PM Modi gets richer this year, know how
News | October 16, 2020 13:45 ISTWatch India TV's special report on bank balances of the members of PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet.
Watch India TV's special report on bank balances of the members of PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet.
Shortly after Nitish Kumar addressed his party's national council following his reelection as party president for a fresh three-year term, the JD(U) reminded the BJP that the Bihar chief minister has given the saffron party a proportionate representation in the state government.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday announced an increase of 5 percentage points to 17 per cent in dearness and relief allowances. This has brought cheers to 50 lakh central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners ahead of Diwali, envisaging an additional annual outgo of Rs 16,000 crore.
With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the contentious bill had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament and was pending in Rajya Sabha.
Luxurious bungalows awaits for new ministers
"The merger of three companies namely National Insurance Co Ltd, United India Insurance Co Ltd. and Oriental Insurance Co Ltd is under process as several steps have been initiated and is expected to be completed by 2019-20", the interim budget had said in its "status of implementation".
The minister said Modi has a special and keen interest in environment, forests and climate change, and also has a vision for it.
Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said leaders like J.P. Narayan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani fought hard to restore freedom of press.
After being elected to Parliament for the first time, the 64-year-old bachelor became an Internet sensation for his simple lifestyle and humble origin.
First decision of PM Narendra Modi on assuming his office is approval to a major change in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund.
Optimism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet drove the markets near its peak on Friday led by IT, banking and financial companies.
With Gadkari at helm, many signature projects such as two-laned 9 km long tunnel on Chenani-Nashri section of NH-1A, Dhola Sadia Bridge, Narmada Bridge, New Brahmaputra Bridge and Eastern Peripheral Expressway got completed.
Soon after the announcement of portfolios, Twitter started pouring its reactions on Modi Cabinet 2.0
Considered the party's chief ministerial candidate at one time, Pradhan had steered one of the Modi government's most talked about schemes Pradhan Mantri Ujjawla Yojana, an initiative to provide free cooking gas connection to poor women.
According to a press release by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, incumbent BJP chief Amit Shah has been allocated the Ministry of Home Affairs and Nirmala Sithraman has been announced as the new finance minister of India. PM Modi has kept as many as four portfolios with himself:
This is a Nirmala Sitharaman appreciation post -- and she totally deserves it.
Besides 25 Cabinet ministers including Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and Jaishankar, nine were sworn in as Ministers of State with Independent charge and another 24 as Ministers of State.
PM Modi will be in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Janata Dal-United will not be part of the Narendra Modi government as it did not want "symbolic representation".
According to sources, TDP has asked its two ministers YS Chowdary and Ashok Gajapati Raju to quit the Modi Cabinet if their demandsfor special status are not met.
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