Manmohan's Jumbo Cabinet: Some Interesting Facts

• Agatha Sangma, daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, is the youngest minister (28 years).
• 77 year old S.M. Krishna, who is the new External Affairs Minister is the oldest minister in Dr. Manmohan Singh's team. Dr. Singh himself is 76 years of age.
• Two of the memebers of the cabinet, Farooq Abdullah and Sachin Pilot share the 'sasoor-damad' relationship.
• The cabinet includes former Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh (Maharashtra), Virbhadra Singh (HP) and Farooq Abdullah (J&K).
• The cabinet has nine women ministers, one less than the previous UPA government.
• Praful Patel is the richest member of the team, while Mamata Banerjee ranks at the bottom of the table in terms of money.
• Nine ministers have criminal cases against them. The cases include rioting, being part of unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, defamation etc.