militants torch police outpost, set houses on fire in Manipur's Jiribam. This and many more updates in today's speed news.
According to the sources, JD-U wants the approval of 'Special Category Status' for Bihar as the state will undergo assembly election in 2025. With the support of JD-U and TDP, Narendra Modi will take oath as PM on June 8 third time in a row, achieving a historic feat.
The Modi Cabinet has announced several key decisions including the extention of subsidy on LPG cylinders under Ujjwala yojana, increased in Dearness Allowance among others.
7th Pay Commission: It becomes almost a ritual to give a festival gift to government employees which helps them to deal with inflation during the festival. In the last year also, the Centre provided 4 per cent hike in DA for the employees.
Modi Cabinet reshuffle buzz: The ruling BJP is likely to make some changes in the government and organisation at the national and states level aiming crucial upcoming elections.
According to sources, the Union minister has been admitted in the Cardiac Care Unit of the Cardio Neuro Centre.
The minister said that the government will reimburse transaction charges levied on digital payments made by persons to the merchant as part of the merchant discount rate (MDR).
The project envisages to provide 4G-based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 aspirational districts across 5 states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses for 5 years.
An office memorandum of ministry of Parliamentary Affairs said that the annual report should reflect actual data from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 and provide projections or estimates for the period January-March, 2022.
BJP Jan Ashirwad Yatra: JP Nadda is meeting the new ministers to review the preparation. He has so far met 20 Ministers.
With leaders like Bhupendra Yadav and Annapurna Devi, who handled key responsibilities in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being given a place in the Cabinet, the party would like to fill the vacant slots with leaders who have been removed from Team Modi.
The Asansol MP's announcement came hours before a list of 43 new names in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was made public.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from the Modi government ahead of mega cabinet expansion on Wednesday.
Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra on Wednesday chaired a meeting at 7 Lok Manya Tilak in New Delhi with the leaders who are likely to be inducted.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has been dropped the Modi Cabinet. Sources told India TV that he has been relieved from the Education Ministry just ahead of the Cabinet expansion.
Scindia, however, remained tight-lipped about speculations that he might be inducted in the Union cabinet during its expansion and said he had no information about the same.
Modi govt expansion, Union Cabinet expansion: As many as 20 new ministers could take oath when Prime Minister Narendra Modi expands the Council of Ministers. According to sources, the exercise could take place on July 7.
Speculation is rife on a possible cabinet reshuffle in the Modi government. Watch exclusive report on probable names.
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