Shri Jayant Sinha takes charge as Minister of State in Civil Aviation Ministry, others appointed
Q. Who took over as Minister of State in the Civil Aviation Ministry following a cabinet reshuffle?- Published on 07 Jul 16a. Santosh Gangwar
b. Arun Meghwal
c. Jayant Sinha
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Jayant Sinha
Sinha is a BJP MP from Jharkhand. He has been Union Minister of State for Finance since November 2014.
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- Shri Piyush Goyal took over as New Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Mines in addition to current charge as Minister of State for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy.
- Cabinet Minister Shri Ananth Kumar took over the charge of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
- Manoj Sinha was appointed MoS (Independent charge) Ministry of Communications in addition to MoS Charge for State of Railways.
- Shri Rajen Gohain assumed the charge of new Minister of State for Railways.
- Chaudhary Birender Singh took over as new steel minister while Shri Ajay Tamta took over as MoS, Ministry of Textiles.
