14 Cabinet Ministers, 7 MoS (Independent) and 38 MoS sworn-in

24/7 News Network: The much-awaited Cabinet expansion, took place with the induction of 14 Cabinet Ministers, 7 MoS (Independent Charge) and 38 MoS, who were administered the oath of office by President Dr. Pratibha Patil. With this, the total number of Ministers in Dr. Manmohan Singh's Cabinet, went up to 78. Tamil Nadu dominated Dr. Singh's team with 5 Cabinet and 4 MoS. Maharashtra has the same number with 5 Cabinet, 2 MoS (Independent Charge) and 2 MoS. West Bengal is on third spot with 2 Cabinet and 6 MoS.

While Agatha Sangma became the youngest Minister at the age of 28, in total 9 women were inducted into Dr. Manmohan Singh's Council of Ministers. Out of them, 4 are Cabinet Ministers. They are Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni, Meira Kumar and K Selja. 5 Muslims and 5 Dalits got a place in the Union Ministry. The Congress has 59 Ministers including 27 of Cabinet Rank. The allies have 19 Ministers (DMK - 7, Trinamool Congress - 7, NCP - 3, NC - 1 and IUML - 1).

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Cabinet Ministers, who took oath on May 22:

Pranab Mukherjee (West Bengal), Sharad Pawar (Maharashtra), AK Antony (Kerala), P Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu), Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), SM Krishna (Karnataka), Ghulam Nabi Azad (Jammu & Kashmir), Sushil Kumar Shinde (Maharashtra), M Veerappa Moily (Karnataka), S Jaipal Reddy (Andhra Pradesh), Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Vayalar Ravi (Karnataka), Meira Kumar (Bihar), Murli Deora (Maharashtra), Kapil Sibal (Delhi), Ambika Soni (Punjab), BK Handique (Assam), Anand Sharma (Himachal Pradesh), CP Joshi (Rajasthan).

List of Cabinet Ministers, who took oath Today:

Dayanidhi Maran (Tamil Nadu), A Raja (Tamil Nadu), MK Azhagiri (Tamil Nadu), Vilasrao Deshmukh (Maharashtra), Virbhadra Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Kumari Selja (Haryana), Dr. Farooq Abdullah (J&K), Pawan Kumar Bansal (Chandigarh), Mukul Wasnik (Maharashtra), MS Gill (Punjab), Subodh Kant Sahay (Jharkhand), Mallikarjuna Kharge (Karnataka), GK Vasan (Tamil Nadu) and Kantilal Bhuria (Madhya Pradesh).

List of Ministers of State (MoS) with Independent Charge:

Praful Patel (Maharashtra), Jairam Ramesh (Andhra Pradesh), Prithviraj Chavan (Maharashtra), Krishna Tirath (Delhi), Sriprakash Jaiswal (Uttar Pradesh), Salman Khurshid (Uttar Pradesh), Dinsha Patel (Gujarat).

List of Ministers of State (MoS):

M.M. Pallam Raju (Andhra Pradesh), Mahadev Khandela (Rajasthan), Jitin Prasada (Uttar Pradesh), Namo Narain Meena (Rajasthan), K.V. Thomas (Kerala), Mullappally Ramachandran (Kerala), Ajay Maken (Delhi), Shashi Tharoor (Kerala), Sachin Pilot (Rajasthan), Agatha Sangma (Meghalaya), Srikant Jena (Orissa), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Madhya Pradesh), Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand), Pradeep Jain (Uttar Pradesh), D. Purandeswari (Andhra Pradesh), Panabaka Lakshmi (Andhra Pradesh), Gurudas Kamat (Maharashtra), E. Ahamed (Kerala), V. Narayanasamy (Puducherry), KH Muniyappa (Karnataka), A. Sai Prathap (Andhra Pradesh), Tusharbhai Chaudhary (Gujarat), Vincent Pala (Meghalaya), Arun Yadav (Madhya Pradesh), Sisir Adhikari (West Bengal), Sougata Ray (West Bengal), Sultan Ahmed (West Bengal), Mukul Roy (West Bengal), Mohan Jatua (West Bengal), S.S. Palanimanickam (Tamil Nadu), D. Napoleon (Tamil Nadu), S. Jagathrakshakan (Tamil Nadu), S. Gandhiselvan (Tamil Nadu), Preneet Kaur (Punjab), Bharatsinh Solanki (Gujarat), RPN Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Dinesh Trivedi (West Bengal) and Prateek Bapu Patil (Maharashtra).

Union Council of Ministers - Prime Minister + 33 Cabinet Ministers + 7 MoS (Independent Charge) + 38 MoS

State-wise Representations in the Union Cabinet:

Tamil Nadu - 5 Cabinet + 4 MoS
West Bengal - 2 Cabinet + 6 MoS
Karnataka - 4 Cabinet + 1 MoS
Maharashtra - 5 Cabinet + 2 MoS (Independent Charge) + 2 MoS
Kerala - 1 Cabinet + 4 MoS
Andhra Pradesh - 1 Cabinet + 1 MoS (Independent Charge) + 4 MoS
Madhya Pradesh - 2 Cabinet + 2 MoS
Himachal Pradesh - 2 Cabinet
Punjab - 2 Cabinet + 1 MoS
Bihar - 1 Cabinet
Rajasthan - 1 Cabinet + 3 MoS
J&K - 2 Cabinet
Delhi - 1 Cabinet + 1 MoS (Independent Charge) + 1 MoS
Assam - 1 Cabinet
Haryana - 1 Cabinet
Gujarat - 1 MoS (Independent Charge) + 2 MoS
Jharkhand - 1 Cabinet
chandigarh - 1 Cabinet
Uttar Pradesh - 2 MoS (Independent Charge) + 3 MoS
Orissa - 1 MoS
Uttarakhand - 1 MoS
Meghalaya - 2 MoS
Puducherry - 1 MoS