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Rajnath, Amit Shah, others discuss 'reallocation' of key central Govt. departments

Rajnath, Amit Shah, others discuss 'reallocation' of key central Govt. departments

New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) In an important deliberation among themselves Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah along with their ministerial colleagues held a meeting here on Saturday to discuss about reallocation of central government departments.
Presided over by Defence Minister Mr Singh, who is number two in the cabinet, the group of ministers and BJP leaders met to workout on the reallocation of central government departments following the creation of new Union Ministries, sources said.
BJP sources said Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh also attended the meeting.
Sources said such 'reallocation' has been necessitated as the government had announced creation of a new 'Jal Shakti' Ministry.
The ministries of Water Resources and Drinking Water and Sanitation was merged in June after the new NDA dispensation took over the reins after the recent elections.
The Modi government in 2017 had merged the Ministries of Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The government also created Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying out of the Agriculture Ministry.
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