In a major reshuffle in the Union Cabinet on Tuesday, Smriti Irani was moved out of the HRD ministry while senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu was given the additional charge of the I&B ministry. Irani will now head the textile ministry while Prakash Javadekar will replace him as the HRD minister. The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari and the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the newly inducted Ministers after a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on July 05, 2016. Newly inducted Anupriya Patel became Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare while MJ Akbar will be MoS External Affairs. Vijay Goel became the new Sports Minister while Ananth Kumar got the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs.

Source: Indian Express July 05, 2016 16:02 UTC