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Modi 3.0: Cabinet likely to hold first meeting on June 10 evening

Modi 3.0: With leaders from NDA allies sworn in, all eyes on portfolio allotment

Modi 3.0: PM signs file on farmer welfare after taking charge

Modi govt 3.0 can usher in next phase of reforms towards Viksit Bharat: India Inc

PM Modi tweets about 17th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

"Our government is committed to making the lives of our farmer brothers and sisters across the country easier. It is a matter of good fortune for me that after assuming office as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time, I have got the opportunity to do my first work for them. Under this, I signed the file related to the 17th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, which will benefit more than 9 crore of my farmers of the country. In the coming times, we will continue to work for the welfare of farmers and the upliftment of the agriculture sector," said Modi.

Jairam Ramesh criticises delayed release of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

Congress' Jairam Ramesh in a long tweet, calling Modi "Ek Tihai Pradhan Mantri", criticised the delayed release of the PM Kisan Samman Niddhi. He wrote, "...(Modi) has made a great show of signing his first file upon taking office – the granting of the 17th installment of the PM Kisan Nidhi funds.

Aap chronology samajhiye:

• The 16th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi was due in January 2024, but was delayed by a month for the PM’s electoral calculus

• The 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi was due in April/May 2024, but was delayed by the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.

The 'Ek Tihai' Pradhan Mantri has done nobody a great favour by signing this file: these are legitimate entitlements due to farmers according to his Government’s own policy.

He has made a habit of converting routine administrative decisions into some great bonanza that he is bestowing upon the people. Clearly, he still thinks of himself as not biological, but divine.

If he was genuinely concerned about farmer welfare, here are the five things he would do:

1.⁠ ⁠Sahi Daam: Legal status to MSP, according to the Swaminathan Commission’s formula

2.⁠ ⁠Karz Mukti: There will be a farm loan waiver, and a Permanent Commission will be set up to effectively implement it

3.⁠ ⁠Beema Bhugtan ka Seedha Transfer: Guaranteed insurance payment straight to the bank account within 30 days of crop loss

4.⁠ ⁠Uchit Aayat-Niryaat Neeti: Farmers will be consulted to set up a new import-export policy

5.⁠ ⁠GST-mukt Kheti: No more GST on essential inputs for farming

Almost 24 hours after being sworn in the 'Ek Tihai' Pradhan Mantri is yet to allocate portfolios. Already jittery!

Jairam Ramesh on X

'Grossly incorrect': Suresh Gopi denies resigning from Modi 3.0 Council of Ministers

TDP eyeing infrastructure-related ministries in PM Modi cabinet: Andhra MP T Krishna Prasad

Karnataka Cong leader takes dig at NDA for not inducting any BCs/Dalit MP in Cabinet from State

"It looks like they (BJP/NDA) don't want backward classes and Dalit communities. Several people from such communities have been elected to the state from that party," Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru.

'First time he is running a coalition government': Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said, "He (PM Modi) is forming the government for the third time but for the first time he is running a coalition government. When he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, there was no coalition... when he was the Prime Minister for 10 years, there was no coalition. This is the first time that he is running a coalition government... In the last 5 years, he did everything that he had been promising for years, whether it was Article 370, or Ram Mandir, but even after doing all this, his seats decreased instead of increasing... Those who were talking about crossing 400 could not even cross 300..."

'PMO should be people's PMO & it cannot be Modi's PMO': PM dials down on 'Modi sarkar' rhetoric in maiden speech to PMO officials

In his first address to the officials of PMO, after assuming office of the Prime Minister for the third time, PM Modi says, "10 years ago the image in our country was that PMO is a power centre, a very big power centre and I was not born for power. I do not think of acquiring power. For me, it is neither my wish nor my path that PMO should become a power centre. The steps we have taken since 2014, we have tried to develop it as a catalytic agent...PMO should be people's PMO & it cannot be Modi's PMO..."

"When it comes to the Government, it is not just Modi alone, thousands of minds that are connected to him, thousands of brains that are working on this, thousands of arms that are working on this - as a result of this grand form, even the common man gets to meet its capabilities..."

He added, "...Together we have just one goal -Nation First; just one intention - 2047 Viksit Bharat. I have said this publically, Mera Pal Pal Desh Ke Naam Hai. I have also promised the country - 24/7 for 2047. I have such expectations from the team..."

Warning of hard-working days ahead, he said, "We are not those people for whom office starts at this time and ends at this time. We are not those people, we are not bound by time, we have no limits to our thinking, and we have no criteria for our efforts. Those who are beyond this are my team and the country trusts that team."

If the world is at a stage beyond which there is nothing else, we have to be there. We have to take our country where nobody else reached...

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PM Modi hints at converting 'Modi wave' into something more 'stable'

PM Modi waxed eloquent about 'unstable' desires, saying, "You will meet a lot of people in your real life if you talk to people who belong to teenage groups — if for some time cricket season is going on, he feels like becoming a good cricketer. If a good movie becomes very popular then he feels that this field is good, and I should become an actor. At the same time, the Chandrayaan incident happened, so he felt that this field was very good and that he should become a scientist..."

