On July 7, 43 ministers took the oath of office in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the major cabinet reshuffle by the Narendra Modi-led government. The meeting with the new Union Cabinet took place virtually on Thursday i.e. July 8.
7:06 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
Tomar calls on the end of the protests led by farm unions while saying that the government is ready for talks. Mandaviya offers no comments on people trolling him for his old tweets.
6:59 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
Mandaviya says a provision for additional 20,000 ICU beds of which 20 per cent will be hybrid i.e. for children and adults has been made. The government will make a storage capacity of 10,000-litre for oxygen in every district. He adds, “Nine months is the maximum. We hope to implement it in a shorter time.” The states will have to implement as well.
6:52 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
He informs that the second package of over ₹23,000 crores has been brought up for the prevention of the difficulties faced in the second wave from happening again. ₹15,000 crores will be allocated by the Centre and the remaining by the states.
6:50 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
The new Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya the ₹15,000 crore package, which was given in April 2020 as an emergency response was used well and the dedicated COVID-19 hospitals were increased from 163 to 4,389.
6:49 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
The Agriculture Minister continues with “telling” the friends from the farmer’s movement that the Centre has worked to fulfil Budget promises, ₹1 lakh crore fund allocated under Atmanirbhar Bharat to Farmers Infrastructure Fund can be used by APMCS while stating that the implementation of new farm laws will have APMCS strengthened and that it would not be finished.
6:43 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
The Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar says The Coconut Development Board will consist of a chairperson from the farming community and the states of Andhra Pradesh as well as Gujarat will be represented.
6:40 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
Anurag Singh Thakur informs that the Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979 to bring in “professionalism” as well as a second package for emergency response systems preparedness.
6:37 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
After the first meeting of the new Cabinet formed by the Narendra Modi-led government, Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Narendra Singh Tomar and Mansukh Mandaviya start to address a press briefing.
6:12 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Narendra Singh Tomar and Mansukh Mandaviya to lead a cabinet briefing shortly.
5:52 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
A press briefing will be conducted at 6 pm after the first meeting of the new Union Cabinet.
5:43 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
The meeting of the new Union Cabinet will be followed by a Council of Ministers meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi.
5:15 pm (IST) July 8, 2021
The meeting of the new Union Cabinet begins virtually.
