New Delhi: After the cabinet expansion, the Central Government has now changed the Cabinet Committees and new Ministers have been accommodated. Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupendra Yadav, and Sarbananda Sonowal have been made members of the important Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by PM Narendra Modi.

According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat on Monday night, Union Ministers Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju, and Anurag Singh Thakur have been included in the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. There is no change in the highest body in the country, the Cabinet Committee on Security and the Cabinet Committee on Appointments, which have taken decisions on security matters. The Cabinet Committee on Appointments takes a decision on government appointments to the post of Joint Secretary and above.

The cabinet committee on security members includes PM, Defence Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The Cabinet Committee on Appointments consists of the PM and the Home Minister. Union Ministers Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Ashwini Vaishnav have been included as new members in the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Development headed by the PM.

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