A day after she was moved from the key Human Resources Department (HRD) to Textiles, Smriti Irani, today, said her efforts in the last two years had been to improve the quality of education and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving her the opportunity to serve the country.
She vowed to strengthen textile and apparel sector as part of her new assignment.
In yesterday's Union Cabinet expansion, Irani lost her Human Resources Development Ministry to Prakash Javadekar and was moved to the Textiles Ministry. Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State for Textiles, has been made Minister of State (Finance).
Further, she congratulated Gangwar on the initiatives taken by the Textile Ministry. Last month, the government had approved a ₹6,000-crore package for the textile and apparel sector.