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Today's Big StoryPM Modi forms two high-powered ministerial panels to tackle economic growth and jobs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed two new high-powered ministerial panels led by him to bring the might of the government to tackle the two challenges facing it — economic growth and jobs — in an urgent and concerted manner.A detailed plan: The five-member Cabinet committee on Investment and Growth will include heavyweights like Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of Road Transport & Highway and Minister for MSME Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.

Meanwhile, a second committee will include members Shah, Sitharaman, Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and will look into employment and skill development.Background: These committees underscore the importance of two key issues that found centre stage during the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections with opposition parties severely criticising the previous government over its inability to create jobs.

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