New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conducted a Massive Ministry Rejig and entrusted technocrats and specialists to ensure effective and faster policy implementation in the field.
Health and pharmacy has been allocated for the same cabinet minister to bring very much needed synergies between the two wings in the middle of a raging pandemic.
New Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, has been in the Covid Core response team for the past year.
He has ensured the flow of drugs that saves life and brings sustainability and direct experience.
The Cabinet Minister is equipped with a junior minister who is a tribe woman and practiced a doctor, and has experience in the field in fighting malnutrition and ensuring clean water in remote areas.
Education is a priority area for the government and a strong team has been implemented to implement a great vision of the PM overhaul the country’s education landscape, which is supported by a globally recognized national education policy.
Academic Minister and Technocrat have also been placed to help launch important initiatives.
When India and the world emerge from the impact of destroying pandemic, different ministers will work together to help direct the economy of a covid induced decline.
It will be supported by the Ministry of Infrastructure such as trains, flights, highways, power, petroleum, urban development.
Rejig also saw the main technological department unified under one minister (science and technology, earth science, space and atomic energy) to ensure coordination and convergence and it also, continued to be directly connected to PM, with the minister also served as a junior minister at PMO.
The Ministry of Drivers Other technology has been entrusted to professionals and technocrats (repairs, communication).
Ashwini Vaishnaw, former IAS officer from the 1994 batch, a M Tech of IIT Kanpur and MBA from Wharton, has been entrusted with important information and the Ministry of Technology along with the train.
The overhaul also sees the ability of ministers suitable with certain service requirements.
Doctors have been placed in the main ministries such as health, ayush, finance, science and technology, WCD and livestock.
Technocrat and professional management are in key shipping portfolios throughout the economy – Finance, Trade and Industry, Textiles, Communication, Electronics and It, Infrastructure – Railways, Flights, Highways, Power, Petroleum, Urban Engineers, Communication, Jal Shakti , new and renewable energy and doner.
Lawyers have been charged in law and justice, company affairs, MEA, labor, environment, defense, MSMEs, and heavy industries.
Academics have been placed in education.
, Tribal affairs are now manned with leaders from 3 key tribes (Munda, Gond, Santhal) and a woman, because it brings an important perspective.
Justice and social empowerment are now led by leaders from 4 major communities in SCS and OBC (Khatik, Mahar, Madigi, NAT) ensuring Indian and women’s voices.
The development of women and children has ministers with field experience working among women and children.
Cabinet Rejig: Bid to ensure faster delivery, synergy
