First Manmohan Singh ministry
[3] After the election Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004, and continued to hold the post till full term, the next Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009, when Singh started his second term in office as PM.[5] This is a list of members of the Union Cabinet of the Government of India, 2004 to May 2009.[6] All ministers are based in offices of their respective Union Ministries in New Delhi.In a departure from the norm the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a member of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha, and has remained so for the duration of his entire term (2004–2009).There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank: Representation of cabinet ministers by party UPA Cabinet by Party