Everything you need to know about Modi’s cabinet reshuffle

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Jul 06, 2016 10:47 PM IST

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In the first major rejig since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in May 2014, 19 new faces were inducted in the Union council of ministers and some high-profile portfolios were reshuffled.

In the first major rejig since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in May 2014, 19 new faces were inducted into the Union council of ministers and some high-profile portfolios were reshuffled.

President Pranab Mukherjee, vice-president Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the newly sworn-in ministers at the oath-taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.(PTI)

The new ministers were sworn in on Tuesday by the President at the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan at a ceremony attended by senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Opposition party leaders largely skipped the event.

Here’s a comprehensive list of our coverage of the reshuffle:

Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi’s ministers	CLICK HERE
Win some, lose some: Who gained, who didn’t in Modi ministry reshuffle	CLICK HERE
Irani shifted to textiles ministry, Javadekar is new HRD minister	CLICK HERE
Modi cabinet reshuffle: After a meteoric rise, Smriti Irani suffers a hard fall	CLICK HERE
As it happened: New portfolios after Modi’s cabinet reshuffle	CLICK HERE
Top opposition leaders skip swearing-in of new ministers	CLICK HERE
From MJ Akbar to Athawale: Meet the prominent faces in Modi’s new ministers list	CLICK HERE
Cabinet expansion: Modi promotes Javadekar, inducts 19 ministers, drops 5	CLICK HERE
Top 10 Smriti Irani controversies as HRD minister	CLICK HERE
Cabinet reshuffle: When Modi kept ministers guessing	CLICK HERE
BJP looks for gains as Tamta joins Team Modi	CLICK HERE
With cabinet expansion, Modi performs a balancing act in poll-bound UP	CLICK HERE
Poll concerns: How Modi went from ‘minimum govt’ to jumbo cabinet	CLICK HERE