<p>Ajay Kumar and Nisith Pramanik took charge as Union Ministers of State for Home at their offices in North Block on Thursday.</p>.<p>Kumar, 60, a Lok Sabha MP from Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, and Pramanik, 35, a Lok Sabha MP from Cooch Behar in West Bengal, were sworn-in as Union Ministers on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/mansukh-mandaviya-ashwini-vaishnaw-anurag-thakur-others-take-charge-of-respective-ministries-1006205.html" target="_blank">Mansukh Mandaviya, Ashwini Vaishnaw, others take charge</a></strong></p>.<p>Senior officials of the Union Home Ministry were present when Kumar and Pramanik took charge.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday had effected a major reshuffle in his government, dropping 12 ministers and bringing 36 new members.</p>.<p>Apart from 15 Cabinet ministers, 28 Ministers of State, comprising new faces and those elevated, were sworn in a ceremony which was held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.</p>
<p>Ajay Kumar and Nisith Pramanik took charge as Union Ministers of State for Home at their offices in North Block on Thursday.</p>.<p>Kumar, 60, a Lok Sabha MP from Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, and Pramanik, 35, a Lok Sabha MP from Cooch Behar in West Bengal, were sworn-in as Union Ministers on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/mansukh-mandaviya-ashwini-vaishnaw-anurag-thakur-others-take-charge-of-respective-ministries-1006205.html" target="_blank">Mansukh Mandaviya, Ashwini Vaishnaw, others take charge</a></strong></p>.<p>Senior officials of the Union Home Ministry were present when Kumar and Pramanik took charge.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday had effected a major reshuffle in his government, dropping 12 ministers and bringing 36 new members.</p>.<p>Apart from 15 Cabinet ministers, 28 Ministers of State, comprising new faces and those elevated, were sworn in a ceremony which was held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.</p>