Team Manmohan was finally inducted on Thursday with 14 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to wrap up the 79-member council of ministers that will shepherd the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) second tenure in office.

In a businesslike ceremony that started punctually at 11.30 am at the historic Ashoka Hall in the presidential palace, President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to the 59 ministers in the second phase of ministry formation - 19 cabinet ministers were sworn in May 22.