The swearing in of the Prime Minister and the following 19 members of the Cabinet will take place later this evening.

1. Shri Pranab Mukherjee

2. Shri Sharad Pawar

3. Shri A K Antony

4. Shri P Chidambaram

5. Km. Mamata Banerjee

6. Shri S M Krishna

7. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

8. Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde

9. Shri M Veerappa Moily

10. Shri S Jaipal Reddy

11. Shri Kamal Nath

12. Shri Vayalar Ravi

13. Smt Meira Kumar

14. Shri Murli Deora

15. Shri Kapil Sibal

16. Smt Ambika Soni

17. Shri BK Handique

18. Shri Anand Sharma

19. Shri C P Joshi

This will be followed in the next few days by an expansion of the Council of Ministers, including other Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State with independent charge as well other Ministers of State. This expansion will give due representation to allied parties.