ET Graphics: What do the Ministers have in hand as they form new Cabinet under PM Modi
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By retaining key members from his previous council of ministers, the PM has signalled continuity at the top while bringing in fresh faces. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has additional charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space. Read More: Modi Cabinet portfolios allocated; Sitharaman retains finance ministry, Jaishankar to serve as EAM again
Here are your new Cabinet Ministers:
RAJNATH SINGH: Business at Hand: Addressing concerns over the armed forces recruitment scheme Agnipath Ensuring peace and security on the border with China Pushing through big reforms in Defence Research & Development Organisation and public sector entities AMIT SHAH Business at Hand: Resolving the ongoing Manipur conflict Implementation of three new criminal laws across the country from July 1 Holding assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir before the Supreme Court deadline of Sept 30 NITIN GADKARI: Business at Hand: Attracting private sector investment in infrastructure Ensuring govt spending continues to be high or at least at the same rate Substantially reducing road accidents and fatalities PRALHAD JOSHI Business at Hand: Managing volatile food inflation while ensuring remunerative prices for farmers Ensuring 500 GW of renewable capacity by 2030; supply chain stability Working ongrid stabilityJITAN RAM MANJHI Business at Hand:Improving credit flow,tech upgradation Resolving payment time period issues Ensuring MSMEs get bigger in size and come on par with other countries’ enterprisesSARBANANDA SONOWAL Business at Hand:Boosting private participation in ports, shipbuilding Greening of portsand shipping sector Addressing tariffrelated discrepancies at ports
JP NADDA Business at Hand:
Restructuring Ayushman Bharat Yojana and overseeing its expansion Universal and affordable health coverage through increased govt spending, cheaper drugs and strengthening infra Reducing API import dependenceSHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN Business at Hand: Raising farmers’ incometo address rural distress; boosting oilseeds and pulses production to reduce import dependence Streamlining rural jobs guarantee scheme and plugging leakages Promoting climateresistant farming and modernising agricultural practices NIRMALA SITHARAMAN Business at Hand:Sustaining growth momentum, fiscal discipline and creating jobs Bringing in land, labour, farm and tax reforms to aid private investment Ensuring greater privatisation and asset monetisation, easier credit flowASHWINI VAISHNAW Business at Hand:Continuing rapid rail infra development; bringing private investment; faster monetisation Implementing semiconductor manufacturing plansJYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA Business at Hand: Overseeing second 5G spectrum auctionthat starts June 25 Ensuring a 3 private player market, returning BSNL to health Finalising rules around pricing, allocation of satellite spectrum; notification of rules under Telecommunications Act, 2023BHUPENDER YADAV Business at Hand: Securing international climate finance and tech transfer for energy transition ahead of the Baku climate conference S JAISHANKAR Business at Hand: Managing ties with China, which hit a nadir in 2020 after a clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley Boosting economic diplomacy and trade pacts Navigating geopolitical complexities in a sharply polarised worldMANOHAR LAL KHATTARBusiness at Hand: Capacity additionto meet sharply rising electricity demand Extension and strengthening of transmissionsystem Achieving PMAY (Urban) houses target by December 31HD KUMARASWAMY Business at Hand: Overseeing implementation of auto and battery PLI Addressing concerns related to FAME; attracting foreign capital under new EV policy Looking at the steel dumping issue, Europe’s new import taxesPIYUSH GOYAL Business at Hand:Taking exports to $2 trillion by 2030 amid geopolitical uncertainty Pushing PLI laggards such as auto products, ACC batteries, speciality steel Negotiating complicated FTAs with the UK, the EUANNPURNA DEVI Business at Hand: Improving female participation in workforce Effective utilisation of the Nirbhaya Fund Making the Women and Child helpline more effectiveHARDEEP SINGH PURI Business at Hand: Increasing domestic oil production to cut import dependence Bringing natural gas under GST and other reforms Ensuring adequate ethanol supplyMANSUKH MANDAVIYA Business at Hand: Implementing all 4 Labour Codes across India in one go Significantly reducing compliances to aid formalisation of workforce Bringing Delhi, Bengal and Tamil Nadu on board on Labour Codes
DHARMENDRA PRADHAN Business at Hand:
Ensuring full implementation of National Education Policy, 2020 Bringing in foreign varsities Restructuring higher education with a single and more enabling regulatorKINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU Business at Hand: Taking a call on opening up bilateral air traffic rights Ensuring viability of the regional connectivity scheme; making sure the aviation sector is viable but affordable Privatisation of 12 airportsand capacity augmentation in existing onesCHIRAG PASWAN Business at Hand: Encouraging public, private investment in postharvest infrastructure Modernising the fragmented infrastructure Improving access to financefor food processing SMEsG KISHAN REDDY Business at Hand: Increasing coal output in tandem with rising power, other sectors’ demand Dealing with land possessionrelated issues emerging at mines Forming a longterm plan for the coal sector, diversification
