Amid intense media gaze, the name\nof Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been added to four more Cabinet\nCommittees on Thursday after initial exclusion from all but two of these\nkey ministerial panels. He was also given a space in two new panels formed\nThursday to spur growth and job creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The redrafting of the committees,\nwithin a span of just 16 hours from the first announcement, appears to be an\nattempt to avoid the media’s glare, which was quick to point out that Singh was\nleft out of the key panels, despite being number two in the government as per\nprotocol. This was in stark contrast to Home Minister Amit Shah’s position, who\nis part of all 10 panels, raising a question over a new pecking order\nin the government with Shah perceived to be the de facto number two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By convention, the person who\ntakes oath right after the prime minister (Singh in this case) is usually\nconsidered the number two in the government, and presides over the Cabinet and\nthe political affairs committee in the absence of the prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the amended composition,\nSingh will also be a part of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs,\nCabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on\nInvestment & Growth as well as Cabinet Committee on Employment &\nSkill Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier among the eight key\nCabinet Committees reconstituted by the Centre, Singh was part of only two\nCommittees ie Cabinet Committee on Security and Cabinet\nCommittee on Economic Affairs. He will now also chair the Cabinet\nCommittee on Parliamentary Affairs. The Cabinet Committee on Political\nAffairs takes all important political decisions in the ruling dispensation.\nSingh headed the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs in the last\ngovernment. The panel takes all decisions pertaining to Parliament\nmatters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home Minister Amit Shah finds\nrepresentation in all of them while Prime Minister is on-board six committees\nbarring Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and Cabinet\nCommittee on Accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lone Cabinet\nCommittee having only Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah on board\nis Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala\nSitharaman, has been roped-in for six committees ie Cabinet\nCommittee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,\nCabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political\nAffairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet Committee on\nInvestment and Growth, on Employment & Skill Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Union Minister of Road Transport\nand Highways, Nitin Gadkari, is in Cabinet Committee on Accommodation,\nCabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political\nAffairs, Cabinet Committee on Investment & Growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister of State (Independent\nCharge) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel,\nDharmendra Pradhan is in Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and Cabinet\nCommittee on Employment & Skill Development. While Piyush Goyal,\nMinister of Railways and Minister of Commerce & Industry is on-board five\ncommittees ie Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill\nDevelopment, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth, Cabinet Committee on\nPolitical Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and Cabinet\nCommittee on Accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interestingly, Smriti Zubin Irani,\nMinister of Women & Child Development and Textiles has found a place among\nSpecial Invitees in the Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill\nDevelopment but has not found a place as a member in any of the eight\nCommittees. The eight committees which have been reconstituted include –\nAppointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation,\nCabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on\nParliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet\nCommittee on Security, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth,\nCabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development.\n\nNarendra Modi-led NDA\nstormed back into power for a second term at the Centre after bagging 353 seats\nin the 543-member Lower House of the Parliament. Members of the new Cabinet\ntook oath on 30 May and were assigned their respective portfolios the next day.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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