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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday on rejigged his Cabinet, inducting 21 new ministers, in his first major expansion since assuming office in May this year.
The new entrants to Modi's Cabinet were administered the oath of office by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, his official residence at the heart of the national capital.
Among the 21 new Ministers, four are cabinet ministers while the rest are junior ministers, some with independent charge.
The four cabinet ministers include Manohar Parrikar, the former Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Goa, who is likely to become the new defense minister.
Currently, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is in-charge of the Defense Ministry.
With the cabinet expansion, the total number of ministers in Modi's cabinet currently stands at 66.
The previous congress-led United Progressive Alliance government had 73 ministers in May this year, before it was decimated by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the general elections. Enditem
