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Best of BS Opinion: Real winners of reshuffle, message in a bottle & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday

From Anupriya Patel to Bharati Pawar, meet newly inducted women ministers

In the 7 July Cabinet reshuffle, seven women ministers were inducted

Consider the evidence: Moment of relief for Shivraj Singh Chouhan

There was speculation of a leadership change in the state, with Home Minister Narottam Mishra emerging as the main challenger to Chouhan

Diminished role for commerce ministry in export promotion may continue

With the Commerce Minister holding the additional charge of the Textiles Ministry, it is likely that more funds will be diverted to encourage exports of labour intensive textiles.

Shah meets cooperative sector honchos before taking charge of Ministry

Shah's meeting took place three days after he was given additional charge of newly created Ministry of Cooperation by Prime Minister Modi

Following PM's advice, newly-inducted ministers meet their predecessors

As many as 43 leaders took oath on Wednesday in the first Union Cabinet reshuffle and expansion after Prime Minister Modi returned to power for a second term in May 2019.

Committed to creating linkages between skilling, employment: Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday assumed charge of the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry and said he is committed to creating linkages between skilling and employment. "We are committed to strengthen the skilling efforts of the ministry and equipping the youth with necessary skills to prepare them for Future of Work, and creating linkages between skilling and employment," he said. Rajeev Chandrasekhar also took charge as the Minister of State in the ministry.

New railway minister takes charge, directs officials to work in 2 shifts

Bureaucrat-entrepreneur-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnaw took charge as the country's new railway minister on Thursday

Man for all reasons: Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of Railways, Comms & IT

From trusted bureaucrat, to Wharton, MNC executive to businessman, and now politician, the man in charge of two weighty ministries is a unique all-rounder with specialist knowledge

Cabinet expansion cannot cover up govt's wrong policies: Mayawati

In a major overhaul, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted several new members in his cabinet and dropped 12 ministers

Cabinet Reshuffle LIVE: Anurag Thakur takes charge as new I&B minisiter

Modi Cabinet Reshuffle LIVE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is now the new head of the newly formed Ministry of Cooperation. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

Best of BS Opinion: Oil on the boil, the Muslim question, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

Modi Cabinet 2.0, with 77 ministers, is all about politics and governance

Mandavia gets Health portfolio; Scindia gets aviation; Puri gets additional charge of petroleum

Team Modi 2.0: 15 ministers inducted into Cabinet, 28 sworn-in as MoS

This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019

Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of Modi govt ministers, and their portfolios

Among key changes in the reshuffle, Mansukh Mandaviya has become Union health minister, and Jyotiraditya Scindia civil aviation minister. Here's how the full list of ministers in the Modi Cabinet

Massive overhaul

Cabinet reshuffle signals govt's willingness to improve performance

Modi 2.0's first Cabinet reshuffle: Here's the complete list of ministers

Average age of new council of ministers reduces to 58 years from 61 years

Nisith Pramanik (35), the Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Cooch Behar, is the youngest minister to be sworn in, while the oldest member in the council of ministers is 72-year-old Som Parkash.

PM Modi rejigs Cabinet; Sonowal, Scindia brought in; 12 ministers exit

Effecting a big reset, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia as Cabinet ministers while dropping as many as 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar. As many as 15 Cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn-in at the swearing in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. While 13 members took oath in Hindi, two took in English. Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP and a former Maharashtra chief minister, was the first to take oath. After Rane, Sonowal, former Assam chief minister, took oath in English. The 58-year-old leader has earlier served as Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Sports and Youth Affairs under Prime Minister Modi Congress-turned-BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, also took oath as a Cabinet ..

Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of 43 ministers likely to take oath today

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bhupender Yadav, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Anurag Thakur are among the ministers who will take the oath