Indian Cabinet expansion & reshuffle - 10 November 2014

New ministerial appointmentsin the Indian Government

November 10, 2014

Contents

The cabinet reshuffle – an overviewSnapshot of appointmentsProfiles of MinistersGlossary

Balancing politics and governance

A fortnight short of completing six months as Prime Minister, Narendra Modimade the first major expansion and restructuring of the Union council ofministers, keeping the imperatives of both governance and politics in mind.With 21 ministers taking oath of office and secrecy - four in the Cabinet rank,three as ministers of state with independent charge and 14 as ministers of state- the government's bench strength has now reached 66, 12 less than theprevious government.

The ministerial expansion and the reshuffle of a few portfolios is being seen asachieving four objectives for the new government: blend the experienced withthe newer politicians to create a pool of talent; strike a caste balance that spellssocial inclusiveness; extend the party’s geographic footprint, particularly instates like Bihar and West Bengal which will go to polls in the medium term;and ensuring the development agenda of the government.

Moving Manohar Parrikar as Defence Minister from Goa’s Chief Minister postand appointing Suresh Prabhu as the Railway Minister are the most prominentchanges of this reshuffle. Both Mr. Parrikar and Mr. Prabhu are experiencedadministrators. They are also known to be talented and clean, which is why theyhave been picked by the PM to give a new thrust to the mantra ofdevelopment.

Bihar is a politically significant state where assembly elections are due inSeptember-October next year, and the BJP faces a formidable challenge from agrand alliance of the Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal and theCongress, has three cabinet ministers - BJP general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy,Nawada MP Giriraj Singh, and Pataliputra MP Ram Kripal Yadav. Their inclusionis also significant in terms of caste, as all of them represent politically prominentcaste groups - Thakurs, Bhumihars and the backward classes.

In Jharkhand, where five-phase assembly elections will begin later this month,the BJP has inducted Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s son JayantSinha into the council of ministers. Sinha, educated at IIT, University ofPennsylvania and Harvard and a former McKinsey partner, has been workingbehind the scenes as part of the new government’s think-tank on the economyand will be keenly watched for the value addition he does to economic policymaking.

In West Bengal, analysts says, the BJP is keen to take advantage of the changingequations on the ground. In the Lok Sabha election, it won two seats in thestate and in the following bypolls it won the Basirhat Dakshin assemblyconstituency. By inducting the first minister from the state into the Modicabinet, it indicated that the party has its eyes trained on the 2016 assemblyelections, particularly given the vulnerability of the ruling Trinamool Congress,the decay of the Left parties, and the confusion among the Congress ranks inWest Bengal.

Sadananda Gowda, former Karnataka CM has been moved to Ministry of Lawand Justice from Railways, a post that was previously held by Ravi ShankarPrasad. Prasad now retains two ministries- Telecom and IT. Prakash Javadekarwho held the important ministries of Information and Broadcasting plusEnvironment now has the responsibility of only Environment Ministry. ArunJaitley has taken charge of Information and Broadcasting, consolidating PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s hold on government information.

Many analysts are seeing the reshuffle as a reaffirmation of Prime MinisterModi’s dominance over his party and the government. Since most of thedecisions have been made without the pressures of coalition politics, as was thecase with the previous few governments, the new ministers will be closelyassessed for their performance. Mr. Modi came to power 170 days ago on themandate of revitalising an economy in deep trouble. To his credit, he retainspopular support and the hope he kindled remains undiminished; the results ofthe recent Assembly elections in the state of Maharashtra and Haryanaconclusively demonstrated that. His crack team on economic management isnow in place. It will now have to begin delivering in double quick time.

