New Delhi: In a minor Cabinet Shuffle effect on Thursday by the President of India as advised by the Prime Minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed as new Law Minister of India. He will also get existing portfolios of Rijiju apart from the Law and Justice Ministry.

“Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State be assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios, in place of Shri Kiren Rijiju," said a press release from the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"The portfolio of (the) Ministry of Earth Sciences be assigned to Shri Kiren Rijiju," it said.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh was holding charge of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Meghwal is currently the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture.

Rijiju took over as the Law and Justice Minister on July 8, 2021. Prior to this, he was serving as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Youth Affairs and Sports from May 2019 to July 2021.

Kiren Rijiju will now handle the portfolio of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

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