Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to expand his cabinet any time after June 12, when a week-long Parliament session ends, sources have said. A full-time Defence Minister is likely to be appointed then.
For now, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been given additional charge of the important Defence portfolio, in a move that surprised many and was criticised by Mr Modi's rivals. As he took charge on Tuesday, Mr Jaitley said he expected a full-time Defence Minister to be named in a "couple of weeks."
Sources said that the cabinet expansion will likely happen before the Budget Session of Parliament begins on July 2 and that Mr Modi might induct about 25 more Ministers of State. He was sworn in on Monday evening along with 45 ministers, 23 of them of cabinet rank. At that number it is one of the leanest council of ministers ever.
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