AMIT SHAH

July 16, 2024 6:31 PM

Amit Shah highlights OBC welfare initiatives in Haryana

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday addressed the ‘Pichhda Varg Samman Sammelan’ in Mahendragarh, Haryana . He highlighted significant steps taken by the Haryana government for the welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The event was attended by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Rao Inderjit Singh, and Krishan Pal Gurjar. Shah announced three key decisions by the Haryana Cabinet: increasing the creamy layer limit for OBCs from ₹6 lakh to...

July 4, 2024 10:38 PM

Amit Shah to launch nano-fertilizer subsidy scheme for farmers in Gujarat

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah is set to launch a significant agricultural initiative in Gujarat on July 6. The scheme will provide 50 percent assistance to farmers for the purchase of nano-fertilizers under the government's AGR-2 Scheme for the financial year 2024-25. Shah will unveil this program during the 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' conference in Gandhinagar, coinciding with the 102nd International Day of Cooperatives. The Ministry of Cooperation announced that Shah wil...

June 24, 2024 12:52 PM

PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, take oath as Members of Parliament

As the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday, various prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, took oaths as Members of Parliament. Union Ministers G. Kishan Reddy, Chirag Paswan, Kiren Rijiju, Nitin Gadkari, and Mansukh Mandaviya took oaths as members of the 18th Lok Sabha, amongst others. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Giriraj Singh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh...

June 23, 2024 3:10 PM

Amit Shah chairs meeting to review preparedness for flood management in country

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review overall preparedness for flood management in the country. Union Minister of Jai Shakti, C R Patil, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, Secretaries of Ministries/ Departments of Home Affairs; Water Resources, River Development & River Rejuvenation; Earth Sciences; Environment, Forests & Climate Change; Road Transport & Highways; Chairman, Railway Board; Member &am...

June 22, 2024 1:21 AM

Home minister Shah inaugurates 30 smart schools in Ahmedabad under NEP 2020

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, today e-inaugurated 30 smart schools in Ahmedabad, marking a significant step in implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The event, attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other dignitaries, represents a Rs 36 crore investment by the Ahmedabad Municipal School Board. The smart schools, distributed across various assembly constituencies in Ahmedabad, are expected to benefit over 10,000 children. Shah highlighted...

June 16, 2024 8:59 AM

Amit Shah to chair high-level meeting to review J-K security situation today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) and preparedness for the Amarnath Yatra. Earlier, Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a high-level meeting with senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here in the national capital on Friday and directed to call another detailed meeting on June 16 over the issue. Shah conducted the meeting in the wake of recent terrorist...

June 11, 2024 4:55 PM

Amit Shah takes charge as Union Home Minister for second consecutive term

Senior BJP leader Amit Shah took charge as the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation on Tuesday, marking his second consecutive term at the helm of the crucial Home Ministry. Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reposing his trust, Shah said in a post on X, "Gratitude to PM Shri @narendramodiJi for reposing trust and reassigning me the roles of Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation." "In Modi 3.0, the MHA will continue to accelerate and strengthen...

June 9, 2024 8:27 PM

Union Ministers Take Oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan

In a grand ceremony held at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the third consecutive time. Following his oath, several key leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were inducted into the Union Cabinet by President Draupadi Murmu. Amit Shah Amit Anilchandra Shah, the second minister to be sworn in after Rajnath Singh, took his oath as a Union Cabinet Minister. The 59-year-old BJP leader and key strategist, who served as...

June 5, 2024 4:03 PM

Union Cabinet to meet today, both NDA and INDIA bloc to strategise after results

The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet on Wednesday, a day after the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Prime Minister, on Tuesday evening, said the NDA would form the next government. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc are set to hold meetings on Wednesday to chalk out strategies for future courses of political action. By posting the result of votes polled in Beed constituency in Mahrashtra on the Election Commission websit...

June 5, 2024 9:19 AM

Lok Sabha Results 2024: NDA secures absolute majority with BJP emerging single largest party with 240 seats

The BJP- led NDA has secured absolute majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by winning 292 seats. Results of all 543 Lok Sabha seats have been declared. The BJP alone has won 240 seats. Telugu Desam has secured 16 seats and JD(U) 12. The I.N.D.I.A bloc has bagged 233 seats. Others have won 18 seats in the lower house of Parliament. The Congress secured 99 seats. Samajwadi Party got 37 seats while Trinamool Congress 29. DMK managed to win 22 seats. Prominent candidates who have won includ...