A day after the massive revamp of the union cabinet, a number of newly appointed ministers took charge of their assignments.
Anurag Thakur
Union Minister Anurag Thakur took charge as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
#WATCH | #Delhi: @ianuragthakur takes charge as Minister of Information and Broadcasting#CabinetReshuffle #UnionCabinet #CabinetReshuffle2021 #CabinetExpansion #CabinetExpansion2021 pic.twitter.com/ax59miXhDe
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) July 8, 2021
The 46-year-old MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh was among the 15 new Cabinet ministers who took oath in the first major rejig and expansion of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government after it returned to power for a second term in May 2019.
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, took charge as the new Railways Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.
#WATCH | #Delhi: @AshwiniVaishnaw takes charge as the Minister of Railways. #CabinetReshuffle #UnionCabinet #CabinetReshuffle2021 #CabinetExpansion #CabinetExpansion2021 @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/JI0n8TgWvp
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#Delhi: @AshwiniVaishnaw takes charge as the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (@GoI_MeitY )
He took charge as the @RailMinIndia earlier this morning.#CabinetReshuffle pic.twitter.com/SqdiBRkHMK
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) July 8, 2021
The 50-year-old also replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad, as Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took charge as Minister of Law and Justice.
#Delhi: @KirenRijiju takes charge as the Minister of Law and Justice pic.twitter.com/OniXqxOJJJ
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Rijiju is Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State for Minority Affairs in the Narendra Modi government.
Mansukh Mandaviya
The second-term Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Mansukh Mandaviya assumed office as Union Health Minister, replacing Dr Harsh Vardhan.
#Delhi: @mansukhmandviya takes charge as the @MoHFW_INDIA #CabinetReshuffle #UnionCabinet #CabinetReshuffle2021 #CabinetExpansion pic.twitter.com/iJXu6S8xrD
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#WATCH | #Delhi: @mansukhmandviya offered prayers in his office at the @MoHFW_INDIA as he took charge as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare today. pic.twitter.com/46ZM3GM6D3
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Earlier, he served as minister of state (MOS) for ports, shipping, and waterways and MOS for chemical and fertilizers.
The two-time MP has also served as a member of the consultative committee for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate and the Ministry of Textiles.
G Kishan Reddy
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy took charge as the Minister of Culture and Tourism.
#Delhi: @kishanreddybjp takes charge as the @MinOfCultureGoI , Ajay Bhatt and Shripad Naik and MoS (Culture) @M_Lekhi also present.
Former Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel also greets him at the occasion. pic.twitter.com/7aCOWZsUij
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) July 8, 2021
Singh has replaced Dharmendra Pradhan, who will now look after the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan, Rajya Sabha Member representing Madhya Pradesh, took charge as the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Dharmendra Pradhan takes charge as the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar also present.
Former Minister in the ministry Mahendra Nath Pandey, greets them on the occasion.@dpradhanbjp @MSDESkillIndia@rajeev_mp pic.twitter.com/0QJkWSCECz
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Pradhan will also be handling the Ministry of Education, which he takes over from Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
Hardeep Singh Puri
BJP Rajya Sabha Member from Uttar Pradesh Hardeep Singh Puri took charge as the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and said his focus will be on increasing domestic production of crude oil and natural gas.
#Delhi | @HardeepSPuri
takes charge as the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Ex-minister Dharmendra Pradhan also greeted him on the occasion. @dpradhanbjp is now the Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.@PetroleumMin pic.twitter.com/hI5M2yjqNY— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) July 8, 2021
Bhupender Yadav
BJP leader Bhupender Yadav, a Rajya Sabha Member representing Rajasthan, took charge as Union Minister of Labour and Employment.
Took charge of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (@LabourMinistry) today. I hope to be able to serve the people of this great nation as Labour and Employment Minister and realise the vision of PM Sh @narendramodi ji for India’s growth. pic.twitter.com/THOsNL7Ckz
— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) July 8, 2021
Parshottam Rupala
Senior BJP leader Parshottam Rupala took charge as the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Hon’ble Union Minister Shri @nstomar, Hon’ble Union MoS Smt. @SadhviNiranjan and Hon’ble Union MoS Shri @KailashBaytu greeted me for being appointed and taking charge as Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. pic.twitter.com/x3YKhE7pho
— Parshottam Rupala (@PRupala) July 8, 2021
Narayan Rane
BJP leader Narayan Rane took charge as new Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh
Janata Dal-United (JDU) Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chandra Prasad Singh assumed office as the new Minister of Steel in the Union Cabinet.
(With ANI Inputs)
