National Democratic Alliance leader Narendra Modi will be sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India along with his Cabinet today. Modi will be sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee at a grand, open air ceremony, attended by about 3,000 guests, including foreign diplomats, in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The ceremony will start at 6pm and is likely to go on for an hour.
The heads of government of all SAARC countries are expected to attend the event. Last night, hours before Modi takes over as India’s 15th prime minister, the PM designate's office indicated a smaller size of the next government and clubbing of ministries for smarter governance. A note from Modi’s secretariat said the PM-designate had “made a dent” in ministry formation by adopting, for the first time, a guiding principle of “Minimum Government and Maximum Governance”.
“It is a good beginning in transforming entity of assembled ministries to organic ministries. It will bring more coordination between different departments, will be more effective and bring a speed in process,” the note stated.
Modi was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary party leader last week.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley is expected to get the key portfolio of finance along with corporate affairs, while party chief Rajnath Singh could take charge of home.
List of Cabinet names have been finalised. Modi may opt for a lean and rational Cabinet. The new government will have several issues to tackle.
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