Modi 3.0 Government Live Updates: The first meeting of Narendra Modi’s cabinet 3.0 took place on Monday in which portfolios were allocated to 71 ministers who took oath as a part of the Modi-led cabinet.
On Tuesday, Amit Shah took charge as Union Home Minister, Dr S Jaishankar took charge of the Ministry of External Affairs and Ashwini Vaishnaw took charge of the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Following that, several other ministers like Kiren Rijiju, Sarbanand Sonowal and Arjun Ram Meghwal also took charge of their respective offices.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office at South Block on Monday following which he signed his first file authorising the release of the 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi, which will benefit 9.3 crore farmers and distribute around Rs 20,000 crores.
In the new cabinet, Amit Shah has retained the Ministry of Home Affairs and Rajnath Singh has retained the Defence Ministry. Besides that, Nitin Gadkari will also continue to lead the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been allocated the Agriculture Ministry whereas JP Nadda has been given the health ministry.