Resources STEEL Narendra Singh Tomar *Vishnu Deo Sai (MoS)

MINES Narendra Singh Tomar *Vishnu Deo Sai (MoS)

COAL Piyush Goyal (MoS-I)

POWER Piyush Goyal (MoS-I)

PETROLEUM & GASDharmendra Pradhan (MoS-I)

RENEWABLE

WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA

REJUVENATION

Uma Bharti *Sanwar Lal Jat (MoS)

COMMUNICATIONS & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad *

HEAVY INDUSTRIES

CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS Ananthkumar *Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (MoS)

FOOD PROCESSING Harsimrat Kaur *Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (MoS)

TEXTILES

INFORMATION & BROADCASTING Arun Jaitley *Rajyavardhan Rathore (MoS)

Industry

TOURISM

Narendra ModiPrime MinisterPersonnel, Public Grievances and PensionsDepartment of Atomic Energy Department of SpaceAll important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

HOME Rajnath Singh *Kiren Rijiju (MoS)Haribhai Chaudhary (MoS)

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Sushma Swaraj *Gen. VK Singh (MoS)

FINANCE Arun Jaitley *Jayant Sinha (MoS)

DEFENCE Manohar Parrikar *Rao Inderjeet Singh (MoS)

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY Nirmala Seetharaman (MoS-I)

AGRICULTURE Radha Mohan Singh*Mohanbhai Kundariya (MoS)Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (MoS)

ENVIRONMENT Prakash Javadekar (MoS-I)

Key ministries

SCIENCE AND TECH

EARTH SCIENCES

STATISTICS & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Science

RAILWAYS

CIVIL AVIATION

ROAD TRANSPORT

SHIPPING

Transport Suresh Prabhu *Manoj Sinha (MoS)

Ashok Gajapati Raju *Dr Mahesh Sharma(MoS)

Nitin Gadkari *Radhakrishnan P (MoS)

Nitin Gadkari *Radhakrishnan P (MoS)

CONSUMER AFFAIRS & FOOD

CORPORATE AFFAIRS

HRD

LABOUR

LAW & JUSTICE

PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

People Smriti Zubin Irani *Upendra Kushwaha (MoS)Dr Ram Shankar Katheria (MoS)

Ram Vilas Paswan *Raosaheb Danve (MoS)

Sadananda Gowda*

Venkaiah Naidu *Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS)Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (MoS)

HOUSING

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

SANITATION

HEALTHHealth & Development

Jagat Prakash Nadda*Shripad Yesso Naik (MoS)

Venkaiah Naidu *Babul Supriya (MoS)

CULTURE

MINORITY AFFAIRS

OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS

TRIBAL AFFAIRS

SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SOCIAL JUSTICE

NORTH EAST AFFAIRS

WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

PANCHAYATI RAJ

RURAL DEVELOPMENT Chaudhry Birender Singh *Sudarshan Bhagat (MoS)

Najma Heptullah *Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (MoS)

Maneka Gandhi *

Jual Oram *Mansukhbhai Vasava (MoS)

Dr Jitendra Singh (MoS-I)

Welfare

Party legend

Bharatiya Janata Party

Shiv Sena

Telugu Desam

Lok Janshakti Party

Shiromani Akali Dal

Council of Ministers

A SnapshotMICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM INDUSTRY

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party

* Cabinet Minister

MoS: Minister of State

MoS-I: Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Gen. VK Singh (MoS-I)

Sushma Swaraj *Gen. VK Singh (MoS)

Arun Jaitley *

Venkaiah Naidu *Babul Supriya (MoS)

Chaudhry Birender Singh * Nihalchand (MoS)

Chaudhry Birender Singh * Ram Kripal Yadav (MoS)

Kalraj Mishra *Giriraj Singh (MoS)

Anant Geete *GM Siddeshwara (MoS)

Bandaru Dattatreya (MoS-I)

Thaawar Chand Gehlot *Krishan Pal (MoS)Vijay Sampla (MoS)

PLANNING Rao Inderjeet Singh (MoS-I)

Santosh Gangwar (MoS-I)

Dr Mahesh Sharma (MoS-I)

Dr Mahesh Sharma (MoS-I)

Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS-I)

Piyush Goyal (MoS-I)Dr Harsh Vardhan *YS Chowdary (MoS)

Dr Harsh Vardhan *YS Chowdary (MoS)

PMO Dr Jitendra Singh (MoS)

Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India

AAYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik (MoS-I)

YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS Sarbananda Sonowal (MoS-I)

Manohar Parrikar

Cabinet Minister for Defence

Not a member of Parliament

A metallurgical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mr

Parrikar was the Chief Minister of the state of Goa for two terms (2000

– 2005 and 2012 – 2014).

