{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.640Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-037","text":"Put a statutory ceiling on the size of the Council of Ministers","quote":"Statutory ceiling on the size of the Council of Ministers","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"governance","measurability":"measurable","importance":"minor","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003 capped the Council of Ministers at 15% of Lok Sabha members, and of assembly members in the states.","evidence":[{"date":"2003-04-26","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Indian Kanoon","title":"The Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003","url":"https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121069574/","quote":"where the total number of Ministers including the Chief Minister in the Council of Ministers in any State at the commencement of the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003 exceeds the said fifteen per cent","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["council-of-ministers"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}