The newly appointed ministers of the new government began their first Cabinet meeting at South Block on Friday. The meeting begins, key decisions awaited.The Union Cabinet for the 17th Lok Sabha consists of 24 ministers, nine Ministers of state (MoS) with independent charge and 24 MoS. PM Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were seen arriving at the South Block shortly before the meeting.
Our Government’s first decision dedicated to those who protect India! Major changes approved in PM’s Scholarship Scheme under the National Defence Fund including enhanced scholarships for wards of police personnel martyred in terror or Maoist attacks.
At the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block, PM Narendra Modi pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel.
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Prime Minister has approved the following changes: Ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is extended to the wards of State Police officials who are/were martyred during terror/naxal attacks. The quota of new scholarships for wards of state police officials will be 500 in a year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the following changes: Rates of scholarship have been increased from Rs. 2000 per month to Rs. 2500 per month for boys and from Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls.
First decision of PM Narendra Modi on assuming his office is approval to a major change in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund.
A day after being sworn-in, the ministers were allocated portfolios on Friday morning. While Amit Shah emerged as the most significant face of the new government as Home Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman was made the Finance Minister and Rajnath Singh the Defence Minister. Former Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar has been made External Affairs Minister after his predecessor Sushma Swaraj opted out of Modi 2.0 Cabinet.