Sitharaman, who was holding the Commerce portfolio (Independent charge), was promoted to the Cabinet rank as were Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavrdhan Rathore too gained after the rejig and got the Sports portfolio (independent charge). Santosh Kumar Gangwar too gained and got the Labour and Employment Ministry with independent charge. Among others, Giriraj Singh got the Independent charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He retains the Culture Ministry (independent charge) and will also work as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Source: dna September 03, 2017 17:01 UTC