The swearing-in ceremony of the newly included Himachal Pradesh cabinet ministers is underway at the Raj Bhawan in Shimla. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oaths on Sunday.
The swearing-in-ceremony of the members of the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet will take place on Sunday morning. The ceremony will be held at the Raj Bhawan in Shimla.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Dr Balbir Singh received the responsibility of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a major reshuffle in the government of Punjab on Saturday.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday said the Old Pension Scheme will be implemented at the first Cabinet meeting, while adding that he has handed over a list of ten legislators to the party high command for an expansion of the Cebinet.
"Cabinet expansion will be done soon, I have already conveyed the message to high command and high command will take a decision accordingly soon. I don't know who'll be inducted in the cabinet, the high command will take a decision soon after a meeting," Bommai said.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Balbir Singh is expected to replace Fauja Singh Sarari in the Punjab Cabinet after the latter resigned on Saturday over an extortion controversy.
The plan includes priority projects of AIR and Doordarshan with focus on expansion and strengthening of the FM radio network and mobile TV production facilities amounting to Rs 950 crore which are to be completed on fast-track mode.
The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the "Broadcast Infrastructure Network Development (BIND)" scheme with an outlay of Rs 2,539.61 crore for modernization, upgradation and expansion of All India Radio and Doordarshan for the five-year period ending 2025-26.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the continuation of the Schemes of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, with an outlay of Rs 12882.2 crore, for the balance period of the 15th Finance Commission (2022-23 to 2025-26).