Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs announced; check list of members

The formation of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, which undertakes an in-depth examination of economic policies and collectively decides on new proposals, was announced by the central government late on Wednesday, July 3.

The panel is constituted at an interval of five years each, following the conclusion of the general elections. It is chaired by the Prime Minister of India, includes the finance minister and other key ministers selected by the government.

The committee, for the third straight time, will be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who won a third term to power in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. It also includes Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been retained as the finance minister.

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In contrast to the two previous Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the latest panel also includes the allies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). H D Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) and Rajiv Ranjan Singh of the Janata Dal (United) have been included. In all, the committee comprises of 11 members.

List of members in Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

• Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
• Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence.
• Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
• Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways -Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
• Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
• H D Kumaraswamy, Minister of Heavy lndustries; and Minister of Steel
• Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and lndustry
• Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education
• Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

In addition to the panel on economic affairs, the formation of committees related to security, parliamentary affairs, political affairs, investment and growth, and skill, livelihood and employment were also announced on July 3.