Tag: Modi 2 0

47.4 per cent respondents said that abrogation of Article 370 is the biggest achievement, while 23.7 per cent feel that the Supreme Court decision on Ram Temple is the biggest achievement.

New Delhi: An all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office has centralised authority in the land in its first innings, now in its second avatar, it has much more to do. It will continue to oversee PM Modi’s hobby horses which revolve around Jan, Aadhar and Mobile or JAM providing direct benefit to the poor and underprivileged at […]

New Delhi: The following are most likely to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet and could be sworn in this evening. 1. Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena , Mumbai South MP 2. Narendra Singh Tomar, Muraina MP, Madhya Pradesh. 3. Subrat Pathak, Kannauj MP 4. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jodhpur MP 5. Sadanad Gowda, […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Modi 2.0 today makes its grand beginning with the big inductions of BJP President Amit Shah and former Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar into the Modi Cabinet, for Odisha it heralds a loss of a Cabinet berth as former tribal minister Jual Oram has not been included in the Council of Ministers, despite […]

New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, it is learnt that several of the top ministers have been given the following portfolios: *PM Modi will be in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; […]

Bhubaneswar: Two political heavyweights from Odisha- Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi have been allotted berths in the second term of the Narendra Modi government. While Pradhan has been awarded a second stint in the Modi Cabinet for his superb governmental and party organisational performance, Sarangi’s induction to the Modi team has come as a […]

New Delhi: The Modi government has rewarded MPs who defeated political heavyweights in their respective parliamentary constituencies with their induction in the Union Council of Ministers. The front-runner for a cabinet berth is Smriti Zubin Irani, who defeated Rahul Gandhi in a closely fought election in Gandhis’ family bastion Amethi, has been inducted as a […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers. Prime Minister: Narendra Modi PM Modi will also be in-charge of the following ministries: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; […]

Bhubaneswar: The portfolio allocations in the Modi 2.0 have witnessed a paradigm shift as some of the weighty ministries saw a change in guard. And the tectonic shift extends very much into the domain of the two sworn-in ministers from Odisha. While Dharmendra Pradhan retained the Petroleum Ministry, the Skill Development & Entrepreneurship ministry has […]

New Delhi: Gen V.K. Singh, who was previously the Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry, has been moved to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the portfolio allocation announced on Friday for the new government. Both the ministerial incumbents in the External Affairs Ministry are new. Former Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar […]

Will there be a big hike announcement for the Central government employees in the Budget? After much hue and cry over the hike in the minimum pay of the CG employees beyond the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission, expectations are high from Modi 2.0. The first Budget of Modi 2.0 is scheduled to be […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the voters for electing a stable government and praised the spirit of the people. Speaking in the Lok Sabha in his reply to the Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to Parliament, Modi said: “After many decades, the country has given a strong […]

In her maiden Budget on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen stressing more on tackling the loopholes in the economy through incremental steps rather than just opting for the announcement route, but the announcement didn’t bring any cheer for the lakhs of Central government employees who were expecting hike in minimum pay beyond the […]

New Delhi: With pressure on the Modi 2.0 government to deliver on poll promises, all the ministries have been directed to create dashboards on key target areas so that citizens are informed of the progress report. Multiple sources in various ministries told IANS that a directive in this regard has come from Cabinet Secretary Pradeep […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked BJP MPs to nurse their constituency by playing a leading role in its development and advised them to take up a cause of human sensitivity like eradication of leprosy or tuberculosis, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters.   First impression is often the last impression, Modi […]