Smriti, Bhupender, Scindia, Sonowal in key panels as government rejigs Cabinet Committees

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament, the government has reconstituted several Cabinet Committees, including that on parliamentary affairs.
Smriti Irani, Bhupendra Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal have been included in the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by Prime Minister Modi.
Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ashwini Vaishnaw has found a place in the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth.
Union ministers Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Thakur will be the new members of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, according to a notification.
There is however, no change in the Cabinet Committee on Security and in the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, which takes call on all important government appointments in the rank of joint secretary and above.

The Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development has also been reconstituted, with ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender Yadav, RCP Singh and G Kishan Reddy as members.
The reshuffling of the Cabinet Committees come close on the heels of a major rejig in the Union Cabinet that saw induction of several new faces as well as change in portfolios.
(With agency inputs)