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Union minister Smriti Irani (File photo)
NEW DELHI: New inductees in the Union Cabinet like Bhupender Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Narayan Rane have got a leg-up as they have been included in important cabinet committees, which have been reconstituted ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 19.
Union ministers Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Thakur will be new members of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh.
Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sonowal have been included in the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Cabinet Committee on Security is unchanged as its composition remains the same as before. Same is the case with the Appointments Committee, which clears appointments in the rank of joint secretary and above. The two-member Appointments Committee of the Cabinet comprises the Prime Minister and home minister Amit Sha
The government today reconstituted all Cabinet committees, giving a major break to younger ministers.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju have been included in the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, replacing their predecessors Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Cabinet meet today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair meetings of the Cabinet and Council of Ministers on Wednesday
This will be the third meeting of the Council of Ministers the PM will chair in a month
The PM-led Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has been expanded to include newcomers, including Environment and Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani, Ports and Shipping Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh.