Minister of state in the ministry Rajyavardhan Rathore has been given full charge of the I&B ministry.Minister of state for drinking water and sanitation SS Ahluwalia has been moved to the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY). Sources familiar with the decision-making process said there were already two MoS and a full-time minister in Uma Bharati at the relatively small drinking water and sanitation ministry. Alphons Kannanthanam has been relieved of the post of MoS of MeitY to allow him to fully focus on the tourism ministry ahead of Kumbh-2019. Alphons holds independent charge of tourism ministry.Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant on Monday and is likely to require a couple of months of rest. ET had last week reported that a reworked ordinance is expected to come before the cabinet soon.

Source: Economic Times May 14, 2018 16:14 UTC