Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to lead a 78-member council of ministers, including 33 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state, in his second term as head of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in India. The outgoing government also had 78 ministers.

While 19 cabinet ministers had been sworn in last week Friday, 14 more will take oath on Thursday morning along with 45 ministers of state, seven of whom will hold independent charge.