He then subtly hinted at his ambitions over the next 5 years of his term, stating, "Most of the people are those whose desires are unstable. And when the desire is unstable, then the common man calls it a wave...But when the desire becomes stable and it attains stability for a long time, then the desire passes through a process which turns into a resolution...Desire plus stability is equal to resolution, and resolution plus hard work is equal to success..."

PM highlights '3 things' as important to Modi 3.0 govt: Clarity of Thoughts, Faith in Conviction & Character to Act

In his first address to the officials of PMO, after assuming office of the Prime Minister for the third time, PM Modi said, "When we work, 3 things are very essential, and if we have these 3 things, then I don't believe that failure will be seen anywhere. And when I say 3 things- Clarity of Thoughts, as far as the government is concerned, I believe that there is no confusion. It knows it has to go this way and it has to be achieved. Such clarity of thought is the first requirement for the success of any work. Faith in Conviction- whatever I am listening to, whatever I am being told, I should not have disbelief in it... Faith in conviction, which I have heard, and experienced says that yes, my thoughts do not match. But this is the path, so let's go ahead, but even this is not enough...Character to Act- I have to mould my personality in such a way. I have to prioritize and devote myself to making the most of my time on that work..."

He aded, "A successful person is the one whose inner student never dies. Many people have asked me this question in this election and for the last 30 years, I am asked where do I get so much energy...The secret of my energy is that I keep the inner student alive throughout and the person who keeps the student alive within him is never powerless, never weak and never lazy. He is always full of energy."

PMO officials listen to PM Modi's speech

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The first Cabinet meeting of the newly-formed NDA government is underway at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi

The cabinet meeting at PM Narendra Modi's residence has commenced amid continued suspense over the portfolio distribution.

Modi tweets his congratulations to SKM chief Prem Singh Tamang as he takes oath as the Sikkim CM

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with his family, offered prayers at Jhandewalan Temple earlier today

Union Cabinet approves govt assistance for constructing 3 crore rural, urban houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

It has been decided in the Union Cabinet meeting today to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses, to meet the housing requirements arising out of the increase in the number of eligible families.

Under PMAY, a total of 4.21 crore houses have been completed for eligible poor families under the housing schemes in the last 10 years. All the houses constructed under PMAY are provided with basic amenities such as household toilets, LPG, electricity, and functional household taps through convergence with other schemes of central Government and state governments.

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Shiv Sena deserved Cabinet berth: Shiv Sena MP Barne

Shrirang Barne, an MP of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, on Monday expressed disappointment over the party not getting a Cabinet berth in the newly-formed Narendra Modi-led government and alleged partiality.

However, Shiv Sena Party Leader in Lok Sabha, Shrikant Shinde, clarified that the party was supporting the government unconditionally and no bargaining or negotiation for power was involved.

Nitin Gadkari retains Road, Transport & Highways ministry; Harsh Malhotra and Dalit MP Ajay Tamta appointed MoS for ministry: Reports

After Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Uddhav camp is next to take swipe at Modi 3.0 govt's 'portfolio suspense'

Priyanka Chaturvedi is the Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena (UBT), currently serving as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.

Manohar Lal Khattar gets Power and Urban Affairs ministry; Shivraj Singh gets Agriculture and Rural Development ministries; Jitan Manjhi gets MSME

Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitharaman retains Home and Finance ministries, respectively

Former Railways Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw gets Information & Broadcasting portfolio

Dharmendra Pradhan retains education ministry

Rajnath Singh retains Defence Ministry

Ram Mohan Naidu is new civil aviation minister

WHO GOT WHAT: List of Modi 3.0 Cabinet Ministers

Home Ministry — Amit Shah

Defence Ministry — Rajnath Singh

External Affairs Ministry — Dr S Jaishankar

Finance — Nirmala Sitharaman

Agriculture and Rural Development — Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways — Nitin Gadkari

Housing & Urban Affairs and Power & New Energy — Manohar Lal Khattar

Commerce Ministry — Piyush Goyal

Petroleum & Natural Gas — Hardeep Singh Puri

Railways and Information & Broadcasting — Ashwini Vaishnav

Education Ministry — Dharmendra Pradhan

Health Ministry — JP Nadda

Women and Child Development — Annapurna Devi

Coal and Mines — G. Kishan Reddy

Labour & Sports — Mansukh Mandaviya

Environment Ministry — Bhupendra Yadav

Civil Aviation — Ram Mohan Yadav

Parliamentary Affairs & Minority Affairs — Kiren Rijiju

MSME — Jitan Ram Manjhi

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways — Sarbananda Sonowal

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports & Food Processing Industries — Chirag Paswan

Telecom Ministry and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region — Jyotiraditya Scindia 

Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel - H. D. Kumaraswamy

Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying - Lalan Singh

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment - Dr. Virendra Kumar

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution & New and Renewable Energy - Pralhad Joshi

Tribal Affairs - Jual Oram

Textiles - Giriraj Singh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Bhupendra Yadav

Culture & Tourism ministries - Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Ministry of Jal Shakti — C R Patil

PM Modi picks Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space for himself

The prime minister has also decided to take charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, a portfolio that affects a significant chunk of India's population in terms of government jobs and pensions.

