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What is the big idea of Modi 2.0 reshuffle ? To ramp up the image of the Govt or shelter defectors ? July 8, 2021, 9:51 AM IST
Lakshmi Iyer is a journalist worked with Mumbai Mirror, who has been covering politics for three decades in Delhi & Mumbai.
A lot of thought and deliberations had reportedly gone into making the Modi 2.0 Cabinet reshuffle; endless meetings happened between Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah , BJP President JP Nadda and all those who mattered in the RSS . Yet what we saw as a major overhaul of Modi Government’s on July 7 evening at Rashtrapati Bhavan did little to convince if the axing of senior ministers like Ravishankar Prasad and Prakash Javedkar among 12 ministers by itself was enough to signal that decision- making and delivery mechanism of the regime would improve overnight.
Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 7
08 Jul 2021, 02:18 GMT+10
WASHINGTON The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida, has risen to 46 after the search and rescue team discovered 10 more victims in the rubble, local media reported on Wednesday. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members in a private briefing on Wednesday morning that 10 more bodies and additional human remains had been pulled from the site of the collapse. (US-Florida-Building Collapse) - - - - NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet of ministers on Wednesday, inducting some new faces and removing as many as 12, bringing about an all inclusive face of the government.
DNA Special: 36 new faces inducted, seven ministers promoted - Cabinet reshuffle highlights
Cabinet expansion took place on Wednesday, during which a total of 15 leaders took oath as cabinet ministers and 28 leaders as Ministers of State.
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Updated: Jul 8, 2021, 06:52 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done the biggest expansion of his cabinet so far. Overall, 36 new ministers have joined the cabinet this time, 7 old ministers have been promoted and 12 ministers have resigned. The biggest news is the resignation of four big ministers of the country. These include Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
New Delhi, July 7
Midway into his second term, PM Narendra Modi today pressed the reset button by putting together one of the youngest Council of Ministers to steer India past Covid-19 challenges and effect a generational shift in the ranks ahead of forthcoming Assembly and 2024 General Election.
The average age of the new 77-member Council is 58, with 14 ministers now below 50 years of age.
The expectation is that new appointees will be “on their toes” to deliver government’s ambitious agendas across health, education, social justice and economic revival through the mid and post-pandemic periods.
Top among the 12 casualties of the Cabinet revamp today Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal signal PM’s urge to correct the government’s global and domestic image that took a massive hit during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.