Dinesh Trivedi, India's High Commisioner to Bangladesh, has been granted the status equivalent to a Union cabinet minister by the central government.
An order issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) highlighted that Trivedi "has been assigned the equivalent status of Union Cabinet Minister in the Table of Precedence (ToP) as a measure personal to him, without amending the Table of Precedence"
However, the order clarified that the position in Table of Precedence is for ceremonial functions only.
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