The government has reconstituted the Cabinet committees under which Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal have been made part of the all-important Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Union ministers Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju and Anurag Singh Thakur have been included in the rejigged Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariate last night. Members of the Cabinet Committee on Security are the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
The two-member Appointments Committee of the Cabinet comprises the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.
Here is the full list of members of reshuffled Cabinet committees:
Appointments Committee
Narendra ModiAmit Shah
Cabinet Committee on Accommodation
Composition
Amit ShahNitin Jairam GadkariNirmala SitharamanPiyush GoyalHardeep Singh Puri
Special Invitees
Dr Jitendra Singh
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Composition
Narendra ModiRajnath SinghAmit ShahNitin Jairam GadkariNirmala SitharamanNarendra Singh TomarSubrahmanyam JaishankarPiyush GoyalDharmendra Pradhan
Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs
Composition
Rajnath SinghAmit ShahNirmala SitharamanNarendra Singh TomarArjun MundaPralhad JoshiVirendra KumarKiren RijijuAnurag Singh Thakur
Special Invitees
Arjun Ram MeghwalV Muraleedharan
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
Composition
Narendra ModiRajnath SinghAmit ShahNitin Jairam GadkariNirmala SitharamanNarendra Singh TomarSmriti Zubin IraniPiyush GoyalPralhad JoshiSarbananda SonowalGiriraj SinghMansukh MandaviyaBhupender Yadav
Cabinet Committee on Security
Composition
Narendra ModiRajnath SinghAmit ShahNirmala SitharamanSubrahmanyam Jaishankar
Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth
Composition
Narendra ModiRajnath SinghAmit ShahNitin Jairam GadkariNirmala SitharamanPiyush GoyalNarayan Tatu RaneJyotiraditya M. ScindiaAshwini Vaishnaw
Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development
Composition
Narendra ModiRajnath SinghAmit ShahNirmala SitharamanNarendra Singh TomarPiyush GoyalDharmendra PradhanAshwini VaishnawHardeep Singh PuriBhupender Yadav
Special Invitees
Nitin Jairam GadkariRamchandra Prasad SinghG Kishan Reddy