New Delhi, 07th July 2021

In a major reshuffle of the union cabinet , Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed as new Civil Aviation Minister of India. The previous minister Hardeep Puri will now head Urban Development and Petroleum Ministry.

As part of the cabinet reshuffle, Narendra Modi govt removed many heavyweight ministers and handedover top profiles to many new age politicians.Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the government on Wednesday in a reboot of the Union cabinet in which 36 new ministers including these two joined the government and seven got promoted.

“I express my gratitude to all the senior leaders for giving me this opportunity. I will try to keep intact the belief that they have shown in me,” Scindia said after taking the ministerial oath.

The Civil Aviation Ministry’s last monthly report published in May this year showed that passengers carried by domestic airlines from January to April this year were 291 lakh compared to 329 lakh during the same period last year – a fall by 11.65 per cent.

At a time when aviation sector globally is going towards headwinds, it will be really challenging for the new minister to priorities his action towards development of the sector.