Mr Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and was

active in the RSS's North Goa unit, becoming a key organizer of the

Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was seconded by RSS to the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the objective of fighting the

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. His entry into the parliament will be

facilitated by choosing him as the party's candidate for Rajya Sabha

from Uttar Pradesh.

Mr Parrikar has a reputation for honesty and integrity, and a simple

lifestyle, key attributes in a ministry often fraught with allegations of

financial impropriety. He has demonstrated an understanding of the

problems faced by business, and is known to come up with creative

solutions.

Mr Parrikar is expected to focus on improving defence procurement

and production. He would be tasked with boosting local

manufacturing and negotiating with foreign suppliers.

Suresh Prabhu

Cabinet Minister for Railways

A chartered accountant and lawyer by training, Mr Prabhu was a Union

Minister in the previous NDA government from 1998 to 2004. He held

diverse portfolios, including the ministries of Industry, Environment

and Forests, Fertilisers and Chemicals and Power.

Mr Prabhu is credited with raising the Environment Ministry’s profile in

policy formulation in pollution control and conservation of natural

resources. He was also the first chairperson of the task force on

interlinking rivers. As power minister, he spearheaded the electricity

Act, instituting reforms in the sector.

Mr Prabhu is guiding the Prime Minister on his engagement at the G20

summit to take forward India’s position on trade related issues and

climate change.

Mr Prabhu is tasked with modernising and restructuring the railways as

part of the Government’s objective to increase efficiency and private

participation in the railways.


MoS: Minister of StateMoS(I): Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Source for Ministerial Portfolios: Press Information Bureau, Government of India

Cabinet Ministers

Jagat Prakash Nadda

Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare

Rajya Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh

Mr Nadda belongs to a committed family of RSS supporters. He served

in various BJP governments in Himachal Pradesh and has been an MLA

in the state thrice.

Mr Nadda has worked closely with Amit shah and Narendra Modi in

Himachal Pradesh, gaining a reputation for organisational skills. He

worked on Modi’s campaign in the general elections as the General

Secretary of the BJP, and is seen as a key lieutenant of Amit Shah.

Mr Nadda is reputed to have a low-key, unobtrusive style of

functioning, and is perceived to be practical and ready to listen.

Chaudhry Birender Singh

Cabinet Minister for Rural DevelopmentPanchayati RajSanitation and Drinking Water


Birender Singh left the Congress party to join the BJP in August, 2014.

In his four decade long association with the Congress, Mr Singh has

been a General Secretary in the All India Congress Committee, a

cabinet minister in various governments in Haryana and was, at one

time, a confidant of Rajiv Gandhi. However, his relations with the

Congress party soured when he accused then Haryana Chief Minister

Bhupinder Singh Hooda of favouring his own constituency while

neglecting others culminating in his suspension from the Congress

following adverse remarks against party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Mr Singh has a large support base among the Jat community.



Cabinet Ministers

Bandaru Dattatreya

MoS(I) Labour and Employment

Constituency - SecunderabadState - Telangana

A former RSS pracharak, Mr Dattatreya was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in 1991. He served as a Minister of State in the previous NDA Government, handling the Ministry of Urban Development and Railways.

Mr Dattatreya has been the face of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh, and as the party’s national vice-president, known for his organizational skills. He is, currently, the only BJP candidate to be elected from Telangana.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy

MoS(I) Skill Development &Entrepreneurship

Constituency - SaranState - Bihar

Rajiv Pratap Rudy is a trained pilot who, at the age of 38, was inducted as one of the youngest ministers in the Vajpayee government in 2000. He served as the Minister of State for Commerce, Trade & Industry and subsequently was given the important portfolio of Civil Aviation Minister with independent charge.

