Nadda held the health portfolio from November 2014 to May 2019 before he took over as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief .Union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda met top health and family welfare ministry officials after taking charge on Tuesday and asked them to focus on the new government’s agenda for the first 100 days.
Former Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has returned to his previous role and met with top officials from the health and family welfare ministry on Tuesday. The meeting, described as a familiarisation session by an official, was necessary since many officials from Nadda’s earlier tenure have since moved to other ministries and departments. During the meeting, key projects currently undertaken by the ministry, including the expansion of Ayushman Bharat coverage, were discussed.
Nadda originally held the health portfolio from November 2014 to May 2019 before becoming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president in 2019 and then the full-fledged BJP chief in January 2020 after Amit Shah’s appointment as Union home minister. His term as BJP president ended in January, but he was granted a six-month extension to oversee the Lok Sabha elections.
In addition to the health ministry, Nadda has also been allocated the chemicals and fertilisers ministry. His predecessor, Mansukh Mandaviya, held both ministries in the previous government. Nadda did not make a formal statement after assuming his new roles.
Anupriya Patel and Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav also took charge as ministers of state (MoS) for health and interacted with officials. Patel also took charge as the minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers. She served as MoS for health from 2016 to 2019.
Power Outage Hits Several Parts of Delhi; Minister Atishi Explains the Cause
The weather department has forecasted a heatwave for many parts of Delhi, with strong surface winds and occasional gusts. On Tuesday, several areas of the national capital experienced power cuts amid the severe heatwave.
Delhi Minister Atishi addressed the issue on social platform X, stating, “There is a power outage in many parts of Delhi from 2:11 pm. This is due to a fire at the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) sub-station in Mandola, UP. Delhi receives 1200 MW of power from the Mandola sub-station, which has led to the outages. The power restoration process has begun, and electricity is gradually returning to different areas.”
Atishi attributed the power cuts to the fire at the PGCIL sub-station in Mandola. She expressed her concerns in a briefing, saying, “I will seek time today from the new power minister of the central government, Manohar Lal Khattar, the chairman of PGCIL, and the chairman of NTPC. There is very limited electricity production in Delhi; most of the electricity comes from different states. It is a matter of great concern that today the national level power infrastructure of our country has failed.”
Atishi emphasized the need for a reliable power supply and the importance of addressing such infrastructure failures to prevent future outages.
