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Cabinet swearing in ceremony 2024
June 10 , 2024
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- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) together won 293 seats, which is a comfortable majority.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Top leaders from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region – Maldives President, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lankan President, Mauritius PM, Bhutanese PM and Vice-President of Seychelles were special guests at the function.
- The Cabinet increased to 71 members – PM, 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 36 Ministers of State.
- 13 Ministers from South India in the new Cabinet, 5 from Karnataka Alone.
- Two Union Ministers from the northeast were retained in the cabinet.
- Seven women inducted into new 18th Lok Sabha cabinet.
- Previous council that was dissolved on June 5 had ten women ministers.
- TDP MP Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani with an asset of ₹5700 crore has become the richest minister to join the council of ministers.
- Of the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, 262 have previously served as MPs, including 216 who were re-elected from last time.
- The average age of MPs in the new Lok Sabha is 56 years, down from 59 years in the 17th Lok Sabha.
- Down from 78 women MPs in the previous Lok Sabha, there are now 74 women accounting for 14% of the total members.
- In terms of profession, 48% of the new MPs declared their occupation in their affidavits as social work, followed by 37% in agriculture.
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