Mr Rudy started his career as a legislator in 1990 as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He is tech-savvy and is active on social networking sites such as Twitter. An alumni of Punjab University and MP from Bihar, he was in-charge of the party in Maharashtra, where the BJP emerged as the largest single party in the recently concluded assembly elections.

With skill development being an issue of great personal interest to the Prime Minister, Rudy is expected to reach out to the private sector to bolster the Government’s efforts.

Dr Mahesh Sharma

MoS(I) CultureMoS(I) TourismMoS Civil Aviation

Constituency – Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida)State – Uttar Pradesh

Dr Mahesh Sharma is a physician by profession, runs several charitable hospitals and clinics in the National Capital Territory, and is the owner of the Kailash Group of Hospitals.

Known for his networking skills, he is credited for bringing the medical fraternity close to the BJP in recent years. He has been associated with the RSS and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from very early in life.

Dr Sharma is also said to be extremely popular in the club circuit and has been associated with the Lions Club, Rotary Club as well as the Indian Medical Association.



Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Giriraj Singh

MoS Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Giriraj Singh belongs to the Bhumihar community, a caste that has a strong presence in the politics of Bihar state.

Singh served the Cabinet of Bihar as co-operative minister from 2005-2010 & Animal Husbandry minister from 2010 to 2013. Later, he was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by Nitish Kumar after the JDU-BJP alliance broke up.

He has been vocal in his loyalty to Narendra Modi from the time when the latter, as Gujarat CM, had very few supporters in Bihar. His emergence on the national political scene has been rather dramatic. During Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission debarred him from campaigning after he asked all Modi detractors to go to Pakistan. And after the polls he was in the news for about Rs. 1.14 crore stolen from his house in Patna. He is presently member of Bihar State Bharatiya Janata Party's 16-member state election committee

Constituency - NawadaState - Bihar

Hans Raj Ahir

MoS Chemicals & Fertilisers

Hans Raj Ahir was instrumental in exposing the

coal scam. It was on the basis of his letter to the

Central Vigilance Commission that the CBI

inquired into the coal scam.

In the 14th Lok Sabha, the speaker Somnath

Chatterjee had hailed Mr Ahir as a "role-model"

for MP's. In The 15th Lok Sabha, Mr Ahir was

adjudged the ‘Best Parliamentarian’ by Prime

Point Foundation (PPF) for introducing 24

private bills out of a total of 288 bills that were

introduced in the session. Mr Ahir was

felicitated with the Sansad Ratna Award in

2013.

Babul Supriya Baral

MoS Urban DevelopmentMoS Housing

Popular Bollywood singer Babul Supriya has seen a meteoric rise in his political career in just eight months. Mr Supriya’s thumping victory from Asansol on a BJP ticket was a huge boost for the party.

Mr Supriya admits that his association with active politics started in March 2014, when the BJP fielded him as its candidate from the Asansol in West Bengal’s Bardhaman district. Mr Supriya, 43, defeated his nearest rival, Dola Sen, a trade union leader and Trinamool Congress candidate from Asansol by over 70,000 votes.

Mr Supriya’s portfolio in the Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation will be keenly watched given PM’s focus on Smart cities and promise of housing for all.

Constituency - AsansolState – West Bengal



Ministers of State

Constituency - ChandrapurState - Maharashtra

Mohanbhai Kundariya

MoS Agriculture

Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya is a

prominent industrialist from Gujarat and is also

known for his social work.

He comes from the influential Kadva Patel

community considered to be loyal to the BJP. A

five-term MLA, he was minister of rural

development in the Keshubhai Patel

Government in Gujarat.

He is currently a member of the Parliamentary

Standing Committee on chemicals and

fertilizers.

Haribhai Choudhary

MoS Home

An active member of RSS, Mr Choudhary has won the Lok Sabha elections 4 times from his constituency.

In Parliament, he has been a member of several panels, including the Standing Committees on Finance, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Agriculture and Commerce. He is also an agriculturist and businessperson.

