Top Ministers part of 3 Committees
NEW DELHI, June 5: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was constituted today.
The key panel, which deals with issues related to national security and foreign affairs, is headed by the Prime Minister and has the Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance Ministers as its members.
The present CCS, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as its members, sources in the Government said.
The Cabinet Panels are constituted or reconstituted when a new Government takes over or the Cabinet undergoes a reshuffle.
Meanwhile, in a bid to spur investment and create new employment opportunities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up two Cabinet Committees to deal with the two crucial issues.
Government sources said both the panels, respectively on Investment and Growth and on Employment and Skill Development, will be headed by the Prime Minister.
The Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth will have Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Railways and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as its members.
The Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development will include, besides Shah, Sitharaman and Goyal, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Skill Development M N Pandey, Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar and Housing and Urban Development Minister Hardip Puri.
Sources said there is a provision in Transaction of Business Rules to form Cabinet panels on various issues but the Prime Minister had not set up any such panel during his previous term.
During the electioneering of the last Lok Sabha polls, the Opposition has fiercely targeted the Modi Government, accusing it of having failed in keeping up its purported promise of creating two crore jobs per year.
The opposition had also targeted the Government, claiming slow down of economy. (PTI)
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