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The Narendra Modi Government has reconstituted six Cabinet Committees while two new Committees have been formed.
The new committees will finalise policies to push growth, investment and employment with special focus on skill development.
Barring the Committees on Parliamentary Affairs and Accommodation, all six committees will be headed by the Prime Minister. The two remaining committees will be chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Also read:Two Cabinet Committees set up to spur growth, employment
Here are the new members of the Committees:
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Composition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Cabinet Committee on Accommodation
Composition
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce &Industry
Special Invitees
Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing &Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Composition
Prime Minister
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
DV Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce &Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.
Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs
Composition
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development, and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice
Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines.
Special Invitees
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
V Muraleedharan, Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
Composition
Prime Minister Modi
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare; Minister of Science & Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences,
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce and Industry
Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise
Prahlad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal and Mines.
Cabinet Committee on Security
Composition
Prime Minister Modi
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs.
Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs.
Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth
Composition
Prime Minister Modi
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Minister of Micro. Small and Medium Enterprises
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Minister of Commerce & Industry.
Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development
Composition
Prime Minister Modi
Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture &Farmer Welfare, Minister of Rural Development: and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Minister of Commerce & Industry
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Human Resource Development
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas: and Minister of Steel
Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill development & Enterpreneurship
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, MOS(I/C)Labour & Employment
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Housing &Urban Affairs; Minister of State(I/C) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Special Invitees
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women & Child Development and Textiles
Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) Culture, MOS (I/C) Tourism.
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