Former union minister Parshottam Rupala welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision of not inducting him in the central cabinet, stating it is the PM's prerogative. Rupala won by a significant margin in Rajkot against Congress's Paresh Dhanani.
Deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney chairs a meeting to review flood-control arrangements in Ludhiana. Emphasis on completing flood-protection works by end of the month with daily monitoring and detailed reports. Instructions given to various departments to tackle flood situations and strengthen flood-prone areas. Evacuation plan discussed for sensitive areas in case of flood.
Besides big four, PM s core team of ministers have also retained their portfolios. Nitin Gadkari (road transport and highways), Piyush Goyal (commerce and industry), Dharmendra Pradhan (education), Sarbananda Sonowal (ports, shipping and waterways), Virendra Kumar (social justice and empowerment), Ashwini Vaishnaw (railways, electronics and information technology), Hardeep Puri (petroleum and natural gas) and Bhupender Yadav (environment, forest and climate change) will continue running the ministries they were handling in the last five years. Some of them have shed additional portfolios that were allocated when others left the council of ministers in the past.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi largely reposed faith in the team from his previous administration, retaining the same Big Four cabinet members who comprise the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) as portfolios were announced on Monday evening.