UNION COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - from NDTV.com

Total ministers: 79 including the PM
Cabinet Ministers: 33 - 7 new faces
Ministers of State with Independent Charge: 7 - 1 new face
Ministers of State: 38 - 26 new faces
First-timers: 29
Total women ministers: 9
4 ministers under 40
7 ministers above 70
Average age: 62
Total Muslim ministers: 5
Total Dalit ministers: 13
Youngest minister: Agatha Sangma
Oldest minister: SM Krishna

IN THE CABINET
23 are Lok Sabha members
9 from Rajya Sabha
1 not a member of Parliament

4 women: Ambika Soni, Meira Kumar, Mamata Banerjee, Kumari Selja
5 Dalits: A Raja, Sushil Shinde, Meira Kumar, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja
1 Tribal: Kantilal Bhuria
2 Muslims: Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Axad

9 former Chief Ministers: Farooq Abdullah, SM Krishna, Sharad Pawar, AK Antony, Sushil Shinde, Veerappa Moily, Veerbhadra Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Vilasrao Deshmukh

Low Point
No Cabinet minister from the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh where Congress scripted a remarkable comeback winning 21 Lok Sabha seats.

STATEWISE STANDINGS

Lion's Share
Tamil Nadu - 9 ministers
Maharashtra - 9 ministers
West Bengal - 8 ministers
Andhra Pradesh - 6 ministers
Kerala - 6 ministers
Karnataka - 4

Tough Luck
Bihar - 1
Orissa - 1
Uttar Pradesh - 5, but no Cabinet-rank minister

Fallen through the Cracks
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura

PARTYWISE PORTIONS

Congress: 59 ministers - 27 in Cabinet, 6 MoS (Independent), 26 MoS
DMK: 7 ministers - 3 in Cabinet, 4 MoS
NCP: 3 ministers - 1 in Cabinet, 1 MoS (Independent), 1 MoS
Trinamool Congress: 7 ministers - 1 in Cabinet, 6 MoS
National Conference: 1 in Cabinet
Muslim League Kerala State Committee: 1 MoS

15th LokSabha for India - from NDTV.com

Cabinet Ministers: Portfolio

Pranab Mukherjee: Finance

Sharad Pawar: Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

A K Antony: Defence

P Chidambaram: Home Affairs

Mamata Banerjee: Railways

S M Krishna: External Affairs

Virbhadra Singh: Steel

Vilasrao Deshmukh: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Ghulam Nabi Azad: Health and Family Welfare

Sushil Kumar Shinde: Power

M Veerappa Moily: Law and Justice

Farooq Abdullah: New and Renewable Energy

S Jaipal Reddy: Urban Development

Kamal Nath: Road Transport and Highways

Vayalar Ravi: Overseas Indian Affairs

Meira Kumar: Water Resources

Dayanidhi Maran: Textiles

A Raja: Communications and Information Technology

Murli Deora: Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ambika Soni: Information and Broadcasting

Mallikarjun Kharge: Labour and Employment

Kapil Sibal: Human Resource Development

B K Handique: Mines and Development of North Eastern Region

Anand Sharma: Commerce and Industry

C P Joshi: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Selja: Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism

Subodh Kant Sahay: Food Processing Industries

M S Gill: Youth Affairs and Sports

G K Vasan: Shipping

Pawan K Bansal: Parliamentary Affairs

Mukul Wasnik: Social Justice and Empowerment

Kantilal Bhuria: Tribal Affairs

M K Azhagiri: Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Praful Patel: Civil Aviation
Prithviraj Chavan: Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs
Sriprakash Jaiswal: Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation
Salman Khursheed: Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
Dinsha J Patel: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Krishna Tirath: Women and Child Development
Jairam Ramesh: Environment and Forests.

Ministers of State

Srikant Jena: Chemicals and Fertilizers
E. Ahamed Minister : Railways
Mullappally Ramachandran : Home Affairs
V. Narayansamy : Planning, and Parliamentary Affairs
Jyotiraditya Scindia : Commerce and Industry
D.Purandeswari Minister : Human Resource Development
K.H. Muniyappa Minister : Railways
Ajay Maken Minister : Home Affairs
Panabaka Lakshmi : Textiles
Namo Narain Meena : Finance
M.M. Pallam Raju : Defence
Saugata Ray : Urban Development
S.S. Palanimanickam : Finance
Jitin Prasad : Petroleum and Natural Gas
A. Sai Prathap : Steel
Preneet Kaur : External Affairs
Gurdas Kamat : Communications and IT
Harish Rawat : Labour and Employment
K.V. Thomas : Agriculture, and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Bharatsinh Solanki : Power
Mahadev S. Khandela : Road Transport and Highways
Dinesh Trivedi Minister : Health and Family Welfare
Sisir Adhikari : Rural Development
Sultan Ahmed : Tourism
Mukul Roy : Shipping
Mohan Jatua : Information and Broadcasting
D. Napoleon Minister : Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan : Information and Broadcasting
S. Gandhiselvan : Health and Family Welfare
Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Tribal Affairs
Sachin Pilot : Communications and IT
Arun Yadav : Youth Affairs and Sports
Pratik Patil : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
R.P.N. Singh : Road Transport and Highways
Shashi Tharoor : External Affairs
Vincent Pala : Water Resources
Pradeep Jain : Rural Development
Agatha Sangma : Rural Development