Sitharaman back as Finance Minister; Khattar, Chouhan new entrants

New Delhi: Cabinet Portfolio Announcement : Amit Shah will retain the home portfolio, Rajnath Singh defence, foreign ministry will be retained by S Jaishankar and the finance ministry by Nirmala Sitharaman.

Piyush Goyal will take charge as the Commerce and Industry Minister, for the second time, in the newly-formed Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said on Monday.

Goyal, who won hist first Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North constituency by a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes, took oath as the Cabinet Minister on June 9.

BJP leader from Jharkhand Annapurna Devi has been appointed as the new Women and Child Development Minister as part of the NDA government's third term.

Savitri Thakur is the new minister of state in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, according to an official statement.

BJP worker Pralhad Joshi has been appointed New & Renewable Energy Minister, who replaces RK Singh as he lost the election from the Arrah constituency.

A day after Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister along with his new Cabinet and Council of Ministers, he signed his first file authorising the release of around Rs 20,000 crore to about 9.3 crore farmers. Approving the 17th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, he said: “Ours is a government fully committed to Kisan Kalyan.