Current Affairs 27 May 2014

1) Narendra Damodardas Modi took oath as 15thPrime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan and President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and his council of ministers. How many cabinet ministers took oath along with Narendra Modi? – Twenty three (23 cabinet ministers, 10 Ministers of State (MoS) with independent charge and 12 MoS took oath. With this Narendra Modi’s council of ministers presently comprises of 45 ministers)

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2) Arun Jaitley has been given charge of the Finance Ministry. He has been also given additional charge of which important ministry? – Defence Ministry

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3) Ravi Shankar Prasad was given charge of the Law and Justice Ministry. Which other charge was also given to him? – Telecom Ministry

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4) Who is the youngest Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet? – Smriti Zubin Irani, who is 38 years old and was given the important charge of Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD)

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5) Who is the oldest Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet? – Dr. Najma A. Heptullah, who is 74 years old and was given the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs

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6) How many women ministers were inducted in Narendra Modi’s council of Ministers? – Seven (Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharati, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Smriti Zubin Irani, Dr. Najma A. Heptullah and Nirmala Sitaramam. Of these Nirmala Sitaramam was inducted as Minister of State with independent charge while other six were inducted as cabinet ministers)

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7) What is the average age of Narendra Modi’s council of ministers (including him)? – 60 years

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8) Which is the only Muslim to be inducted into Narendra Modi’s council of ministers? – Dr. Najma A. Heptullah (She is a Rajya Sabha member of the BJP)

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9) Which is the only Buddhist to be inducted into Narendra Modi’s council of ministers? – Kiren Rijuju (He has been elected as a Member of Parliament in 16thLok Sabha from Arunachal West constituency of Arunachal Pradesh on BJP ticket)

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10) Following are the portfolios all 23 Cabinet Ministers –

- Rajnath Singh – Home Minster

- Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs

- Arun Jaitley – Finance Corporate Affairs & Defence

- M. Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs

- Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways Shipping

- D.V. Sadananda Gowda – Railways

- Uma Bharati – Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

- Dr. Najma A. Heptullah – Minority Affairs

- Gopinathrao Munde – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation

- Ramvilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

- Kalraj Mishra – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

- Maneka Gandhi – Women and Child Development

- Ananthkumar – Chemicals and Fertilizers

- Ravi Shankar Prasad – Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice

- Ashok Gajapathi Raju – Civil Aviation

- Anant Geete – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

- Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Industries

- Narendra Singh Tomar – Mines & Steel Labour and Employment

- Jual Oram – Tribal Affairs

- Radha Mohan Singh – Agriculture

- Thaawar Chand Gehlot – Social Justice and Empowerment

- Smriti Zubin Irani – Human Resource Development

- Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Health and Family Welfare