PM Modi's Cabinet Reshuffle LIVE: Union Cabinet Reshuffle At 6 PM Today, To Be "Youngest-Ever"

PM Modi Cabinet Expansion 2021: Union Cabinet, which can have 81 members, currently has 53 ministers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega cabinet reshuffle, the first in his second term, will be announced today at 6 pm. According to top government sources, the new cabinet will be the youngest ever in India's history.

The average age will be the lowest ever after the revamp, there will be more women ministers and special representation will be given to those who have administrative experience, sources said.

"Overall two dozen OBCs (Other Backward Class) will be represented. The plan is to involve the smaller communities," they said.

BJP leaders Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Narayan Rane, all of whom are being seen as probables for induction as ministers in the Modi government, arrived in the national capital on Tuesday.

Ahead of the expansion, PM Modi's government on Tuesday created a new 'Ministry of Cooperation', looking to provide more heft to the cooperative movement in the country.

The creation of the new ministry indicates the Centre's commitment to community-based developmental partnership, according to release from the Cabinet Secretariat.

The Union Cabinet, which can have 81 members, currently has 53 ministers. This means 28 ministers can be added.

PM Modi is making changes to his cabinet for the first time since he started his second term in 2019.

The expansion is likely to factor in polls in five states next year and the 2024 national election.

Here are the LIVE Updates on PM Modi's Cabinet Reshuffle:

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