Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reshuffle and expand his council of ministers on Tuesday and 19 new ministers are expected to be sworn in at the majestic Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11 am. There are currently 64 Union ministers, including the prime minister, and there can be a maximum of 82 of them under a constitutional bar.
The expansion comes before the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, which is scheduled to be held in 2017.