Twenty New Ministers Assume Office in India

In today’s increasingly specialized and cut-throat world, a person needs in-depth knowledge and extensive domain expertise to handle a particular department even in a small company.

But it is highly unfortunate that people with no qualification or expertise in the field are being appointed as ministers in India to manage highly complex domains of governance. That’s why India continues to be a poor, underdeveloped country. ~ Rakesh Raman

Further to the expansion of Council of Ministers and changes in portfolios on Tuesday, 20 Ministers of the Indian government assumed office Wednesday. These are:

Cabinet Ministers:

M. Venkaiah Naidu, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Ananth Kumar, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ministry of Law & Justice

Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Rural Development Ministry

Smriti Zubin Irani, Ministry of Textiles

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Ministers of State:

Vijay Goel, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge)

Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Mines (Independent Charge)

Anil Madhav Dave, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Ministry of Finance

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

S.S. Ahluwalia, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Ramdas Athawale, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Rajen Gohain, Ministry of Railways

Jayant Sinha, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs

Mahendra Nath Pandey, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ajay Tamta, Ministry of Textiles

Anupriya Patel, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

C.R. Chaudhary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

P.P. Chaudhary, Ministry of Law & Justice

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