The Narendra Modi-led government has decided to set up two new Cabinet Committees — on Investment & Growth and on Employment & Skill Development.
According to official sources, once approved by President Ram Nath Kovind the committees will be notified. The process to form these two committees was initiated after a high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.
The five-member Committee on Investment & Growth will be headed by the Prime Minister and have Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Transport & MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari and Railway, Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, as members.
Committee on Skill & Development will have Agriculture & Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Petroleum & Natural Gas as well as Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Skill Development Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar and Housing & Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The Committee will also have Shah, Sitharaman and Goyal as members. This committee will also be chaired by the PM.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
