4 ministers promoted to cabinet level, Additional portfolio allotment in Goa in this week

03 Sep 2017 08:48 PM

Nine new ministers took oath as ministers in the Narendra Modi led NDA government. Four ministers - Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - were elevated to the cabinet level.



In Goa also, the additional portfolios will be allotted to the ministers in the coming week.

 After Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar resigned as the defence Minister and came back to Goa, the portfolio was handled as additional charge by Finance Minister Arun jaitley. Nirmala Sitharaman became the second lady defence minister however the first “full-time” lady Defence Minister of India.  

After resignation of Suresh Prabhu as Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal has got the portfolio of handling the Indian Railways. Suresh Prabhu has now taken charge as Minister of Commerce & Industries.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is now given additional charge of the Skill Development Ministry.

  Goa too will see a allotment of additional portfolios soon. This is what Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had told media recently.


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