19 inducted into Union Council of Ministers
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday inducted 19 new ministers into the Union Council at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Further, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar was elevated to the Cabinet rank. The new portfolios will be made public later in the day. This is the second Cabinet expansion since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. 