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Led by gadget lover Modi who is on Apple family of devices, his second-in-command and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is currently using a brand new Apple XS.When it comes to official work, the MP from Gandhinagar uses both Facebook and Twitter to keep up with his team on daily workloads, sources told .Shah currently has 14 million followers on Twitter.Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan uses two smartphones one iPhone and another Android-based device. He frequently uses WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter to remain updated and track all the official work. At present, Pradhan has 1.1 million followers on Twitter.Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is active on both Facebook and Twitter.The Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur in Maharashtra, Gadkari likes Twitter and Facebook to track routine official work. He frequently uses both the apps to monitor his team, sources told . Gadkari currently has 5.15 million followers on Twitter.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has one word to describe her social media profile: Twitter.With 2.23 million followers on Twitter, she is actively using Twitter to connect with the government officials and people to promote the work done by her ministry and Prime Minister Modi.Minister of State for Steel Faggansingh Kulaste is also utilizing the power of social media and is active on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. He has two phones at present.According to sources, Kulaste is using one iPhone and a Samsung keypad phone. He often uses the devices to connect with the public and office workers via WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook and track recent activities.Apart from the cabinet ministers, Lok Sabha MP from North-East Delhi and BJP's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari has an iPhone and frequently uses social media apps. Tiwari has 7.65 lakh followers on Twitter.In 2018, Modi was seen sporting Apple iPhone 6 series devices during China and Dubai official visits. Admitting his fondness for gadgets, the Prime Minister only uses top-end Apple devices apparently for security reasons.Modi's 'Digital India' initiative has seen a spurt in smartphone usage in India.With 48.2 million followers on Twitter, Modi has more than 110 million followers worldwide across social media platforms, ahead of Trump who has over 96 million followers globally.Under Modi's leadership, India became the second largest mobile phone producers in the world in 2019 from just two mobile factories in 2014 to 268 mobile and ancillary manufacturing units at present.(Bharat Upadhyay can be contacted at bharat.u@.in)( With inputs from IANS )

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and urged him to approve a grant Rs. 500 crore for the implementation of ropeway projects in the state. ...

The Central government may mandate mixing of silicon in rubber used to manufacture tyres to reduce road accidents caused due to tyre bursts on highways, Parliament was told on Monday. ...

The Centre will consider making mandatory manufacturing of vehicle tyres to international standards and filling them with nitrogen to avoid busting to check accidents, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said surplus production of sugar is the biggest problem we are facing today, hence we should think about other alternatives instead of producing only sugar out of sugarcane. ...

Top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the "futuristic" Union Budget. ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is expected to make history as all newly-elected parliamentar would be raising their issues in the House on matters of their concern. ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that the first session of 17th Lok Sabha is expected to create history as the newly elected MPs were being given opportunities to raise their issues in the house. ...

Who says only US President Donald Trump uses two smartphones and treats Twitter as his typewriter? Several key ministers in the Narendra Modi government are quite tech-savvy and are currently using best-in-class Apple and Android-based smartphones to ...