Kiren Rijiju gets additional charge after Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was on Wednesday given additional charge of Ministry of Food and Processing Industries following the resignation of Pashupati Kumar Paras from the Union Council of ministers, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan notification.President Droupadi Murmu assigned Rijiju the food processing industries ministry, in addition to his existing portfolio of the Ministry of Earth and Sciences.