List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation — Rao Inderjit Singh

MoS for Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Atomic Energy; Space, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences —Dr. Jitendra Singh

Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs — Arjun Ram Meghwal

Ayush and Health and Family Welfare — Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Education — Jayant Chaudhary

List of Ministers of State (MoS)

Jitin Prasada - Commerce and Industry; Electronics and Information Technology.

Shripad Yesso Naik - Power; New and Renewable Energy

Pankaj Chaudhary - Finance.

Krishan Pal - Ministry of Co-operation.

Ramdas Athawale - Social Justice and Empowerment

Ram Nath Thakur - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Nityanand Rai - Home Affairs.

Anupriya Patel - Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers.

V. Somanna - Jal Shakti; Railways

Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani - Rural Development; Communications

Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel - Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Panchayati Raj

Sobha Karandlaje - MSME and Labour and Employment.

Kirtivardhan Singh - Environment, Forest and Climate Change; External Affairs.

B. L. Verma - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Social Justice and Empowerment

Shantanu Thakur - Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

Suresh Gopi - Petroleum and Natural Gas; Ministry of Tourism.

Dr. L. Murugan - Information and Broadcasting; Parliamentary Affairs.

Ajay Tamta - Road Transport and Highways

Bandi Sanjay Kumar - Home Affairs.

Kamlesh Paswan - Rural Development.

Bhagirath Choudhary - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Satish Chandra Dubey - Coal; and Mines.

Sanjay Seth - Defence

Ravneet Singh - Food Processing Industries; and Railways.

Durgadas Uikey - Tribal Affairs.

Raksha Nikhil Khadse - Youth Affairs and Sports.

Sukanta Majumdar - Education; and Development of North Eastern Region

Savitri Thakur - Women and Child Development

Tokhan Sahu - Housing and Urban Affairs

Raj Bhushan Choudhary - Jal Shakti

Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma - Heavy Industries; and Steel.

Harsh Malhotra - Corporate Affairs; and Road Transport and Highways

Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Murlidhar Mohol - Ministry of Co-operation; and Civil Aviation

George Kurian - Minority Affairs; and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Pabitra Margherita - External Affairs; and Textiles.

PM Modi calls former PMs Manmohan Singh and Deve Gowda to seek their 'blessings'

PM Modi also called up former president Pratibha Patil in addition to former prime ministers Dr Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda to seek their blessings as he begins his third term.

'Will continue to take forward the work': Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan

“Work is being done in the fields of agriculture and (farmer) welfare under PM Modi’s leadership for the past 10 years. Rural empowerment work is also being carried out rapidly. We have presented our roadmap in the ‘Sankalp Patra’ and we will continue to take forward the work”, says Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

'Honored to be appointed as the Minister of External Affairs': Jaishankar

'He (Modi) became the PM because of Bihar but the ministries given to Bihar’s leaders shows that they have been short-changed': RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

'Our farmers will not get the right price of their products unless we setup processing units in the nation': Union Minister of Food Processing, Chirag Paswan

"I have been given the responsibility of a ministry about which I have always talked about in my vision document. In my 'Bihar First, Bihari First' vision, I have always said that our farmers will not get the right price of their products unless we setup processing units in the nation. Our nation is an agriculture-based country and that's why it is important for us to do the right processing, packaging and manufacturing of the products of farmers," says Union Minister Chirag Paswan

'NDA partners obviously don’t have much sway in the corridors of power': Omar Abdullah

Taking a swipe at BJP retaining all the key portfolios like Defense; Finance; Home Affairs; External Affairs; Roads, Transport and Highways; Space and Atomic Energy, NC leader Omar Abdullah said, "For all the talk about the NDA partners pressing for their fair share in the Modi 3.0 ministry, they obviously don’t have much sway in the corridors of power. The portfolios given to the allies are the leftovers because the BJP hasn’t left anything meaningful for them. You can bet your bottom dollar the post of Speaker Lok Sabha will stay with the BJP as well."

'Modi 3.O is steadfastly committed to the welfare of the people': J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers

'A boost for ‘Ease of Living’ and dignity for crores of Indians!': PM Modi on X

PM Modi took to social media platform X and tweeted, "A boost for ‘Ease of Living’ and dignity for crores of Indians! The Cabinet has decided to further expand the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and construct 3 crore additional rural and urban houses. This decision underscores the government's commitment to addressing the housing needs of our nation and ensuring that every citizen leads a better quality of life. The expansion of PMAY also highlights our government's commitment to inclusive growth and social welfare."

'Safeguarding India’s border will remain our topmost priority': Rajnath Singh

'May the almighty’s blessings always be on him. May he lead India to greater glory': Former PM Deve Gowda to PM Modi

Finance Ministry announces release of ₹1,39,750 crore to states as 'additional installment of tax devolution'

Finance Ministry has announced the release of an additional installment of tax devolution to states for June 2024, in a move to support state finances and spur economic development. The total amount released to states for June now stands at ₹1,39,750 crore.

PM Modi govt has three Cabinet ministers from South, two MoS from Kerala