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India: Hardeep Singh Puri takes charge as the New Petroleum Minister

Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, has got additional charge of the petroleum ministry.

 

He previously served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. Puri is a member of parliament in the upper house, Rajya Sabha since January 2018. He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013. He joined BJP in 2014.

 

The Modi 2.0 Cabinet saw the induction of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Anupriya Patel and Ajay Bhatt as Union ministers. The Cabinet reshuffle also witnessed the induction of 13 lawyers, 6 doctors, 7 former civil servants and 5 engineers into the Council.

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