The following portfolio transfers among ministers in the union council of ministers have been approved by the president of India on the Prime Minister’s advice. Shree Kiren Rijiju will be given responsibility for the Ministry of Earth Sciences portfolio. In place of Shri Kiren rijiju, Shree Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State, would be given the independent charge of Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his current portfolios.