Harsh Vardhan Science and Technology Minister of Union cabinet has been given additonal charge of Environment Ministry due to sudden demise of Enviroment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.
President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has directed that Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet Minister shall be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in addition to his exiting portfolios, a press release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
Anil Dave 60,breathed his last at Delhi on Thursday morning.
Dave was appointed as environment minister during a Cabinet reshuffle in 2016.
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