Modi 3.0 Cabinet Meeting: After being sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time on Sunday, Narendra Modi held the first meeting with his new cabinet on Monday. In this initial meeting of his third term, the central government announced plans to assist in building 3 crore houses in rural and urban areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Ministries may also be allocated to the new cabinet members during this period. Nitin Gadkari is expected to continue leading the Ministry of Road Transport, a position he previously held. Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra might be appointed as Ministers of State for Road Transport, while S. Jaishankar is likely to remain Minister of External Affairs.

Nitin Gadkari retains Road Transport Ministry

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List Of Ministers And Their Ministries

PM Modi – Prime Minister and also in-charge of: 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.

Nitin Gadkari – Road And Transport Ministry

Ajay Tamta – Ministry of State For Road and transport

Harsh Mehrotra – Ministry Of State For Road Transport

S Jaishankar –  Foreign Ministry

Ashwini Vaishnav – Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

Manohar Lal Khattar – Ministry of Energy

Shripad Naik – Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Jitan Ram Manjhi – Ministry of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises

Shobha Karandlaje – Ministry of State for Micro, Small And Medium Enterprisies and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Agriculture Minister, Panchayati Raj Ministry

Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister of Education

Rajnath Singh – Defence Ministry

Nirmala Sitaraman – Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

Chirag Paswan – Union Sports Minister, Minister of Food Processing Industries.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Minister of Culture and Tourism

Suresh Gopi – Minister of State For Culture and Tourism

Rao Inderjit Singh – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.

Kiren Rijiju – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs

Ram Mohan Naidu – Civil Aviation Minister

Piyush Goyal – Ministry of Commerce

Sarbananda Sonowal – Port Shipping Minister

Shantani Thakur – Minister of State For Port Shipping

C.R Patil – Minister of Jal Shakti. MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Bhupendra Yadav – Environment Minister

Annapurna Devi – Women and Child Development Minister

Ravneet Singh – Minister of Minority Affairs

Tokhan Sahu – Minister of State For Urban Development

Prahlad Joshi – Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.

Hardeep Singh Puri – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

H.D Kumar Swami – Ministry of Heavy Industries And Steel

Jyotiraditya Scindia – Telecom, North East development Minister

Giriraj Singh – Textile Ministry

Arjun Ram Meghwal – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Mansukh L. Mandaviya – Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Shri B. L. Verma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Shri Kirtivardhan Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.

Shri V. Somanna – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

Smt. Anupriya Patel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Shri Nityanand Rai – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Increase in Eligible Families

The Government of India introduced this scheme in 2015-16 to support eligible urban and rural families in building homes with basic amenities. Over the past decade, 4.21 crore houses have been built for eligible poor families under this scheme. In today’s crucial first cabinet meeting, it was decided to extend the scheme further.

In Modi’s new cabinet’s first meeting, it was determined that the increase in the number of eligible families has led to greater housing needs. To address this, an additional 3 crore rural and urban families will receive assistance for house construction. These houses will come with essential amenities such as LPG, electricity, and water connections.

Oath Ceremony on Sunday

Notably, Narendra Modi and his cabinet members took their oaths on Sunday. In the past two elections, the BJP secured a majority to form the government, but this time it did not achieve a majority. Modi’s current cabinet includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State.

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