SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 06 Modi begins with a big bang PM in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy ; and All important policy issues; All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Minister of Home Affairs

Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs

Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Ramvilas Paswan : Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution : Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj : Minister of Law and Justice; Minister Newly sworn-in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center R) poses for a grup photograph with the President of (center L) and regional of Communications; and Minister of leaders after taking the oath of office at the President house in New Delhi Electronics and Information Technology : Minister of Food Processing Industries into one of the largest political tral laws into four codes – wages, Thaawar Chand Gehlot : Minister of Social Justice and Modi preparing organisations in the world & will industrial relations, social secu- • now play a bigger role in build- rity and welfare, and the fourth Empowerment for a slew of ‘big-bang’ ing #NewIndia,” tweeted Shah’s - occupational safety, health and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs economic reforms cabinet colleague . working conditions. ‘Nishank’: Minister of Human Resource in first 100 days Modi replaced around three This should help companies Development dozen ministers and deputy avoid getting embroiled in a : Minister of Tribal Affairs Aim to combine 44 minister from the last admin- series of complicated disputes • istration, bringing in many new with their workers and officials Zubin Irani : Minister of Women and Child central laws into four lawmakers. that involve regulations set by Development; and Minister of Textiles codes – wages, industrial The induction of Jaishankar, a authorities at different levels Dr. Harsh Vardhan : Minister of Health and Family Welfare; China expert, as the new foreign of government and can lead to relations, social security Minister of Science and Technology; minister was seen as a sign that long, drawn-out adjudication in and welfare, and the and Minister of Earth Sciences Modi will put more emphasis various parts of the legal system. fourth - occupational on tricky diplomacy with neigh- The government could also : Minister of Environment, Forest and safety, health and bouring countries in his second offer swathes of land to foreign Climate Change; and Minister of working conditions term. investors from the land banks it Information and Broadcasting Jaishankar, who was the top plans to create from unutilised : Minister of Railways; and Minister of May offer swathes foreign ministry official until They (foreign land controlled by public sector Commerce and Industry • his retirement last year, was an investors) will have enterprises, Kumar said. of land to foreign influential advisor to Modi on “What could be attempted : Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; investors from the reasons to be happy. and Minister of Steel diplomacy during his first five You will see a slew is to build an inventory of gov- land banks it plans years in power. ernment land that can then be : Minister of Minority Affairs. Twenty four cabinet rank min- of reforms I can offered to foreign investors,” assure you of that. : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; The government isters and more than 30 deputy Kumar said. Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines • ministers were sworn in at the We are going to pretty The land parcels could be de- will focus on fully presidential palace on Thursday. much hit the ground signed as clusters catering to a Dr. : Minister of Skill Development and privatising or closing According to a top official at running specific set of investors or indus- Entrepreneurship more than 42 state- the government’s main think trial sectors, Kumar said. Arvind Ganpat Sawant : Minister of Heavy Industries and Public tank, in the first 100 days of RAJIV KUMAR Getting access to some of the Enterprise. controlled companies VICE CHAIRMAN OF NITI AAYOG Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR large amounts of unutilised In- : Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ dian government land would TRANSFORMING INDIA) and Fisheries Agencies | New Delhi, India economic reforms are planned. reduce major risks for foreign The reforms will include companies as there would be a : Minister of Jal Shakti. s he walks into a historic changes in labour laws, priva- lot less risk of legal challenges second term as the Prime tisation moves, and creation of over ownership and develop- Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Minister of India, Nar- land banks for new industrial ment. A lot of the sites they have A 1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar 20. enda Modi yesterday send clear development, said Rajiv Kumar, used in the past was previous- signals of what he intends to do vice chairman of NITI Aayog ly farm land, opening them up 2. 21. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in his next five years with a ma- (National Institute for Trans- to protests and court action by 3. Shripad Yesso Naik 22. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao jor shakeup in his new Cabinet. forming India), who reports di- wlocal communities over land 4. Dr. Jitendra Singh Modi yesterday named his rectly to Modi. rights, the environment and oth- 23. Anurag Singh Thakur trusted aide Amit Shah to the “They (foreign investors) will er issues. 5. 24. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa key home affairs ministry, while have reasons to be happy. You Kumar said the government 6. Prahalad Singh Patel 25. moving Nirmala Sitharaman will see a slew of reforms I can will focus on fully privatising or 7. Raj Kumar Singh from defence to finance ministry assure you of that. We are going closing more than 42 state-con- 26. in a second shock. to pretty much hit the ground trolled companies in the coming 8. 27. V. Muraleedharan Career diplomat S. Jaishankar running,” Kumar said in an in- months. The government is even 9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya 28. Saruta became the foreign minister. terview. ing and for driving new ideas, mulling lifting the foreign direct 10. Faggansingh Kulaste 29. Shah was the president of Modi is chairman of the think was founded four years back investment cap on Air India , Modi’s rightwing Bharatiya Ja- tank. when Modi scrapped the 65-year the loss-making state-owned 11. 30. nata Party and had never served Modi and his Bharatiya Ja - old planning commission, saying flagship carrier, to make it easier 12. 31. as a national minister. He was nata Party (BJP) were last week that India was stifled with Sovi- to sell. 13. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh 32. rewarded for the party’s second declared landslide winners of et-style bureaucracy. Kumar also said that it could landslide victory in the country’s India’s general election with an Kumar said reforms in India’s create an autonomous holding 14. Krishan Pal 33. national election. increased majority in the Lok complicated labour laws will see company that would control all 15. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Shah will now have to pursue Sabha. the light of day as early as the state-owned firms and wouldn’t 16. G. Kishan Reddy Modi’s agenda in security, immi- He was sworn into office for next parliamentary session in be answerable to lots of different gration and other key national his second term on Thursday July, when the government will ministries. This would speed up 17. issues. night. place a new bill before the lower decision making for asset sales, 18. “Congratulations to @Amit- Niti Aayog, which now acts as house for approval. avoiding much of the central 19. Sadhvi Shah ji who transformed BJP the main centre for policy mak- It will aim to combine 44 cen- government’s bureaucracy.