New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new government took shape May 27, 2009, with a 78-member council of ministers, including 33 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state, being named after three days of intense negotiations.
Manmohan's 78-member council of ministers finalised
While 19 cabinet ministers, including Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and NCP's Sharad Pawar, had been sworn in last week Friday, 14 more will take oath Thursday, May 28 along with 45 ministers of state, seven of whom will hold independent charge.
Image: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends a banquet held by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at Aso's official residence on October 22, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. (Copyright AP. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.)
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