Prime Minister Forms Two High Level Ministerial Panel to Boost Growth and Employment
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up two Cabinet committees on June 5, 2019 in a move to spur investment and create new employment opportunities.
- Both the two committees namely “Investment and Growth” and “Employment and Skill Development” will be headed by PM Modi.
- Investment and Growth is a 5 member committee with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithataman, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Railways and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as its members.
- Committee on Employment and Skill Development is a 10 member panel with Shah, Sithataman 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 as its members.