​​​​​​​Modi Cabinet 2.0: Eight Cabinet Committees constituted, here are all their members

Within a week of the swearing-in ceremony, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has reconstituted eight key cabinet committees on Thursday, June 6. The eight committees which have been reconstituted include - Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth, Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development.

In the newly-constituted eight cabinet committees, the Prime Minister is part of six committees, barring Cabinet Committee on Accommodation and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, while Home Minister Amit Shah is part of all eight cabinet committees.

1 & 2. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet & the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation:

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet includes only PM Modi and Home Minister Shah, while the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation has Amit Shah on board, along with Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh and Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will be special invitees to Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, according to a statement issued by the Centre on Thursday.

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3. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs:

Another important key committee- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs - will be headed by PM Modi and includes Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sitharaman, Commerce and Railways minister Piyush Goyal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V.Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahamanayam Jaishankar, and Petroleum, Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

4. Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs:

Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has also been reconstituted and now includes Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi. This committee will have Ministers of State (MoS) Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Muraleedharan as special invitees.

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5. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs:

Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has also been reconstituted. It includes PM Modi, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ramvilas Paswan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Piyush Goyal, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Minister Arvind Sawant and Prahlad Joshi.

6. Cabinet Committee on Security:

Considered one of the most significant cabinet committees, the Cabinet Committee on Security includes the Prime Minister, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman (the former Raksha Mantri) and Jaishankar.

7. Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth (new):

The Prime Minister is also a part of the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth, whose members include Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal. Another committee to be reconstituted is the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development composition, and includes PM Modi, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Skill development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, MOS(I/C) Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar, and Hardeep Singh Puri.

8. Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development:

The Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development will have Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Smriti Zubin Irani and Prahlad Singh Patel as special invitees.

The Modi Cabinet 2.0 had immediately swung into action a day after being sworn-in, by announcing the extension of PM-Kisan Yojana to all farmers, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojna, and Brucellosis and Shramyogi Mandhan Yojna. Narendra Modi-led NDA stormed back into power for a second term at the Centre after bagging 353 seats in the 543-member Lower House of the Parliament. Members of the new cabinet took oath on May 30 and were assigned their respective portfolios the next day.