Mr Chaudhary is a member of Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Constituency - BanaskanthaState – Gujarat



Ministers of State

Constituency - RajkotState - Gujarat

Jayant Sinha

MoS Finance

Jayant Sinha, son of Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is a member of two important parliamentary committees - the Public Accounts Committee and the Standing Committee on Finance. During the 2014 national election campaign, Mr Sinha worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help frame national economic policy, including organizing and hosting an international business leaders' forum with Mr Modi in February 2014.

He has been an investment fund manager and a management consultant, having over 25 years of experience as an investor and strategy consultant. Sinha's prior experience includes twelve years with McKinsey & Company as a partner in the Boston and Delhi offices. At McKinsey, Sinha co-led the global Software and IT Services practice. He was most recently a partner at Omidyar Network (ON), an investment firm with over $730 million in invested capital. Sinha led ON's overall investment strategy and operations in India.

Constituency - HazaribaghState – Jharkhand

Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore

MoS Information & Broadcasting

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh rose to fame after winning the Silver Medal in Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and joined politics in 2013.

Rathore was instrumental in organising a major conference of defence veterans in Haryana. The 44-year old is a prominent youth icon in the Rajasthan unit of the party and is considered close to Narendra Modi.

He hails from Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert and had trounced the then Union Minister C.P. Joshi from the Congress in the Lok Sabha election earlier this year by more than three lakh votes

Constituency – Jaipur (Rural)State - Rajasthan

Ram Kripal Yadav

MoS Sanitation

Mr Yadav is highly regarded in the Yadav

community in Bihar and enjoys their wide

support.

Though he has a long political career, Mr Yadav

has never been a minister either in Bihar or at

the Centre though RJD was part of UPA-I and

had half-a-dozen ministers. He has previously

been the Deputy Mayor of Patna.

Mr Yadav comes from an agricultural

background and has a LLB degree from

Magadh University, Bihar.



Ministers of State

Constituency - PataliputraState – Bihar

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

MoS Minority AffairsMoS Parliamentary Affairs

A prominent face of BJP, Mr Naqvi had been Minister of State as Information and Broadcasting in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He first stood in elections in 1980, when he ran for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seat for the Allahabad West constituency representing the Janata Party. He ran again in 1989, this time for the Ayodhya constituency as an independent candidate. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1998 from Rampur. He is member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.

He was among others actively involved in organising logistics for the BJP in this year's Lok Sabha elections and campaigned extensively in Haryana and Maharashtra in the just-concluded assembly polls in the two states. He has been actively involved and associated with several socio-cultural and academic activities including upliftment of artisans and spread of public awareness in remote villages. Naqvi has authored three books: Syah (1991), Danga (1998) and Vaisali (2007).

Rajya Sabha MP fromUttar Pradesh

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

MoS Food Processing

A comparatively low-profile, albeit committed BJP leader from the backward region of Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, has earned her spurs by raising issues essentially concerning the Nishad (fishermen) community.

The first-time Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Fatehpur was MLA from Hamirpur before her election to the Lok Sabha.

Her induction in the Union Cabinet is being seen as an attempt to help the BJP expand its base among the Nishad, Mallah and Kewat fishermen and boatmen communities in view of the 2017 Assembly elections. They constitute a sizeable section of the MBCs in Uttar Pradesh, found mainly in Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Banda, Mirzapur and Gorakhpur districts. These communities have recently stepped up their demand for getting more representation in the government.

Constituency – FatehpurState – Uttar Pradesh

Sanwar Lal Jat

MoS Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Sanwar Lal Jat, said to be a close confidant of

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, had

made his Lok Sabha debut this year by

defeating state Congress chief Sachin Pilot in

Ajmer. He was a two time cabinet minister in

Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje’s government

and held portfolios of irrigation, Indira Gandhi

Nahar Pariyojana, PHED, CAD, and Ground

Water Development in Rajasthan government.

He won election to Rajasthan Legislative

Assembly from Nasirabad in Ajmer district.

