New Delhi: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani will hold additional charge of Information and Broadcasting while Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will also be responsible for Urban Development, the PMO tweeted today. Irani and Tomar have been given charge of the Ministries held by M. Venkaiah Naidu, who was yesterday named the Vice-Presidential candidate of the BJP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance.
Irani, who once held the Human Resource Development portfolio, is the fourth Minister to take charge of the crucial I&B Ministry in the Modi Government, which was sworn-in on May 26, 2014.
