4 ministers promoted ,9 new members take oath as cabinet ministers

New Delhi Sept 3: The much awaited Union Governments Cabinet Expansion took place today. 4 Ministers have been promoted and 9 new ministers have taken oath today. The Ministers who are promoted are

* Dharmendra Pradhan
* Piyush Goyal
* Nirmala Sitaraman
* Mukthar Abbas Naqvi

The following members have also took oath as MOS

* Shiv Pratap Shukla

* Ashwini Kumar Chaubey

* Anant Kumar Hegde

* Raj Kumar Singh

* Hardeep Singh Puri (former IFS officer)

* Dr. Virendra Kumar

* Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

* Satya Pal Singh (ex-Mumbai Police chief)

* Alphons Kannanthanam ( retired IAS officer)

experts say that PM has chosen former bureaucrats and top experts in cabinet based on performance and not based on regional caluclations.