Jyotiraditya Scindia takes on new role and responsibility at the Steel Ministry
Currently, Scindia is in charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The 51-year-old MP is the third steel minister in the current Modi administration and represents Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha.
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On Thursday, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, a union minister, took on the additional responsibility of the steel ministry.
Currently, Scindia is in charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The third steel minister in the current Modi administration is the 51-year-old MP who serves as Madhya Pradesh’s representative in the Rajya Sabha.
He removed his shoes and set a Ganesha statue on the desk of his office in Udyog Bhawan before taking a seat.
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In the presence of key ministry officials, including Steel Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh, he assumed leadership.
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, who resigned from the position on Wednesday, one day before the end of his Rajya Sabha tenure, is succeeded by him.
On July 8 of last year, Singh, a former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha member, took over for Dharmendra Pradhan, who in a Cabinet shuffle was given the ministries of education and skill development and entrepreneurship.
President Ram Nath Kovind instructed that Minister of Civil Aviation Scindia be given additional responsibility for the Ministry of Steel on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, according to an official statement.