The new NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendera Modi has retained, Smriti Zubin Irani as the textile minister of India. Irani took oath as a minister with cabinet rank along with Prime Minister and other ministers at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Irani will also head the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
In the previous NDA government, Irani was initially appointed as the Minister of Human Resources and Development, and later shifted as the cabinet minister of textiles. A television actor turned politician, Irani began her political career by joining the BJP in 2003.
