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First Union Cabinet meeting in person in more than a year was chaired by PM Modi

With the Monsoon session of Parliament next door, the primary in-individual assembly of the Union Cabinet become held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's legitimate residence on Wednesday.


The Union Cabinet held its first bodily assembly in over a yr today.



Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first assembly with the Council of Ministers genuinely after the Union Cabinet reshuffle on July 7.


A day after the enlargement of the Union Cabinet, the Prime Minister had again-to-returned meetings with the union cupboard and council of ministers on Thursday.


In the meeting, resources had said that Prime Minister had counseled Ministers in opposition to any complacency within the fight in opposition to COVID-19, saying that over the past few days there had been photos and movies of crowded locations and those roaming approximately without mask or social distancing and "it must instil a sense of worry in us".


The sources said that the Prime Minister noted that humans now not following COVID-19 protocols became not a "quality sight".


Today's meeting comes days after the Cabinet Committees were reconstituted with the aid of the Central Government on Monday.


Ministers consisting of Bhupender Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal, Mansukh Mandaviya, Giriraj Singh and Smiriti Irani had been named in the all-crucial Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA).


The CCPA also includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.


The CCPA is one of the most crucial committees that take choices on political strategy.


In the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Information and Broadcasting and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur were covered as contributors for the first time, together with Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda.


While Rijiju takes the vicinity of Ravi Shankar Prasad, Thakur has replaced Prakash Javadekar in this committee. Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar has also been covered in location of Thawarchand Gehlot, who has these days taken rate as Karnataka Governor.


The Committee additionally consists of Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Arjun Munda, Pralhad Joshi, Kiren Rijiju, and Anurag Singh Thakur.


Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, and V. Muraleedharan have been protected as unique invitees to this committee.


Another key inclusion is that of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth.


Other contributors of the committee are Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Narayan Tatu Rane, and Ashwini Vaishnaw.


The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, and Dharmendra Pradhan.


The Cabinet Committee on Accommodation consists of Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, and Hardeep Singh Puri.


In 2019, the reconstitution of numerous Parliamentary committees had brought about controversy after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh became overlooked of key CCPA. Later the government had to amend the composition of CCPA to consist of Singh in the key selection-making frame.


The Monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin from July 19 and could finish on August thirteen.

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