He is an agriculturist by profession and was a

commerce professor in the University of

Rajasthan. Sanwar Lal entered politics in 1990

and is perceived to be a very down to earth

person. He is seen to be pro-farmer and in his

constituency is known to be very popular

amongst them



Ministers of State

Constituency - AjmerState – Rajasthan

Dr Ram Shankar Katheria

MoS HRD

A second-time Lok Sabha member from Agra,

Dr Katheria is an academician by profession

and had been part of the party’s anti-

corruption campaign.

He is in charge of party’s political affairs in

Punjab. A PhD and a writer of books on social

issues and Dalit upliftment, Dr Katheria was a

part of several parliamentary committees in the

15th Lok Sabha including Urban Development,

Committee on Papers Laid on the Table,

Committee on Petitions and also the

Consultative Committee on Rural

Development.

Constituency - AgraState – Uttar Pradesh

YS Chowdary

MoS Science & TechnologyMoS Earth Sciences

Y S Chowdary is the chairman of Sujana Group of Companies and Sujana Foundation. He established Sujana Group starting with a single appliances manufacturing unit in the mid-1980s and transformed the appliances manufacturing company into a steel making enterprise over the next two and a half decades by constantly reinventing his company’s focus. In the run up to the general elections in 2014, he played a key role in consolidating the TDP in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Mr Chowdary was part of the team that negotiated his party’s alliance with the BJP and he is perceived as Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s point man in Delhi.



Ministers of State

Vijay Sampla

MoS Social Justice

The 53-year-old leader from a humble

background is seen as a Dalit face for the party.

He started his journey as a labourer,

subsequently, going to a Gulf country, where

he worked as a plumber. On his return, he

started a cement shop and became the

Sarpanch (headman) of the village, from where

his political career began.

Though Mr Sampla joined the BJP in 1998, he

was never considered by the party for any

Assembly seat. However, he had been the

Chairperson of the Punjab State Forest

Development Corporation and Punjab State

Khadi and Village Industry Board on different

occasions. After the last delimitation, when

Hoshiarpur was made a reserved seat, the BJP

fielded Mr Sampla. He defeated former State

Congress president Mohinder Singh Kaypee by

13,000 votes

Constituency - HoshiarpurState – Punjab

Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh

Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of theParliament of India. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives ofthe people from 543 constituencies, chosen by direct election on thebasis of adult suffrage.

Rajya SabhaThe Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of theParliament of India. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whomare nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art,literature, science, and social services. The remainder of the body iselected by the state and territorial legislatures. Members sit for six-yearterms, with one third of the members retiring every two years. The RajyaSabha meets in continuous sessions and, unlike the Lok Sabha, the lowerhouse of Parliament, is not subject to dissolution.

Minister of State (MoS)In India a Minister of State is a junior minister in the Council of Ministersof the Central Government who assists a Cabinet Minister

Minister of State- Independent Charge (MoS-I)A Minister of State can also be assigned a ministry without a seniorminister. Such a Minister is given the title of Minister of State-Independent Charge

Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM)EGoM is a Group of Ministers (GoM) of the Union Government who, after being appointed by the Cabinet or Prime Minister investigates and reports on specified matters and are also authorised (empowered) by the appointing authority to take decisions in such matters.

Group of Ministers (GoM)Similar to the EGoM, a GoM investigates and reports on specified matters to the Cabinet. However, unlike the EGoM, is not authorised to take decisions

Cabinet CommitteePrime Minister’s Cabinet form the Cabinet Committees with assigned specific functions for smooth and convenient functioning of the Government. A Cabinet Committee can be either set up with a broad mandate or with a specific mandate. Many a times, when an activity/agenda of the Government acquires prominence or requires special thrust, a Cabinet Committee may be set up for focussed attention. In all areas delegated to the Cabinet Committees, normally the decision of the Cabinet Committee in question is the decision of the Government of the day. However, it is up to the Prime Minister to decide if any issue decided by a Cabinet Committee should be re-opened or discussed in the full Cabinet.

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