The Union Cabinet for the 17th Lok Sabha comprises 24 cabinet ministers apart from Modi, nine ministers of state with independent charge and as many as 24 ministers of state

Earlier, speculation was rife the finance ministry would go to BJP chief Amit Shah. He has instead been given the role of the Home Minister.

At a time when the US and China are in the middle of a global trade war, Binoy Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, talks to Sumant Banerji about plans to encourage companies to Make in India and how India can protect its steel industry. Edited excerpts:

The sources said that Jaitley, 66, is unlikely to take up any offer to continue in the top job steering Asia's third-largest economy as his health has deteriorated over the past few months

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Live Updates: Addressing an election rally in Sirsa, Haryana, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that unemployment in the country is the highest now in 45 years.\"This is Modi's contribution,\" he said.

ONGC in January last year bought the government's entire 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore. HPCL thereafter became its subsidiary but HPCL management has continuously refused to recognise ONGC as its promoter

The memoirs focus on how the bureaucracy works and how it can lead by example.

The interim Budget presented in February revised upward the fiscal deficit target to 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent of GDP estimated earlier for 2018-19