In a significant start to his third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first official action on Monday was to sign off on releasing the 17th installment of the PM Kisan Nidhi scheme. The allocation of ministerial portfolios for the newly sworn-in ministers in the Modi Cabinet is anticipated to occur today. Additionally, the inaugural cabinet meeting of the newly formed government is expected to convene today.
20:14: PM Narendra Modi called up former President Pratibha Patil, former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda to solicit their blessings as he begins his third term.
20:03: Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya becomes Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Union Cabinet led by PM Modi
20:02: Chirag Paswan to be Minister of Food Processing Industries.
20:01: Kiren Rijiju to be Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs.
20:00: Shivraj Singh Chouhan becomes Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development in the Union Cabinet
20:00: H.D. Kumaraswamy to be Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister of Steel.
19:59: Manohar Lal Khattar to be Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister of Power
19:59: Murlidhar Mohol is now MoS Cooperation and Civil Aviation
19:57: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar retains Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
19:56: Suresh Gopi is the new MoS Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism
19:56: Nirmala Sitharaman to Minister of Finance; also gets Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
19:55: Ram Nath Thakur becomes MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
19:54: Ashwini Vaishnaw to be Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
19:53: Arjun Ram Meghwal becomes Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
19:51: Rajiv Ranjan becomes Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
19:50: Shobha Karandlaje to be MoS in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and MoS in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Bandi Sanjay Kumar to be MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sanjay Seth to be MoS in Ministry of Defence, Ravneet Singh to be MoS in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and MoS in the Ministry of Railways, Raksha Nikhil Khadse to be MoS in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
19:49: G Kishan Reddy gets Ministry of Coal and Mines in Union cabinet led by PM Modi
19:48: Jitin Prasada to be MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ramdas Athawale to be MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Nityanand Rai to be MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Anupriya Patel to be MoS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and MoS in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
19:47: Jayant Chaudhary becomes Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
19:45: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya gets the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
19:44: Jitendra Singh to be MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences Arjun Ram Meghwal to be MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Jayant Chaudhary to be MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
19:43: Jyotiraditya Scindia becomes Minister of Communications and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
19:40: Portfolio for PM Modi-led Union Cabinet announced Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr S Jaishankar Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw retain their ministries
19:38: According to the sources – Ravneet Bittu will serve as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
19: 27: According to the sources – JP Nadda to get charge of health ministry
According to the sources – Dharmendra Pradhan is to get charge of the HRD ministry
According to the sources – CR Patil to get charge of Jal Shakti ministry
19: 25: According to the sources – The Aviation Ministry has been given to TDP’s Rammohan Naidu.
19: 23: According to the sources – Chirag Paswan will serve as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs.
19: 19: According to the sources – C. R. Patil will be the Minister of Jal Shakti.
19: 17: According to the sources – Ashwini Vaishnav will be the minister of the Railway and Information & Broadcasting ministries.
19: 12: According to the sources – Manohar Lal Khattar will be the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs.
19: 10: According to the sources – Jitan Ram Manjhi will be the Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
19:07 : According to the sources – Shivraj Singh Chouhan to be the Agriculture Minister of India.
19: 04: According to the sources – S. Jaishankar will continue as the Minister of External Affairs.
19: 00: According to the sources – Nirmala Sitharaman is to continue as India’s Minister of Finance.
18:58: According to the sources – Amit Shah is to retain as the Minister of Home Affairs (India)
18:55: According to the sources – Rajnath Singh is to continue as India’s Defence Minister
18: 42: According to the sources – Nitin Gadkari retains his portfolio as Minister for Road Transport & Highways. To MoS in the Ministry: Ajay Tamta & Harsh Malhotra
18:30: The Government of India has been implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana since 2015-16, aimed at providing support to eligible rural and urban households for building homes with essential amenities. Over the past decade, a remarkable total of 4.21 Crore houses have been completed under various housing schemes, catering to deserving impoverished families.
All houses constructed through PMAY benefit from additional amenities such as household toilets, LPG connections, electricity, and functional tap connections. These provisions are made possible through collaborative efforts with other schemes of both Central and State Governments.
18: 18: After taking oath as Sikkim CM for the second consecutive time, Prem Singh Tamang says, “I thank the people of Sikkim for giving us a thumping majority. The reason behind our victory is that we fulfilled the promises made in 2019 and did development work in the state.
18:00: Modi govt 3.0 holds first Cabinet meeting
17:03 : Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) takes oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for a second consecutive term.
16:55: Manipur CM N Biren Singh says, “I strongly condemn the dastardly attacks on the security personnel who are carrying out their duties day and night in service of the state and the country. Visited the injured security personnel who are being treated at Shija hospital. They were ambushed on the way to Jiribam by armed miscreants. The assailants will be brought to justice.”
16:45 : In his first address to the officials of PMO, after assuming office of the Prime Minister for the third time, PM Modi says, “10 years ago the image in our country was that PMO is a power centre, a very big power centre and I was not born for power.
15:59: Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s sent to judicial custody for 14 days, by 42nd ACMM Court.
15:28: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, “Under the leadership of PM Modi, the nation will move forward in the third term…I extend my best wishes to PM Modi for taking oath as the Prime Minister…The credit of the victory in Lok Sabha goes to the policies of PM Modi…”
14: 20 : CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, former Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi, and General Secretary Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ji called on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed
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